Bill Boetticher

Sat, May 28, 2022

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His musical credits include the soundtrack for the Academy Award winning Dead Poets Society (Special Edition) the London Philharmonic at Abbey Road CD, and hundreds of public appearances throughout Ventura, Santa Barbara and Los Angeles counties. Bill also plays the Scottish Small Pipes and the Parlor pipes for more intimate occasions.

Bagpiper in California

Choose from one piper up to an entire band in traditional formal dress to the the stunning military full dress uniform!

Please call or email if you have any questions.

Notable events in Bill’s long musical career include:

Funeral for FIRST LADY NANCY REAGAN at the Reagan Presidential Library
Funeral for ZZ Top Bass Player Dusty Hill in Houston, TX
The wedding for Oscar winner SANDRA BULLOCK
Funeral for REVEREND BILLY GRAHAM in Charlotte, NC
Funeral for VIN SCULLY The Voice of the LA Dodgers in Westlake, CA
PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD’s 100th Birthday Celebration in Grand Rapids, Michigan
10 years on stage with the world famous CHIEFTAINS
Funeral for best-selling author TOM CLANCY in Baltimore
Ribbon cutting at the GERALD R. FORD PRESIDENTIAL MUSEUM in Grand Rapids
Surprise for EWAN McGREGOR on the set of ‘Beginners’
Service for a fallen Green Beret soldier at ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
Ceremonial Piper for the PIERRE CLAEYSSENS VETERAN’S FOUNDATION - Santa Barbara
Piper for the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department
Piper for the Ventura, Santa Barbara County and Montecito Fire Departments
Piper for the Rancheros Visitadores - Solvang
Opening for ‘ROBBIE KRIEGER and the Doors’ at the Canyon Club
The wedding of TV star MARK-PAUL GOSSELAAR
The surprise birthday party for Cheers star JOHN RATZENBERGER
New York St. Patrick’s Day parade
The soundtrack for the Academy Award winning “DEAD POET’S SOCIETY”
And hundreds of public appearances throughout Ventura, Santa Barbara and the nation

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