Introduction to NAALBP Journal No. 3, August 1991

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By Glenn Dreyer –

We continue with our republication of the North American Association of Lowland and Border Pipers (NAALBP) Journals with the third of the seven issues in the series. Nate Banton and I appreciate the help of Mark Douglas, who is helping with the conversion of the original scanned journal files into APNA web pages.

Rather than rewrite an introduction that already exists, I’ve decided to reproduce this excerpt by Brian McCandless in his From the Editor found on page 3 in Journal No. 3:

We are pleased to bring you Journal Number 3 of the North American Association of Lowland and Border Pipers! This issue represents a slight, but hopefully intriguing departure from the previous two issues. In the tune section we have included more melodies from the English and Welsh dance repertoire, a recently composed jig, and more tunes for the Pastoral pipes. We have several articles in reprint, one from John Addison on the Lincolnshire bagpipes, a short note from Denny Hall on early Union pipes, and (as promised in Issue #2) selected pages from Geoghegan’s Tutor for the Pastoral or New Bagpipe (c.1746). I have also prepared an article which, in addition to historical aspects of pipes, anticipates their use in diverse contexts such as Maypole, Morris, and Welsh dancing – ethnic activities which now enjoy a broad base in North America.

As we work to bring the next issues of the NAALBP Journals to our web site, we appreciate your reactions and feedback to our efforts. You can access all the journals by using the NAALBP Archives button on the top menu bar, and your can go directly to Journal No. 3 here.

 

2 thoughts on “Introduction to NAALBP Journal No. 3, August 1991”

  1. Thank you, thank you for doing this. For those of us new to alternative piping this is wonderful background.

    Has anyone done obits for some of the salient movers in the genre? It would be sad, but those of us newer would love to know who is still alive and who is not.

    • That’s a great idea Michael. I’m not really qualified to answer, but I do know that Mike MacNintch is very much alive and kicking and very much living the APNA lifestyle. Brian McCandless is around and graciously gave us permission to post these journals. Mike Mac Harg makes my pipe bags. Alan Jones is still collecting bagpipes. John Addison made my first bellows, but he has unfortunately passed on.

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