Hawick Buskers Festival

[cessna152towser]

With local musician Rob Nicholson

Many of the musicians wore these baseball caps with saltire motif, as seen on this young accordionist.

Young local drummers.

Pipes and Drums. The kilts in the foreground are Hawick tartan.

More traditional fare for this annual event - jazz musicians at the Trinity Gardens bandstand.

I had been asked by the organisers to participate by doing a half hour or so of piping at the event and had to tell them that I don't currently have bagpipes. However I made my first tentative steps back into piping by purchasing a practice chanter and Logan's pipe tutor from the local music shop.

I'll soon get the hang of this again - its been four or five years since I last played!

[GMan]

I love going to festivals whilst Kilted, especially Celtic oriented ones. These pictures show me why I like them. Oh and good luck on renewing your musical talents.

[Hamish]

I had been asked by the organisers to participate by doing a half hour or so of piping at the event and had to tell them that I don't currently have bagpipes. However I made my first tentative steps back into piping by purchasing a practice chanter and Logan's pipe tutor from the local music shop.

I'll soon get the hang of this again - its been four or five years since I last played!

Looks like a day of fun up there on the streets of Hawick, Alex. We never have anything like that down here - trouble with living in the country I guess!

I was amused by seeing your bagpipe tutor. It is precisely the one that I have, and have had for thirty-odd years - it must be a classic. Of course, you have played before and so I guess you'll find it easy. Unfortunately, I could get nowhere with it at all, but then I cannot read music and never could, not even in my choir days or piano lesson days!! Good luck with it - you and Porrick will be able to give us piping duets at next year's Ferintosh Burns weekend(s)!!

[PS: The Hawick tartan is absolutely gorgeous ....... must make a note!]