Profile
A Scottish Piper of 35 years experience as a bagpiper for hire. Whether it is wedding bagpipes you seek, a funeral lament or corporate fun, his professionalism guarantees satisfaction.
This piper understands that you will have enough to do on the day. That’s why he offers you a Personal Piping Service with detailed planning so that his part of the proceedings goes off without a hitch.
Born and brought up in the Scottish Highlands, he’s a genuine Highland Piper.
* Arrangements are tailored to your requirements
Rates
Rates subject to travel and time
Rates subject to travel and time
Playlists / Performance Info:
WEDDINGS:
This piper can add something special and memorable to your wedding:
CEREMONY:
Welcoming your guests
Piping the Bride from the car
Accompanying the Bridal Party down the aisle
Playing for your guests whilst you are signing the register
Just married – piping you from the service
Playing for your guests during the photography session
Being available to be photographed with your guests
RECEPTION
Welcoming your guests to the reception
Welcoming you to the reception
Piping you, the newly married couple, to the top table
A Gaelic Toast to the Bride and Groom
EVENING ENTERTAINMENT
The First Waltz
Scottish Dancing, e.g. Strip The Willow, Eightsome Reel, Gay Gordons – if you and your guests don’t know the steps, Neil can teach you.
Burns Suppers:
welcome the guests with a variety of Burns tunes
lead them into the dining room to the skirl of the pipes.
pipe in the “Chieftain Haggis”, to the Burns tune, “A man’s a man for a’ that”.
give the “Address To the Haggis” with full actions before toasting the Haggis with whisky and piping it out again.
play for vigorous dances such as Strip the Willow and The Eightsome Reel or a slow Scottish Waltz after dinner.
Burns Poems
To a Mouse
Tam O’Shanter
Funerals:
the pipes are usually played for any of the following:
As the cortege leaves the family home
As the cortege arrives at the church or crematorium.
Leading the coffin into the church or crematorium.
As the mourners leave the crematorium.
As the coffin is carried to the graveside.
As the coffin is lowered into the grave.
At the end of the ceremony at the graveside - the Piper walks away with the music fading into the distance
This piper can add something special and memorable to your wedding:
CEREMONY:
Welcoming your guests
Piping the Bride from the car
Accompanying the Bridal Party down the aisle
Playing for your guests whilst you are signing the register
Just married – piping you from the service
Playing for your guests during the photography session
Being available to be photographed with your guests
RECEPTION
Welcoming your guests to the reception
Welcoming you to the reception
Piping you, the newly married couple, to the top table
A Gaelic Toast to the Bride and Groom
EVENING ENTERTAINMENT
The First Waltz
Scottish Dancing, e.g. Strip The Willow, Eightsome Reel, Gay Gordons – if you and your guests don’t know the steps, Neil can teach you.
Burns Suppers:
welcome the guests with a variety of Burns tunes
lead them into the dining room to the skirl of the pipes.
pipe in the “Chieftain Haggis”, to the Burns tune, “A man’s a man for a’ that”.
give the “Address To the Haggis” with full actions before toasting the Haggis with whisky and piping it out again.
play for vigorous dances such as Strip the Willow and The Eightsome Reel or a slow Scottish Waltz after dinner.
Burns Poems
To a Mouse
Tam O’Shanter
Funerals:
the pipes are usually played for any of the following:
As the cortege leaves the family home
As the cortege arrives at the church or crematorium.
Leading the coffin into the church or crematorium.
As the mourners leave the crematorium.
As the coffin is carried to the graveside.
As the coffin is lowered into the grave.
At the end of the ceremony at the graveside - the Piper walks away with the music fading into the distance
Entertainment Types:
Piper
Piper
Genres: Celtic, Scottish
Reviews:
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I can’t recommend him enough, for his amazing pipe rendition of beautiful Scottish tunes. Piped into our ceremony at Broadmeadows House in Selkirk with the beautiful tune ‘Gift of a Thistle’. He entertained the family during photos and everyone had a lovely time listening. Amazing talent and you can tell he is passionate about what he does. Thank you for being a part of our special day, Diane and Harry.
UK Areas Covered: Tyne and Wear - Birtley, Blaydon, Boldon, Cleadon, Cullercoats, Gateshead, Hebburn, Hetton-Le-Hole, Houghton-Le-Spring, Jarrow, Newcastle, North Shields, Penshaw, Rowlands Gill, Ryton, South Shields, Sunderland, Tynemouth, Wallsend, Washington, Whickham, Whitburn, Whitley Bay, , Clackmannanshire - Clackmannan, Alloa, Tillicoultry, Tullibody, , East Lothian - East Lothian, Haddington, North Berwick, Dunbar, Tranent, East Linton, , East Renfrewshire - Barrhead, , Edinburgh - Edinburgh, , Falkirk - Falkirk, Grangemouth, Kilsyth, Bridge of Allan, Denny, Alva, , Fife - Cupar, Dunfermline, Glenrothes, Kirkcaldy, St Andrews, Cowdenbeath, Burntisland, , Glasgow - Glasgow, , Mid Lothian - Edinburgh, Musselburgh, Penicuik, Dalkeith, Bonnyrigg, , Perth Kinross - Kinross, Milnathort, Perth, Crieff, Pitlochry, Callander, Blairgowrie, Rattray, Coupar Angus, Kincardine, , Renfrewshire - Renfrew, Paisley, Greenock, Johnstone, Kilmalcolm, , Scottish Borders - Banff, Buckie, Keith, Macduff, Portsoy, Dufftown, Greenlaw, Duns, Eyemouth, Lauder, Coldstream, Peebles, Innerleithen, West Linton, Jedburgh, Hawick, Kelso, Melrose, Roxburgh, Selkirk, Clovenfords, Galashiels, , Stirling - Stirling, , West Lothian - Linlithgow, Livingston, Bo-ness, Broxburn, Whitburn, Armadale, Bathgate,
