The Macalester College Pipe Band is comprised of students, faculty, alumni, and community members, who are all dedicated to playing the bagpipes and drums at the highest level.
Featuring Sue Spencer, voice and guitar; Jim Ofsthun, drum, vocals, whistle, bouzouki, and mandolin; and Liesel Wilson, vocals, fiddle, erhu, octave fiddle. Music from Scotland, Ireland, Newfoundland, Canada, Wales, China, Scandinavia and the U.S.
The Brian Boru Irish Pipe Band of St. Paul, Minnesota is a 501c3 nonprofit band which was established in 1962 to preserve and advance Celtic piping, drumming, and dancing.
Chandi McCracken-Holm will lead the ceilidh dances, with band Dick Hensold, pipes and whistles; Zack Kline, fiddle; Victor Zupanc, keyboard and accordion; and Tim Sparks, guitar.