From your very first contest to the big stage: what to expect, how to prepare, and how to perform your best under pressure.
I open by going around the room: members share competition histories ranging from grade 4 solos to the Worlds with SFU in 1999, and one member…
Fresh off five days in Kansas City, I take members inside Winter Storm, one of the world's great piping events — and one with deep personal meaning,…
I spent most of my competitive life treating Highland games preparation as a system: register early, print every entry form, read the rules, and…
Weddings, funerals, retirement parties, school performances — the solo gigs that aren't competitions or parades are where most pipers actually meet…
Nerves, drone shut-offs, early E's, vanishing memory — I open this session by collecting the real performance fears of members who play band gigs,…
Drawing on years playing in grade one bands like SFU and more than two decades teaching bands including nearly 20 years with the Keith Highlanders, I …
Competition day is won before you play a note. I have been competing since September 1990 — every local Highland Games, the B.C. indoor circuit, and…