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The Great Northern Irish Pipers Club, the upper Midwest U.S.’s premier uilleann piping association, is pleased to announce that internationally acclaimed performing artists Joey Abarta, Patrick D’Arcy, and Patrick Cannady will be the featured clinicians for its 2013 Tionól, to be held from Friday 27 September through Sunday 29 September 2013 in St. Paul, Minnesota.…

The next General Meeting of the Great Northern Irish Pipers Club will be held next Sunday at 3:00 pm at The Celtic Junction, 836 Prior Ave., in St. Paul. Mick will give a demonstration, “Combining a C Chanter With D Drones.” (He’s got an article by the same name in the current issue of The…

On Sunday 07 April 2013, the General Meeting was attended by 12 pipers (and two friends), the most players we’ve in one sitting in years! Members drove in from St. Cloud, Eau Claire, and even Thunder Bay, Ontario. Club business included updates on the MN Irish Music Weekend and the Fall Tionól. We’re hoping Martin Preshaw…

The first GNIPC meeting of Spring 2013 is fast upon us! Here’s Sunday’s agenda: 3:00 Club Business: Open Mic, Show & Tell, MIM 2013 3:10 Tunes 3:50 Break 4:00 Tune Lesson (TBD) by Patrick McCormick 4:30 Tunes, cont’d 5:00 Nominal ending time, but who am I kidding? Hope to see you on Sunday!

Saturday, May 4th, 2013 The Celtic Junction, 836 Prior Ave. N, St. Paul 55104 A little song, a little dance, a little Celt-zer in your pants! Open mic for singers, players, dancers, story tellers and practitioners of Celtic mime. Whatever that is. $5. Doors at 7:00/Show at 7:30

As promised, Mick has posted a transcription of Tom Klein’s A-major version of “The Dusty Miller.” You can find it here (or on the Tunebook page). Deceptively simple, this version of the tune especially lends itself to practicing smooth octave-break transitions, high E’s in general, and as always “The Dusty Miller” is an excellent vehicle…

This past-Sunday’s General Meeting was fun and enlightening in equal measure! Here are some notes: 1. Club Business General Meeting attendance is up sharply over this time last year. And we’ve room for plenty more! Tom K. has confirmed that GNIPC members receive a 5% discount when registering for the Center for Irish Music’s Minnesota…

Come to the General Meeting this coming Sunday March 3rd, 3:00 – 5:00 pm at The Celtic Junction! This month Tom Klein will give a Demonstration: “Playing in A and what that brings to your piping” This involves shifting well-known non-A tunes into “flute A” (few if any G#s, as apposed to “fiddle A” which…

Those of us who skipped pre-Super-Bowl parties this past Sunday, Febr. 3 at 3:00 pm enjoyed another tuneful and informative GNIPC General Meeting. After a brief update on club business, we played tunes including  “Eagle’s Whistle,” “Drops of Brandy,” “The Leitrim Quickstep,” and “Saddle the Pony.” The second half was mostly taken up by learning…