Some Piping for the Weekend

Another tune from some Irish Defence Forces pipers and drummers. There aren't very many videos or recordings of the Irish Defence Forces pipes out there and this one is fairly recent. Most of the band members in this group are army but there are some from the Air Corps also. And since they're using the Air Corps' bass drum with their logo prominently displayed it looks like an Air Corps band. Hence the misleading title that appears at the top "Royal Irish Air Band". The "Royal" part is just wrong; I can't think of an excuse for that.

Once again, they're playing with the KFOR, i.e., the UN forces in Kosovo. The tune is "The Pikemen", the arrangement in Terry Tully's "Collection of Traditional Irish Music". It's a shame the camera missed the first part. But a good, rousing march all the same.