.......PROFILES

Name: Michael Nelson

Year of Birth: ...........

Occupation: Bagpipe reedmaker

Year Joined Ravara: 2007

Former Bands: Tullylagan, Eden, Syerla, Field Marshal & Cullybackey

• lives with fiancee Lesley
• plays a set of ivory mounted MacDougalls
• supports Liverpool F.C.
• the most influential person on his piping career was his late
  father Austin
• most admired bands are Strathclyde Police (1980s) and
  FMM(1990s)
• favourite sports personalities are George Best and Muhammed
  Ali
• hobbies are football: played for Coagh Utd for 15 years & going to
  the gym