Iain Lang

About

History</h2>
<p>I have been playing the Great Highland Bagpipes since 1977. My
father, James Lang, started me off. I have since been instructed by
Scot MacAuley, Jeanette MacLeod, Bill Minty, PM Reay MacKay CD, and John Walsh.</p>
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<p> I competed in solo piping events from 1978 to 1999 last competing at
the grade one level. </p>
<p>I have been a member of the <a href="/48pd/index.html" target="_blank" >48th
Highlanders of Canada Pipes and Drums</a> since 1982. I am currently the
Pipe Major. </p>
<p>I have passed all of the piping courses in the Canadian Forces giving me
the qualifications for the rank of Chief Warrant Officer.
I now hold the rank of Master Warrant Officer in the 48th Highlanders of
Canada Pipes
and Drums. I have spent three summers (1993, 94, 95) as a piper
with the Band of the Ceremonial Guard, Ottawa.</p>

<p>I was employed on staff at the Canadian Forces Music Centre Detachment Borden
on Canadian Forces Base Borden (CFMusC Borden), Senior CF Pipe Major and the CF Piping Instruction Coordinator from 1996 to 2000.</p>

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<li> 1977 James Lang (father).</li>
<li>1977 to 1978 Scot MacAuley, accomplished competitor, composer and Director
of the P.E.I. College of Piping.</li>
<li>1978 to 1981 Bill Minty, Pipe Major.</li>
<li> 1981 1985 Pipe Major CWO Reay Mackay CD, 48th Highlanders of Canada
(retired); accomplished competitor, judge, composer and instructor.</li>
<li> 1985-86 John Walsh, pipe sergeant of the World Champion 78th Fraser
Highlanders, 1987; accomplished competitor, composer, judge, instructor,
bagpipe
maker, and bagpipe reed maker.</li>
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<p><span class="bold">Pipes
and Drums of the 48th Highlanders of Canada<br />
September 1981</span> to Present<br />
Primary Reserves, Department of National Defence<br />
Master Warrant Officer, Piper Major, and Webmaster</p>
<ul>
<li>Volunteer Member of the Pipes and Drums for six years, September 1981
until January 1987.</li>
<li>Joined the Primary Reserves as a member of the 48th Highlanders of
Canada in January 1987.</li>
<li>Completed all trade tests available for a piper in the Canadian Militia.</li>
<li>Promoted to Master Warrant Officer in 1 October of 2004.</li>
<li>Played with the contest band in grades II and I.</li>
<li>Currently second-in-command of the pipe corps.</li>
</ul>
<p><span class="bold">Canadian Forces Music Centre Detachment Borden, Department
of National Defence<br />
February 1996 to September 2000</span><br />
Bagpipe Instructor and Base Pipe Band
member</p>
<ul>
<li> Instructor for the Regular Force
Pipe Major/Drum Instructors Course, </li>
<li>Instructor for primary reserve
musician summer training. </li>
<li>Performed individually and as a member and Pipe Sergeant of the CFB Borden
Pipes and Drums for various base functions.</li>
<li>Directly Responsible to Senior Pipe
Major of the Canadian Forces.</li>
</ul>
<p><span class="bold">Ceremonial Guard, Department of National Defence<br />
June to September </span><span class="bold">1993, 1995, and 1995</span><br />
Section Commander/Piper</p>
<ul>
<li> Section Commander responsible for eight musicians' welfare, training, drill
and discipline. </li>
<li>Responsibilities also included acting as Group Sergeant responsible
for 1/3 of the band. </li>
<li>A secondary duty was acting as second in command
of the pipes corps on a regular basis. This required teaching music and
ensuring
proper drill and discipline of the pipe corps as well as tuning the
pipes and commanding the corps on parade.</li>
<li>Participated in the Trooping
the
Colour Parade every year as a member of the band.</li>
<li>Performed both as a member
of a 100-piece brass-reed band Changing of the
Guard Ceremony on Parliament Hill</li>
<li>Performed as a soloist for the Changing of the
Guard Ceremony at
Rideau Hall, The residence of the Governor General of Canada </li>
<li>Performed for numerous Guards of Honour and other public duties including:
<ul>
<li>Performed the Lament at the National War Memorial, for the Korean
War Veterans Remembrance Parade.</li>
<li>Piped the for the Queens Medal, Connaught ranges.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p><span class="bold"><span class="bold">Piper for Canadian National Exhibition: (1986)</span></span><br />
Performed individually at main entrance to the fair for six to eight hours
per day</p>
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<p>Personalities I have performed for include:</p>
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<ul>
<li>All members of the British Royal Family.</li>
<li>The Dutch Royal Family.</li>
<li>Prime Ministers of Canada </li>
<li>Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher</li>
<li>US President Ronald Reagan</li>
<li>Several Governors General
of Canada</li>
<li>Several Lieutenant Governors of Ontario</li>
<li>Several Chiefs
of the Defence Staff.</li>
<li>Several Generals from Canada, Britain, United States, Holland, and Italy.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Band Performances</h3>
<ul>
<li>Liberation Celebrations, Campobasso and Ortona, Italy (2003)</li>
<li>The Victory Over Europe Celebrations, Holland (1985, 1995, and 2000).</li>
<li>International Military Music Festival, Quebec City, (2003, 2000).</li>
<li>International Marine Tattoo, rochester New York, (2000, 2001)</li>

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