Graduation Party•Reviewed on June 5, 2023•From San Jose, CA
This was great. It was a last minute idea for a Graduation party. Elise called back very quickly and we were able to arrange the event. Super great about communication/setup, etc. We wanted it to be random/fun/suprise and mission accomplished. Everyone is tweeting/snapchatting about how a bagpiper showed up at this graduation party. Legendary! Highly highly recommended!
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Thank you, Charles!
I'm glad - like you said - this graduation party will not be forgotten.
Best wishes to all of you for a very bright future...
piper Elise
Review by Eileen M.
Memorial Service•Reviewed on May 23, 2023•From Redwood City, CA
Elise was outstanding on every level. Her skillset, her manner and professionalism. Please hire her immediately. She is a treasure and helped to really make my husbands memorial service so classy and memorable. Thank you Elise!
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Thank you very much, Eileen.
You were a wonderful host.
It was obvious your husband touched a lot of people.
I was honored to be there and play for you both.
Best Wishes,
piper Elise
Review by Georgann S.
Birthday Party (Adult)•Reviewed on February 19, 2023•From Santa Cruz, CA
Elise was just great. Everyone loved the bagpipes!
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Thank you Georgann,
It was great to march in and see all your smiling faces.
All the best to you and John.
piper Elise
Review by Joe V.
Memorial Service•Reviewed on November 28, 2022•From Pacific Grove, CA
Elise arrived early at the event was very professional before, during and after. She communicated well before the event as we discussed songs to be played. She was dressed appropriate in her classic Scottish Kilt attire. I would hire her again.
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Thank you very much, Joe.
No problem about the delay. I know you had a big weekend.
I'm glad everyone was finally able to come together.
Enjoy this fine golfing weather.
Maybe I'll see you at Spanish Bay on some evening next year.
Best Wishes,
piper Elise
Review by Andrea M.
Birthday Party (Adult)•Reviewed on November 19, 2022•From Pacific Grove, CA
Piper Elise played for my father’s 90th birthday. She was absolutely fantastic! It was truly magical to hear her as the sun set over the ocean. Elise was also extremely easy to work with: very responsive to emails, eager to play any requests, prompt, a total professional. I can’t recommend her highly enough!
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Thank you very much, Andrea.
It filled my heart with joy to see your father looking so surprised and happy!
You have a great family and it was a pleasure to meet them.
Best Wishes to all of you for the coming year.
piper Elise
Review by Jori L.
Wedding•Reviewed on August 9, 2022•From Ben Lomond, CA
Not only was Elise a wonderful bagpiper, her communication throughout the wedding coordination was prompt and friendly. I’m not very familiar with names of traditional songs, so Elise gave recommendations and had music samples online that we could listen to and choose from. She arrived at the event with plenty of time to introduce herself to our wedding planner and myself, to tune, and to begin on time. I’d hire Elise again, no question, for other special events. She was great.
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Thank you very much, Jori.
You have a wonderful group of friends and there was lots of love beaming your way.
I have to add, when I first arrived, I was driving around casing out the parking situation, when I heard a huge crash on top of my van. I thought, what on earth? Did I run over something? Then I saw people laughing in my general direction, and I realized, a softball had flown over the cage! Good thing I have a luggage rack on top of my car. :)
Anyway, thank you for including me in your special day.
Best Wishes to both of you, for your long life together.
piper Elise
Review by Brooke R.
Memorial Service•Reviewed on May 17, 2022•From Sausalito, CA
We invited Elise to join us for a very special ceremony of scattering my father's ashes in the SF Bay. After our initial emails and phone conversation I knew she was the perfect piper for the event. Elise was on time, professional but also personable and was able to engage with our group but also give space when needed. The tunes she selected were perfect and she played with heart & soul. Thank you Elise for joining us!
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Thank you very much, Brooke.
It was a lovely sendoff, with calm seas thanks to your thoughtful strategy.
You have a beautiful family and I wish you all much health and happiness.
Best Wishes,
piper Elise
Review by Claudia R.
Community Event•Reviewed on March 24, 2022•From Pacific Grove, CA
Elise was a pleasure! We hired her for our retirement community and the resident's loved her so much!
