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2010 Highlights: 13.03.2010 4.Schotten-Party 2010 in Hardt; 05.08.-16.08.2010 Scotland Tour with live perfomances e.g. Pipefest Edinburgh, Oban - MacCraig's Tower, Tain Highland Games, Abernethy Highland Games, Dunrobin Castle - Golspie and many more. Appearances: e.g. 16.05.2010 Landesmusikfest Metzingen together with Original Sulgemer Crown Swamp Pipers from Saulgau; 19.09.2010 Landesgartenschau Schwenningen (Botanic Show). |
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2009 Highlights: 18.07.-19.07.2009 Pipefest Basel with visit of Basel Tattoo Appearances: e.g. 23.08.2009 Highland Games Stegen-Wittental; 10.10.2009 Fanfarenzugtreffen Teningen |
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2008 Highlights: 15.03.2008 3.Schotten-Party 2008 in Hardt; 31.05.2008 Band-Workshop with Benedikt Groh and Maik Reckziegel in Starkenburg. Katja Flaig overtook musical leadership as Pipe Major. Appearances: e.g. 02.05.2008 Euroceltes Strasburg 07.05.-17.05.2008 British Weeks in Breuningerland Ludwigsburg |
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2007 Highlights: 17.03.2007 2.Schotten-Party 2007 in Hardt; Change of club leadership: after years of commitment Michael Herrmann did not want be longer first chairman. Heinz Schell was elected to 1st chairman; Ulf Schmidt was elected as 2. chairman . Christof Huonker overtook musical leadership as Pipe Major. Appearances: e.g. 01.07.2007 Städtlifest in Todtnau 15.09.2007 Bezirksängerfest in Empfingen |
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2006 Höhepunkte: 11.03.2006 1.Schotten-Party 2006 in Hardt; Sabine Pfundstein obertook musical leadership as Pipe Major as successor of Michael Herrmann. Appearances: e.g. 13.05.2006 Euroceltes Strasburg 21.05.2006 Landesmusikfest Villingen |
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2005 Highlights: 12.03.2005 St. Patricks Day Celebration Festival in Hardt; 12.08.-21.08.2010 Scotland-Trip of some club members with members of Musikverein Hardt with paticipation on e.g. Pipefest Edinburgh 2005. Appearances: e.g. 10.12.2005 Annual concert of Musikverein Hardt |
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2004 Highlights: 13.03.2004 St. Patricks Day Celebration Festival in Hardt; 31.03.-04.04.2004 Band-Workshop with George Stewart. Appearances: e.g. 22.08.2004 Highland-Games Stegen-Wittental |
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2003 Highlights: 22.03.2003 St. Patricks Day Celebration Festival in Hardt; 14.06.2003 Participation on 1. Ellwangen Tattoo; 6.08.-17.08.2003 Gala-Week, Golspie SCO - another visit in Scotland with different perfomances with e.g. our partnerband Sutherland Caledonians. Appearances: e.g. 15.06.2010 Appearance on Music Festival in Metz, FR |
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2002 Highlights: 09.03.2002 St. Patricks Day Celebration Festival in Eschbronn; 06.07.-14.07.2002 Visit of our partnerband Sutherland Caledonians from Golspie, SCO with different perfomances. Massed Band Villingen with our scotish friends on July 13, 2002 
Swiss Pipeband Meeting Basel 2002 article from Basel newspaper September 9, 2002  Appearances: e.g. 08.09.2002 Swiss Pipeband-Meeting in Basel |
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2001 Highlights: TV perfomances in ZDF 'Volle Kanne Susanne' (February 2001); 10.03.2001 St. Patricks Day Celebration Festival in Hardt; 31.08.-09.09.2001 Sutherland Clan Gathering in Golspie, SCO - e.g. perfomances in Golspie - Dunrobin Castle, Tain, Dornoch - we were invited by our Clanchief Lord Strathnaver and we took part on Sutherland Clan Gathering on Dunrobin Castle, Golspie with many massed band perfomances during the visit. Newspaper article Massed-Band first week in September 2001 in Dornoch and Tain (Sutherland/SCOTLAND)  Apperarances: e.g. 31.01.2001 Scottish Folk Festival in Tuttlingen; 01.07.2010 Open Air St. Gallen |
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2000 Highlights: perfomance on a carnival ball in Schiltach for the first time. 18.03.2000 St. Patricks Day Celebration Festival in Mariazell - we were the hosts of the previous event of the Schotten-Party (Celtic Folk Night) 29.04.-30.04.2000 Band-Workshop with George Stewart in Hardt; 14.10.-28.10.2000 Band-Workshop with George Stewart & Lucy Greenwell; Our homepage get online new year 2000/2001. Appearances: e.g. 03.06.- 04.06.2000 Concert tour to the Appenzeller Kantonal-Musikfestival in Herisau, CH and The Day of Cultures in Westerwald; 20.10.2000 Groundbreaking Outlet-Center in Villingen - Fa. Morrison (ex-Tonhallen-terrain - very interesting, when thinking about the progress of this project!). |
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1999 Appearances: e.g. 15./16.05.1999 Pipeband-Meeting in Hechingen & Burgspektakel Ruine Waldau near Königsfeld. |
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| 1998 Highlights: Band-Workshop with Stefan Bender and George Stewart from 4.04.-05.04.1998 in Hardt. Appearances: e.g. Street Music Festival in Bräunlingen. |
