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Name: | Stephen Russell |
| Occupation: | NHS Warrior/Theatre Nurse | |
| Year you started playing pipes: | 1993/94 | |
| Taught by: | Morag McKenzie (chanter) | |
| Ryan Kennedy (pipe band) | ||
| Rita Stewart (solos) | ||
| Anne Spalding (piobaireachd) | ||
| Previous bands: | Arbroath RBLS | |
| Vale of Atholl Pipe Band | ||
| Strathclyde Fire and Rescue Pipe Band | ||
| Favourite tunes: | Blue Cloud, Winnipeg Forger, Hellbound Train | |
| Favourite bands: | SFU, FMM, Manawatu, Red Hot Chili Pipers | |
| Favourite booze: | Guiness, single malt, red wine, whatever's on special in Tesco! | |
| Achievements/History of piping career: |
Stephen joined
the band just after the 2008 season, and as well as playing for the
bands above he practiced with Grampian Police and Buchan while living
and studying in Aberdeen, and briefly played with Stockholm Engineers
while living in Sweden. His
achievements include a number of solo prizes as a junior solo piper, and
winning Cowal with Arbroath RBLS in 2000 in the Novice Juvenile grade.
He also won Champion of Champions with Arbroath in Grade 4B the next
year. Stephen’s other achievements include taking part in the 10, 000 Pipes and Drums massed bands march through Edinburgh, competing in Grade 1, being one of the faces of the Scottish Homecoming Celebrations in 2009 (The Leaping Pipers), and being one of four pipers invited by the Scottish Executive to represent Scotland at the Tartan Day celebration in Paris in 2005. |