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Thank you, Claudia.
I enjoyed sharing this celebration with your residents. At first, they held back, and then their stories started coming out, and we realized many of them know the old Irish songs and they were quietly singing along in their heads.
Thank you, also, for being easy to reach and a good communicator.
Best Wishes,
piper Elise
Review by Virginia B.
Holiday Party•Reviewed on December 25, 2021•From Pebble Beach, CA
Made our Christmas Eve!!!!!!?
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Thank you very much, Virginia.
I enjoyed your lovely family. And, wow, that Barbie tree!
Merry Christmas to you all of you.
Best Wishes,
piper Elise
Review by Barbara M.
Celebration•Reviewed on November 27, 2021•From San Francisco, CA
The music provided by Piper Elise is so wonderfully soothing and spiritual and lovely! Everyone commented on how beautiful and perfect her playing contributed to the sacred scattering of ashes ceremony. we had for my son. I feel much gratitude.
Review by Amy G.
Birthday Party (Adult)•Reviewed on November 11, 2021•From El Segundo, CA
Elise played for my husband’s 64th Zoom birthday party. Hubby and his siblings love their Scottish heritage, and they were blown away! Elise was warm and wonderful, and she played beautifully. She even did a creative take on “When I’m 64”. I highly recommend this terrific piper!
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Many thanks, Amy!
What a nice gathering. I hadn't realized you were going to have guests attending from so many different locations. I bet Bob is feeling well celebrated, as he should.
Great job putting it all together!
Best Wishes,
piper Elise
Review by Martha O.
Memorial Service•Reviewed on October 17, 2021•From Soquel, CA
elise did a beautiful job playing the bag pipes at my husbands memorial. i highly recommend her as
an excellent musician.
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Thank you very much Martha!
It was a really nice gathering and sendoff for your husband.
I can tell he was a magnet for passionate people with lots of creative energy.
By the way, I've identified the fabulous cheese at your lunch table. Cultured farmers cheese! We've been buying it ever since.
Best Wishes,
piper Elise
Review by William B.
Celebration•Reviewed on October 10, 2021•From Santa Cruz, CA
Elise MagGregor Ferrell, Did a great job.The family and attendees were all pleased.
Thank You Elise
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Thank you very much, Bill.
I'm glad you had such splendid weather for sitting out on the patio. Really the day could not have been nicer. It was a beautiful sendoff.
Best Wishes,
piper Elise
Review by Yolanda M.
Anniversary Party•Reviewed on September 27, 2021•From Richmond, CA
Elise was great from the start. She answered all my questions promptly, provided links to songs so we could hear them in advance. Elise arrived at our event early, created her entrance/exit plan on the fly and played beautifully. She set the tone for our event.
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Thank you for the kind words, Yolanda. It was a pleasure meeting you and your crew. All so friendly! I will look forward to possibly seeing you again.
Best Wishes,
piper Elise
Review by Dawn K.
Memorial Service•Reviewed on August 18, 2021•From Richmond, CA
Elise was very responsive and kind. We hired her for my mom's scattering at sea and she was great on the ship. She really helped make the memorial special and beautiful.
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Thank you very much, Dawn.
I hope you had a great visit with your family and some nice quality time with your son before he marched into the big world.
Now, the reconnection with your daughter, wow. It's a new chapter!
Take care and have a great year...
Best Wishes,
piper Elise
Review by Mark C.
Birthday Party (Adult)•Reviewed on April 29, 2021•From Quakertown, PA
A true professional and talented musician. It was a pleasure working with Elise and we loved her performance and the work she put into it!! Thank you Elise!
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Thank you very much, Mark.
I enjoyed meeting and playing for you both.
Have a wonderful celebration day!
And, remember to save a little energy for that end-of-birthday foot rub Nina is secretly hoping for :)
Best Wishes,
piper Else
Review by Misa L.
Birthday Party (Adult)•Reviewed on November 22, 2020•From Sunnyvale, CA
Elise performed at my father’s 90th outdoor birthday party. Her performance was the highlight of the celebration! Bagpipes are very dramatic and can be played both soulfully and playfully. Elise is very talented and played all our requests. I highly recommend Elise!!
