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National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland Senior Band to perform for Prince Charles | | Simon T
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01 Jun 2009 at 12:24 | The National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland Senior Band are preparing an open air spectacular for TUESDAY 2nd JUNE 2009, from 11.30 am until 1.30pm on the front steps outside the National Piping Centre during which they will perform for HRH Price Charles.
It is the final part of the NPC's 10th Anniversary Celebrations which took place last year. It has been 10 years since HRH Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay officially opened the National Piping Centre as our patron and we are lucky enough to to have him visiting again!
We would like to invite you to come along to this open air concert and share in the experience. The concert is free and will be out in the open. So keep your fingers crossed that the rain stays away!
We would love to see you there to enjoy this open air spectacular and help us celebrate our 10 year anniversary along with the Prince of Wales.
Yours sincerely
The National Piping Centre Team.
Anyone going to this? I am.
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01 Jun 2009 at 15:12 | | I'll go if you can get me the train fare :) | Simon T
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03 Jun 2009 at 12:35 | I glad I went to this yesterday. The music provided was top notch. There were performances from Gillian Chalmers, Tia Files, Marrisa Vachon, Norrie MacIver (4th year RSAMD Scottish Music course), TNT, 1st year RSAMD Scottish Music course, 3 very young pipers, The current highland dancing world champion accompanied by Chris Armstrong who also performed an amazing solo. The last act finished off with all the tutors playing 'dueling bagpipes' which was great fun. The finale was all the pipers who played during the show plus board members and Phil Cunningham. It was a real tribute to the work of the National Piping Centre.
The Prince wasn't in for long but heard quite a few of the performances. I would have liked to have heard him say a few words on the merits of the Piping Centre to the many budding donars who were present.
The one thing I wasn't so happy with on the day were some of the comments of the compere. It's not that they were totally negative but at times inapproriate. I saw this as real opportunity to big up piping and the centre and remarks to the Prince and the waiting press that young pipers must really bug their neighbours when they practice and other similar remarks protrayed as humour could have been better.
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