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Clan Gunn Pipers and Drummers - see below

2011 Clan Gunn Photos - Links to events including the Clan Gunn New Zealand trip

Newsletters

August 2011
April 2011

2012 Events

Clan Gunn plans to be at the following Games in 2012:
See links to photos below:

Woodland * 28-29 April
Modesto * 2 June
Monterey * 7-8 July
Pleasanton * 1-2 September
Fresno * 15 September
Dixon * TBA September

Clan Gunn International Gathering - Scotland 21-29 July

Please feel welcome to visit our tent at the Highland Games

2009 and 2010 Clan Gunn Photos - Links to events including the Clan Gunn Scotland trip in '09

Scholarships are available for higher education or advanced schools in the Scottish Arts. Contact Chuck Jamison (chuck@2jamisons.com). Membership in the Society and residence in Northern California is required.

If you are interested in joining Clan Gunn we would be more than happy to have you and if you are a piper or drummer we’d love to have you in the Smokin Gunn Pipe Band. The whole pipe band thing started because we had five pipers and a drummer at our AGM in Charlotte (April of 09) and found we were all solid Gr 4 (and for the pipers, our chanters were close enough to play together with some minor tuning). Since then we have identified other pipers and drummers from Clan Gunn as well. (Scroll down for schedules and Clan Gunn pipe music).

The idea is that anytime we have a few of us at the same games, perhaps we can play some together. Most of the members are actually in other bands but since we don’t plan to compete, that is okay. Registration information is on the Clan Gunn N America site. In 2009 we played for massed bands and our AGM in Charlotte, and massed bands in Gatlinburg as well as playing for the Clan Keith AGM, Clan Ferguson AGM, and a fireman's wedding.

Email if you have further questions and meanwhile, the shirts for the Smokin Gunn Pipe Band are about $25 (or you can send a shirt to Rich and he can get the badge put on). Cheers. Chuck

THE CLAN GUNN SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA HISTORY

The Clan Gunn Society of North America celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2009.

The Clan Gunn Society of North America had its beginnings in the mid-1960s when Donald Bruce Williamson of Atlanta, GA began writing to author Neil Gunn about forming a Clan Gunn Society in the United States. The Clan Gunn Society had recently been formed in Scotland. Neil Gunn, at the time, was too ill to write and Donald was referred to Iain Gunn of Banniskirk, Secretary to Neil Gunn. Donald and Iain Gunn corresponded over the next few years and Neil Gunn subsequently died. Following the death of Neil Gunn, Iain Gunn of Banniskirk was appointed Commander of The Clan Gunn.

In 1967 Donald went to the Grandfather Mountain Games and met Emmett and Joy Wilson. Donald and Emmett were the first Gunns known to have marched carrying their tartan at those Games. The tartan was actually a skirt loaned by Donald’s wife, Bobby. No one knows what Bobby wore while her skirt was used as a banner.

Donald spent 1968 and 1969 writing letters to Gunns he located in telephone books and from other sources.

On July 12, 1969, an organizational meeting was held on the field at the Grandfather Mountain Games and officers were elected, Donald Williamson being the first President. Ties were established with the Society in Scotland and Donald continued to maintain contact with Iain Gunn of Banniskirk. Donald and Bobby began publication of a newsletter on a hand operated mimeograph machine which they continued to publish until 1985.

In the summer of 1972, Iain Gunn of Banniskirk was installed as the Commander of Clan Gunn. Donald Williamson arranged for several members of the U. S. Society to attend the installation and had to apologize that none of those attending was named Gunn.

Donald declined to run for President a second time stating that this was a democratic organization and new ideas should be a part of the organizations leadership.

The Clan Gunn Society of North America has long supported the Society in the United Kingdom. We have provided funding to help acquire title to a church located in the Valley of the Gunns in Scotland. That dream is nearing reality. A Clan Gunn Heritage Center has been established in Latheron, Caithness. Genealogy records are available at this museum.

The Society is proud to have a Genealogist as part of our organization. Records submitted by members are cataloged, cross referenced and stored at more than one location in this country. Information is shared with Society members.

The Society currently has approximately 1,100 active members in 23 branches, 3 of those branches being in Canada. We have a web site located at www.clangunn.us and offer Clan Gunn merchandise in our store.

The Clan Gunn Society has an International Gathering in Scotland every three years and later this year our Society will join Gunns from throughout the world in Scotland, first at The Gathering 2009 in Edinburgh and then at our own International Gathering.

The Society has had 16 Presidents since its founding. The current President is Rich Gunn of Wilton, CA.

