“Thanks again for the outstanding performance at our wedding!! You made quite an impression with everyone (especially with some guests that didn’t think they liked [b]agpipe music)! I can’t begin to describe the feeling of hearing the pipes fill the garden with sound as we walked down the aisle after the ceremony! Both my wife and I sincerely appreciate yourpunc[t]uality, professional[]ism, and musical proficiency that contributed to making our wedding a truly spectacular event!!” — John and Devon Kane
“You were generous with your time and your beautiful music. Our family appreciates it more than words can say. So many people came up to su and said, ‘Where did you find the great Irish music and the bagpipes? They were the perfect touch. It’s exactly what Pop would have wanted.'” — The Murphy Family
“Thank you for your sterling and stirring performance. Your playing was a significant part of a most memorable experience.” — Dean C. Kaul
“Robert Burns is volunteer member of the New Traditions band at University Christian Church. Between his expertise on pipes and his versatility with guitar and pennywhistle, he adds a beautiful and unique dimension to the music at our church, unheard anyplace else in southern California worship. For the past two years he has welcomed the faithful and touched passers-by as he piped carols and other Christmas favorites outside the front door of our church on Christmas eve. We all appreciate his ability to seamlessly blend the traditional sounds of his instruments with the hymns, gospel and contemporary music of our band.” — Paul Svenson – Worship Leader, University Christian Church, San Diego, CA
“Thank you so much for your help in making a special day even more memorable. Everyone enjoyed the different twist and your performance was first class. Should you ever require a reference please keep us in mind.” — Linda H.
“Your performance for my mothers’ . . . memorial last May made an unhappy event a warm memory…thanks again!” — Kathleen Edwards>
“Thank you so much for your wonderful music at our holiday party! You received many, many compliments from our guests, and we all enjoyed it! I hope we’ll have another event for which we can have you back.” — Sara Turner Timken Museum of Art, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA
“Thank you[and your wife on tenor drum] so much for your beautiful music. YOU made the 1st Mercy Parade. God Bless.” — Joan Martin
“I just wanted to tell you that your music at our son’s wedding was magnificent. It was absolute perfection when the new husband and wife started to move towards the doors to exit and you stood there playing your beautiful music.” — Margie Clark
“I would like to thank you again for your appearance at our daughter’s wedding on October 22nd at the La Jolla Cove Bridge Club. Your wonderful music added so much ambience to the ceremony as well as the beginning of the cocktail hour. It was what we had hoped for plus so much more. We received many compliments from our guests so I would like to pass them on to you. Needless to say both the Father of the groom (an O’Brien) and the Grandfather of the bride (an O’Neill) were tickled pink by your beautiful music. Thank you so much!!” — Moira Podgurski
“Mr. Burns was delightful and very professional. His performance added a profoundly beautiful touch to the funeral and meshed wonderfully with the Marine Corps honor guard present for the ceremony. My Father-in-law was a decorated Korean war veteran, and the pipes added so much to the military flavor of the ceremony. Thanks to Mr. Burns for his very moving rendition of ‘Highland Cathedral’. There was not a dry eye left when he was through. Thanks,” — Jeff Morgan
“Your piping was the perfect emotional grace note to our family’s celebration and our son’s paddle-out and we were happy to have you there. – Susan McCarthy
“Thank you for making our day special, your bagpiping was a one-of-a-kind experience, particularly for my side [Filipino-American] of the family. It was like no wedding they had ever gone to, and I suspect that I will get compliments on your music for years to come. My Scottish relatives-in-law were also impressed. And thank you for accommodating all my request as well.” —Pierre Auza-Lavery
Contact Robert Burns at (619) 223-0441, 4877 Voltaire Street, Ocean Beach (San Diego), California 92107, or at Piper@RobertBurns.biz
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