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If you live in the UK you will know that we are not known as 'rip off Britain' for nothing. With petrol about £4 a gallon, average parking fees £5, average entrance fees £5, add food and drink and even a short journey to a piping competition can easily cost over £100, more if you take the family. People travelling to Scotland are amazed at the sky high costs, decent hotel rooms can easily be £100 a night, (although cheap b&b can be as low as £15) so be prepared. Costs can be significantly reduced by joining a band. Bands provide uniform and transport to competitions and band jobs, free to band members and maybe a small charge for non players. At the games themselves don't expect any toilet facilities, at any price. I will try to price
things as what a learner would pay as he goes along. Prices are about
what I would expect to pay. Practise Chanter Blackwood £45 plastic
£27 Tutor books Beginner £6-£15 each.
Advanced £10-£20 each Bagpipes Full mounted imitation
ivory SH £350-£500 New £500-£850 Pipe Chanter Blackwood £150-£200
Plastic £85-£125 Reeds Drone reeds: Cane
£7.50 synthetic £40 DRESS: Gillie Brogues £40-£75 Hose £20 Flashes £8 Skean Dhu £15-£250 Kilt £250 Sporran £125 Belt and buckle £20 Jacket £150 Glengarry £25 Cap badge £15 |
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