Sponsored by
ANDREW TICE
Andrew has played with Jersey Shore Celtic, Kenmure Pipe Band, and the Grade 1 City of Washington Pipe Band.
Andrew won the MSR at the first Balmoral Classic, and Overall at the 2008 U.S. Piping Foundation Championships and finished second overall in the EUSPBA 2008 season standings for grade 1.
GORDON BELL
Gordon’s band experience includes the Kenmure Pipe Band, Worcester Kiltie, Muirhead and Sons, 78th Fraser Highlanders, and City of Washington Pipe Bands.
Gordon is currently a member of the City of Washington Pipe Band. He is a senior drum instructor at the Balmoral School of Piping and Drumming.
DUNCAN BELL
Duncan is an open player and had 10 first place and 8 second place awards. He is ranked third overall in the country but actually the highest in the surrounding area. Both Gordon and Duncan are at the very top of playing. Both are also Judges in the Eastern United States Pipe Band Association as well as instructors.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
2:00 PM
(Doors open at 1:30)
Christ Episcopal Church
For more information email:
pipesanddrumsofbarnegatbay@comcast.net
FEATURING
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1) At the church office
2) Monday evenings @ 7:00
3) At the door (reservations required)
$10 per person
limited seating / reservations encouraged
Tickets may be purchased:
Scottish meat pies and homemade corned beef sandwiches available for purchase
JOHN BRADLEY
In 1987, John was ranked first overall by the Eastern United States Pipe Band Association (EUSPBA) in Grade III. At the North American Championships in Maxville, Ontario, Canada, John won the Grade II Piobaireachd (challenging up from Grade III.) In 1988, John repeated his Grade II Piobaireachd win at Maxville and was ranked first overall in Grade II by the EUSPBA. In September, he was cast in the role of "The Bagpiper" in Touchstone Pictures Academy Award winning film Dead Poets Society. The EUSPBA upgraded John to Grade I.
John began teaching the bagpipe while attending college in New Jersey. As the number of his students grew, so did his passion for teaching. By 1997, John was teaching full time.
In 1998, John helped form the Passaic County Emerald Society Pipe Band as their head instructor. In the fall of 1998, John moved to New York City, founded the NYC Bagpipe Academy, and began teaching out of his Manhattan studio. In 2001, he became the founding instructor of the Union County Police and Fire Pipes and Drums. In 2005, he became the founding instructor of the Newark Fire Department Pipe and Drum Band.
From 1999 to 2007, John toured the nation with the Celtic rock band, Gael Force. They performed at wide variety of events, from the Chicago Irish Fair where they shared the stage with the Saw Doctors, to the All Ireland Fund benefit at the Waldorf Astoria, where John performed with Ronan Tynan. John also appears on their two studio albums, Set in Stone and Flame of Wrath; the second of which John also produced. During this time, John studied many types of musical composition including guitar, bass, and vocals with fellow band members.
In 2003, John reentered competitive solo piping and is currently ranking third in Grade I by the EUSPBA. In early 2006, John returned to his hometown of West Orange, NJ to pursue a lifelong dream of becoming a firefighter. He currently resides there with his wife of two years, Lynda.