are Te Henderson March, Te Heights of Dargai, Te Circassian Circle and Te Dancing of the Fingers. Another interesting link with Te Empress was a legendary figure in Scottish piping, Archie MacNeill, who was known as the ‘blind piper. Archie was born in Govan. His father came from Gigha and Archie learned to play the bagpipes when his family moved to Rhu. When he was ten years old he had an accident which led him to become progressively blind, even more so aſter the age of 18. When living in Rhu he met John Wallace who became one of his first piping instructors during

the time the latter was employed on Te Empress. Archie himself subsequently became a piping instructor and some of his pupils

went on to become some of the best known pipers in the country. His teaching led him to become a progenitor of the College of

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