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February 2010 :: Volume 2, Issue 1 Share
ISMPB Proudly Partners with GUINNESS®!
GUINNESS®, The Official Beer of ISMPB.
 The Ian Sturrock Memorial Pipe Band is proud to announce in 2010 our partnership with Guinness®, The Official Beer of ISMPB. Local Alabama Crown rep Roger Bishop, pictured left with Pipe Major Ryan Morrison and Ian Hoppe and Nathan Tucker of Jasper Coal, has followed ISMPB since the band became a regular feature of performances of the local traditional Irish folk and rebel music band Jasper Coal. Needless to say, Roger has been enthused and impressed with our performances. Since the advent of our partnership, Guinness® has since provided us with the lovely banner above which will lead this year's Birmingham St Patrick's Day Parade scheduled for Saturday March 20th. They have also graciously supplied us with a few t-shirts to sell, but more on that later ...
Competition Band Readies for Contests in KY, TN, GA
The Ian Sturrock Memorial Pipe Band Grade 5 Competition Band is getting ready for its debut at contests in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Georgia in late spring and this coming fall. The band has been working very hard since fall of 2009 and all our efforts indicate a victorious year ahead! Rumors brewing outside the band suggest that we will be graded up within a year's time!
We are hoping to add a couple more dates to the list below, but in the meantime we are registered to compete at the following three events:
Gatlinburg Scottish Festival & Games
Saturday May 15th 2010
Mills Park, Gatlinburg, TN
www.gsfg.org
Glasgow Highland Games
Saturday June 5th 2010
Barren River Lake State Park, Lucas, KY
www.glasgowhighlandgames.org
Stone Mountain Highland Games
Saturday October 16th 2010
Stone Mountain State Park, Stone Mountain, GA
www.smhg.org
If you plan on attending any of these festivals, please come and support Alabama's favorite pipe band!
Support ISMPB! Buy Our Merch!
... And what better way to support Alabama's favorite pipe band than to purchase our new stickers and t-shirts! Show your support for your favorite pipe band by tagging your car with our new stickers with our Skull Logo! The sticker measures 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" and proudly bares our motto in bold letters We Bleed Plaid. Stickers are $2.50 + $1 S&H.
Order your black 100% Cotton ISMPB T-Shirt with the Guinness® logo on the front left corner and the Skull Logo with our motto We Bleed Plaid displayed big and proud on the back. T-Shirts are $20.00 + $5 S&H. Size MEN'S XL ONLY!.
Order securely from our website with PayPal! Click HERE!
 
Thanks for buying our stickers! Keep tagging and keep sending us the photos!
   
Up-Coming Goings-On...
The Ian Sturrock Memorial Pipe Band will be quite busy during the month of March! Try and catch ISMPB and Jasper Coal at the following local events:
St Patrick's Day Show @ The Mill at Five Points
800pm Saturday March 13th 2010
The Mill at Five Points, Birmingham Southside, AL
Jasper Coal St Patrick's Day Show
800pm Wednesday March 17th 2010
Matthew's Bar & Grill, Birmingham, AL
Annual St Patrick's Day Parade
1130am Saturday March 20th 2010
20th Street South, Powell Avenue to Birmingham Southside, AL
2nd Annual St Patrick's Day Celebration
Hosted by Ancient Order of Hibernians (Birmingham, Alabama Division)
300pm Saturday March 20th 2010
Matthew's Bar & Grill, Birmingham, AL
For more info about these events, please visit our Performances page on our website.
Please enjoy these photos from our past performances:
The Great Guinness Toast, The Rampage of Aquarius Birthday Bash, the Caledonian Society of Alabama's Burns Night Celebration, and Birmingham's Veteran's Day Parade.
Brought to you by the great taste of Guinness®, The Official Beer of ISMPB.
   
   
Pipe Major Ryan Morrison Debut on Pipe Band CD
 During the summer of 2009, Pipe Major Ryan Morrison traveled to Pensacola, Florida to participate in a three-day recording session with the Duncan McCall Pipe Band. Though Major Morrison has appeared on albums by recording artists Cynthia Douglass and Jeff Sauceda, this would be his debut recording on a pipe band album. The album even features Major Morrison in two solo tracks. The first track Major Morrison performs a solo on the Great Highland Bagpipes playing two original tunes and one tune arranged from a traditional piece of port a' bheul, Scots Gaelic for "music of the mouth". The port a' bheul is called "The Jealous Woman". The two original tunes are jigs composed by Major Morrison. The first tune is "Jig or Get Off the Pot" and the second tune is called "Binky's Jig" and is inspired by the antics of his favorite pet cat Binky. His second solo set is played on the Bellows Blown Smallpipes. The tunes are both traditional Irish tunes "March of the King of Laois" and "Dick Gossip's" arranged by Major Morrison for the Smallpipes.
The CD is available for purchase for $20.00 US. There is a limited supply, so to purchase your copy now, just contact Pipe Major Ryan Morrison at pipe.major@ismpb.com.
Learn to Play in a Pipe Band
Little can compare to the excitement of watching a Pipe Band perform ... of course, other than actually performing in a Pipe Band! The Ian Sturrock Memorial Pipe Band is not only a performance band, but we are also an educational institution. One of the goals of our band is to pass along the teaching traditions of Alabama's first piper, Ian Sturrock. Students and members receive expert tuition from renowned instructors Pipe Major Ryan Morrison and Drum Sergeant Mike Paige. Upon reaching a certain level of competency, students will undergo an evaluation and may be invited to join the band. If you would like to learn more about performing in a Pipe Band, please contact Pipe Major Ryan Morrison at info@ismpb.com.
Follow ISMPB
Now you can follow ISMPB on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube! Thanks to all who have befriended us so far! Please share our Facebook Fan Page and our Twitter Page with all of your friends!
  
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