Michael F. Bell of Galloway Atlantic City Ocean County

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	Michael F. Bell Bagpiping Bio, Part II Band Piping Experience (latest event at the top) St. Mary Magdelene (Millville, NJ) St. Patrick's Day Hooley at Centerton Country Club, Pittsgrove, NJ, 03/15/08 with Birnam Wood Kathleen's Celtic Gifts St. Patrick's Day Party, Turntable Junction, Flemington, NJ, 03/08/08 with Castle Dangerous Memorial Masses for Spc. Eric Rivera at Our Lady Star of the Sea, Atlantic City, NJ, 11/14/07 with members of the Atlantic City Fire Department Sand Pipers Pipes and Drums St. Mary Magdelene (Millville, NJ) St. Patrick's Day Hooley at Centerton Country Club, Pittsgrove, NJ, 03/17/07 with Birnam Wood and macLOUD St. George's Pub St. Patrick's Day Celebration, Brigantine, NJ, 03/16/07 with Birnam Wood Atlantic City Beer Festival, "Celebration of the Suds," Atlantic City, NJ, 03/10/07 and 03/11/07 with Birnam Wood and macLoud Oakcrest High School, Mays Landing, NJ, 02/23/07 with Birnam Wood 15th Annual Greater Philadelpha Mid-Winter Scottish & Irish Music Festival, King of Prussia, PA, 02/16/07 with Birnam Wood and macLOUD Trinity Irish Pub and Carvery, The Pier at Caesars, Atlantic City, NJ, 02/08/07 with Birnam Wood Trinity Irish Pub and Carvery, The Pier at Caesars, Atlantic City, NJ, 02/01/07 with Birnam Wood Trinity Irish Pub and Carvery, The Pier at Caesars, Atlantic City, NJ, 12/28/06 with Birnam Wood Trinity Irish Pub and Carvery, The Pier at Caesars, Atlantic City, NJ, 11/21/06 with Birnam Wood and macLOUD Fernwood Scottish and Irish Music Festival, Buskill, PA, 11/11/06-11/12/06 with Birnam Wood and macLOUD Trinity Irish Pub and Carvery, The Pier at Caesars, Atlantic City, NJ, 11/04/06 with Birnam Wood and macLOUD Trail of Two Cities, 9th St. Bridge from Ocean City to Somers Point Walk/Run, 11/04/06 with macLOUD Smithville Irish Festival at Ireland and Old Lace, Smithville, NJ, 10/14/06 with Birnam Wood and macLOUD Gloucester City Irish Festival, Gloucester City, NJ 09/30/06 with Birnam Wood Egg Harbor Township NJ Summer Concert Series 08/18/06 with Birnam Wood and macLOUD Bonnie Brae Scottish Festival and Highland Games, Liberty Corner, NJ 06/03/06 with Birnam Wood 92.5 XTU Party at Ireland and Old Lace, Smithville, NJ, 05/29/06 with Birnam Wood and macLOUD Jack Frost Irish & Celtic Festival, Blakeslee, PA, 05/27/06 with Birnam Wood and macLOUD Bayfest, Somers Point, NJ 04/29/06 with Birnam Wood and macLOUD (formerly South Jersey P&D) Pepper's Pub, Southampton, NJ, 04/28/06 with Birnam Wood Annual St. Patrick's Day Pub Tour, 03/25/06 at Somers Point pubs: Gregory's Restaurant and Bar, Doc's Place, Charlie's Bar and Restaurant, Mack's Seafood and Steaks with Birnam Wood and South Jersey P&D Celebration of the Suds Beer Convention, Atlantic City, NJ, 03/18/06 and 03/19/06 with Birnam Wood and South Jersey P&D St. George's Pub St. Patrick's Day Celebration, Brigantine, NJ, 03/18/06 with Birnam Wood and South Jersey P&D House of Blues St. Patrick's Day Celebration, Atlantic City, NJ, 03/17/06 with Birnam Wood and South Jersey P&D Ireland and Old Lace St. Patrick's Day Celebration, Smithville, NJ, 03/12/06 Birnam Wood and South Jersey P&D McGettigen's 19th Hole St. Patrick's Day Parade Party, Galloway, NJ, 03/11/06 with Birnam Wood and South Jersey P&D Maloney's Uptown St. Patrick's