Kibkom North Cyprus Forum

Considering in calling it a day with work in the UK next year, and the wife and i spending more time in North Cyprus, Do you think there would be a market?? if i should bring my pipes to North Cyprus for social occasions ect ?, or leave them at home in their box, just incase the locals shoulds feel the want to take a pot shoot at me or maybe the odd expat, any feed back good or bad welcome,:lol:

Regards

Sundance

Oh God please dont!

You will probably need a license for them and a work permit for yourself - which you won't get - and lastly you will be arrested and a long prison term for distubing the peace - enough?

It is a madhouse here concerning noise .....dogs barking all night , cockerals waking me at 3am. local disco goes on till early hours. Cicadas screeching all day .
Neighbours kiddies still screaming in the pool at midnight. Trees cut down with electric saw in the evenings .
May I insist that you bring your bagpipes , could I ask you to play them to your hearts content outside my house . Nothing would make me happier !.
Bless you !. and power to your lungs .
Sounds like you will fit in here just fine !!!

What a haunting sound the pipes make,I think they are great,set off any occasion,I've been to Burns nights when they pipe in the haggis,New Years eve,all very special occasions and all the better for the pipes,if you are coming to live in TRNC,without fail you must bring your pipes,and like the haggis,stuff all the non believers!!!


David

bring the pipes and keep up the tradition, before its lost like so many others

FOR GAWDS SAKE MAN..BRING THEM !!!!

lots of people come to get married here every year so it should be a winner, also the TCs might hire you for the old circumcision parties they love making lots of noise at them

Mimi78 I think what you want done is called revenge,If its puts a smile on your face it can be done, mid night or mid day what time did you have in mind?

Definitely bring them with you. Burns Suppers, New Year, Birhdays, and a wee Celdih, I hope your house is not to far from Karsiyaka, I'll be your First Foot at "The Bells"

Sundance with those bagpipes in Sunny Cyprus! Go for it.

Sundance we look forward to your arrival on this Island . I would have loved to listen to the Lone Piper on Edinburgh castle , but life never took us in that direction. Now ...if we could get you up to St. Hillarion Castle over here..........
Look forward to hearing more from you !!!.

Certainlyh the 'joysome' sounds of the bagpipes have been heard echoing around Kyubele restaurant and the Korineum golf Course for weddings. No doubt at other places too. Not sure where they get the chappies hwo play- might be local, but it is always good to have a back up team! Don't leave them at home, but be careful how you use them! Big clamp down on entertainers at the moment, but then there are those who would say the bagpipes are FAR from being entertainment.
Personally I think they go extremely well with haggis.

I would pay to hear the wonderful pipes,and feel the locals would give you a warm welcome , I feel sure the hotels would book you also. Good luck with your venture.

mimi78 wrote:Sundance we look forward to your arrival on this Island . I would have loved to listen to the Lone Piper on Edinburgh castle , but life never took us in that direction. Now ...if we could get you up to St. Hillarion Castle over here..........
Look forward to hearing more from you !!!.

mimi,

Having attended to the Edinburgh Military Tattoo,the sight and sound of the Lone Piper,high up on the ramparts is to behold,I defy anyone not to have a tear or 2 in their eyes,fabulous,and what a great idea re St Hillarion,or what about Bellapais,for a special night!...bring it on!!!!


David

Count me in 100 %

Sundance my advice would be for you to carry on working in the UK for a few more years yet

Tut tut, Marion, thats not entertainment its "culture"!! Go on, bring them!!

Do bring them.

There are probably a few Turkish musicians who will be very interested.

Tulum (Turkish bagpipe )

A Laz tulum player from Ardeşen, Rize, Turkey
The tulum (guda (გუდა) in Laz) is a musical instrument, a form of bagpipe from Turkey. It is droneless with two parallel chanters, usually played by the Laz, Hamsheni people, and Pontic Greeks (particularly Chaldians). It is a prominent instrument in the music of Pazar, Hemşin, Çamlıhemşin, Ardeşen, Fındıklı, Arhavi, Hopa, partly in other districts of Artvin and in the villages of the Tatos range (the watershed between the provinces of Rize and Trabzon) of İspir. Tulum is the instrument of the transhumant population of the north-eastern provinces of Anatolia and, like the kemençe its area, its imposes its style on the whole of the dance and entertainment music of those for whom it is "our music".[

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You never know TRNC might develop a pipe band

Marions. You believe that bagpipes go well with haggis. So do I. Anyone who eats haggis should be made to eat bagpipes as well, the more the better

Many thanks for all your replys good or bad, I will bring them next year, and if the occasion fits birthdays, burns supper, paddy,s day,to rise funds for charity,it could be game on.
(Gordon Kent) Gordon many thanks for your message i have taken on board what you have said .
Smithscorner ref your mesage My Days working for the UK tax man and the MOD are coming to an end,I have a nice clean towel to throw in to the MOD ring believe me