Richmond Bagpipe Blog

What a night! Almost 100 tickets sold. Weeks of preparation finally paid off. Cocktails and social hour kicked off the celebration, then suddenly The Black Bear could be heard. The pipe call to dinner. Then everyone is asked to rise for the national anthems. Whales, Ireland, Canada, United Kingdom, Scotland, and the United States. What a ceremony, all the colors …

The Virginia Scots Guards will be hosting their annual Burns Night on January 31st at the Samis Grotto located at 4028 Mac Arthur Avenue in Richmond. We are planning the traditional supper of haggis, roast beef, salmon and all the trimmings.  Set ups available, bring your own libations. A full evening of entertainment featuring the Virginia Scots Guards, Shamrock and …

This is always a difficult thing to report on, but reminds us all that our time here on Earth is just temporary, and back to our Creator we will return. A close, personnal friend of mine, Bob Maxwell lost his oldest brother, Charles Maxwell this weekend. Funeral service to be held at the Woody Funeral Home at Parham and Three …

What an exciting night. The VSGPD had the honor of playing at the Stratford Grill on new years eve. The resturant is owned by our own Pipe Sgt. Chris Langdon and his wife Cheryl. The band played five sets in between the rock band named Rare 4-M that played for the night. They were undoutedly the best rock band I …

What a day! It started a little on the cold side, but soon warmed up to being tolerable. I personnally hate playing in cold wheather, as my pipes are harder to play, and the cold chanter is like a block of ice. But it worked out fine. Intonation was near perfect. The sound power was great. It was awsome leading …

Hi everyone, sorry for the delay in posting, the band and I have been very busy. We recently completed a successful paid performance for our friends at the RoomStore, this was our second event for them this year,  we look forward to working with them again.  The following day, we marched in the Ashland Holiday parade, it was cold, but, …

I am happy to announce that 11-18-2008 is the VSGPDs 1st birthday. Our first performance was the Ashland parade and a show at Sullivans Irish pub in Ashland. At that time we were called the Richmond Scots Guards. We expanded to VA a month later. Anyway, HAPPY BIRTHDAY VSGPD!!!!!! And many more. Pipe Major David Hinton, VSGPD.

Hello all, I hope everyone had a wonderfull time at Old El Paso last night for dinner. I know I did. The food was excellent, and the prices are very good. These guys really go out of their way for us everytime we go. We have eaten there several times, and I for one would like to make this an …

Everyones wondering why I havent writen a post all week. Well Sheila being sick this week including an ER visit, it has been a hectic week. The old, or rather new laptop hasnt been out all week. So hear is the story. I was hired by Randolph College in Lynchbuerg, VA to play and lead the procession for the inauguration …