Smokin Gunn Pipe Band

Western USA

Band Member		Tony Barrett	Mark Brockmann	Allison Buck	Beth / Jill Foster	William George	Chuck Jamison	Bill Jamison	Wesley Mann	Don Noakes
Home Town		Anchorage, AK	Scotts Valley, CA	Ogden, UT	Helena, MT	Ogden, UT	Sacramento, CA	Clovis, CA	Fountain Valley, CA	Kamloops, BC
		Piper	Piper	Tenor Drum	Piper/Drummer	Side Drum	Piper	Piper	Piper	Piper
5/7/2011	N CA		Woodland	Woodland		Woodland	Woodland
6/4/2011	N CA						Modesto	Modesto
6/11/2011	UT			Salt Lake City		Salt Lake City
6/24/2011	MT				Yellowstone
6/25/2012	AK	Eagle River
7/8/2011	UT			Payson		Payson
8/26/2011	MT				Bitterroot
9/3/2011	N CA		Pleasanton	Pleasanton		Pleasanton	Pleasanton
9/17/2010	N CA						Fresno	Fresno
10/2/2010	N CA		Ben Lomond				Ben Lomond?

Eastern USA

Band Member		Nicholas Damery	Sam Johnson	Ed Robinson	John Robinson	Heather Walker	Catherine Wilson
Home Town		FL	Dahlonega, GA	Catawba, VA	Pawleys Island, SC	Garden City, GA	Supply, NC
		Piper	Piper	Piper	Bass/Tenor Drum	Piper	Side Drum
4/16/2011	NC					Charlotte
5/5/2012	GA		Savannah			Savannah
5/7/2011	N CA		Woodland
5/26/2011	SC		Greenville
6/11/2011	GA		Blairsville
7/8/2011	NC		Grandfather Mountain			Maybe
9/3/2011	VA			Virginia Scottish
9/3/2011	N CA						Pleasanton
9/17/2011	SC					Charleston	Charleston
10/1/2011	NC					Laurinburg	Laurinburg
10/2/2011	VA			Radford
10/14/2011	GA		Stone Mountain			Stone Mountain	Stone Mountain
10/23/2011	VA			Richmond		Richmond
10/29/2011	VA			Meadow

Tune List

Tune	Time	Tony Barrett	Allison Buck	Beth Foster	Chuck Jamison	Bill Jamison	Sam Johnson	John Robinson	Heather Walker	Cat Wilson
Sound of the Gunns	6/8				x			x

Abide With Me	SA					x	x
Amazing Grace	SA		x	x	x	x	x		x
Atholl Highlanders	6/8		x		x
Auld Lang Syne			x		x	x	x
Black Velvet Band		x
Blue Bells of Scotland			x		x		x
Bonnie Dundee	6/8		x		x	x			x
Bonnie Lass O’Fyvie							x
Bridal March				x	x	x	x
Brown Haired Maiden	2/4		x	x	x	x	x		x
Caissons, Marine Corps Hymn			x	x	x	x	x			x
Cockney Jocks					x	x	x
Cutting Bracken										x
Dixie		x
Garry Owen	6/8	x		x	x	x			x
God Bless America					x	x	x
Going Home	SA			x	x	x	x		x
Green Hills of Tyrol	3/4		x	x	x	x	x		x
High Road to Gairloch	2/4		x	x	x	x	x		x
Highland Cathedral			x	x	x	x	x		x
Jean Mauchline							x
Just As I Am						x	x
Lady Lever Park										x
Leaving Liverpool							x		x
Let Erin Remember				x			x		x
Lord Lovat’s Lament			x		x	x	x
Mac Pherson's Lament		x
Mairi's Wedding	2/4	x	x	x	x	x			x
Minstrel Boy			x	x	x	x	x		x
Moonstar							x
Murdos Wedding			x	x	x	x	x
Nae Awa Tae Bide Awa			x		x	x	x
Ode to Joy					x	x	x
Rocking the Baby				x						x
Rocky Top		x
Rowan Tree				x	x	x	x		x
Scotland the Brave			x	x	x	x	x		x
Simple Gifts		x
Skye Boat Song	SA		x			x				x
Waltzing Matilda		x
Wearing of the Green				x	x	x	x		x
When the Battle’s O’er	3/4		x	x	x	x	x		x
When the Saints' Go Marching In		x			x
Will Y No Come Back Again			x		x		x
Wings				x		x	x		x
Yankee Doodle		x			x	x

Tunes by or about Gunns

Tune types are as follows: CA = caoine, D = dance, DM = breton dance, FM = funeral march, GA = gaelic air, H = hymn, HD = highland dance, HP = hornpipe, J = jig, L = lament, Lu = lullaby, M = march, Med = medley, Mz = mazurka, P = polka, PB = piobaireachd, QS = quick step, R = reel, RA = retreat air, RM = retreat march, Sal = salute, S = strathspey, SA = slow air, SC = scottische, SD = sword dance, SL = slide, SM = slow march, SoA = Song/Adaptation (McG only), T = traditional, TP = tuning phrase, TR = triumphal, W = waltz

