I'm 46 and have been playing for a couple of years now. My brother (MACman) and I joined the police pipe band in our city(our teacher is the PM).
Words cannot express the joy and exhilaration I feel when we strike up and start marching in a parade. There is nothing quite like it!!!!!
Be warned though, it is a lot of hard work and you get out of it only what you put in.
Go for it though, you'll be glad you did.
BAGPIPES ROCK!!!!!!