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| Name: Jeff Craig Instrument: snare drum, Premier HTS 700 & Duthart sticks, but like my old pair of Neil sticks born: April 12, 1968 in Joliet, Illinois Residence: Blue Ash, Ohio Hometown: Naperville, IL (& Wilmington, IL) Occupation: cartographer at Engels Maps Education: Naperville North H.S., Miami University (B.S. in Education), Univ. of Cincinnati (M.A. in Geography), took Scottish Gaelic classes at Gaelic College in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia while researching master's thesis, 1991 Phone: 513.769.7655; cell: 513.324.9349 email: jcraig6@cinci.rr.com date joined band: Spring 1992 first gig: Canada Day Celebration, July 1, 1992 at Nutter Center in Dayton favorite gig: 2004 Bock Fest, St. Patrick's Day in general, competitions ethnic ancestry/ies: Scottish, Irish, German, Italian, English clan(s) association: Craig, Gordon, Henderson, Burns favorite drum score(s): Cutting Bracken, Duncan MacInnes favorite band tunes overall: Mist Covered Mountains (Chi Mi Na Morbheana), Cabar Feidh, Cutting Bracken, 2004 comp set, 1995 medley set favorite pipe band: Simon Fraser University Pipe Band, instructor(s), workshop(s): Balmoral School with Andy White (1994); SFU Chicago weekend w/ Reid Maxwell & Buzzy Blair Brown (1996); Andrew Honaicki in 2003 at Columbus, OH workshop, Jon Quigg, Nov. 2004; Johnny Hume future goals w/band: move to grade IV as a band, competitive solo player other music interests, bands: all kinds of rock, celtic, folk; played saxophone in H.S. & Miami Univ. marching band other hobbies: ping pong, maps favorite t.v. shows: sitcoms - King of Queens, Seinfeld, SNL; NYPD Blue, CSI, Lost favorite movies: comedies ie. Meet the Parents, Blues Brothers favorite food: Indian, Mexican, pizza, haggis w/cheetoes favorite sport(s)/team(s): baseball - Cubs, Reds, college football, college basketball, played intramural hockey family/pets: wife Amy, kids Evan + Katie, Ben the dog other: made map of Pipe Bands in North America, for more info see www.celticmaps.com/pipebands |
| Clan Craig mottos: J'ai Bonne Esperance (I Have Good Hope) & Vive Deo Et Vives (Live for God so that You May Live) |
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