Day Parade Party, Atlantic City, NJ, 03/11/06 with Birnam Wood and South Jersey P&D Atlantic City St. Patrick's Day Parade, 03/11/06 with Birnam Wood and South Jersey P&D Oakcrest High School, Mays Landing, NJ, 03/10/06 with Birnam Wood and South Jersey P&D E.H. Slaybaugh Elementary School, Egg Harbor Twp, NJ, 03/10/06 with South Jersey P&D Atlantic City St. Patrick's Day Parade Fundraiser at Maynard's, Margate NJ, 02/26/06 with Birnam Wood and South Jersey P&D 14th Annual Greater Philadelpha Mid-Winter Scottish & Irish Music Festival, King of Prussia, PA, 02/20/06 with Birnam Wood and South Jersey P&D Fernwood Scottish and Irish Music Festival, Buskill, PA, 11/12/05-11/13/05 with Birnam Wood and South Jersey P&D Drew Univeristy Pub, Madision, NJ, 11/11/05 with Birnam Wood Smithville Irish Festival at Ireland and Old Lace, Smithville, NJ, 10/09/05 with Birnam Wood McGettigen's 19th Hole Halfway to St. Patrick's Day Party, Galloway, NJ, 09/17/05 with Birnam Wood and South Jersey P&D Green Lane Park Scottish Irish Festival and Highland Games, Green Lane, PA, 09/10/05- 09/11/05 and 09/11/04-09/12/04 with Pocono Region P&D Schuylkill County Firefighters Convention Parade, McAdoo, PA 08/20/05 with Pocono Region Pipes & Drums Bonnie Brae Scottish Fesitival and Highland Games, Liberty Corner, NJ 06/04/05 with Birnam Wood Cape May Celtic Festival, Cape May, NJ 05/28/05 with Birnam Wood and South Jersey P&D Frederick Celtic Festival, Frederick, MD, 05/14/05 with Birnam Wood Bayfest, Somers Point, NJ 04/30/05 with Birnam Wood and South Jersey Pipes and Drums USMA Bagpipe Tattoo, West Point, NY 04/24/05 with Pocono Region Pipes & Drums; also (4X) with Pipeline Pipeband 2nd Annual St. Patrick's Day Pub Tour, 03/19/05 with Birnam Wood, Bogside Rouges, and South Jersey P&D. The pubs: Caroline's, Maloney's Uptown Tavern, Maloney's Pitney Tavern, Christi's Bar & Restaurant, and Testa's Good Guys Pub. Ireland & Old Lace Food & Fleadh St. Patrick's Day Party, Smithville, NJ, 03/18/05 with Birnam Wood and South Jersey P&D Borgata Casino Gypsy Bar St. Patrick's Day Party, Atlantic City, NJ, 03/17/05 with Birnam Wood and South Jersey P&D Ireland and Old Lace St. Patrick's Day Celebration, Smithville, NJ, 03/13/05 with Birnam Wood and South Jersey P&D McGettigen's 19th Hole St. Patrick's Day Party, Galloway, NJ, 03/12/05 with Birnam Wood and South Jersey P&D Atlantic City St. Patrick's Day Parade, 03/12/05 with Birnam Wood and South Jersey P&D Atlantic City St. Patrick's Day Parade Fundraiser at Maynard's, Margate NJ, 02/27/05 with Birnam Wood and South Jersey P&D Ocean City NJ First Night at OCHS, 12/31/04 with Birnam Wood and South Jersey P&D Neo-Celtic Christmas Concert at The Music Hall, Smithville, NJ, 12/10/04 with Birnam Wood and the South Jersey Pipes and Drums Palmerton, PA Veterans Day Parade, 11/07/04 with with Pocono Region P&D Tournament of Bands - Pleasant Valley H.S, Brodheadsville, PA, 10/09/04 with Pocono Region P&D Washington Township Fall Festival and Parade, Long Valley, NJ, 10/02/04 with CuChullain Pipe Band Pen Argyl, PA Labor Day Parade, 09/06/04 with Pocono Region P&D Newark Bears Pro Baseball vs. PA Road Warriors, Irish Night Opening Ceremony, Newark, NJ, 08/15/04 with CuChullain Pipe Band Forest City, PA, Old Home Week Parade, 08/07/04 with Pocono Region P&D Fair Haven, NJ, Fire Department 100th Anniversary