Traditional Wedding: For Those with Scottish Ancestry
It is rather customary to refer to our ancestry for special occasions that we celebrate throughout our lives. Traditions can include many things like food, clothing, language and music. Obvious Scottish traditions include kilts and the bagpipes.
Though I am Canadian, I have always been interested in my Scottish heritage mainly because both sides of my family came to Canada from Scotland many generations ago. Long before I was born most everyone in my family had lost many of the Scottish traditions, but music was still in our blood. When I was young, my parents desperately wanted me to be involved in music. First I was introduced to the piano. After a lengthy (and painful) amount of time, I finally gave up playing the piano as it just wasn’t something I wanted to do.
Music however was very important to me and I really wanted to play an instrument – but which one? One day when I was about 9 years old, my grandpa pulled down a box from the back of his closet, wiped off the layer of dust and opened it up. There inside, was a tangled mess of wooden tubes, ivory and a Royal Stewart plaid bag. I had never seen bagpipes before, but I was excited about a piece of my ancestry right there in front of me. Immediately I asked grandpa to put them together and let me play. Well I’ll tell you that I couldn’t have mustered up enough wind to even make a sound. Regardless, my mind was set. I wanted to play the bagpipes. My mom found me a local tutor for my brother and I and that’s where it began.
Here I am, 20 plus years later still playing the bagpipes. I have loved every minute of it. Traveling around for competitions, corporate events, weddings and other functions keeps me rather busy these days.
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Until next time, cheers!
Kyle Campbell
The Wedding Piper
t. (204) 981-1182
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