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Tomorrow I am scheduled for a senior moment. Back in July I was a prize in a drawing at a family reunion. Actually, my piping was the prize, but you get the idea. So, the family member who won me (my piping) is redeeming her prize tomorrow. She coordinates a monthly activity for a group of . . . → Read More: Senior Moment My pipe band year is just ending. My band, the Wasatch and District Pipe Band has wrapped up its season with very creditable placings in Grade 4 at the BIG games in Pleasanton, California. My old band, The Celtic Spirit Pipe Band of Western New York is finishing off a very successful summer at the Celtic . . . → Read More: Happy New Year Any serious Ceol Mor fans should check out the BBC Radio Scotland Pipeline show for this week while they still can. It features Murray Henderson playing “Lament for the Harp Tree” at the Northern Meeting. This tune may not be the longest, but it has to be a contender. I timed it at . . . → Read More: Piobaireachd – get it while it’s hot. OK, so I’ve been thinking of cool tunes to add to my Drive-by piping repertoire. Seems like people always smile when you play a tune they don’t expect to hear on the pipes. The Pirate of Sainte Mary’s is a piper who busks, and he plays a version of the Star Wars theme. Sounds like . . . → Read More: Pirates and Punk For the first time in its history, the TV cameras were at the World Pipe Band Championships this year. The BBC sent a full outside broadcast unit to the event and will broadcast highlights sometime in September. Through the power of the internet we in the USA can watch at least some of the . . . → Read More: World Championships on TV Last week I saw one of the Salt Lake area bands, the Salt Lake Scots, play an open-air concert. The venue was Liberty Park in Salt Lake City – the park hosts a weekly concert series for musics and dance of the world during the summer. Anyway, the Scots had to go on with only 6 . . . → Read More: Salt Lake Scots outdoor concert |
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