For centuries, the Terrific Highland Bagpipe has been applied to inspire and to entertain. A lone piper playing a mournful lament or hymn augments a solemn celebration these kinds of as a funeral or memorial services, when the exact pipe can make a hornpipe or jig that makes the urge to dance irresistable at a celebration, wedding reception, or company event. No matter of whether or not your roots go back again to the Highlands of Scotland, Southern Indiana Pipes and Drums can assist make your future function a memorable event. Southern Indiana Pipes and Drums emerged in 2005, as a band of Merry Pipers and Drummers from the scattered corners of Indiana (and over and above). One of the greatest bagpipe bands in the region, our productive membership includes above 30 individuals ranging in age from 7 to 78 and in knowledge from clean newbie to competitors grade piper. We are a regimental (military design) band that involves members from Columbus, Bloomington, North Vernon and Greensburg Indiana – not to point out the token Scottish piper from Glasgow, Scotland. The Band performs at a extensive wide range of functions and gatherings as well as individually and as a customized sized group at personal request. The band is open up to any individual who is genuinely fascinated in discovering and participating in bagpipes and drums in a noncompetitive atmosphere. We welcome new pupils from age seven to infinity, for the Good Highland Bagpipes, Snare, Tenor or Bass drum. College students are taught the fundamentals on a practice chanter or drum pad, and will progress onto the total dimensions instruments as techniques grow. Instruction is provided by pipers and drummers in the band, who have a lot of yrs of encounter..