ever heard 800 bagpipes

chiquimonkey

play at the same time?

well evidence below....it's hella LOUD!

took my dad to a scottish games festival yesterday, he loves the music....if it's possible to OD on bagpipes, i think we did it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uiYDNcBRpE

jimed14

Where was this?

Me and my girl were housesitting in Pleasanton, CA this weekend (a very nice staycation as it turned out) and right down the street we could hear the bagpipes throughout the day yesterday.

But, I think many areas hosted their Scottish games this weekend.

chiquimonkey

jimed14 wrote:

Where was this?

Me and my girl were housesitting in Pleasanton, CA this weekend (a very nice staycation as it turned out) and right down the street we could hear the bagpipes throughout the day yesterday.

But, I think many areas hosted their Scottish games this weekend.

in pleasanton! it's the biggest one in the bay area, we always take our dad since he enjoys it, and a fun time is always had. they always do it on labor day weekend. i like watching people throw cabers and hammers, that's always good lol

http://www.caledonian.org/games.html

jimed14

chiquimonkey wrote:

jimed14 wrote:

Where was this?

Me and my girl were housesitting in Pleasanton, CA this weekend (a very nice staycation as it turned out) and right down the street we could hear the bagpipes throughout the day yesterday.

But, I think many areas hosted their Scottish games this weekend.

in pleasanton! it's the biggest one in the bay area, we always take our dad since he enjoys it, and a fun time is always had. they always do it on labor day weekend. i like watching people throw cabers and hammers, that's always good lol

http://www.caledonian.org/games.html

that's really cool.

We drove by the fairgrounds at one point and thought about going in ... but, we were really in the "let's just chill by ourselves this weekend" ... then, we went to the Livermore wine festival on Sunday ... so much for that.

chiquimonkey

jimed14 wrote:

chiquimonkey wrote:

jimed14 wrote:

Where was this?

Me and my girl were housesitting in Pleasanton, CA this weekend (a very nice staycation as it turned out) and right down the street we could hear the bagpipes throughout the day yesterday.

But, I think many areas hosted their Scottish games this weekend.

in pleasanton! it's the biggest one in the bay area, we always take our dad since he enjoys it, and a fun time is always had. they always do it on labor day weekend. i like watching people throw cabers and hammers, that's always good lol

http://www.caledonian.org/games.html

that's really cool.

We drove by the fairgrounds at one point and thought about going in ... but, we were really in the "let's just chill by ourselves this weekend" ... then, we went to the Livermore wine festival on Sunday ... so much for that.

that's how it always goes with plans! i was in livermore saturday for dinner with friends, we've yet to hit up the wine festival. i love festivals, so many cool ones in the bay area!

the scottish one is a lot of fun, some good food, neat seeing folks all dressed up, and anywhere they got cool swords available, i'm a happy gal

hinx

I go to a Scottish Games every year with my fam (in Fairhill, MD, right outside of Newark, DE) and I LOVE IT. They're so much fun and the music is really lovely imo.

chiquimonkey

hinx wrote:

I go to a Scottish Games every year with my fam (in Fairhill, MD, right outside of Newark, DE) and I LOVE IT. They're so much fun and the music is really lovely imo.

yeah the bands have competitions all weekend long, and the closing ceremony has them all playing together....they did 'amazing grace' which always sounds incredible. they also had a marines band from san diego and the guard from buckingham palace, was some good stuff.

dunkman

every single weekend.

justam

chiquimonkey wrote:

play at the same time?

well evidence below....it's hella LOUD!

took my dad to a scottish games festival yesterday, he loves the music....if it's possible to OD on bagpipes, i think we did it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uiYDNcBRpE

They had one of those festivals in Rochester last summer but there were not NEARLY as many people playing!!!
Did they have the marching people with drums too?

Bathgate66

nice clip !

unfortuantely here in NYC
we hear these every year,
right around this time of year,
for all the 9-11 ceremonies.

jimed14

Bathgate66 wrote:

nice clip !

unfortuantely here in NYC
we hear these every year,
right around this time of year,
for all the 9-11 ceremonies.

yeah, definitely a different feel for bagpipes when you were raised in the northeast.

My girlfirend asked, "oh, bag pipes, do you wnat to head in?".

My respose, "baby, really ... I grew up near Boston, I've heard my fair share of bagpipes ... granted, they are usually accompanied by green beer and adults puking by 11 am."