Na Píobairí Uilleann

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6 5 12 20101217 12 T he painting reproduced at right was acquired recently. Measuring 17cm by 22cm it is an oil painting on a panel. There is no provenance for the picture, but it appears to be a 19th century work. A digital image of the painting may be viewed on SOURCE, in the “Pipes in Art” gallery. We are grateful to the member who alerted us to it being advertised online, and made possible the addition of this attracive painting to our collection. A photograph of London piper Tom Sheridan playing in The Hibernian in Fulham Broadway was received from Alan O’Leary. Damian Woodings assisted the equipping of our PIPECRAFT training centre by purchasing and donating a wood-turning lathe. A collection of recordings of performances by US-based pipers was donated by Rich Wolff. Padraic Lavin has forwarded to us a copy of his M.Sc. thesis A Similarity Matrix for Irish Traditional Dance Music, which has been added to our Library. Na Píobairí Uilleann has reciprocal arrangements with several other piping and musical bodies to exchange publications. Complete or near-complete runs of many of these publications are available to members in our library. Publications recently received include the following: Treoir – Magazine of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, Iml. 42 uimh. 3 Piping Today – Magazine of the National Piping Centre, Glasgow. Issue 48, 2010 The Living Tradition – Issue 86, November/December 2010 Newsletter of the Northumbrian Pipers’ Society, October 2010 Chanter – Journal of the Bagpipe Soc., Winter 2010 ~ DONATIONS & ACQUISITIONS ~ NPU PRESENTATION TO GOVERNMENT O n October 13th Gay McKeon and Seán Potts, CEO and President of Na Píobairí Uilleann, made a joint presentation to the JOINT COMMITEE ON TOURISM, CULTURE, SPORT, COMMUNITY, EQUALITY AND GAEL- TACHT AFFAIRS. Our presentation was for the purpose of seek- ing funding for the establishment of the pipe- making training course at our new PIPECRAFT training centre. A sum of €170,000 per year for the next five years is required to establish these courses on a secure basis. The official report of this presentation has been published online on the Oireachtas site: http://debates.oireachtas.ie/TOJ/2010/10/13/00004. asp

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