Cork Pipers’ Club present our 2010 Tionól on March 20 & 21 at the Wilton SMA Hall in Cork.  Eoin Ó Riabhaigh and Ciaran Ryan will be providing tuition for the pipes classes on the Saturday from 10am-1pm and again after lunch from 2-4.30pm.  Dave Hegarty will provide reedmaking classes at the same times on Saturday and again on Sunday from 10am-12pm to perfect those reeds!

We will hold a session on Saturday March 20 in a nearby pub at which all musicians are welcome.

Please go to the Classes page to register your interest for either beginner or improver classes or the reedmaking course.

The club AGM will take place on Thursday 21st January immediately following the first class of the term.  This will take place in the SMA Hall in Wilton at 9pm for at most half an hour.  Following the AGM, we will head over to the Viscount Bar for a session.

Keep an eye on our events page for upcoming sessions or subscribe to news by email on the sidebar.

Classes at Cork Pipers’ Club start again on Thursday January 21.  Cost for the term of 12 classes is €100 as before. Beginners classes start at 7pm with improvers at 8pm.  Please register your interest on the Classes page.  We have a registration night in Wilton SMA Hall on Thursday January 14 from 7-7.30pm.  That is dependent on weather but we will be in touch with those of you who register interest on the site if we need to postpone the registration night due to bad weather.  Also check back here for any further updates.

We are re-introducing a club membership fee to help pay for running costs of the club.  To this end we will be looking for €20 from each member.  Non-pipers are also more than welcome to join the club.  Please contact us if you are interested.

Last week we had our second session at the Viscount out in Bishopstown.  It has a nice friendly atmosphere and following on from the first session it looks like we found a new home for our sessions.  We’re only there on the last Thursday of the month so if you’re looking for a venue for your own session in Cork this would be a good place to start.

Lots of photos below:

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We had the first session of the term in The Viscount bar in Bishopstown a few weeks ago.  It turned out to be a great night as always and the new venue worked out well.  We should be back there at the end of the month so keep an eye out on the upcoming events on the sidebar or add your name to the mailing list at the top right of the page to get all the latest news straight to your inbox.  We hope to have a session on the last Thursday of every month but check back here for confirmation.  Anyway back to the session, the picture above shows Fearghal, Kevin and John (Mitchell).  John (Murphy) had the pipes …

… and low whistle on hand.

Alex brought along his Galician pipes which certainly made an impression on everybody in the bar!  There’s a great big sound from these but unfortunately Alex is moving away from Cork soon so the next session will be the last one we see him at for a while.

See you at the next session!