Achievements

Here are some of James‘s achievements during his piping career:

•The Changing of the Guard at Windsor Castle, Buckingham  Palace and at St. James’s’ Palace.

•The Trooping of the Colour on Horse Guards Parade.

•State opening of Parliament, London and Cape Town, South  Africa.

•Armistice Day Memorial Service at the Cenotaph, London.

•State Banquets, at Buckingham Palace.

•Private Royal dinner parties at St. James’s Palace and  Blenheim Palace.

•The Royal Weddings of the Prince and Princess of Wales
(Lady Diana Spencer) and the Duke and Duchess of York
(Miss Sarah Ferguson).

•BBC World Service, Live Concert celebrating the Late    Queen Mother, Queens Elizabeth’s 90th Birthday.

•The America’s Yacht Race, Freemantle Australia.

•The Lone Piper at the Edinburgh Military Tattoo, Edinburgh  Castle, Scotland.

•The Lone Piper at the Menin Gate, Ypres, Flanders.

•Regimental Piper to the Special Air Service (SAS)
1990-1992.

•Honorary Piper to the Chavonnes Cannon Battery Museum,  Cape Town 2009.

•Sergeant Piper in the Cape Town Field Artillery, Drums
and  Pipes 2009.

•Hundreds, if not thousands of other events including civil  weddings, christenings, banquets, special occasions,  funerals and memorial services all over the world.

James on the evening of August 18th 1990 as the lone piper at the Edinburgh Military Tattoo