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Tuesday, March 10, 2015

On International Bagpipe Day - March 10, 2015

When my boss told me at work that today is International Bagpipe Day I thought he might be kidding, I know that there is such a day each year. Right along International Donut Day or Bring Your Kazoo to Work Day. So I thought I had better check it out. Yes Mrs. Kalabash, there is such I did a search on “the day” and found a host of links. Instead of expounding on bagpipes, I will just copy cool liks for readers to discover. The phot above is from a bagpipe competition in Southern Iran, leading up to the finals held today, March 10, 2015.

Glasgow - The National Piping Centre will be live streaming a concert online. Watch out for the video on their website.

London - There will be a 
bagpipe concert/session in London at 14 Bacon Street venue (Shoreditch), one of the best places around. Pipers who want to get involved and play a tune or two alone, email cassandre.balbar@gmail.com

SOAS Radio 
Bagpipes Galore podcast on SOAS Radio will be publishing a special edition with recordings from around the world. Get involved and suggest recordings or send a recording of yourself playing the pipes! Email: internationalbagpipeorg@gmail.com

Chester - Chester pipers are organising an 
IBD session with many different pipes at the Cross Keys.

Berlin - Swedish piper Olle Gällmo is  playing for a 
Bal Folk at the Haus der Sinne in Berlin, Germany. The band Sunday Jam will also be playing with Matthias Branschke on the pipes.

Athens - The Greek pipers will gather for a 
picnic on Philopappou hill opposite the Acropolis. Their slogan is "in days like these, all we need is each other", so feel free to join them!

Santorini - La Ponta, the tsambouna centre in Santorini is celebrating International Bagpipe Day.

Budapest - Hungarian pipers are 
joining the festivities by celebrating IBD at their regular club event.

Iran - Iranian bagpiper Mohsen Sharifan has organised concerts and a bagpipe competition which ends on 10 March. Many photos can be found on their instragram page.

Thunder Bay - Canadian pipe band THE Pipes and Drums of Thunder Bay have a 
whole day planned with fun piping events, including a radio appearance, a photo competition and an evening performance.

Texas - Texas Tech Uni will be carrying out a 
bagpipe programme during the day and Carlos Nuñez will be performing in the evening.

Chicago - Patrick Cannady will be playing the uilleann pipes at Johnny O'Hagan's. Why not join him for a tune and a drink?

Detroit - The Purcell Irish Pipers of Detroit will be 
celebrating in style with uillean pipes.

Minsk - Belarus is celebrating Spring and pipes on 11 March in Minsk with a big folk dance.

Leuven - Belgian pipers have got together and are organising a symposium focused on bagpipe education around Europe. Their event is online 
here.
Happy International Bagpipe Day!


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