About this vendor
Owned and operated as a full time business by Dave Johnston, a former double World Champion with over 30 years playing experience, Chicalba Bagpiping Services provides bagpipers and drummers for Weddings and a variety of other occasions. Professional service with personal care and attention.
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Instruments
- Bagpipes
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Dave was amazing!! He gave great advice on times to play at our wedding. Our guests as well as myself loved him! He also was so nice and easy to work with! Would recommend!!
Dave was a true professional from his responsiveness to his flawless bagpipe playing. He was flexible and you could tell he has so much experience. Highly recommend plus the bagpipes plus your beautiful bridal entrance will for sure make a groom shed tears. AMAZING.
Dave played at our wedding on November 9th. He played outside while guests arrived and then played during our recessional. My family is Scottish so it meant a great deal to myself and my family to have a bagpiper play at the wedding. Dave was so wonderful to work with and is also very talented! I cannot thank Dave enough for making my wedding day special!
We used Chicalba for our wedding and Joe was excellent! He was incredibly talented, and the guests loved having bagpipe music as we recessed and for our grand exit out of the church. Having a bagpiper at the end of our ceremony is a family tradition and Joe did not disappoint. Dave was also very organized in getting us set-up for our big day. Thank you, Chicalba Bagpiping, for making our ceremony so special!
We had him play our recessional and then into our cocktail hour. He was there while we were lining up to go into the ceremony and was holding my nephew for a bit because there was nobody else to do it and was holding my water to me, just so nice and so accommodating. On top of him just being a great guy, the bagpipes were a great addition to our wedding and cocktail hour. He probably played for 30-45 minutes total and I could not have been happier! yay!
Dave at Chicalba Bagpiping did an amazing job at our wedding. We had him surprise guests by appearing at the back of the church during the recession. He snuck in un noticed and then belted out joyous tunes. The music was beautiful and was such a fun touch. Dave also stuck around long after the ceremony to take pictures and even play another song as we boarded the trolley (after doing a long receiving line!). All of our guests were so impressed- as were we! Also, before the wedding Dave sent us a CD of some of his different songs so we could pick out the ones we wanted him to play. He also asked our wedding colors so he could match his kilt! Sooo thoughtful! I would highly recommend using Chicalba Bagpiping!
The bagpiper I hired for the ceremony and reception was amazing. It was a surprise for my husband and he loved it. Everything went perfectly and the piper was fantastic. After the ceremony he stood outside and played for our guests until we walked out. He played at the reception while our guests walked in and played as we were announced. Everyone loved it!
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2S476 Barclay Place, Glen Ellyn, IL
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