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    Category: Member Spotlights

    Shawn McConnell: Pursuing My Dream

    I had a piper and drummer at my wedding in '98 and just 2 years ago I started my personal piping journey. I wanted to…

    Andrew Douglas May 23, 2022

    Katie Deuchar: Taming the Beast

    I heard the bagpipes in Edinburgh and loved the sound and the music. I was hooked from that day, four years ago. I wanted to…

    Dojo U Admin Team May 16, 2022

    Jay Hackney: The Triumph of a Lifetime

    I went to SFU. It turned out that a friend in math class was a member of (the original) Triumph Street Pipe Band (yes, this…

    Andrew Douglas May 9, 2022

    Arla Ridley: Drinking In The Soul Music

    I have always had a little voice in my head when I heard bagpipes playing that said "I want to learn to play the bagpipes…

    Andrew Douglas May 2, 2022

    Mona Gleysteen: Shaking My Soul

    I was at a conference in Boston in the 1980s and during a break, a pipe band came into the convention center's three-storey atrium and…

    Dojo U Admin Team April 25, 2022

    Troy Aitken: It's Going to Take Time

    When I was a child I would rush to the parade to hear the pipe band. As a teenager I joined the local pipe band…

    Andrew Douglas April 18, 2022

    Carol Scheppard: Banishing Imposter Piper Syndrome

    I always loved the pipes, so when I had the opportunity to get lessons, I jumped on it. I started piping nine years ago. I…

    Dojo U Admin Team April 10, 2022

    Erik De Jong: Connected While Afar

    I heard a piper at a funeral once. The sound of the pipes in real life moved me in a way I had not experienced…

    Andrew Douglas April 4, 2022

    Jacqueline Slattery: A Family Surprise

    Lockdown arrived in March 2020, and life crashed as I was quarantined as an over 65. I needed a challenge, and love the sound of…

    Dojo U Admin Team March 28, 2022

    James Struthers: Consistency is Key

    I got started in piping in about 2005 when I finally decided to learn. Fortunately, I found a nearby instructor, Colin Gemmel, from whom I…

    Dojo U Admin Team March 21, 2022
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