Parade, 06/12/04 with Pocono Region P&D Summit Hill, PA, Memorial Day Parade, 05/31/04 with Pocono Region P&D Stroudsburg, PA, St. Patrick's Day Parade, 03/21/04 with Pocono Region P&D Jim Thorpe, PA, St. Patrick's Day Parade, 03/14/04 with Pocono Region P&D Sparta, NJ, St. Patrick's Day Parade, 03/13/04 with Pocono Region P&D Bethpage LI St. Patrick's Day Parade, 03/07/04 with Pocono Region P&D Nesquehoning PA Veterans Day Parade, 11/09/03 with Pocono Region P&D Oxford NJ 250th Anniversary Parade, 10/11/03 with Pocono Region P&D Sussex Co. Salute to Vets Parade, Sussex Fairgrounds, 11/09/02, Augusta, NJ with Pipeline Pipeband Somerset County 9/11 Observance, Somerville, NJ, 09/11/02 with Pipeline Pipeband Tunes of Glory Parade NYC 2002, 04/06/02 Morristown, New Jersey, St. Patrick's Day Parade (5X) with Pipeline Pipeband (03/09/02) and St. Ann's Pipe Band March 1996-1999 John Basilone Memorial Parade, Raritan NJ (4X) most recent: 09/26/04 with Pocono Region P&D and with St. Ann's Pipe Band PNC Arts Center NJ Scottish Heritage Festival (1998-2002) with Pipeline Pipeband and St. Ann's Pipe Band Walden, NY Parade, 09/28/02, with Pipeline Pipeband Northvale NJ Borough Memorial Day Parade, 05/27/02 with Pipeline Pipeband Rockland County AOH Irish Feis 2001 (band competition) with Pipeline Pipeband Monmouth County Celtic Festival and Feis 2001 and 2002 (band competition) with Pipeline Pipeband Ringwood, NJ, St. Patrick's Day Parade (2X) with Pipeline Pipeband March 2000 and 2003 West Orange, NJ, St. Patrick's Day Parade, 03/10/02, with Pipeline Pipeband Union Dinner in Honor of James P. Hoffa, New York, NY, 02/01/01 with The Pipes & Drums of Local 608, International Brotherhood of Carpenters New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade, 03/17/01 with The Pipes & Drums of Local 608, International Brotherhood of Carpenters Queens County St. Patrick's Day Parade, Rockaway NY with The Pipes & Drums of Local 608, 03/10/01(?) International Brotherhood of Carpenters New York City Labor Day Parade, 09/09/00 with Pipeline and The Pipes & Drums of Local 608, International Brotherhood of Carpenters West Milford H.S. Tattoo, 11/18/00, with Pipeline Pipeband Ringwood Inn St. Patrick's Day and Parade Parties (6X) with Pipeline Pipeband, 1999-2002 Broadfoot and Broadfoot Gallery, Various Show Openings (5X) with Pipeline Pipeband, 1999-2001 Bell Day Celebration at Friendly Sons, Old Bridge, NJ, 10/22/00, with Pipeline Pipeband Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish St. Patrick's Day Party, Wayne, NJ (3X) with Pipeline Pipeband, March 2001-2003 Our Lady of the Valley Parish, St. Patrick's Day Party, Wayne, NJ (4X) with Pipeline Pipeband, March 2000-2003 Lake Cupsaw St. Patrick's Day Party, Ringwood, NJ (5X) with Pipeline Pipeband, March, 1999-2003 Hampton NJ Borough Fire Dept Centennial Parade with St. Ann's Pipe Band, 07/99 Fire Department Parade, Phillipsburg, NJ with St. Ann's of Hampton Pipe Band 1999 Somerville, NJ, St. Patrick's Day Parade with St. Ann's of Hampton Pipe Band, March, 1998-1999 Washington NJ Borough 4th of July Parade (4X) with St. Ann's of Hampton Pipe Band, 1996-1999 Lebanon NJ Borough 4th of July Parade (3X) with St. Ann's of Hampton Pipe Band, 1997-1999 Clinton NJ Celtic Day by the River (2X) with St. Ann's of Hampton Pipe Band, 1998-1999 High Bridge NJ Borough Centennial Parade