Robert Grubb Bagpiper from New Orleans, LA

Bagpipe band- Call for Fire and Police Department funeral. Other funerals - Call Single bagpiper-Call for Fire and Police Department funerals. Other funerals - $275 + plus travel expenses outside 50 miles of New Orleans For all other events: Bagpipe Band - Call Single Piper - I am Bob Grubb and I play the bagpipes. I have been playing the Great Highland Bagpipes since the mid-1980s. I'm available for weddings, funerals, parties, boat christenings, parades, or any other occasion that calls for the sound of bagpipes. All you have to do is decide what the occasion is, and I'll help you fit bagpipe music into it. I am an experienced piper, with an extensive repertoire to suit almost any need. I have been the piper for Clan Urquhart and the pipe major of the Urquhart Pipe Band for the Chief of Clan Urquhart, played for Mardi Gras Balls (one for over 20 years) numerous weddings, funerals, dinner parties, luncheon party (again one for over 15 years), memorials, government functions, military functions, grand openings and birthday parties. Professionalism is the ultimate goal for you. I have the experience to make your event special and memorable. I was honored to ceremoniously present former presidents William Clinton and George H.W. Bush, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, the Dali Lama and Stevie Wonder. I also piped for several Rod Stewart performances in the Mercedes Benz Superdome. I also played for a locally shot TV series. I live in the New Orleans/Baton Rouge/Gulfport-Biloxi area. I am willing to travel within reason. Email me for more information about rates or suggestions on how bagpipes can be included in your next event. If I cannot play your function, I will get you another piper or if you need a bagpipe band. FUNERALS AND MEMORIALS: Usually at gravesite and or the church. I have played before and after the service. A list of possible tunes can be sent on request. For budgetary purposes, use $275 plus the BASH fee plus a travel stipend. If you need tunes played in a Catholic Church, please talk your priest. WEDDINGS: Listed below are places where bagpipe music may be played during your wedding. It is up to you to decide where you want pipe music. So, read on for these tips and suggestions! Weddings in Archdiocese of New Orleans: If your wedding is in a Catholic Church, please talk your priest. Before the ceremony: While the guests are arriving at the ceremony, usually 15 to 25 minutes before the ceremony, a mixed selection of marches, strathspeys, reels, and jigs. During the ceremony: For Grandparents and parents to be seated, slow tunes, lullabies. For the bridesmaids, a slow aire, or as some brides have chosen, Highland Cathedral For the bride, Prince of Denmark's' March (the bagpipe version of Trumpets Voluntary), Wagners' Bridal March (Here Comes the Bride), and Highland Wedding Candle lighting, or flowers for the mothers, slow aires including Skye Boat Song or Loch Rannoch. After the ceremony: Recessionals are varied. Some people want Irish music, others want Scottish, some do not care, some like other tunes. I play until all guests have exited the building. Suggestions for placing your piper: Great Highland Bagpipes are loud and have no volume control. When the Great Highland Bagpipes are played inside (especially in the smaller venues), it is very loud. Not a big deal, if the guests are expecting it or if the purpose of the wedding party is to surprise the guests. Have the piper play as he marches down the aisle before the bridesmaids come out. Once he turns, the procession starts. Another is to pipe the bridesmaids down the aisle from the rear of the church, then march down the aisle in front of the bride playing her processional. Some brides want to be led down the aisle, others want the piper at the front before it all starts, others want the piper at the rear of the church or in the balcony or choir loft. All of these work well. It depends entirely on how you want YOUR show to look. I have also been asked to hide until time to play the bridal march. Please discuss with me the placement, the tunes you desire and when you need the tunes. We'll cover all of the options, and you can decide how you want to handle the music. People wonder why it costs so much "to play only one tune". They don't think about the $750 kilt, $50 hose, $500 jacket and vest, $130 ghillies, the $1,800 instrument that we have to bring with us because churches don't provide bagpipes, and the time it takes before the event to get the pipes warmed up so they will stay in tune for the duration. We think about those things, along with what are the best tunes, the timing of starting the tunes, when to cut a tune short or lengthen a tune.

• prince of denmark
• ode to joy
• highland wedding
• highland cathedral
• amazing grace
• scotland the brave
• High Road/Brown Haired Maiden Green Hills/Wearin O' the Green Scotland the Brave/Wings/Scotland Low Hand Pikeman's March/Flett From Flotta/Mairis Wedding When the Saints Go Marching In Pay the Piper:/ Crags of Tumbledown Mountain 72nds Farewell to Aberde