The British Columbia Uilleann Pipers’ Society is presenting a weekend workshop with Martin Nolan on October 9th and 10th in Cobble Hill, B.C. on Vancouver Island. Martin will also be playing a house concert on the evening of the 9th.
For information on costs, times or locations contact the society at bc_ups@hotmail.com, or check out our website at: http://www.angelfire.com/bc2/uilleann
Greg
FYI, Martin is a fantastic piper - of the highest calibre IMHO - I’m envious of the opportunity!
Hey, Greg. When you see Martin, please remind him he promised to give another workshop in Toronto next time he was passing through. 
Thx,
djm
We are lucky as Martin’s wife is originally from Nanaimo (which is located on Vancouver Island) and his in-laws still live there, so he comes to B.C. fairly frequently. We have had him for a couple workshops and The Swarm of Drones bagpipe festival when it was still in existance.
He is indeed a top notch piper who was taught by Paddy Keenan’s father. His web site is: http://www.martinnolan.com/
Greg
Yup. Last time he and his wife were passing through they stopped to go to a wedding in Hamilton, and he gave classes in Toronto for a day. He showed me that I had largely been wasting my time trying to teach myself for over a year in isolation. He basically had me start over from the beginning, but showed me things to look for that are in none of the books, videos or CD ROMs.
I guess it has really irked me since then that what he was teaching is done almost by rote by NPU instructors with beginners, but none of it is passed on over here, nor in any of the written materials.
Anyway, give him a nudge for us, please.
Thx,
djm
I remember I was once staying in a hostel in Dingle and had just bought a copy of Martin Nolan’s “Travel’n Style” album. This other guy in the hostel was telling me “I used to work as a cab driver in Dublin and there was this fella I worked with who played pipes. He’d keep a mandolin in the cab and his pipes in the boot and if business was ever slow, he’d just pull them out and play.”
Then he looked at the CD I was holding.
“F**k me pink! That’s the guy!”
I don’t know if that story is really true or not…perhaps somebody could ask him?
PS–Greg–I noticed you guys at the BC club had Eoin Duignan out for a workshop. Eoin’s a great guy and a really good piper. He taught me a thing or two when I was starting out. Sorry I missed that one. If you should ever have him out here again, be sure to post a notice about it.
DJM wrote:
He basically had me start over from the beginning, but showed me things to look for that are in none of the books, videos or CD ROMs.
I guess it has really irked me since then that what he was teaching is done almost by rote by NPU instructors with beginners, but none of it is passed on over here, nor in any of the written materials.
Please to be giving examples? 
Mal, read the FAQs. Much of my input on starting out piping and the importance of finding a good teacher, even for only one or two lessons, went into that. The rest is history (i.e. Search).
djm