The pipes, the pipes are calling…
Posted in This Just In... on August 14th, 2009 by gkrakowBuyMeGetMe.com is attending “Piping Live!” – the week-long, citywide run-up to the grand championship competition this weekend.
We’re talking about the best bagpipers on the planet currently competing at the International Piping festival in Glasgow, Scotland.
On Saturday night, the top-tier of the world’s finest large band finals will be broadcast live on the BBC. It simply known as “The Worlds.”
This is a serious musical event and all you have to do is look around in any direction to realize that Glasgow is a city which is seriously “pipes” crazed.
There have been hundreds of piping events, this week, spread out all over the city, proudly showcasing some of the world’s top international players who come here to perform alongside Scotland’s finest homegrown talent. Super-talented musicians come from such far-flung places like the United States, Canada, Pakistan and New Zealand.
This above video is just a small portion of just one of those events.
Willie McCallum, the eight-time winner of the Glenfiddich Solo Piping Competition was caught in the act amazing hundreds of fans at Todds Bar on the campus of Glasgow’s Strathclyde University.
Enjoy!