Episode 5 – James Wark welcomed the Pipers’ Persuasion team to his home in Glasgow for our fifth episode. James started his piping with Kinning Park Pipe Band in Glasgow, before joining Strathclyde Police Pipe Band where he served as one of Ian McLellan BEM‘s Pipe Sergeants and laterally as Pipe Major. Upon his retirement from police service, James was appointed to the RSPBA Adjudication Panel.
1. Introduction & Early Days
2. Introduction to Piping
3. First Band
4. Broader Musical Appreciation
5. Favourite Tunes
6. Police Service
7. Police Band ’70s
8. Police Band Prizes
9. McLellan’s Work
10. Set-up of Pipes
11. McLellan Work Ethic
12. Pipe Bags. Sound.
13. Travelling with Pipes
14. Moscow & such
15. Band Team Spirit
16. Pipe Major James Wark; Managing Bands
17. Expression of Tunes
18. RSPBA
19. Judging
20. Old/New Bagpipes
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