Highland Laddie World pipe band championship 2008

[StrathendrickPiper]

plane taking off 140 db, 1 set of well played bagpipes 110 db, you could have probably heard this across the city

[smallfryme]

How cool do you think this would sound on the violin?

[Celtefan]

@smallfryme

Hello,

If you want to have an idea, here are two videos where Highland Laddie is played on the violin:

h t t p:// w w w.youtube.com/watch?v=o4xgutoU­Zlo

h t t p:// w w w.youtube.com/watch?v=eOt8OTrA­u3c&feature=channel_video_titl­e

[TheGwenana]

J'ai été privé de se spectacle ! PAS DE PLACES

[pippin420]

so.. many.. bagpipes...

[celt1745]

@Celtefan:

a chara choir,

chuir me litir-E agat troimh do "website contact."

Mise,

Seamus

[celt1745]

@lithfrasir: My respects to your late grandfather.. As a piper who has also seen close combat (though not while playing!), I know he must have been a very brave man. I have always respected him and his late CO, Lord Lovat. They may well have been mad - but it was a gallant madness!

[Celtefan]

@celt1745 Very interesting! I will take time to analyze your comment... If you are interested in it here is my website (there is an English version) about history of Scottish bagpipes traditional tunes: cornemusique.free.fr

[celt1745]

@Celtefan - Moran taing. (Gaelic for merci!) I have left a comment on your other post (Over the Sea to Skye), which also has an interesting history.

My own website is still being reconstructed, but you can see it at: sites.google.com/site/glencelt

[Celtefan]

@celt1745 I'm not sure you're right but I do admit it is very difficult to find the tunes origins. As far as I know it is the tune "Bonapart's retreat" which descended from "The Eagle's Whistle".

[vyperhawk71]

MMmmmmmmm..... I love that sweet sweet cut-off......

[piper72]

RIP Bill Millin

[mzginge1]

well its nice to know that even with all those first class players in the top pipebands that massed pipebands never sound that good if you know what you are listening for. xx

[lithfrasir]

My granddad was at sword beach and apparently this was played when they were going up the beach

[Celtefan]

@lithfrasir Yes it has been played by Bill Millin known as the dday piper...

[bethdaschef]

@Celtefan He is also known as the mad piper of Normandy. The Germans later said that their snipers ignored him because they "believed he must be mad"!!! Lord Lovat, Commander of 1st Commando brigade who Bill Millin served for was mad though!!!

[bethdaschef]

@lithfrasir you're granddad is a brave man!

[DrMarianus]

@lithfrasir

As a US Navy VIetnam veteran who's father fought in Europe, I tip my hat and bow in reverence to your grandfather; part of the Greatest Generation the world has known. Do you realize that people like your grandfather saved the world? Even though we span a generation, he is my brother in arms.

[DrMarianus]

Respond to this video... 

Bagpipes make the hairs on my arm stand up. Makes me wish I were Scottish in a Highland Regiment.

[lumberjack1475]

Freiceadan Dubh gu siorraidh!!

Course it's played fast, it's a the 42nd Freiceadan Dubh marching song

[Halo30wnag3]

very nice!

[stupidshitsucks]

Love the tune but played kind of fast here.

[badyin]

Maybe the Argylls were afraid the pubs were closing

[Someloke8895]

That, is incredible.

[AyiaNiceCobb]

I'm currently learning this song:)

[Celtefan]

A very nice full scottish song. But a difficult one... take your time to learn it!

[Blackislers]

it was my first song that I learned, I found it quite easy

[Celtefan]

You find it easy because you are a true highlander from Black Isle ! ;-)

[BewareTheBeast]

Then why is it 'Heilan lalddie' and not the Gaelic equivalent? I know the Black Isle well (My wife is from Beauly) and this is not highland music. Its lowland.

[Celtefan]

Highland Laddie (or Hielan as it is said in the army) is the Highland regiment official march). It tells different stories: the Jacobite victory of Falkirk - the impossible love of a lowland lassie for a Highland Laddie (a Burns poem) the highlanders working on Dundee whalers homesickness. Its also a Highland dance So many reference to the Highlands that this tune must be assimilated as a Highland one even if the original tune title is the "Lass of Livingston" (West Lothian Lowlands)

[Lwuun]

... Shoot. XD I gotta learn this in a day at this speed for the massed band tomorrow in Alden Biezen. D8 Sounds great with this much pipebands, woa.

[umakeiwatch]

it was because FMM had not played well at the british champs in birmingham:P

[generalberkay]

this is amazing!

[randomerness85]

i was there that year

it was the most amazing experience ever

my band (Ballyboley PB) came 6/53

i was so proud of them,

ive left that band and im in Major Sinclair Memorial PB

[jamjams1234]

omfg i seee me :):)

[meganmanic7]

EASTKILBRIDEPIPEBAND#1 ;]

[NoNutsProdcutions]

Troon blackrock ya bam ;-) were gonna flip yees et eh worlds mayte

[whitty2355]

Is that in canada?

[Thanato26]

@whitty2355

Watch the video again.

~Thanato

[umakeiwatch]

@whitty2355

nah its in scotland , in glasgow -glasgow green

[dundeekungfu]

awesome...total goosebumps

[fifi16994]

i was there! our band was standing next to Field Marshall montgomery! it was scary but cool!

[Celtefan]

How great experience it should have been for you! I wish you to play one day in the arena 1!

My pipe major (a Canadian woman) said to me that Simon Fraser University wan because they were those who successfully played with the highest pitch.

[legalass17]

This gives me goosebumps. And...you gotta love a man that will wear a kilt!

[livewirexxx101]

im a piper myself, my dads harsh, but i enjoy it, its a hard song to play on the beat but once you get it, it gets easier

as a piper i can appreciate that and how hard it mus've been to plan it out

[Celtefan]

This lovely Scottish tune is not easy to play and above all, the slightest error is immediately audible certainly not a tune for beginners except for those who are passionate!

[MarineLlanoTX]

Outstanding video of a great performance! Being of Scottish descent (Robertson), I love bagpipes and the haunting music of the clans! Semper Fi!

[TheHighlandPiper]

Great Video!!!!

How many Pipers are there!!!!!

Fantastic!!!

Best regards from Germany

[Celtefan]

A great experience that every piper should attend in direct live at least one time in his life!