Reviews of Ivan - Highland Piper

We can not thank Ivan enough for the performance he have at my dad's funeral. Everyone commented on how beautiful it was and a real tribute to my dad's heritage.
Highly recommend

I just wanted to send you a quick message to say thank you so much for your help and services. Ivan absolutely made my nans 90th birthday and we couldn't have asked for anybody more suitable and lovely. He was absolutely amazing and I cannot thank him enough! It was a truly incredible experience and a lovely memory made! Thank you so much. Kirsty xx

Ivan is an incredible piper and person . He was sensitive to the occasion and he played and dressed that provided my Dad with a beautiful Scottish send off … Ivan was efficient, professional with our communication. We will definitely use Ivan again and have no hesitation to recommend Ivan to play at any event. Thankyou Ivan … We will always remember and be grateful for you and your talent x

Ivan was the ultimate professional and having arrived in good time proceeded to entertain our Burns Supper guests in a very professional manner. His address to the haggis was superb and was done with the right amount of humour.
Thank you for helping to make the night a great success.

Two words: absolutely superb!

We would like to express our appreciation of Ivan's contribution to our much loved son's funeral. His playing as he led the hearse along the driveway towards the chapel, as we waited while access was delayed and again as folks were leaving and chatting afterwards, was wonderful. Many people commented that Ivan added to the day and how our son would have appreciated the atmosphere.

I have used "Last Minute Musicians" on a number of occasions primarily as we like to offer a great experience to our runners prior to the start of them setting out and running 26.2 / 13.1 miles which to most people is a long way ! We have used Ivan and Tony in the past and we have found both Pipers to be highly professional. They were both at the events on time and wonderfully attired in traditional Scottish Highland dress which really looked smart and certainly enhanced the experience and atmosphere for all our runners.

We had many people taking pictures with the pipers both prior to and post race which from the comments and feedback we received really made our event unique. The playing of "Chariots of Fire" and "Flower of Scotland" on the bagpipes at the start of both respective races was fantastic as was the piping played after the race. Both Ivan and Tony have a great sense of humour, they are easy to talk to and our runners really enjoyed the piping and the interaction with both characters.

Ivan was amazing, a true gentleman, very professional and full of character, he lead the procession from Whitstable Harbour which was leading 100,s of children who had made lanterns at schools for the event. Coming through the town was fantastic with him leading and culminating at St Alphege Church where he played some additional songs on the Church forecourt including Amazing Grace to the crowd of 1000,s.

Ivan stepped in the day before the event and on behalf of the Whitstable Chamber of Commerce. and we cannot thank him enough for his friendly professionalism throughout.

He put everyone at ease and as one of the organisers I can only praise him for his professional friendly approach.

Please feel free to publicise our comments, and look forward to seeing you lead next year's procession in 2015.

Wonderful service and Ivan was very friendly great SOH so please pass on our thanks and no doubt we'll work closely with him again.

Hi Ivan, Paul and I just wanted to express our gratitude for your fantastic contribution to our wedding in Mayfield on Saturday. We both felt that you brought something very special and unique to the day that many people have commented on already! Thank you for going the extra mile for us, I don’t think Mayfield has ever seen anything like a piper leading 100 people walking down the high street!!

Now that my family have gone back to Italy and Edinburgh I just wanted to thank you for playing at Dave’s funeral on Monday. You played beautifully and everybody at the cemetery agreed that it was a very apt tribute to my husband. I know that you’re playing from the chapel to the graveside gave both my daughter and myself strength to walk from the chapel behind the coffin - I felt my head lift and my spine straighten and the position where you stood on the other side of the path will always be in my memory especially when I visit his grave. Thank you again for adding that special touch of dignity to a very dignified man.

Dear Ivan, Just a brief email to say one hundred "thank yous" for bringing a little bit Scotland to High Hilden Home for my Mother's one hundredth birthday. The Bagpipes got her feet tapping and hands clapping which was wonderful for all of her family to witness. You may have noticed that she dispatched me to her room to get her Sutherland tartan sash thereby enabling her to feel a greater connection to the music you performed. Sorry the sash came a poor second to your full regalia. My grateful thanks once again.