Result	Title	Composer	Type	Time	Parts	Page	Book #	Book
1	Janet Robertson Of Gargunnock	Wurts, Janny	S	4/4	4	20	354	The Grand Altogether Collection, Roderick W. MacDonald, Sarasota, Florida - 2004
2	Kenneth Gunn Of Rogart	Hamilton, Roy	M	2/4	2	3	358	The "Off Duty" Collection, Volume 1, Paul Spencer, Music For Bagpipes; 18 Kingsdown Road, Maddington, Perth, Western Australia 6109, 1999
3	Nighan Bhuidh An Tailler (The Tailors Daughter)	Gunn, William MS	D	4/4	3	W03	366	The Voice, The Official Publication Of The Eastern United States Pipe Band Association; This magazine is issued in the Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter of each year. Under "Page" you will find one or two letters and two numbers: Su = Summer, Sp = Spring, W = Winter and F = Fall; the numbers represent the year of issue, i.e., SP05 means Spring issue of 2005
4	Willie Gunn's Strathspey	Harrison, P. M. Paul	S	4/4	2	20	377	The Full Spectrum; New Tunes Suitable For Pipe Bands Of All Grades; Pipe Major Paul Harrison 2007
5	Ackie Campbell Of Bochroy	Gunn, Roy		6/8	4	44,4	128	Piping Times; please note that under "Page", the Volume number is listed first, followed by the Issue number. If the issue number is 1 digit, it will appear as "43,3"; if the issue number is two digits, it will appear as "4310". In the latter case, the first 2 digits are the Volume number and the second two are the issue number.
6	Anndra' S Gunna Cutach (Blythe, Blythe And Happy Was She)	Not listed	S	4/4	2	15	179	The Piper's Assistant, By Angus MacKay; Alexander Glen, 30 West Register Street, London (Cannon 310 I); Scotpress, Unicorn Limited, Inc., P. O. Box 397, Bruceton Mills, West Virginia, U. S. A.
7	Blythe, Blythe And Happy Was She(Anndra' S An Gunna Cutach)	Not listed	S	4/4	2	15	179	The Piper's Assistant, By Angus MacKay; Alexander Glen, 30 West Register Street, London (Cannon 310 I); Scotpress, Unicorn Limited, Inc., P. O. Box 397, Bruceton Mills, West Virginia, U. S. A.
8	Campbeltown Loch	Gunn, William	M	6/8	4	13	168	The Kintyre Collection Of Bagpipe Music, Compiled By Ian Duncan, 5 Millbrae Crescent, Langside, Glasgow, G42 9UW; Witchburn Music, April, 1994
9	Captain Wemyss Sutherland's Lament	Gunn, Wm	PB	4/4	7	6	125c	The Edinburgh Collection Of Highland Bagpipe Music, Part 3, David Glen & Sons, 8 Greenside Place, Edinburgh
10	Doctor Wallace Gunn	McMillan, James	M	6/8	4	19	134	Collection Of Music For The Great Highland Bagpipe, Book One, Robert Mac Neil 1990
11	Donald Morrison's Farewell To New Zealand (1986)	Gunn, Roy	SA	6/8	2	44	111	The Highland Bagpipe, Donald Morrison, 1988, Department Of Continuing Education, University Of Stirling; Fasprint Services (Irvine) Ltd.; ISBN 0 901636 657
12	Failte A' Ghuinnich (The Gunn's Salute)	Gunn, William	PB		9	518	228	Piobaireachd, Book Fifteen, The Piobaireachd Society 1990
13	Failte Na'n Guinniach (Gunn's Salute)	Gunn, William	PB	6/8	8	69	102	Ross's Collection Of Pipe Music, William Ross, 1885; Reprinted By EP Publishing Limited, East Ardsley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England 1976
14	Gunn's March	Not listed	M	6/8	2	190	102	Ross's Collection Of Pipe Music, William Ross, 1885; Reprinted By EP Publishing Limited, East Ardsley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England 1976
15	Gunn's Reel (The Merchant's Wife, Seana Bhean A Cheannich')	Not listed	R	2/2	3	55	141	The Caledonian Repository Of Music, Adapted For The Bagpipes., Being A Collection Of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs & Quicksteps, Some Of Which Were Never Before Published; By William Gunn, Bagpipe Maker; Glasgow; Published By Peter Henderson, 24 Renfrew Street 1886 10th Edition (Cannon 311 V) (see #126)
