About
Alastair Hay Bagpipes is a bagpiper for hire in Burpengary, QLD.
Amazing Grace at a graveside, Scotland the Brave at a wedding, or Happy Birthday on the Great Highland Bagpipes as the cake comes out. Alastair Hay pipes for weddings, funerals, community events and private functions across south-east Queensland, from Moreton Bay and Greater Brisbane out to the Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast, Wide Bay-Burnett, Darling Downs and Lockyer Valley. The repertoire runs from solemn slow airs to traditional march sets and quick jigs, reels and hornpipes, matched to the tone of the day after a short phone consultation. There's nothing to set up and no amplifiers needed. Arrival is 30 to 45 minutes early, enough time to tune the pipes and run through the plan before the first note.
The show
Private bookings are open for weddings and the receptions that follow, memorial and funeral services, charity and community occasions, and parties. A short phone conversation comes first, so the playing can be matched to the tone of the day, whether that means something solemn or something celebratory. The set of traditional tunes he draws from is a deep one, and the Great Highland Bagpipes carry across an outdoor space in a way nothing else does.
On the day
Nothing to set up, and no amplifiers or special equipment needed. He arrives 30 to 45 minutes before the start to tune the pipes and run through the plan with you, so the timing lands where it should. Getting the detail right beforehand matters to him, whether it's a funeral, a wedding or a private function, and he turns up when he says he will.
Performance options
Every booking is quoted on its own terms rather than by the hour, because plenty of the events he plays don't run to a strict clock. That flexibility is deliberate: it means the piping fits the day instead of the day fitting an invoice.
Insurance and paperwork
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