STANDARD WEDDING PACKAGE – £160
Choose when YOU require YOUR Piper to play on YOUR Special Day. Here are some suggestions:
- arrival of guests at the wedding venue
- arrival of the bride and bridal party
- to pipe the bride into the ceremony (please confirm this with your venue)
- at the signing of the register
- to pipe the newly weds back out of the ceremony
- as background music during the official photographs. This is also an excellent opportunity for any requests for tunes or photographs from your guests as our pipers are very approachable!!
- to welcome guests into the reception venue
- to pipe the bride and groom to the top table
- for the cutting of the cake followed by a toast to the newly weds before piping himself from the room
OPTIONAL EXTRAS (not included in our Standard Package)
- full military style ceremonial dress – please add 25% to the total price
- playing for the first dance and a performance during the evening reception – £100.00
- ceilidh band – £700.00 before midnight then £150.00 per hour thereafter
- highland dancer – £60.00 for first hour then £20.00 per hour thereafter
- mini pipe band – £70.00 per musician
- travel outwith Edinburgh city limits – please request a quotation
STANDARD FUNERAL PACKAGE – £100
Here are some suggestions for when your piper could play (again choose what YOU require):
Cremation:
- as the congregation arrives for the service
- for the arrival of the hearse at the crematorium
- while the coffin is removed from the hearse and lead it into the crematorium
- when the curtain is drawn
- at the end of the service as people leave the crematorium
Burial:
- as the congregation arrives for the service
- for the arrival of the hearse and lead the coffin into the service
- the coffin to the hearse after the service
- the coffin to the graveside
- as the coffin is lowered into the grave
- after the coffin has been lowered, with the sound of the pipes fading into the distance
OTHER EVENTS – £100 for first hour then £30 p.h. thereafter
- corporate functions
- burns suppers
- hogmanay
- shop launches
- client visits
- corporate hospitality
- private functions e.g. birthdays, parties, anniversaries, engagements, etc