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It’s hard to believe it’s almost October. The last time I wrote anything here it was just after the Salt Lake Highland Games, and our new Wasatch and District baby – the Grade 4 Band – had just had its first competition. Well, it was indeed a busy summer. Here’s the synopsis: June was . . . → Read More: The summer just flew by… I can’t figure out if the recent glut of bookings I’ve been experiencing is a temporary thing, or if I should expect to be this busy going forward. (Not that I’m complaining, you understand!) I do rather think it has something to do with my new connection to the Heathen Highlanders. As dubious as their . . . → Read More: In the performance bubble… Just what the Salt Lake area needs as an antidote to missionary-attire pipe bands – a group of heathens playing pipes! I’ve been aware of the existence of the Heathen Highlanders for a few years now – I saw them billed on an Irish Dance concert poster in 2006, and I always thought I should . . . → Read More: I Look to the Heathens – is this a Sign? Last night my band, the Wasatch and District Pipe Band played its annual fund-raising concert. Our usual MC, Jeff Mann, was unable to be present, since he had to travel to California for meetings connected with ANAPBA (the Alliance of North American Pipe Bands Associations), of which he is currently Chair. Someone in the . . . → Read More: I abandon my pipes…temporarily I played for a wedding this past Saturday. It was a very pleasant experience all round. The weather has finally cooled a little, and on Saturday it was in the mid 80s Fahrenheit, with a gentle breeze. The wedding was in the couple’s back garden at the foot of some mountains in northern . . . → Read More: A Wedding First… It was Memorial Day in the United States yesterday and my band was busy! We had three cemetery performances and four of our band members played with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir for their weekly TV show “Music and the Spoken Word”. The other bands along the Wasatch Front were busy too. Here is a nice multimedia presentation . . . → Read More: A Busy Weekend |
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