![]() The band will also have all new DPB custom sporrans, cap badges, and other uniform accessories. We’ll be releasing the name of the new tartan and showing it off for the first time at the Dunedin Highland Games on April 5. The new kilts will still be the blue that everyone has come to love, but it will be a much brighter, modern version of the tartan. Pipe Major Iain Donaldson designed a brand new tartan based on our prior Elliot tartan that brightens it up quite a bit. The band is also having a 50th anniversary uniform makeover. This new site allows us to more easily share photos, videos, news posts, and upcoming DPB events with everyone. To commemorate 50 amazing years, the band launched the all-new. It’s rare to find a pipe band lasting more than 15–20 years, but our founders, and all of the program directors and band leaders throughout the years, have done a wonderful job keeping our organization focused, strong, and competitive. P: Is there anything special happening for the 50th? It gave me an entirely different perspective that ultimately made me a better piper. I competed with the snare drum a few years back for the couple of seasons. I am currently the Pipe Sergeant in our Grade 3 band and the pipe instructor for our Grade 4 band. M: I’ve been playing pipes for just about 20 years now. P: What instrument do you play? Pipes or drums? Iain Donaldson, the current Director of Scottish Programs for Dunedin, is now teaching bagpipes in five local elementary schools, in addition to the high school, middle school, and adult programs. As my dad Pete Tardif pointed out just the other day when he came in our shop, Lothian Kilt Rentals & Bagpipe Supplies, his favorite tune of all time is Highland Cathedral, and every time it’s played, he gets goosebumps. But for those that have listened to good bagpiping, it can give you the chills and be very inspirational. ![]() All of my friends at the time were playing, and I really wanted to be a part of that experience.īagpipes can make the most annoying, awful, terrible noises with inexperience. I always thought it was the coolest instrument. ![]() When I was coming up through Dunedin schools, bagpipes were taught at the middle and high schools. M: As with most of us ‘kids’ who grew up in Dunedin, I learned through the school system and eventually moved into the adult band, which is the Dunedin Pipe Band. P: How did you get started with the band? Marcus: The Dunedin Pipe Band is a non-profit 501(c)(3) public charity that is governed by our Executive Committee: Iain Donaldson, Pipe Major and Dunedin’s Scottish Programs Director Mark Deal, president Gary Smith, vice president Carl Doyle, treasurer Susan Elftman, secretary Jamie Everett and Dan Eaton, members-at-large and me, the band manager. Patch: Can you give me a quick introduction to the leaders of the Dunedin Pipe Band? We recently caught up with Marcus, who together with an intensely dedicated group of people, will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Dunedin Pipe Band this year. In this case (should there be another Marcus Tardif of Dunedin) you'd be correct. Since 2019 have expanded from selling in Ireland and the UK and we now offer free worldwide shipping.With a name like Marcus Tardif of Dunedin, you can't help but conjure visions of kilts and bagpipes. We have also expanded into custom prints so you can get the perfect picture you always wanted. M2M started of with manufacturing and printing small canvases and buying in frames now we manufacture our own frames. M2M Prints started in 2019 with the hope of bringing a bit more colour into your homes. This high quality canvas with its range of colours would suit any colour backdrop. This picture of a Scottish bagpipe player leaning against a brick wall. We also offer personalised canvases which you can upload your own personal pictures and get them delivered straight to your door. no matter your desire there is a canvas for you. We have a wide range of canvases from maps, sports, nature, cityscapes, flowers etc. They are then securely packaged and ready to send worldwide within 24 hours of receiving the order. Each canvas made just for youĮach canvas is made and printed uniquely for each order and framed in our warehouses in Ireland and the UK. They come ready to hang straight out of the box with hooks on all frames and instructions on how to hang. Canvas weightĪll canvases are lightweight even the largest is no more than 4kg. We use stronger 32 x 32mm timber and they are braced in the middle for extra strength. For our larger canvases we make all our own frames. 32x18mm pine stretcher bars are used for our multi piece canvases and smaller canvases. Bagpipes canvas is made using only the best materials 260 gsm quality canvas and ultra-chrome Epson inks.
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