• Experienced Highland Piper available for Wedding
• Brides, you are buying a wonderful memory
• Book a Highland Piper to play at your wedding
• Event / Entertainment Piper
• Piper available for Celebrations
• Corporate Event - book a Piper
• Funeral, Make a fitting tribute to your loved one
• Anniversary / Dinner Piper

“Purity of sound, an emotional experience....."

There is no doubt that the power of music turns an event into a memory. Have you ever stopped to consider how the use of music alters our mood, whether from one of joy to sadness or satire to drama in an instant. This relationship of mood or personal experience with music is made even more poignant, when the music is played by a Highland Piper: There is a purity of sound enhanced by the lone performance of the bagpiper before an audience; each note listened to and felt intently.

Music indeed makes an event a memorable one, whether the event be for business or pleasure, sorrow or joy and that is why Piper on Parade has been such a success over the years, performing before her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and other heads of state through to key business gatherings, weddings, funerals and celebrations here in the UK and overseas.

Music sets the scene the Piper sets the tone...

So what must you do to ensure the event you are planning is successful. Well, apart from being assured of excellent music and performance, enhanced by immaculate dress and deportment, it has to be how simply Piper on Parade may be booked. Just call or email, and with music to suit all occasions, whilst open to specialist requests, you can be assured an appropriate tone is taken for your event by Piper on Parade.

A joyful day with pipes, music and merriment the like never seen before, or again.......

You have the date set, you have the venue booked. The food is being considered by an exclusive caterer and your dress is in the final stages of fitting. It's your day – a special day – which you will remember for the rest of your life, as if it were only yesterday.

What better memory of the day can you have as you look forward to many happy years together, than to have had your very own Highland Piper play at your wedding, a musical memory and spectacle for the many years to come!

It may be piping for your guests as they arrive, or accompanying you with music as you join your future partner, or as an accompaniment as you both leave the venue, marriage vows promised. You may wish to consider reception music as guests arrive and drinks are served or perhaps as you walk with your new partner to your table to dine.

Whatever you wish Piper on Parade will provide you with fine music to accompany you at each and every stage of your wedding.

These are just a few thoughts to consider but an informal meeting/telephone call can be arranged to discuss music, the opportunities the venue offers and your own thoughts and wishes ensuring your day is exactly as you dreamed off.

It is that easy....

Funerals & Memorials....Poignant and Atmospheric

is hard to find the joy in a funeral, even though in these modern times the trend is towards a celebration of the person's life rather than an emphasis on the sadness at their recent passing – in any case loosing a loved one is never easy.

That is why, music at these times is quite rightly a matter of considerable thought – This may of course be a selection of appropriate psalms or hymns, which will undoubtedly offer support and comfort to family and friends, Or maybe as is becoming more popular, selecting a song or piece of music that stimulates a memory in all those who hear it, introducing a happy thought as those assembled remember an event or time in the deceased's life.

Similarly the playing of the Great Highland Bagpipe on such occasions stimulates and creates a fitting opportunity for contemplation and remembrance. The pipes have been played at funerals in the Highlands for hundreds of years, historically a lament was played at the graveside but in more recent times a slow air or a favourite tune may be played, either at the graveside or playing the coffin away from the deceased's home or service venue, or all three.

Whatever your request or thoughts, Piper on Parade will discuss the finer details with you and offer appropriate advise taking into account the full circumstances, ensuring respect throughout.

There is no doubt that the playing of the Pipes on such an occasion adds great poignancy and atmosphere which is second to none, offering a fitting tribute to your loved one.

Parties & Business Events.....Introducing a Scots twist to business...

So, what of the less formal? Perhaps a coming of age party, a wedding anniversary, a special birthday celebration or a retirement function, not to mention the party and ceilidh opportunities held around Christmas and Hogmanay. ( keep Dougie on his toes playing, and you on your toes on the dance floor!! )

What of the more formal? Consider Burns Night at the end of January and St Andrews day at the end of November. Whatever the event Piper on Parade will deliver an appropriate and professional performance.

If your event is a trade event – be it a local food produce market on the High Street or a national convention where you are promoting Scots culture, an overseas venture promoting Scots trade, then Piper on Parade will introduce a range of music which will bring life to the event, gather interest through which to introduce business propositions and introduce not a little ‘colour' that will attract customers and enquirers throughout the time he is playing.

Have you a new product to launch or one to market? A wee dram always tastes better with the sound of the pipes... or as media support... why not consider music to commercial adverts, it is easily accommodated. Piper on Parade can deliver.

If you're running a stately house with tourists visiting annually or perhaps have a hectic event calendar, well why not consider a resident piper...

Whatever your party or business needs, Piper on Parade can assist you.

Piper on Parade - A Bespoke, Professional Service

Piper on Parade provides an excellent, friendly and professional bespoke service to bridal couples.
The wedding piper is but one of a number of services available for bridal couples. The service may be described as one of the historical or original services requested. It sits alongside the photographer, florist, wedding cake and limousine providers, however to remain relevant in today's age the wedding piper must be ready to compete for his part of the bridal budget, and that competition is greater than ever when you consider the more recent or modern providers in the market i.e. sweet trolleys, wishing wells, post boxes, antique dish wear etc. The question I ask myself is “which providers will the happy couple prioritise"? The wedding piper must be ready to compete, and to my mind Piper on Parade should and must be right up there, and the only way to ensure that is by providing an excellent, friendly and professional bespoke service, which is ultimately viewed as value for money.
I feel to some degree the Piper for too long has been a victim of his general caricature, being viewed through “rose tinted" spectacles when he may have been expected to turn up a little worse for wear, not particularly smart, but wearing a kilt, (arguably worn at Culloden by some previous family generation!), and he plays the part of the cheeky chappie / court jester!
His dress, his music and his lack of professional service doesn't therefore really matter, as it's justified by “oh well as long as the guests have a laugh its fine". I feel we must ensure those days are long gone, and that's where Piper on Parade is raising the bar.
I believe the wedding Piper must provide an overall memorable service (for all the right reasons!) and that must include immaculate dress, provide excellent musicality and offer a friendly and bespoke personal service.
With much stress attached to wedding organisation in today's market and with the competing demands on limited budgets, it is only but right that the Piper works for his money, therefore he must be friendly, relaxed, and professional in all aspects of organising the piping for the big day.
Piper on Parade not only offers to converse on the phone, by text , by email or by face book, but arranges to meet up with the couple prior to the big day and talk through their expectations. Some bridal parties don't realise their own expectations or the possibilities until that friendly, relaxed discussion takes place. It is far better to discuss face to face. I see it as my role to explain all the possibilities and impossibilities and wherever possible meet and exceed expectations. Of course the mere fact of meeting up starts a relationship which progresses throughout the weeks leading up to the big day when you make yourself available for advise, comment and thought. Come the day, there is that understanding and reassurance which only comes with familiarity and trust.

Trading Since

2012