The Highlanders at the Spyglass Winery, 2013

http://www.spyglassridgewinery.com/celtic.html

For the fourth time in five years, we have served as the duty band for the Spyglass Ridge Winery's annual Celtic Festival near Sunbury, Pennsylvania. Each year we try to give the crowd a bit more, and this year we had more reels, jigs and a hornpipe to add to the mix of marches played as the other musical acts changed their sets at the start of each hour. A long day, but a lot of fun for everyone.

We are always looking for recruits, experienced or new. We meet in Deer Lake, PA's fire hall on Wednesday nights. Feel free to contact Wes Loder, the Pipe Major <MWL2@psu.edu> or phone 570-640-2660.

Fourth of July in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania

The Hawk Mountain Highlanders had a good turnout for Wyomissing's annual Fourth of July parade this year. This was the nineteenth time we have participated and we got to lead the parade. There were huge crowds, the shade was appreciated and we sounded good. Many more parades like this, we hope.

From left to right: Hutten Moyer, Pipe Sergeant. Wes Loder, Pipe Major.  David Weisman, Piper. Kristen Egan, Piper. Linda Loder, Drum Major. Shane Hall, Drummer. Dave Weidenhammer, Bass. Veronica Rutecky, Drummer. Kyle Roeder, Piper. Nick Pompella, Drummer. Katie Malone, Drummer. Eric Stump, Piper. Bill Pompella, Piper.



"Celebrating the Celtic Heritage of the Upper Schuylkill Valley for Over 26 years"

2013 Girardville St. Patrick's Day parade

We have participated in the Girardville St. Patrick's Day parade since its first time ten years ago. The past couple of years our performances have steadily improved. This year the judges awarded us third place. Pictures here show us playing before the reviewing stand. We did a mini-MSR and we sounded good.