Last night was an exclusive whisky tasting evening at the Bluestone Bar in Auckland. There were 30 people (invite only) that participated in tasting, costing about $2000 each. The tasting started from the Glenfiddich 15 year old, and had 5 whiskies ending on the 50 Year Old. The 50 yo came in a leather bound […]
The week before Easter the band did the Massey Graduation Parades in Takapuna. This consists of 2 parades a day, one in the morning and one in the evening, then a set on stage while the graduates are seated. I did 2 of the 3 days (Wednesday 17th and Thursday 18th). As Kerry was […]
Yet another early morning, setting my alarm for 3am. Out of the house around 4am and off to the Glynn’s to carpool for the day. Although the street was pretty busy due to the vehicle cordons around the museum, we were able to find a carpark. A noticeable absence was our Pipe major Tim. As […]
Just in case you missed it on Facebook. Video has been uploaded to Youtube as well
[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 […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
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 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. […]
