Here are the band photos from the Nationals
Rob
Pipeband Results for City Of Sails Grade 4
With the nationals in the past and all the recent competition and practice over it is time to reflect on the last month or so. Our placing at the Nationals was 8th overall out of 12 in the grade. There are some good points with this and some not so good points. Although we would […]
Taiaha Update – 1st March 2018 – Final
Taiaha is now complete and delivered. Hopefully I can get some photos of the final product with the new owner. Previous Next
Taiaha update 20th February 2018
The Taiaha is nearly done, I was able to use a spokeshave to get the shaft down by quite a bit. Time is of the essence as the receiver of this will be leaving the Monday after the Nationals 11th of March. That gives me 2 more Tuesday carving nights (one which I might not […]
AUT Graduation Parades Auckland
This week was a busy one for piping. I decided to do all the AUT Graduation Parades, 4 overall from Tuesday to Friday. I took half days off each day for this but it was still tiring over the days. I walked to the train station each morning in my kilt and took the train […]
City of Auckland Practice 9th November 2017
Forrest Hill Presbyterian church fundraiser performance
Saturday was a busy day for the pipes, starting off with a performance at Oranga School with Jane Murray for their Scottish Culture Performance. We tuned up at my house in overcast weather, went to the school where it promptly started to rain. We weren’t able to re-tune in time for the performance but I […]
City Of Auckland 25th Anniversary Concert Saturday 7th October
This tune was played at the opening of the 25th anniversary concert.
City of Auckland Pipeband Medley 28/09/2017
The Gaeltacht Pipes
Set of bagpipes made by some of the member of the City of Auckland Pipe Band. This set of pipes shows unique carvings, mounts and ferrules on the stocks, drones, blowstick.