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| 1981
until 1997 - How everything got
started In 1981 at the pub "Bären" in Schramberg the idea of a bagpiping band was born. Back than nobody could know what finally would become of that, since not all ideas born out of a mood are really coming true. Soon the first instruments were ordered at the distributor that also delivers to the royal family. The now emerging band consisted of eight drummers, but only two future pipers. First musical help was given to us by a captain of a canadian pipeband, which was stationed in Lahr.The decision for the suiting dresses was very long-drawn-out. Finally we decided for the used equipment of the scottish Sutherland Highlanders (back then already 25 years old), which still cost 30.000 DM. Our thanks still goes to all the founders that with their idealism and financial effort have made the purchase possible. The engines of the beginning years and still today are active members. They are the chief of board Heinz Schell and the ex-chief of board and ex-Pipe Major Michael Herrmann. The achievements would'nt have been possible without their untireing effort. |
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The musical development
in the beginning At first we were musically totally on our own. We learned the songs only through the melodie and tried to copy scottish bands of sound carriers. The characeristic scottish skills with its complicated gracenotes and doublings were just skipped due to the fact that we didn't know better. With increasing routine our demands also increased. From head to toe we were furnished with the finest original scottish equipment and now we wanted to get the last finish on the music. For that reason we have worked increasingly with the Tutor of the College of Piping, Glasgow, which was translated internally. This College is the worldwide first adress when it comes to scottish bagpiping and still is today the basis for the education of beginning pipers worldwide, even with us. In 1982, after all the problems of the beginning, we already had our first but not less recognized appearances. Through that we earned our first money. Regarding to that the "Schramberger Zeitung" (Newspaper of Schramberg) wrote on the 22nd of January 1982 as follows. "Hauch des Ungewöhnlichen pfeift durch Schramberg: Dudelsackband beschreitet neue musikalische Pfade". (The breath of the unusual whistles through Schramberg: bagpiping band follows a new course) In the meantime the practice at the pub "Bären" had to be given up since it was not suitable during wintertime due to not enough heating. The following practice pub, the Sonnensaal in Mariazell, had to be left behind after a while for the same reason. Finally the community of Hardt supplied us with a room at the groundschool at which we are still meeting for practice. Years of organization and learning followed. The band grew as the routined players educated the following beginners. The goal was a body of 16 active players. But you can hardly expect an educated bagpiper to join a club. It was especially painfull to see some of the active members leave the club for professional or other different reasons. |
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The further development In 1996 we had a tailor from scottland come to meet with us, who's measuring tape determined the needed sizes of the active members for new jackets and kilts, since the old ones had gone even older and needed to be replaced. Parallel to that, there was also a change towards professionalism. As well in playing skills as in appearance. Pipers and drummers attended special courses and workshops. Bert Anhalt, a german class-a- drummer took care of the development of our drummers. Stefan Bender, one of the best geman pipers was our trainer for a couple of weekend workshops. He brought our technical skills in the right direction. A few times we had George Stewert of Scottland (see pic right below) , one of the worldbest pipers, as our guest. During his stay of a couple of weeks, he was able to build up on Stefans work and teach the band further skills. His motto was, we have to develop a proffessional attitude and cultivate it. With him as a Pipe Major he band had the pleasure to have some appearances under his command. Now the necessary playing requirements where met to follow his quote. The next goal was the improvement of the presentation of the band during appearances. For that a few band members visited the yearly repeated one week workshops with competition at the Summerschool of Piping at Breuberg Castle in the Odenwald in Germany. The organizer is the BAG (Bagpipe Association of Germany), our head association. First class trainers take care of musical development of drummers and pipers. Also important contacts can be made and cultivated. Expiriences are exchanged and the collective play has its place.. |
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