Photos From the Killington VT Piper's Gathering 2004

 

I, like many others, will forever miss the Great Town Hall at North Hero, VT. Some of the most pleasant memories of my life center there. The echos of varigated piping cacophany. Wandering the grounds for a great drink and a tune with friends. Night revelries, with the moon checking her complexion on the mirror of Lake Champlain. Who could forget the people from Quebec, Brittany and France dancing dances I, theretofore, didn't know existed. Who could forget the first time, there (or anywhere that I know of), that Paddy Keenan and Jerry O'Sullivan played together. I can still hear the "weet-weet-weet" of arundo donax sharks in the basement kitchen, wondering if that little squeel, somewhere around G Natural, would be, at last, the dream of Ennis or Clancy. Alas, that old town hall couldn't take us anymore (For those unfamiliar, I assure you, we didn't break it, despite dancing efforts to do so!). We would like to come and hold the old hall up with bracing poles. Thanks go to The Shore Acres Inn for taking us for 3 years. I will have great memories of thier wide expanses of green and the best view possible of the lake. They did so much, but, alas a tent on the green turned out to be inadequate for what we were doing. A more rational and cost effective tack had to be taken. Hence...........

..........a new place and new time. Killington,VT is a green and rolling ski resort in central Vermont in the outskirts of the Green Mountains. There was no sking. But there was plenty of pipes and piping in a misty mountain setting. What a weekend in a very comfortable setting. A luxury hotel is always A-OK with me (swimming pool!). Bravo organizers, for salving the the wound that is leaving North Hero! You couldn't have picked a better place to create new memories in the years to come. I will now let these photographs allow The Piper's Gathering, in Killington, VT, to speak for themselves.

 

 

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The Grounds and General Foolin' Around.

Just us having fun.

HomeIan! What a cad!My son, William. He wasn't there for pipes and piping (WinkWinkNodNod, say n'more.)

 

The Concerts.

Steve Bliven MC and organiserRequest for "Dough Nation"Ellen McPhee DancingAnthony SantoroBrian McNamaraDick HensoldDick Hensold, Neil McMillan and Matt SeattleEllen McPhee on Border PipesEmmett GillIgor demonstrates mic manipulationHamish Moore, Ellen McPhee and Neil McMillanHamish Moore, Ellen McPhee and Neil McMillan and featuring the Human DronesHamish Moore on Scottish smallpipesEllen McPhee dances to Hamish Moore's pipingJulian GoodacreJulian GoodacreMatt Seattle and Aron GarceauOpening procession

Opening procession funny hats

 

The Sessiuns. These pictures are self explanitory. You can hover over the picture to read names and descriptions.

 

Tables and Behind-the-Scenes Piping. These pictures are self explanitory. You can hover over the picture to read names and descriptions.

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