The Bagpipe Society

The 6th IBO Conference

Early March saw me driving north to Newcastle Upon Tyne for the International Bagpipe Organisation’s Conference and my first ever visit to the city. The last conference was due to be held in Boston, USA in March 2020 and was cancelled just as the potential impact of Covid was being realised. Having attended so many online events over the last two years, it felt a strange prospect to be doing something as ‘normal’ as attending a session and a conference. As I climbed the stairs to a room above a noisy, bustling student pub, I was greeted by the sound of a Greek gaida and the waves and cheery hellos of friends not seen for far too long. What a great start to the weekend!

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