King’s Coronation celebration in Bangkok
Saturday, May 6th, 2023 The British Club Bangkok held a great party as part of King Charles’ Coronation. One of our pipers, Chan, was able to be there, and so we got some much more pronounced harmonies. It was pretty awesome, and sounded great! We thought we were going to play at about 4pm, but […]
ANZAC day Hellfire pass 2023
Hellfire Pass This was the first year I was able to attend, and be part of, the annual ANZAC day events happening at Hellfire Pass, and Kanchanburi. Hellfire Pass is where locals and allied troops were forced to help build a railway in support of the Japanese war effort in WWII.NOTE: the story & movie […]
Dawn Service at Australian School + British Club Birthday
Dawn service at Australian International school on Saturday, British Club Birthday on Sunday.
St. Patrick’s Day in Bangkok 2023
Bagpiping on the streets of Bangkok NOTE: this article is from 2023; for 2024, please use this link. Before St. Patrick’s Day began, I booked a bit of time to play my bagpipes in Silom, the central business district. Thursday, March 16, I put on an old green kilt, green cap, and an old sporran […]
Street Performing in Bangkok
5 of the Bangkok pipe band play on a skywalk mid Sunday afternoon as part of the Bangkok Street Performer organization.
St. Andrew’s Society Burn’s Night Bangkok
Bangkok Pipe Band takes part in the Bangkok St. Andrews Society Burns Supper 2023
Bangkok Pipe Band practice; Jan 17, 2023
Tuesday evenings as usual is practice night for the British Club Bangkok Pipe Band. This evening they had us upstairs in the Wordsworth room in the British Club. Three pipers and two drummers in attendance. I was also able to show off the argyle jacket I had just picked up from the tailor. Most of […]