perform=In addition to performing  with the Stratford Police Services Pipes and Drums Mark is frequently hired as a solo piper. Mark was also a support instrumentalist with the celtic/folk group "Kettles On", and the seven-member celtic/world group "Shaggy Haggis". For strictly instrumental venues, Mark performs with a revolving group of session musicians that go under the name of "Glengowan Crossing", and for Pub/Club venues instrumental and vocals he teams up with Keith Ford and Paul Meadows under the name "Stonetown".<br /><br /><br />Select Past Events<br />Nominated for the Celtic Instrumental Tune of the Year from the international, Just Plain Folks Music Awards in 2009. <br />Solo<br />- numerous private, municipal and corporate functions as a piper<br />- opening ceremonies of Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame, broadcast live on TSN<br /><br />With Rant Maggie Rant<br />- Saline Celtic Festival,Michigan<br />- Mill Race Folk Festival,Cambridge,Ont.<br />- Owen Sound Celtic Festival,Owen Sound,Ont.<br />- Windsor Summerfest Celtic Connections Festival<br />- Blue Skies Folk Festival,Clarendon,Ont.<br />- Fergus Scottish Festival,Fergus,Ont.<br />- It's Our World Music Festival,Kitchener<br />- Stratford Festival,Night Music Series,Stratford,Ont.<br />- Georgian Bay Symphony<br />- Small Town Concert Series ,Eden Mills,Cromarty,Stratford,Avonbank,Florence,Meaford,Blyth,Seaforth,London,Ont.<br />  www.myspace.com/rantmaggierant<br /><br /><br />With Shaggy Haggis<br /><a href="http://www.shaggyhaggis.com" target="_blank">www.shaggyhaggis.com</a> <br /><br />- Three concerts with the International Symphony,Sarnia,Port Huron,Mich. and Stratford<br />- "Scots Wha Hae", live from the Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto for CBC's "On Stage" series<br />- Monday Night Concert Series, Stratford Festival �2005 and 2006<br />- Owen Sound Celtic Festival 2005 and 2006<br />- Windsor Carousel of Nations Festival 2005<br />- London Covent Garden Market Celtic Festival 2004<br /><br />With Kettles On<br /><a href="http://www.kettles-on.com." target="_blank">www.kettles-on.com</a><br />- Opening Night Gala, Stratford Shakespeare Festival 2008<br />- Celtic Evening with Toronto Amadeus Choir 2006, 2007 and 2008.<br />- Kincardine Scottish Festival 2007<br />- Black Creek Pioneer Village Celtic Festival 2006<br />- Owen Sound Celtic Festival 2007<br />- Promotional Band for Labatt's, Alexander Keiths Product Line 2006,'07,'08.<br />