The Sandringham Piper

Of Scottish parentge, I started to play the Pipes aged only 8yrs old and there started a life long passion that holds fast to today. My main Piping tutor and influence on me as a young boy was an Ex Scots Guards Piper (George Brown) who took me under his wing and instilled that old school knowledge and bearing as well as teaching me to a high level. That led me to join the HM Forces - Scots Guards as a 16yr old boy solider and after my years basic training and spell at the Guards Piping School becoming a Piper in the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards. During my time in the Army I played at all the major ceremonial events (military/civilian) inc Trooping the Colour, State Banquets at Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace, Beating the Retreat, Edinburgh & Berlin Tattoo, many pop concerts inc Annie Lennox/Eurythmics, Rod Stewart, various TV shows....after 8yrs service I left the Army and took up a Corporate Career in Managed Sales & Services. My passion only increased, I proceeded to play competitvely with some of the top Pipe Bands in the World (and still do to this day) .... Dan Air Pipe Band, Clan Sutherland PB, Pipes & Drums of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, Los Angels Scots PB, Scottish Power PB, Police Service of Northern Ireland...wining multiple Major Titles in Grades 1 & 2. I currently play with one of the premier Pipe Bands in North America - The Los Angeles Scots Pipe Band regularly attending games in LA, San Francisco, Las Vegas, San Diego in the US and Victoria BC, Canada. Regularly playing with the various US Marine Corps Military Bands whom also attend these events. The experience and Military bearing I can bring to any event is a given, along with a superbly tuned bagpipe... I have a passion and desire to 'do a job properly', I treat people the way I would like to be treated. Over the years I have played at everything from the halftime show on the Eurovision Song Contest to car launches at the Deauville Film Festival plus many festival and folk concerts across Europe... as well as Weddings, Funerals, Burns & St Andrews Society Dinners, Retirement & Masonic dinners to name but a few.... and the odd Hindhu temple dedication. I also do a mean 'Address to the Haggis' if your needing some Haggis in your life ? ;-)