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What Are Your Kids Going To Be Doing This Spring?
Mom and Dad,
Give your kids the life-long gift of music this summer by enrolling them
in bagpipe lessons. Want to know the best part? Lessons are FREE!
You could even learn right alongside them. Click
here for details or
contact us for more information.
SPRING 2010 Bagpiping Academy Begins Jan 24!
(assuming we have numbers to make a class)
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Promoting the highest standards of
creativity, performance, education, and research in the music of the
Great Highland Bagpipes
Welcome to the Clear Lake Pipe Band website. CLPB was
established in December of 2006 under the direction of Pipe Major
Brian Berlin and Instructor Bill "Robbie" Robertson (1941 - 2007).
From the beginning, the focus of the band was on making the music of
the bagpipes accessible to as many people who wanted to learn as
possible. We encourage students to grow into top-notch
musicians while never losing sight on the fact that playing a
musical instrument should be fun and enjoyable (for the musician as
well as the audience).
If you are interested in joining the band (either as
an experienced musician or as a student), please
contact us.
We offer free bagpipe and drum lessons to those who will
commit to play with the band. Prior musical training is helpful but not necessary. Initial expenses are minimal.
Our next Beginner's
Piping and Drumming Academy will begin May 3, 2009!
If you are an experienced instructor of piping or drumming and will
be in the Houston, we would love to bring you in to share your knowledge with
an eager-to-learn group of students.
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 Pipers for Hire
We
are frequently asked if the band or individual pipers are
available for hire to play at funerals, weddings, and other
events. The answer is YES. The next question we
usually hear is "how much does it cost?" The answer is
"it depends". But to give you a ball park figure, expect to
spend about $250 plus travel (if the distance is great) to
hire an individual piper for an average event. Expect
prices to hire the entire band to start around $500. These
are just ballpark estimates. We've played for less and
we've played for more. So call us and let us know what
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Don't
Forget TAPS
When people are
making funeral arrangements for a veteran, they sometimes
forget to make sure that a live bugler will be available to
sound TAPS. We can provide a live rendering of
TAPS, if desired. You can also visit
to Bugles
Across America to request a volunteer bugler to play
TAPS.
YOU DON'T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN TO YOU:
DIGITAL
TAPS GONE WRONG VIDEO
(the batteries die)
See Also:
Texas
TAPS Tuition Voucher Program |
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Thank You
Friends of CLCPB!
If you are
interested in supporting the band, please contact the Pipe Major at (713)
249-2978.
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Band
Rehearsal is
2:30-4:30
PM
Sundays
at
University Baptist Church
16106 Middlebrook Drive, Houston, TX 77059
[MAP]
(2nd floor choir room behind sanctuary)
Brian Berlin, Pipe Major
(281) 535-2626 h
(713) 249-2978 c
berlin (at) clcpb.com
For Piper/Band Booking, Contact:
Brenton Scharbor, Pipe Sergeant
Public Relations
(832) 275-3934 c
scharbor (at) clcpb.com
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Protect Your Hearing
Clear Lake Pipe Band strongly encourages all pipers and drummers to protect
their hearing by using ear plugs.
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