Here are some photos of a Tekoteko that I did for the Clan Cameron Raffle. This was won by Carole McIntosh.
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New Zealand Pipeband Nationals 2019 – Dunedun
[UPDATED]The Pipeband Nationals was pretty good for our band however the comments on the judges sheets did not really show the improvements we had made from last year. In saying this some of the comments were valid and will be something that the grade 4 band will need to work on over the next year […]
Clan Celtica Performance – Medieval Madness
Incase some of you don’t have facebook, here are a couple of tunes we played early on in the day uploaded to Youtube. This was at Kiwi North just out of Whangarei, on Sunday the 27th of January 2019
Upcoming Blog updates
I am planning few updates over the next few weeks to this blog. Currently the posts have mainly been what I have been upto, but as I am now hoping to add some substance to it via these updates. I will be reconsidering updating the blog look and feel, maybe even updating the current logo, […]
Another cold night performance for Clan Celtica
I probably should have posted this earlier but I haven’t had any time where I can sit down to write events for this blog. A couple of weeks ago Clan Celtica had another performance at MOTAT, Aucklands Museum of Transport and Technology. This was for a strange event called WTF and had strange exhibits. Clan […]
Scottish Clans Association AGM and dinner
I have been attending the Scottish Clans Association (Auckland District) monthly committee meetings for about 4 months as a representative for Clan Cameron. In doing so, I have been active in one of the latest initiatives, the scholarship, I have also discussed with some of the committee members the state of getting young people involved […]
Tartan Day 2018 Sunday 24th June
Another tiring day starting 9:30 am for the initial practice then getting ready for the main performance at 1 pm. The practice the week before – When the Piper Plays Hector The Hero Photo by Neil Cameron. Possible candidate for the next clan news letter.
Queens Birthday
Queens birthday weekend, especially Saturday was very busy. It was Ardbeg day, and I had to get to Sam Sneads House of Whisky to get the latest Ardbeg day release. The release is called Grooves, due to the grooves made in the sides of the barrels to get more surface area contact with the spirit. […]
Performance at the Remuera Golf Club
I had a gig with some of the City of Auckland players on Saturday night. It consisted of playing outside while guests arrived, then playing a few tunes inside, and then playing tag team jigs for a Strip the Willow dance
ANZAC Day 25th April 2018
This years ANZAC day was quite busy, waking at 3am to get ready, out the door at 4am, practice meet by 4:30, then the first performance at the dawn service at 5:15am at the Auckland Museum with City Of Auckland Pipeband. This was broadcast on Maori TV live. The band played for about half an […]