1983 November – First lesson on the Practice Chanter 1984 June 23 – Bagpipe contest in Hengelo (spectator) 1985 April 27 – Got my own set of pipes! 1985 Juli 16-19th – First public performance (solo) 1985 August 28th – Started in the Concord Pipe Band 1986 May 7th – Complete uniform 1986 June 14th – Contest Swifterband (6th place grade 4) (1986 12 performances with the band, 11 solo performances) 1987 June 13th – Contest Swifterband 199? Stopped playing with Concord Pipe Band 199? Started at The City of Amsterdam Pipe Band 199? Played with 48th Highlanders of Holland 2001 Started as a tutor Highland Valley Pipe Band 2008 Stopped playing in Pipe Bands
2001-2008 Tapsalteerie Folkband 2002 February – Got my Smallpipes 2008 October – Got my Gavie Borderpipes 2009-current Nae Bother Folkband 2011 August – Got my Uilleann Pipes 2017 February – Northumbrian Pipes
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