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Many thanks, Misa.
I'm so glad you had beautiful weather, so everybody could relax and enjoy a leisurely celebration in the backyard.
Your Birthday Boy surprised me - he could easily be 20 years younger!
Thank you for letting me be part of this special day with your family :)
Best WIshes,
piper Elise
Review by Tara E.
Funeral•Reviewed on July 9, 2020•From Santa Cruz, CA
Review by Rex S.
Private Party•Reviewed on January 26, 2020•From Napa, CA
Elise is terrific!
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Thank you, Rex!
It was a fine gathering (especially liked how the woman who wore a blue sweater taped on a white X to turn it into a Scottish flag). Your smoked salmon was fabulous.
I am looking forward to cracking open that Scottish wheat beer :)
Best Wishes,
piper Elise
Review by Georgia D.
Memorial Service•Reviewed on January 12, 2020•From Aptos, CA
What can we say but “Thank You!” Elise was so helpful and loving right from the beginning to help us with music for our Son’s Celebration of Life. As difficult as it was to make arrangements she helped immensely. We would definitely have her play again. Her music was beautiful...thank you again!
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Thank you very much, Georgia.
It was wonderful how all those people showered your family with deep love and support.
I hope by now you have found some alone time to just be with your feelings and gaze at the sky.
Clearly your son's kindness touched countless people who will never forget him.
Best Wishes,
piper Elise
Review by Natasha G.
Private Party•Reviewed on December 17, 2019•From Aptos, CA
Elise was great! On time. Friendly. Cared about making the event perfect. If we have another event I will happily book her!
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Many thanks, Natasha.
You were a lovely host, spending all that time connecting personally with every guest arriving.
I have to say, I was amazed at all the people pouring in - your mom must have been quite a special lady. She will be fondly remembered.
Best Wishes,
piper Elise
Review by Sharon G.
Funeral•Reviewed on November 24, 2019•From Menlo Park, CA
There are no enough stars for Elise MacGregor. I cannot put into words how much her beautiful music, her great sense for when to play and her counsel on selection of music meant to our family.
Book her ASAP— your experience could not be better!!!
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Thank you very much, Sharon.
I have to say, I was extremely impressed by your gracefulness and flexibility as the host of this event.
It was a beautiful sendoff for your mom.
Best Wishes,
piper Elise
Review by C H.
Retirement Party•Reviewed on November 15, 2019•From Monterey, CA
Best Piper in the West! Elise was very accommodating & flexible with our military event on a base dealing with security and everything. Was great at communicating leading up to the event so she made sure she had the details right for us. Got there early, asked all the right questions, and made some great recommendations based on the venue to ensure it was the right volume for the guests. Extremely professional, looked the part, and sounded amazing. Nailed it! Would absolutely recommend her to anyone.
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Many thanks, Cory.
It's especially an honor to receive such kind words from a Navy pilot!
I tell people that one thing I enjoy about playing military gigs is the general aura of safety and confidence that pervades the whole room. It's not just the strong young men standing with perfect posture and paying close attention to everything going on. It's also the ladies - totally real, with no pretenses.
Thanks in return for keeping our country safe and adding your skills to our fleet of American pilots :)
Best Wishes,
piper Elise
Review by Barbara S.
Funeral•Reviewed on November 3, 2019•From San Rafael, CA
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Thank you, Barbara. It was a pleasure meeting you and your sisters. I hope the rest of your celebration went smoothly.
Best Wishes,
piper Elise
Review by Tawn S.
Private Party•Reviewed on September 18, 2019•From Santa Cruz, CA
Elise was the icing on the cake - a perfect compliment to my father's committal service at sea. Excellent communication, friendly and arrived ahead of schedule. She could play the songs we requested and even offered to do more. We appreciate her time and skill and would hire her again in a heartbeat. Thank you for making our important ceremony that much more special.
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Many thanks Tawn. Your family was wonderful. And it was great how you kept your poise while also just being yourself when you were giving your speech. Altogether it was a great sendoff for your dad.
Best Wishes,
piper Elise
