Donald Lindsay is retiring from 16 years as Pipe Major of the Oran Mor Pipe Band. In addition to Oran Mor Donald started many of the pipe bands in the area. He began Tara Hall which later became this band – Capital Region Celtic. At one time or another he has taught almost all of the bands in the region and many individuals. He has been a huge long time contributor to piping particularly in the North East. There will be a retirement party for him on February 26th, 2011. For more information go to: http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e393wmq852cf2cf0&llr=f7sl84cab

Learn to play the pipes this fall.

Capital Region Celtic will be offering a beginning bagpipe class this fall starting on Nov. 1st. This 10 week course will cover the basics of playing bagpipe music on a practice chanter including the scale, fingering, tuning and timing, many embellishments and simple tunes. Classes will be held at the  Colonie Elks  Lodge #2192, 11 Elks Lane, Latham, NY 12110-0756.

In a nutshell:

Place: Colonie Elks http://maps.google.com/maps?q=11+Elks+Lane)Latham,+NY+12110-0756&um=1&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=11+Elks+Ln,+Latham,+NY+12110&gl=us&ei=vUuiTI7gCMOB8gb0sqGlAw&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CBcQ8gEwAA

Time:   6:00pm to 7:00pm

Cost:   $100 plus supplies (please do not buy any practice chanter until you have talked to the teacher!)

Start:   Nov. 1st, 2010

End:     One lesson each Monday (except for holidays)  for a total of ten lessons

Sign up or questions: Email winston587@verizon.net

We look forward to an exciting class and hope to see you there!

The Celtic Festival at Hunter Mountain, NY has the most spectacular massed bands of any games. The massed bands march down the mountain and into the area shown in the picture on the left. The crowds can get quite heavy as in the picture on the right.

It is a great opportunity for CRC to play against bands from the downstate area.