with St. Ann's of Hampton Pipe Band, 1997 Fire Department Parade, Hackettstown, NJ with St. Ann's of Hampton Pipe Band, 1997 Boonton NJ Firemen's Home Anniversary Parade with St. Ann's of Hampton Pipe Band, 1998 Hunterdon County Annual Rescue Squad Meeting with St. Ann's of Hampton Pipe Band, 05/96 Solo Piping Experience (latest event on the bottom) Summer Concert Series at Third (Reformed Church), Raritan, NJ Warren County Fire Academy Commencement Exercises, Washington Twp, NJ Middletown Township WTC Victims Memorial at Sunrise Assisted Living Center, Lincroft, NJ 12/09/01 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th Annual Robert Burns Night and Poetry Slam, Gladstone and Bernardsville, NJ, 2001-2004 Warren Middle School Performing Arts Day, Warren NJ (2X) Alliance of North American Pipe Band Associations' World Wide Memorial Gathering of Pipers and Drummers for 09.11.01 Victims Bethlehem Township NJ's World Trade Center Victims' Memorial Warren County Heritage Festival , Oxford NJ, 1998 St. Ann's of Hampton Special Mass for 09.11.01 victims, heroes, and families Warren County Farmers' Fair (2001) for Northwest New Jersey Folklife Project Hampton NJ Memorial Day Parade (2X) Women's Association of Morristown Memorial Mansion in May 2003 Preview Party Gala Bonnie Brae School 9/11 Memorial. 09/11/02, Liberty Corner, NJ Trent House Annual Holiday Open Houses, Trenton NJ (3X), 1996-1998 Garden State Sheep and Fiber Festival, 09/16/00, Harmony, NJ Gill St. Bernard School, Gladstone, NJ, Headmaster Installation Woodglen, NJ Bicentennial Music Fest, 08/98 Memorial to fallen police officer, Burlington County, NJ Annandale Reformed Church Coffee House Hampton Recreation Association Baseball Opening Days (3X) St. Ann's of Hampton Church annual picnics and Holiday Masses (10X) 1996-1999 Rev. William J. Hewitt's 75th Birthday Luncheon Hampton Borough School Fun Night (2X) First Baptist Church of Washington, NJ, Scotland Mission Dinner Musconetcong Valley Presbyterian Church Christmas Service Quechee VT Highland Festival 1996 (solo competition) Bonnie Brae Highland Games 1999, 2000, and 2001 (solo competitions) The St. Andrew’s Society of Connecticut Scottish Festival, Goshen CT, 2001 (solo competition) Capital District Scottish Games, Altamont NY, 2000 (solo competition) Old Bridge NJ Friendly Sons Competition 2000 (solo competition) Round Hill CT Highland Games 2001 (solo competition) Rockland County NY AOH Festival and Feis 2000 and 2001 (solo competitions) Monmouth County Celtic Festival and Feis 2000 and 2001 (solo competitions) Mid-Atlantic Branch EUSPBA Spring Meeting 1999 (solo competition) St. Patrick's Day celebrations at Washington NJ bars, unless otherwise indicated: Anderson House, Washington House, Felix's, Scotty's Stadium Club, R Place Bar, Rockafella's (Hampton, NJ), Gunnar's Landing (Buttsville, NJ), Wyoming Brewing Company (Hazelton, PA), and Glen Gardner Inn (Glen Gardner, NJ), 1997-2004 Immaculate Conception Parish, St. Patrick's Day Party, Mahwah, NJ 03/03 St. Patrick's Day Party at Lake Hopatcong Yacht Club 03/14/04 Our Lady of Fatima, St. Patrick's Day Mass, Piscataway, NJ 03/17/04 Tutor Time Daycare Center Scotland Study Day, Edison, NJ 07/02/04 Happiness Is Camping (for children with cancer) Last Night of Camp Candle Lighting Ceremony, Blairstown, NJ 08/12/04 Galloway Cultural Festival, Galloway