Alaska Celtic Pipes & Drums – Getting’ Loud for the Library!
Contributed by Richard Christiansen
Mark your Calendars — Alaska Celtic Pipes & Drums will be “Gettin’ Loud for the Library” at 3:00 pm on Saturday, December 9th, 2023, at St John’s Lutheran Church 440 E. Elmwood Avenue, in Palmer, Alaska, (3 blocks East of the Library at Elmwood Avenue & Eklutna Street.)
This Holiday Concert promises to deliver yet again a brilliant afternoon of holiday entertainment with a distinctly Scottish flair by an award-winning local Pipe Band, with piping and drumming from the entire ensemble, as well as solos, and smaller groups of pipers and drummers within the Band.
Based in Chugiak, Alaska Celtic Pipes & Drums are very active in the greater Anchorage area, the Matanuska-Susitna Valley, and throughout South-Central Alaska, and have great fun teaching, performing, and competing. This Holiday Concert is one of several community concerts presented throughout the state by Alaska Celtic Pipes & Drums, and is regarded by the Band as a fun way to spread some Christmas Cheer during Colony Christmas Weekend.
Prepare to be amazed! If you love bagpipes or pipe bands this Concert is a must-see! The Band are prior winners in Pipe Band Competitions at the Alaska Scottish Highland Games, and won 1st Place overall for Band Events at the Fall 2022 World Online Piping & Drumming Competition. Several members of the Band have won solo awards in piping and drumming, both here at home, and internationally, and in online competitions!
Admission to the Concert is free, but donations are always sincerely appreciated, with proceeds to benefit the Friends of the Palmer Public Library.
Contact the band via email at jungstensgericht@yahoo.com, or phone 907-315-9838.
