in my mall last Saturday

**cloves** · 14th March 07, 02:06 PM

A local pipe band is making it's way to Scotland shortly to compete in a band competition. Anyway, two of the pipers were in the shopping mall I work at selling tickets at a kiosk to raise money for their travel.
I was lucky, my friend Phil, happened to have his cell/camera on him and snapped this pic for me.

Apparently, the tickets are for some cool prizes people had donated. Grand Prize is a trip for two to Scotland!!!

here's the pic. Bit fuzzy, but you get the idea.

**cessna152towser** · 14th March 07, 02:07 PM

Nice pic, great to see the pipes being played outside of Scotland.

**Kilted KT** · 14th March 07, 02:08 PM

great pics! Would be awesome to get see a piper in the malls down here.

**cloves** · 14th March 07, 02:48 PM

there are pipers everywhere here....well not really I exaggerate.

However, this time of year, every curling bonspiel starts and ends with a piper. Pipers at weddings, pipers at funerals. There is a Pipe and Drum school here that is quite well known. We sometimes have a piper at our waterfront for when cruise ships come in......I could go on.

**ccga3359** · 14th March 07, 03:05 PM

Alex, pipes are not that uncommon in Canada, often times when I'm out in our rescue boat we enter harbour to the strains of a piper on the pier. Though he plays for the people not us.

**The Wizard of BC** · 14th March 07, 03:42 PM

I feel so lucky to have found a place to live that not only encourages kilts but pipers as well. Directly on the inner Harbour of Victoria, right across the street from the Parliament Buildings, The Royal BC Museum, and The Empress Hotel is "Pipers Corner". This corner is so named because it is reserved for pipers who wish to Busk. You know, grab your pipes, lay your Glengarry at your feet, and play away, hoping tourist will drop a few coins in appreciation.
Almost any sunny day (and a few rainy ones as well) the skirl of pipes can be heard over the traffic and roofs of my adopted city.

**GMan** · 14th March 07, 06:38 PM

At first I thought you said you owned a Mall, then I cleaned my glasses.

It is great to see Kilts in the Mall, I do it all the time.

That is one great photo.

**TimC** · 15th March 07, 07:49 AM

Nice to see the pipes being played somewhere other than the games. How was the sound playing in a large mall?

-Tim

**cloves** · 15th March 07, 06:13 PM

it's not that big a mall....this was in the courtyard area next to the escalators. Sounded pretty good acoustically but he was a very young piper and had a few bum notes. Lots of people loved him though.
There were a few shoppers up around the second level that had stopped to listen. Just a neat occurance I thought.

**mbhandy** · 9th June 07, 08:32 AM

Originally Posted by cloves

it's not that big a mall....this was in the courtyard area next to the escalators. Sounded pretty good acoustically but he was a very young piper and had a few bum notes. Lots of people loved him though.
There were a few shoppers up around the second level that had stopped to listen. Just a neat occurance I thought.

Good for him I am only learning on a a Long Polypenco Practice Chanter.

I hit a hole bunch of reed bending notes trying to hit the grace notes

I Keep practicing.

MrBill