Middle School, Galloway, NJ 04/02/05 Laguna Grill Open Mike, Brigantine, NJ 06/29/05 The Links at Brigantine, St Patrick's Day Tournament Opening, 03/12/06 Villa Raffaella Senior Assisted Living Community, Pleasantville, NJ The Links at Brigantine, Tournament Opening, 04/29/06 American Cancer Society Relay for Life, Path of Hope Commemeration, Moorestown Mall, Moorestown, NJ, 05/01/06 The Links at Brigantine Beach, St Patrick's Day Tournament Opening, 03/18/07 Brigadoon production at West Deptford High School, Westville, NJ, 04/19/07, 04/20/07, and 04/21/07 Fado Jewelry Presentation at Ireland and Old Lace, Galloway, NJ, 01/12/08 The Links at Brigantine Beach St Patrick's Scramble Golf Tournament Opening, 03/16/08 The Blue Marlin Cafe St. Patrick's Day Party, Galloway, NJ, 03/17/08 Engine 15 Pub, Hook and Ladder Beer Fundraiser, Egg Harbor City, NJ, 12/14/08 Smithville Bridal Fair, Smithville, NJ, 03/04/09 McKee's Irish Pub, Egg Harbor City, NJ, 12/14/08 McKee's Irish Pub, Egg Harbor City, NJ, 02/19/09 Kix McNutley's St. Patrick's Day Parade Party, Sea Isle City, NJ, 03/14/09 St. Peter's United Methodist Church St. Patrick's Day Service, Ocean City, NJ, 03/15/09, piped along with John Gregory Bate on the church organ for the tune "Highland Cathedral" St. George's Pub St Patrick's Day Celebration, Brigantine, NJ, 03/17/09 Motts Creek Inn, Galloway, NJ, 04/18/09 Ireland and Old Lace, Smithville, NJ, 05/09/09 Mainland Baptist Church Police, Fire, and EMT Tribute Service, Galloway, NJ, 06/07/09 Ireland and Old Lace, Smithville, NJ, 07/31/09 Smithville Village Green and Ireland and Old Lace, Smithville, NJ, 08/07/09 Ian Bruce Concert, Tuckerton Seaport, Tuckerton, NJ, 11/05/09 USMC Birthday Ball at the Union League, Philadelphia, PA, 11/13/09 Pre-St. Patrick's Day Party at the McGettigan's 19th Hole, Galloway, NJ, 03/13/10 St. Patrick's Day Celebration at the Genesis Healthcare, Millville, NJ, 03/17/10 St. George's Pub St Patrick's Day Celebration, Brigantine, NJ, 03/17/10, with Andy Quinn on congas St. Patrick's Day Party at the McGettigan's 19th Hole, Galloway, NJ, 03/17/10 St. Patrick's Day Parade Party at McGettigan's 19th Hole, Galloway, NJ, 03/20/10 Smithville Village Green and Ireland and Old Lace, Smithville, NJ, 05/01/10 Smithville United Methodist Church, Smithville, NJ, 05/02/10 Cold Spring Presbyterian Church Scottish Communion Church Service, Cold Spring, NJ, 07/11/10 Smithville Village Green and Ireland and Old Lace, Smithville, NJ, 07/24/10 St. Peter's United Methodist Church, memorial service for Beatrice "Bonnie" Bonner, Ocean City, NJ, 08/10/10, piped along with John Gregory Bate on the church organ for the tune "Highland Cathedral" To hire a piper or pipers for your event, contact us via email or phone 609-744-0606 (cell) Return to Home Page © 2001-2010 Castle Dangerous. All rights reserved. Not for dissemination or other use without the expressed, written permission of the author.	Contents Achievements Piping Kit Sound Samples Slide Show Testimonials At Weddings Michael with the Pocono Region Pipes & Drums at Nesquehonig, PA The Poet and the Piper: Michael with Nobel Prize Winning Poet Seamus Heaney at Tullyglass House Hotel, Ballymena, N. Ireland Michael at Various Parades in 2004 with Pocono Region P&D. Click picture to see larger view

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