Scottish Games in the San Francisco Area, Bagpipers, Caber Tossing, and More

When you think of San Francisco, what image comes to mind? Most people would envision the Golden Gate Bridge, Fisherman's Wharf, or perhaps images of the Great Earthquake of 1906. But I'll bet few people imagine a kilted Bagpiper in downtown San Francisco playing a haunting melody on the pipes!
And yet the San Francisco Bay Area is the perfect place to hear the haunting strains of Amazing Grace, played with skill and precision. The Bay Area is home to one of the largest gatherings in the world for the Scottish Games held annually at the Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, CA. Scottish clans gather there from all over the world to hold athletic competitions in unique events found only in Scotland, such as tossing the caber and the hammer throw.
But the one indelible thing taken away by anyone attending is the number of quality bagpipe players in the San Francisco Bay Area. You can watch the parade that always includes a royal court dressed in Elizabethan finery, and then listen to the pipers and drummers following close behind.
The Scottish Games are being held this year on the 1st and 2nd of September, 2012. If you love the thought of hearing a world class San Francisco bagpiper, be sure and put these dates on your calendar and come to the largest gathering in the world for the Scottish Highland Games. It is their 147th gathering, so tell your family and friends about the San Francisco bagpipers and Scottish caber throwers they can see and hear there. It's a great day for the whole family.
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Plaintive sounds of Amazing grace

When you hear the words bagpiper in San Francisco or San Francisco bagpipe player, what image comes to your mind ? Is it someone holding the bagpipes and playing at the local edition of the Scottish games? Or maybe a bagpiper parading with Queen Elizabeth at the Renaissance Faire?
It just might surprise you to learn that the bagpipes, whether played by a Bagpiper in San Francisco or in the Highlands of Scotland, did not originate in Scotland. Nor did they originate in any English speaking country. Instead, the bagpipes are an innovation dating back to approximately 400 BC, and used first in the Middle East ! It was not until the 8th century that they were first introduced to the British Isles when they were under Roman rule.
All early bagpipes had a few elements in common, including a bag filled with air and a reed to make the music, which makes them a wood wind instrument. But don't you sometimes wonder how in the world someone managed to put these two items together and create such an astonishing musical instrument?
So whether you are listening to a roaring rendition of a battle march played with great skill by an accomplished San Francisco bagpiper , or the plaintive sounds of Amazing grace, you can recall the origination of the intriguing instrument you're listening to.
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San Francisco bagpiper to bring his bagpipes

Who knew that the San Francisco Bay area would have such an interesting assortment of activities for the many lovers of bagpipe music. And one of them even offered free admittance to any San Francisco bagpiper to bring his bagpipes !

The weekend of March 24th, 2012, brought the 8th Annual San Francisco International Bagpipe Festival to the Croatian American Cultural Center. It featured bagpipe music from around the world, including Spain, Italy, Greece and many other countries including Scotland and Ireland, of course. Also available was ethnic Bulgarian food to round out the afternoon.

Since this was the 8th annual Festival, if you missed it be sure to mark your calendar for next year, as the Festival will surely return again next spring. And if you are a San Francisco bagpiper , remember to bring your pipes along for free admission !

One other area of interest for those who love bagpipers in San Francisco and would love to learn how to play the pipes, is a program started in the fall of 2011 from a partnership between the Irish Pipers Band and the United Irish Cultural Center. This program is free to children and teens aged 8-18 who are interested in learning to play the Great Highland Bagpipe. All that is needed is the purchase of materials and the group instruction is free of charge.

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Plaintive sound of the bagpipe playing Amazing Grace

Do you love the plaintive sound of the bagpipe playing Amazing Grace ? Or the rousing sounds of The Wearing of the Green when piped by a champion bagpipe player? Then this information may be of interest to you.
The hills of Scotland may come to mind when you hear the notes produced by this strange, yet haunting instrument issue from a bag of air and a handful of reeds. But did you know that there are a few very good San Francisco bagpipers as well? And a few of them have won Championships for the high quality of their play.

Some of these bagpipers from the San Francisco Bay Area are available to play for special occasions such as weddings, birthdays and other celebrations, offering not only a choice of music but also a choice of dress kilts. Some are even available on short notice for funerals if your departed one loved the pipes.

The popularity of the highland games in Northern California at the Pleasanton Fairgrounds has introduced the bagpipes to many who have not had the chance to hear it played in Scotland, and have taken advantage of the CD’s available there to take home the rousing music to hear at work, at home, or in the car. But hearing it played live for your wedding is something you'll never forget.

So you don't have to venture far from Pleasanton to hear a champion San Francisco bagpiper play! Just keep your ears pealed and you may be hearing a champion San Francisco bagpiper before you know it.

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