A Few Biographical Notes |
I started my life journey with the bagpipe in 1987, under the instruction of College of Piping faculty members Heidi Hutchinson and Michael Williams. |
Some of the folks I have performed for include: |
(left to right) Phil, Mel, Mike and Tom |
Mother Teresa - saint Gray Davis & Pete Wilson - California Governors Dennis Rodman - basketball player Mary Robinson - President of Ireland Sidney Poitier, Don Johnson & Dennis Cole - actors Benazir Bhutto - former Prime Minister of Pakistan Eddie Money - rock star Tom, Phil & Mel - barbers at the Arcade Barber Shop in Riverside |
I have appeared on televison, stage and radio |
I was Pipe Major of the R. P. Blandford & Son Pipe Band (grade 4) when we won the Western United States Pipe Band Championship in 1996. |
I play the Great Highland Bagpipe and the Border Pipes. |
I was named "air bag" (bagpiper) of the year in the January 2004 edition of the Inland Empire magazine |
