Ontario Pipers club anyone?

Steafan · Post by **Steafan** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 5:28 am

Hello Piperpeople,

I have just moved to Canada and think it would be a good idea to have a Pipers club in Ontario. Is there any interest out there? I know Joe Kennedy is up for it. I also know that here in Ontario there are mighty fine pipers such as Debbie Quigley who are a real asset to piping.

I have a venue in mind in Toronto.that I have access to as well where we could meet.

Anybody interested?

S H

vcolby · Post by **vcolby** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 6:32 am

I would like to be a part of that. Let's start with an emotional support group in February when the tempurature drops below zero.

Regards,

Virgil

PJ · Post by PJ » Sat Jan 06, 2007 6:39 am

Hi Steafan - Great idea. But does this mean that the members of the Quebec Pipers' Club who are from Ontario are going to have to "separate"?

Steafan · Post by **Steafan** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 6:59 am

Love it ':D'
Us Uills have more sense . I am a proud member of the Quebec club

We could call it the Upper Canada pipers club ':lol:'

I think a Feb meeting is a great Idea. I was thinking of holding it at 401 Richmond at Richmond and Spadina Perhaps a Wed evening?

Views anyone

cquick · Post by **cquick** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 7:16 am

count me in as well - however as I am 4 hours away from the great TO (considered by some, mostly inhabitants, as the centre of the world), I doubt that I would make many meetings.

Chuck

Steafan · Post by **Steafan** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 7:35 am

Thanks Chuck,

The club may come to you!

I hope that we will be able to operate as an Ontario club rather than a Toronto club. If you have to travel 4 hours to get to a meeting someone will put you up. Pipers are mostly friendly

I think it would be good to see where the centre of piping gravity is!

Tell your buddies!

Steafan

magroibin · Post by **magroibin** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 8:52 am

Hmmm...perhaps time to put the S.O.U.P. on again???

("Southern Ontario Uilleann Pipers" Club that is!)

Paul

gregorygraham · Post by **gregorygraham** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 10:04 am

SOUP is brilliant. Well said Mr. Gribbon.

Steafan, you've already heard from me. I'm fully supportive.

djm · Post by **djm** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 10:19 am

In order to be able to attend, such meetings would, perforce, have to be on weekends, not weekdays. Its just too far to TO and back to do on a weekday evening for many of us.

Don't laugh about the "Upper Canada Uilleann Pipers' Association". That name was suggested several years ago by Bob Gardner. It was eschewed due to concerns for political correctness (never far from uilleann pipers' minds) and the potential emotional effects on our Québecois brethren.

But why start a new club in TO when there is already the Chris Langan branch of CCÉ? Do we really need another layer of bureaucracy? Wouldn't it make more sense to take advantage of the existing organization, and just add more piping-centric activities to that? Just a thought. Please discuss.

djm

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 11:42 am

magroibin wrote:Hmmm...perhaps time to put the S.O.U.P. on again???

("Southern Ontario Uilleann Pipers" Club that is!)

Paul

Fecking brilliant!

magroibin · Post by **magroibin** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 2:02 pm

Fecking brilliant!

Thanks, but that photo was actually DJM's work!
(That's his old Robbie Hughes D set...not sure who made the mixing bowl.)

Several of us used to get together some years back in the London Ontario area. Some quit. Some moved away...and there were less of us back then.

The Chris Langan weekend is brilliant but only gives us one event per year in this neck of the woods. Perhaps several smaller scale get togethers are indeed in order!

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 7:20 pm

magroibin wrote:
Fecking brilliant!
Thanks, but that photo was actually DJM's work!
(That's his old Robert's D set...not sure who made the mixing bowl.)

Several of us used to get together some years back in the London Ontario area. Some quit. Some moved away...and there were less of us back then.

The Chris Langan weekend is brilliant but only gives us one event per year in this neck of the woods. Perhaps several smaller scale get togethers are indeed in order!

Thanks. Fecking Brilliant Dave!

Steafan · Post by **Steafan** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 2:23 am

Hi Dave
You have great taste in pipemakers!
I take your point about weekends, why not?

All in favour say Aye.

I am very happy with what the CCE does here . . I want to support the great work it does here. Back in the U.K. I was Northamton branch President. I also ran CCE sessions and classes. I have done the Fleadhs and had the tunes.... However...........I was also involved in the London Pipers club as a student and teacher.

They are different animals.They do different things. Long may it continue.

I just want us all to meet up somewhere in Ontario, have a few tunes, learn stuff enjoy bthe craic and look forward to the next one.

Re Upper Canada It was a reference to the previous post , excuse the lame joke. I certainly do not wish to annoy anybody, remember I am new here.

Think of the benefits of 2 strong clubs, one in Quebec and one in Ontario serving pipers , bringing top players and teachers over.

Lets do this. Soup is up.

Uilliam · Post by **Uilliam** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 7:33 am

Hya Stef so ye made it across the pond OK

Guid idea o yours for the club an a that .Good luck an say hya to Bob Gardner ifn ye meet him.Arra best
Uilliam

djm · Post by **djm** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 9:07 am

magroibin wrote:That's his old Robert's D set

Actually, it was a Robbie Hughes set. Good guess, though.

JES wrote:Fecking Brilliant

Thx. A rare moment.

Steafan wrote:I just want us all to meet up somewhere in Ontario, have a few tunes, learn stuff enjoy bthe craic and look forward to the next one.

Go for it, Steafan. Name a time and place. I could care less if it is done through CCÉ or a dedicated piping club or just a bunch of yahoos thrown into a pit somewhere.

Another bit of Canadian culture you will need to learn is the term "two-four" and you're buying.

djm

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