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A Hot Day at Hunter
Posted by: | CommentsThe grade 3 band participated in the Hunter Mountain Celtic festival & pipe band competition yesterday at Hunter Mountain Ski Resort. The festival has been on the band schedule for many years and it is always a fun event. The mass march down the moutain is always interesting and fortunately nobody dropped while navigating down the mountain.
It was nice to catch up with our friends from the Columbia & District Pipe Band who were there playing in the grade 4 event.
Overall the band placed 5th out of 7 bands. Piping judges heard things a bit differently as we got a 2nd and 7th, 2nd in ensemble and 3rd in drumming.
Video of the performance:
Member Profile – Dillard Waring
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Dillard Waring
Name: Dillard Waring
Age: 37
Where are you from originally? Born in Trenton NJ
Where do you live : Hudson ny
What is your job or major if a student? traffic observation engineering specialist
Where did you learn to play? Started playing in texas of all places trying to keep the rattlesnakes away.
Instrument: bagpipes
How long have you been playing? Started about 8 yrs old then stopped and started many times growing up but steady now for the past 12 or so years
What got you interested? My mother was british and my parents loved the pipes and the culture, so there were always bagpipe records playing in the house. also when my father played the pipes for show and tell in my 2nd or 3rd grade class in Texas and the principle asked him to play outside so the whole school could watch(couple hundred kids and staff) because they had never seen the pipes before, i’d have to say that stuck with me.
How did you go about learning/finding – private teacher, class, band, parent or relative? My father taught me, he learned from my uncle Hugh Stewart from PA.
Teachers that had a big influence: Nancy Tunnicliffe, Dan Curry,Jack Waring
How long did you take lessons? still do on and off
How long did you play practice chanter/pad before moving to pipes/drum? How long from start to marching with the band? I think about 1 year on chanter or so, marching with band took a while there were no bands in texas at time at least where we were, so till till we came to NY.
How long does it take you to get to practice? 30-40 minutes
Favorite bagpipe player or drummer? dont have one
Favorite bagpipe band? schotts I guess but always loved the 78th’s creativity and grew up with the old Red Hackle and the black watch
What other music do you like? country,metal,standards a lot of stuff – how can you beat a good mexican band with horns, but not big on the sixties hippie music.
What other instruments do/did you play? a little guitar
What is the hardest thing about playing? Solo? Band? all alone on solos, and not wanting to screw up in the band.
Do you compete? Level? grade 3 band last time I was still grade 4 solo years ago but contemplating a return
What is the one thing you would tell a beginner about learning? besides getting a good instructor and practice, get good finger technique, that was beaten into me and its bailed me out over the years, no curls and bends that way your not fighting to find the holes and fingers move easier.
Do you play solo events like weddings and funerals? yes when ever i can
What hobbies or other pursuits do you have? sports, motorcycling, music maybe even farming again someday
On the Day – Movie
Posted by: | CommentsCheck out this great documentary and if you have $10 to spare why not make a donation?
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND. It’s the World Pipe Band Championships — 8000 musicians from 16 countries. All on one day.
This year a new group joins the battle of the bands. Calling themselves The Spirit of Scotland, the world’s top solo players have come together for the first time to attempt the impossible: compete against legendary bands that have been around for decades. What are their chances after just six days of practice? Will they even qualify?
In the end, all that matters is what happens on the day.
