Great evening to all, I thought I would share my experience as a 'newbie' to the bagpipes. (although I've ALWAYS desired learning). I started lessons in April...
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Jean Hayes
mountainpiper
Aug 4, 2006 4:04 pm
...about pipers running around half dressed!! I have seen this at more than one highland festival, including the one right here in my own town!! Pipers in...
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Gary Krueger
garytherev
Aug 4, 2006 6:04 pm
I agree. Decorum Primus Est. or something like that. Decorum comes first. I have been known to remove a sweaty shirt and sit in kilt and t-shirt in the...
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Mark James
piper4utoo
Aug 5, 2006 12:32 am
Ok......as what pipers call Jurasic Park (me)......I have a few questions for you....1) Do you have Bagpipe Music Writer?.......It is a great learning/Practice...
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Mark
piper4utoo
Aug 5, 2006 12:37 am
Well.....First off......Welcome to BAGPIPE HELL!...We will be your tour guides!.....LOL!!!.......You will find that the people here are VERY open to helping...
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Mark
piper4utoo
Aug 5, 2006 12:44 am
Well.....I know for a fact that the band I played with had their own "dress and deportment" rules....if you were caught drinking in uniform....You were out of...
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jackevn5
Aug 5, 2006 3:22 am
Well thanks for the welcome! LOL, I do happen to have a great instructor. I am in Saskatchewan, Canada. I also have the Bagpipe Music Writer. I completely...
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andy341
Aug 6, 2006 2:33 am
... HEAR! HEAR! I agree! Undress should be reserved for those times when one is absolutely certain the public will not see. I've never understood the...
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david schnyer
gunnera4
Aug 6, 2006 3:05 am
i agree with the consensus, i'm a bit too careful about my dignity to be seen running about in public in my skivvies, nor do i care to see others doing so as a...
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kilpatrickbill
Aug 6, 2006 9:09 am
"... we're having heat wave (1-2-3-4) a tropical heat wave (-2-3-4) the temperature's risin' - something-something-something-etc." plus, i suspect, drink had...
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Emmet Bondurant
piobbear
Aug 6, 2006 4:04 pm
I've yet to see that; I hardly EVER remove my kilt unless I'm driving a good distance; long drives are hell on the pleats. ... one right here in ... they're ...
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Barbara McGowan
barbarajtexas
Aug 6, 2006 5:36 pm
I am not a piper but a vendor and of the opinion that if you are going to
wear the kilt then wear it. To disrobe during competition is just WRONG. After all...
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piper
piper_for_hire
Aug 6, 2006 9:02 pm
In a related story .... we should also watch how we "sit" at the games. My wife took a shot of my band sitting in our band tent after the morning competitions....
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Emmet Bondurant
piobbear
Aug 7, 2006 1:05 pm
I'm quite poor; it's the best I can afford. ... kilt is...
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Randy Erickson
randye80
Aug 7, 2006 2:12 pm
I have Bagpipe Music Writer and I use it all the time. It is a great tool for writing settings of music. Some in my band, meself included, have a tough time ...
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Jean Hayes
mountainpiper
Aug 7, 2006 3:12 pm
... ************** Well, head out to the Stone Mountain Games in Atlanta in October. There will be more than one tartan pattern missing from the backsides of...
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Jean Hayes
mountainpiper
Aug 7, 2006 3:15 pm
... ************** I'm not talking about driving - or about those who bring a set of clothes to change into. I'm pissed at the arrogance of those who run about...
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pipemehome
Aug 7, 2006 9:59 pm
I cant help but come to the defense of a man wearing with pride what he can afford.Take a look at the gross miswearing of a kilt at the highland moon...
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Barbara McGowan
barbarajtexas
Aug 7, 2006 10:50 pm
First off the customer had just picked up his new kilt and wanted to wear it
home. It wasn't my choice of shirts but he was proud enough to put it on
then. I...
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kaaber777
Aug 8, 2006 1:12 am
Clan tartans and small kilts are both inventions of the late 19th Century ENGLISH woolens industry to wring money out of the pockets of wealthy fops who were...
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andy341
Aug 8, 2006 5:45 am
... to wear it ... it on ... any more ... We sell ... sense. that ... Yeah, right. Ehmmm... here's the thing... you chose to publish that photo, therefore...
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andy341
Aug 8, 2006 5:55 am
... Century ENGLISH woolens industry ... Actually, the 'small kilt' was more likely invented by Scottish soldiers posted in the 18th and 19th centuries to...
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John Walsh
dittogunner
Aug 8, 2006 1:30 pm
Another source stated that it was not uncommon for the soldiers in the 1700's to make a small kilt out of the great kilt as it wore out and it caught on from...
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bobby@...
redneckpiper1
Aug 8, 2006 3:34 pm
I have 2 that I wear, one of which is the el-cheap-o I got at Texas RenFest, which by the way is heavier material and holds the pleats pretty well. The second...
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pipemehome
Aug 13, 2006 10:20 pm
... Actually, that subject is discussed in Thompsons"so you want to wear the kilt" which is considered the authority by those who know. Also, if the clan...
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John Howland
john_howland
Aug 14, 2006 12:37 am
And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the first day of August, one thousand seven hundred and forty seven, no man or boy,...
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kaaber777
Aug 14, 2006 1:18 am
The book you refer to, by J. Charles Thompson is well written and informative but certainly not definitive or representative of any "official"; authority. Old...
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John Howland
john_howland
Aug 14, 2006 2:08 am
Kaaber777 <kaaber777@...> wrote: As long as we are discussing kilts, what about bagpipes? They too, are of recent origin. In ancient Scotland...
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kaaber777
Aug 14, 2006 2:25 am
John, The bagpipes were probably brought to Scotland by the Romans who had adopted the instrument from the Egyptians and other Middle Eastern and Mesopotamian...
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John Howland
john_howland
Aug 14, 2006 12:47 pm
Why, yes, yes I can. I wondered what part of Egyptian and Mesopotamian cultures is considered " recent origin " Perhaps it is just a matter of semantics of...