16	Gunn's Reel (The Smith's Daughter, The Merchant's Wife)	Not listed	R	2/2	2	2	136f	David Glen's Collection Of Highland Bagpipe Music, Fifth Part; David Glen & Sons, 8 Greenside Place, Edinburgh (Cannon 316 ix)i
17	Gunn's Salute	Not listed	PB	6/8	10	265	231	Ceol Mor, A New And Abbreviated System Of Musical Notation For The Piobaireachd As Played On The Highland Bagpipe, Major General C. S. Thomason, R.E.; E.P. Publishing Limited, British Book Centre, Inc., 1975 (Cannon 326 VI)
18	Gunn's Salute (Failte Na'n Guinniach)	Gunn, William	PB	6/8	8	69	102	Ross's Collection Of Pipe Music, William Ross, 1885; Reprinted By EP Publishing Limited, East Ardsley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England 1976
19	Gunn's Salute, The	Gunn, Donald	PB	4/4	1	21	125e	The Edinburgh Collection Of Highland Bagpipe Music, Part 5, David Glen & Sons, 8 Greenside Place, Edinburgh
20	Gunn's Salute, The (Failte A' Ghuinnich)	Gunn, William	PB		9	518	228	Piobaireachd, Book Fifteen, The Piobaireachd Society 1990
21	Lament For Captain Wemyss Sutherland	Gunn, W.	PB	2/4	8	347*	231	Ceol Mor, A New And Abbreviated System Of Musical Notation For The Piobaireachd As Played On The Highland Bagpipe, Major General C. S. Thomason, R.E.; E.P. Publishing Limited, British Book Centre, Inc., 1975 (Cannon 326 VI)
22	Lament For Captain Wemyss Sutherland, 93rd	Gunn, Wm. 1826	PB		7	20	146	A. G. Kenneth's Collection, Book 5; Maestro Laser, Box 352, Station Q, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4T 2M5
23	Merchant's Reel, The (Gunn's Reel,Seana Bhean A Cheannich')	Not listed	R	2/2	3	55	141	The Caledonian Repository Of Music, Adapted For The Bagpipes., Being A Collection Of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs & Quicksteps, Some Of Which Were Never Before Published; By William Gunn, Bagpipe Maker; Glasgow; Published By Peter Henderson, 24 Renfrew Street 1886 10th Edition (Cannon 311 V) (see #126)
24	Merchant's Wife, The (The Smith's Daughter, Gunn's Reel)	Not listed	R	2/2	2	2	136f	David Glen's Collection Of Highland Bagpipe Music, Fifth Part; David Glen & Sons, 8 Greenside Place, Edinburgh (Cannon 316 ix)i
25	Old Pentland	Gunn, A. W.	M	2/4	4	31	136r	David Glen's Collection Of Highland Bagpipe Music, Seventeenth Part; David Glen & Sons, 8 Greenside Place, Edinburgh (Cannon 316 ix)
26	Roy Gunn's Rant	Pincet, J.	HP	2/4	4	21	96	Musique Interceltique De Cornemuse, Highland Bagpipe Music From Brittany, Scotland, Ireland, Vol. 3, J. Pincet; Imprimerie M. Mesnil, 15 Rue J. Jugan 35, 590 L'Hermitage
27	Roy Gunn's Welcome	Morrison, Donald	M	2/4	4	13	111	The Highland Bagpipe, Donald Morrison, 1988, Department Of Continuing Education, University Of Stirling; Fasprint Services (Irvine) Ltd.; ISBN 0 901636 657
28	Seana Bhean A Cheannich (The Merchant's Wife, Gunn's Reel)	Not listed	R	2/2	3	55	141	The Caledonian Repository Of Music, Adapted For The Bagpipes., Being A Collection Of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs & Quicksteps, Some Of Which Were Never Before Published; By William Gunn, Bagpipe Maker; Glasgow; Published By Peter Henderson, 24 Renfrew Street 1886 10th Edition (Cannon 311 V) (see #126)
29	Smith's Daughter, The (The Merchant's Wife, Gunn's Reel)	Not listed	R	2/2	2	2	136f	David Glen's Collection Of Highland Bagpipe Music, Fifth Part; David Glen & Sons, 8 Greenside Place, Edinburgh (Cannon 316 ix)i
30	Waltz Elise	Gunn, Kevin	W	6/8	2	41,5	128	Piping Times; please note that under "Page", the Volume number is listed first, followed by the Issue number. If the issue number is 1 digit, it will appear as "43,3"; if the issue number is two digits, it will appear as "4310". In the latter case, the first 2 digits are the Volume number and the second two are the issue number.