Artists' & Presenters' Bios
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Alan Walters
Alan Walters if a full-time piping profession from Vancouver, BC. He currently instructs, competes, and pipes for Highland Dancers.
Alan has released a Scottish Small pipe CD for competitive dancers entitled "Strictly Time" He is also well know throughout Canada and the United States for his judging and numerous workshops and seminars he delivers. As a former member of Muirhead & Sons Pipe Band in Scotland, and as past Pipe Major of Triumph Street Pipe Band, Alan has worked with some of the best piping talent. t.
Ken Eller
Champion piper, world-renowned pipe major, teacher and RSPBA adjudicator, Ken Eller is also known as "The Captain". In his 40 year piping career at the Grade 1 level he has been 15 times a winner of the North American Pipe Band Championships with two bands: the 78th Fraser Highlanders and the Clan MacFarlane Pipe Band. He is now retired from active competition and has expanded his involvement in instruction.
Ken writes:"It is my intent to be of service not only to students who participate in my workshops but also help the long distance piper needing special assistance. I have been a member of the Piper's and Pipe Band Society of Ontario (PPBSO) since 1962 and am also a member of the Eastern US Pipe Band Association (EUSPBA). In 1984/85 I was admitted to the panel of Adjudicators for both of these organizations. Most recently (2005), I have fulfilled the requirements for and been accepted by the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association (RSPBA) to their panel as an international adjudicator. In March, 2004 my profile and life experience with the world of pipe music was the featured cover story in The Piper and Drummer magazine. It summarizes a lifetime of accomplishment in the piping field, almost 40 years of teaching, learning and competing at the highest level."
