“Bagpiper Bill” Bagpiper from West Linn, OR

Portland Oregon's Bagpiper Bill is available on SHORT NOTICE for weddings, birthdays, funerals or any special occasion. Whether private, corporate or public, your event is enhanced by the presence of an expert bagpiper in full regalia. His bagpipes stir emotions at weddings, funerals, and life celebrations. If you want your booking fee paid for you have come to the right place! Bill always pays your booking fee so you don't have to! Bill knows how overwhelming planning an event can be, and his goal is to make this as easy as possible for you. Once you agree to hire him for your event, he will have a quick phone call, play some tunes and work from that point. If you already know what you want played and wish to just correspond via email or text messaging, that works as well. About a week out, depending on your contact preference he can touch base with you and re-confirm your event details. He will help make your occasion successful and something beautifully memorable to look back upon. Add the sterling harmonics of the bagpipes to your event to make it special! Here is some additional information: Wedding Ceremonies Grace your wedding with a highly-skilled bagpiper. Whether your ceremony takes place inside a chapel, church or historic building, or outside in the mountains, by a lake or rushing river, the Great Highland Bagpipes add a timeless beauty to any wedding ceremony. Bill performs at weddings throughout Oregon and surrounding states each year. Feel free to call him at 5 0 3 9 7 0 74 76, he would LOVE to talk to you about your upcoming wedding, and to help you arrange music for your guest arrivals, ceremony processional, unity candle/ reflective moment, recessional, leading guests from ceremony to cocktail hour music and entrance into the reception music, or for any combination of the above. Birthday Parties Add the bagpipes for a special birthday SURPRISE, as the piper starts in the distance, walking towards and ending at the birthday person. Bill will march in as a surprise; performing for the honored person a selection of favorite songs (from Irish Eyes are Smiling to Scotland-the-Brave, and Amazing Grace) before playing 'Happy Birthday' on the bagpipes at the very end of the party - everyone joins in in singing Happy Birthday with the pipes! Memorials and Funeral Services Grace your family's service with skilled piping at an affordable price. Bill can help you add a selection of beautiful tunes to your funeral service. He adds a soulful beauty to any service. Recently Bill performed at Arlington Cemetery in Virginia as a solo piper for a Marine Corp Sargent killed in Afghanistan, the family flew him to Washington DC to perform at the conclusion of the full military honors ceremony. You can be assured that you are in good hands. Whether in a church, a formal cemetery service, a formal Military service, or a scattering of the ashes, Bill's pipes will add a soul lifting ambiance to your family's service. Celebrations, Golf Tournaments, Anniversaries, etc. Add the sound of the bagpipes to your event and make the day a great day to remember. Bill performs at a wide-range of festivals to private intimate ceremonies. He has an ability to be creative and instantly adaptable to the needs of his clients guarantying the events success. School Events/ Cultural Days/ Boy Scout Troops Bill performs for schools in his continued commitment to help culturally educate the next generation about Scotland and Ireland. Having lived as a boy in Scotland, He entertains children with a fantastic slide show called "A Trip to Scotland or Ireland" performing on the quiet electronic bagpipes, he gets the children dancing and marching to the pipes - they love it.

• Amazing Grace | for All Occasions
• Scotland the Brave | for All Occasions
• Going Home | for Funerals
• Highland Cathedral | for Weddings
• Flower of Scotland | for Most Occasions
• The Wearing of the Green | for Most Occasions
• Kilworth Hills March | for Most Occasions
• Lochanside Slow Air | for Most Occasions
• MacAllister's Dirk Reel | for Most Occasions
• No Awa Tae Bide Awa March | for Most Occasions
• The Old Woman's Dance Jig | for Most Occasions
• Islay Ball Strathspey | for Most Occasions
• Tulloch Castle Strathspey | for Most Occasions
• Wallace's Bridge Slow Air | for Most Occasions
• Links of Forth March | for Most Occasions
• The Hen's March Jig | for Most Occasions
• The Pidgeon on the Gate Reel | for Most Occasions
• Murdo MacKensie of Torraige March | for Most Occasions
• Mrs. McPherson of Inveran Reel | for Most Occasions
• Hugh Kennedy March | for Most Occasions
• Arniston Cstle Strathspey | for Most Occasions
• Fioan MacLeaod Reel | for Most Occasions
• Arthur Bignold Of Lochrosque March | for Most Occasions
• The Caledonian Canal Strathspey | for Most Occasions
• Inverary Castle Strathspey | for Most Occasions
• MacBeth's Strathspey | for Most Occasions
• The Caledonian Society of London Strathspey | for Most Occasions
• John MacKechie Reel | for Most Occasions
• The Shepards Crook Strashspey | for Most Occasions
• The Laird o' Drumblair Strathspey | for Most Occasions
• Bonnie Woods of Stirkoke March | for Most Occasions
• Braes of Melinsih Jig | for Most Occasions
• Archie Beag Jig | for Most Occasions
• Glasgow Week in Hamburg | for Most Occasions
• The Rose Among the Heather | for Most Occasions
• The Festival March | for Most Occasions
• Mrs Lilly Christie | for Most Occasions
• The Gravel Walk Reel | for Most Occasions
• Doctor Death Jig | for Most Occasions
• Heights of Dargai | for Most Occasions
• Trevor Buckley Hornpipe | for Most Occasions
• O'er the Bows to Ballindalloch | for Most Occasions
• B-52 Hornpipe | for some Occasions
• Gelndaruel Highlands | for Most Occasions
• John Morrison of Assynt House | for Most Occasions
• Lament for the Old Sword | Piobaireachd
• The Bin Yin Hornpipe | for Most Occasions
• Classical Bob | for Most Occasions
• Calum Ian Hornpipe | for Most Occasions
• Angus McKinnon | for Most Occasions
• Sleepy Maggie Reel | for Most Occasions
• Jimmie Ward's Jig | for Most Occasions
• The Black Bear | for Most Occasions
• The Ewe with the Crooked Horn Stathspey | for Most Occasions
• Zito the Bubble Man Hornpipe | for Most Occasions
• Adrian's Obsession Hornpipe | for Most Occasions
• Chasing Shadows Hornpipe | for Most Occasions
• Bulgarian Bandit Hornpipe | for Most Occasions
• The Wind-Up Hornpipe | for Most Occasions
• Turbulance Hornpipe | for Most Occasions
• Maggie Cameron Strathspey | for Most Occasions
• Thompson's Dirk Reel | for Most Occasions
• Dolina McKay Reel | for Most Occasions
• Fraser Allison's Jig | for Most Occasions
• Flowers of the Forest | for Funerals
• Skye Boat Song | for All Occasions
• Mist Covered Mountains | for Funerals
• Mhairis Wedding | for Weddings
• The Rowan Tree | for All Occasions
• The Craddle Song | for Weddings
• I will go home to Kintail | for Funerals
• Bonnie Dundee | for All Occasions
• Fiji Love Song | for All Occasions
• The Dark Island | for Funerals
• The Highland Wedding | for Most Occasions
• Ballahuish Walk-About | for Most Occasions
• Xmas Music | Traditional