Gary Hipp plays the Great Highland Bagpipes with the "Palmetto Pipes and Drums" of Columbia South Carolina. In addition to being one of the charter members, he runs the band's piping school program, serves on the board and teaches the instrument at Presbyterian College. His training includes 10-years of classes at the North American Academy of Piping with internationally acclaimed pipers such as: Sandy Jones, Colin McClellan, Ed Neigh, Greg Abbott, Bill Caudill and others. He often pipes solo for weddings, funerals, church services and other events throughout South Carolina.