May 12th, 2009
by AlexRobertson and TomFoote and
Tom Foote and I, having spent many an hour on the road together pursuing the pastime of drumming, have developed a certain breed of comedy only available to, and perhaps only understood by, those who have shared similar experiences in the quest of a common goal. This humor emanates from a need for entertainment, and utter road-crazy, both of which I’ll attempt to convey here via illustration and written word.
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March 11th, 2009
by MikeGrey
The great 1960 Oscar-nominated movie is one of our favourites. It is available on DVD. Have a look here: Read the rest of this entry »
March 1st, 2009
by Web Guy
Dydd Gwyl Dewi Dedwydd!
Happy St David’s Day. Read the rest of this entry »
February 27th, 2009
by Kyle
Though I have not been piping for long, I’ve been given lots of good, and - well – some not so good advice.
An example of the bad: “Don’t play sheepskin bags. They smell, and require TONS of maintenance.”
Well, turns out that I now play a sheepskin bag, and love it! They don’t smell, and don’t require much maintenance at all. Read the rest of this entry »
February 20th, 2009
by MikeGrey
As the man once said, when it comes to success, “the secret is: there is no secret – it just takes a lot of hard work” and (I’m adding this part) ‘grit’. Grit: a supremely excellent word.
Here’s your inspirational photo of the hour (taken while walking along Cowcaddens Road, towards The National Piping Centre, Glasgow, [August 2008] with TPPB alumnus, Derek Midgley).
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February 2nd, 2009
by Web Major
On the evening of January 24, 2009 , Colin MacPherson and I piped in the haggis for a Toronto area Legion celebrating Rabbie’s 250th Birthday. Read the rest of this entry »
January 14th, 2009
by Web Major
Dear band guys:
So, you thought my Sunday, January 9th, 15-hour bus trip from Cincinnati to Toronto Police Pipe Band practice was wild. It ended up being nothing compared to my trip home…
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January 6th, 2009
by Web Major
I finish most emails to the corps by saying “practice hard and practice smart.” Practicing hard is of course a part of being successful in this game and we all generally understand that, but knowing what to practice is the other and perhaps more important aspect.
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December 31st, 2008
by Web Major
It’s finally here; the last day of the year, 2008…hard to believe that yet another entire year has passed us by. Hopefully for most, you have had some great experiences over the past year, and have also had some great pipe band moments!
As both our bands have gone their separate ways for our Christmas break from pipe banding, I am starting to remember that there was something that I was supposed to learn, and of course have off for our first practice of 2009: A huge stack of new music! This of course raises the question: how best to learn music? And a second and more important question: Do I still have enough time to get it done prior to that first practice?
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December 22nd, 2008
by Web Major
Welcome to the Toronto Police Pipe Band’s brand new website! We’ve packed the
site with a lot of information including contact information, a calendar of
events, photos, band history, member information and as much multi-media stuff
as we can find! The Toronto Police Pipe Band team has over a millennium of
piping and drumming experience – that’s a jaw-dropping 1000 years of practicing
musicianship! Almost unbelievable!
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As ambassadors of both the Toronto Police Service and the City of Toronto, the
band is dedicated to playing good music well and to help bring the ancient
sounds of the pipes and drums to citizens of Toronto – and the world.
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