SQUEEZE THE BAG! SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 8PM SHEPHERD UNIVERSITY,
REYNOLDS HALL The bellows-blown bagpipe is a quieter, more
parlor-oriented cousin to the great highland bagpipes most folks are
familiar with. Youll see pipes that are far more likely to be played
with flutes, guitars, mandolins, bouzoukis, drums and other
instruments in a session-like atmosphere for concerts or dances in
smaller, more intimate settings. Four kinds of bagpipes will be
featured: the Scottish smallpipe, the quieter cousin of the great
highland pipes, the Irish uilleann (or Union) pipes, Northumbrian
smallpipes and the Border pipes which are played in the border region
between Scotland and England. The concert is divided into three
sections Well open with the tiny Northumbrian pipes of England with
Dick Hensold , then well move to Irish section of the program with an
outstanding uilleann piper and step dancer, Brian Bigley whose lovely
playing and lively dancing have won him a national reputation. John
Skelton is one of the foremost authorities on the Irish flute and has
toured with the House Band and the Windbags, his great playing and his
wonderful sense of humor make him one of our most popular performers.
The Scottish section of the concert will feature piper, Rosalind Buda,
a professional bassonist, and also renowned performer on highland,
border and smallpipes, as well as Iain MacHarg, a versatile piper who
grew up steeped in piping from French, Scottish and Irish traditions
who runs the Vermont Institute for the Celtic Arts. The will be joined
by Scottish fiddle champion Sean Heely along with Scottish piper,
Tracy Jenkins. It will all be tied together by our host piper, Bob
Mitchell and more, in a set of music from the highlands and border
regions of Scotland and Cape Breton on both Scottish smallpipes and
Border pipes. The concert will take place at Shepherd Universitys
Reynolds Hall. Co-sponsored with the Upper Potomac Pipers Weekend.
Classes available in many kinds of bellows blown bagpipes, flute,
whistle and mixed-instruments. More information is on the web page.
Advance tickets are $20 adults, $18 seniors and $15 members and $10
students. At the door: $25 adults, $22 seniors, $20 members and $10
children/students. Tickets from Brown Paper Tickets available here.
For more information call the Upper Potomac office at 304.263.2531 or
email updf@earthlink.net. Come on out and watch these pipers Squeeze
the Bag..
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