Add a touch of tradition to your Drumtochty Castle wedding package.
Choose from our specially designed packages or create your own piper hire package.
Gold Package - Full Day
- Piping Pre-Ceremony (30 mins) at either St Palladius Church or at the Castle
- Ceremony piping (if required)
- Processional - aisle in
- Signing the Register
- Recessional - aisle out
- Piping outside after the ceremony
- Piping for guests arriving to the Castle (if applicable)
- Piping intermittently during the afternoon
- Pipe the couple to the Top Table
Silver Ceremony Package - Half Day
- Piping Pre-Ceremony (30 mins) at either St Palladius Church or at the Castle
- Ceremony piping (if required)
- Processional - aisle in
- Signing the Register
- Recessional - aisle out
- Piping outside after the ceremony
- Post-Ceremony coverage (60 mins)
This package cover time both at the church and castle, the package will expire 1 hour after the ceremony concludes.
Silver Reception Package - Half Day
- This package commences 30 minutes after ceremony is concluded.
- Provide intermittent afternoon music during drinks reception / photos.
- Pipe the couple to the top table for dinner.
- Piping Pre-Ceremony (30 mins) at either St Palladius Church or at the Castle
- Ceremony piping (if required)
- Processional - aisle in
- Signing the Register
- Recessional - aisle out
- Piping outside after the ceremony (20 mins)
Have your piper come and play for 1 hour to cover any part of
your special day that you desire.
This is time restricted to one complete hour.
(not intended to cover ceremony piping)
(cannot be split across several hours)
Extras
Customise your package
Discuss your Drumtochty Piper with me - Julie
We have a long established relationship with Drumtochty Castle.
Please get in touch to discuss how we can add some Scottish traditional music to your wedding day.
Pipes & Drums at Drumtochty Castle
See our music options for adding a drummer under "adding a drummer" on our wedding page
UPGRADES
- Upgrade to full military style uniform (also known as No.1 uniform), for an additional £50
- Add a drummer
- Add an accordionist
- Add a guitarist
- Add a Highland Dancer
- Pre-Ceremony kilt inspection for your groom & groomsmen
- Quaich toast at the top table with an engraved quaich keepsake
- Have a pipe tune composed for your special day
- Mini Pipe Band
- Full Pipe Band
What to expect from Thistle Piping
Our Promise
You will receive an excellent musician/s who is fully qualified and immaculately turned out. Each piper will be committed to your event. At Thistle Piping, we pride ourselves in having served the Wedding Industry since 1999. Since then, we have established a reputation for supplying the most qualified and best turned out pipers that Scotland has to offer, earning trust and reputation over three decades.
We one of the only full time professional piping establishments in Scotland. Our pipers & drummers are fully qualified, have public liability insurance and are personally screened by myself, founder and proprietor Pipe Major Julie Brinklow, to ensure that all musicians are brand ambassadors and have a professional character suitable for all public and private events.
Tailored to fit your needs
Although we offer packages which generally fit the outline of most weddings, we will work with you to customise the package to suit your exact requirements. We are happy to accommodate tune requests and if necessary compose new pipe manuscript to allow us to perform modern pieces of your choice where possible.
As many “Bells & Whistles” as you desire!
The most important thing you should know is that nothing is too much trouble for Thistle Piping on your special day. If you would like a drummer, a full pipe band, an accordionist, smallpipes or a quaich toast we can cover pretty much anything you desire within our talented team.
No hidden charges
Our price quoted is the total you pay. There is no travel added for Drumtochty Castle nor VAT to add on top. Deposits are taken from the total at the time of booking leaving a final balance payable 4 weeks before your wedding date.
Please feel free to come back with any questions you may have.
Kind Regards,
Pipe Major Julie Brinklow, Proprietor.