The Society was formed in 1983* by a group of
enthusiasts who were interested in reviving the bagpipes of the
Scottish lowlands and border
region. These pipes are bellows-blown with their drones issuing from a
common stock, and have been played in Scotland since at least the 17th
Century.
Over recent years, the Society has grown from being a group of
like-minded friends, to being a truly international organisation, with
members in many far flung places. There are now a number of well
established professional makers producing pipes of the highest quality,
and the instrument has been adopted by numerous folk groups.
*A note from Jeannie Campbell: "The Society was conceived in early 1981 but the official founding was 16th April 1983. The announcement at the time says 'After a couple of years of activity on an informal basis, the emergent Lowland and Border Pipers' Society was formally instituted at an enthusiastic and encouraging meeting in the College of Piping, Glasgow on Saturday April 16th.'"
Find out more on the ABOUT US page, including an article by Jeannie Campbell on the Founding of the Society
LBPS AT PIPING LIVE, AUGUST 2009
please see the events page
COLLOGUE 2009
The Committee have a number of ideas in mind regarding topics and speakers to invite to our Collogue this year, but would also welcome suggestions from the membership before final decisions are made.
Please contact Martin Lowe (m.lowe@lbps.net) or Judy Barker (secretary@lbps.net) with any suggestions.
40TH NEWCASTLETON TRADITIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL, 3 - 5 JULY 2009
please see the events page
THE LBPS ANNUAL PIPING COMPETITION - RESULTS
This year the competition took place on Saturday 4th April at the College of Piping in Glasgow.
2009 RESULTS (pdf format)
PHOTOS FROM THE COMPETITION NOW ON FLICKR.COM
plus...
LISTEN TO 1ST AND 2ND IN EACH CLASS (mp3)
MELROSE TEACHING WEEKEND 2009 - PHOTOS
follow the flickr link at the bottom of this page
LBPS T-SHIRTS - new design available to buy now. View
ONLINE ARTICLES BY MATT SEATTLE
The LBPS is pleased to announce the second in a series of online
articles by Matt Seattle on significant tunes in the Border pipe
repertoire. We hope you will enjoy reading about the tunes as well as
playing them.
Matt's latest article.... Maggie Lauder
and the first article.... Rattlin Roarin Willie
LATEST LBPS PUBLICATION
"WELCOME HOME MY DEARIE – PIPING IN THE SCOTTISH LOWLANDS 1690-1900"
by Pete Stewart
Welcome Home My Dearie tells the story of the bagpipe of the Scottish
Lowlands from its heyday in the late 17th century to its gradual
decline in the 19th century. Once known as ‘the common bagpipe’ but
later consigned to museum collections, displaced by its Great Highland
brother, its full history is told here for the first time.
AVAILABLE TO BUY ONLINE
LBPS NEWS LIST - A MESSAGE FROM
ANITA EVANS
MAILING LIST UNDER REVIEW
Firstly, thank you to all those who have responded to their invitations
and joined the recently set up Google Group for LBPS news and
announcements.
Up to now we have been using an online bulk mailing account to send
emails to the membership, allowing for speedy news updates and saving
paper and postage at the same time.
Increasingly there have been problems with this, including blocking by
certain Internet Service Providers and 'bouncing' or non-existent email
addresses etc.
My solution was to start a new, private, and announcement only mailing
list using Google Groups. Google Groups are well regulated, and give
members various options on how they wish to receive their emails, or
not as the case may be. The group is invitation only for extra
security.
Unfortunately I have had some negative feedback from those who have
received their initial invitation emails, including some who are either
unwilling to open a Google account, or have tried and found it
difficult or impossible to do so.
It seems I did not make it clear in the initial invitation that a
Google account was required, and for that I apologise, but the new
mailing list was set up with the best of intentions. The matter is now
under review and members will be notified when the LBPS committee have
decided on a satisfactory solution.
WEB PHOTO GALLERY
Don't forget to visit our online gallery at flickr.com (link from
photos below)
www.flickr.com
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WEBSITE
If you have a request to add an address to our links page,
non-copyrighted material such as photographs, tune files etc. which you
think may be of interest and appropriate to the LBPS, or any general
enquiries regarding the website, please contact Anita
Evans
Website last updated:
July 2009
Geordie Syme
The famous Town Piper of Dalkeith
