... filled ... look ... Happy New Year to you Kris! Christ's birthday was great for all of us here in Michigan but very little snow. Kind of a light brown...
Marty! you old dog! It's wonderful to see your name come up in our group! I'm so glad and amazed you had so many people come to your church for Christmas Eve...
... group! ... for ... great Grandmaw! I guess an "old dog" is better than some titles I hold. I'm still the "Phantom Piper" around Michigan and I still have ...
Hi all, Bless you Kris, and blessings to all the Christian Pipers and Drummers. I have a deep sense of anticipation about 2004. God is doing things here, and...
Hi gang! what's happening? It's been so quiet here nearly the entire month. January has been a big month for my husband and I. We celebrated our birthdays and...
Hi Kris and All, In Florida we are just into the competition season. My band took third in Grade 5 at the Orlando Highland Games. It was my first time in the...
Dick: Where abouts in Michigan will you be visiting? Peg and I live in Marine City and I play with the Windsor Police Pipe Band Grade 5. they have a Grade 5,...
Gary: I have a daughter in the Cadillac area (McBain actually)so that gets the visit. If I can get this worked out correctly I might be able to make Saturday...
Dick: I plan on Alma this year as solos for sure Grade 4. but may also be there with Windsor Police Pipe Band, Grade 5. We shall see. They have to get me a...
Gary, How's things? Good to hear from you too brother. You're right, the Red Gordon is not too common a tartan. I wear the MacDonald, Lord of the Isles....
Dick, Good to hear from you brother. So far, the only signs I've seen outside churches just tell me what the denomination is and when things are on. I keep...
Hi Kris and all, It has been quiet on the forum, but not at work. Winter colds and flu's have taken their toll - it's hectic. Family struggles on trying to...
Gary, Good oh! As to finding a kilt for you, my band got one for me at 6'2' 300#. Yours doesn't sound like it should be any harder than mine. It did take a few...
Greetings Brian and All, What a wonderful work you are engaged in bringing gaelic/celtic music to worship. I'm sure you're aware of the recordings carrying...
Hi Brian: I've been monitoring (lurking) the group and seldom post... I have a wee bit more time now since I retired Dec. 31, 2003 and this is my first month...
That seems a bit long, for sure. hehehehe I expect that they will approve the kilt soon and I'll be meeting up with the tailor shortly thereafter. Gary ...
Hi gang! great responses to a simple question. Lots going on in everyones lives from learning Salmon Ladder(?), developing Scottish praise and worship and...
Morning, Y'all! As a "piper-in-training", and being fairly new to this list, I rarely have anything to contribute here but I do enjoy listening in. I am most ...
That is AWESOME!!!!!! Every member of the group that is in youth ministry is doing jigs right now. We need to hear these things. Sometimes it doesn't seem like...
Hi Karen... what a blessing to read your post! You have encouraged my heart with your testimony of your son....Praise God! Your local Christian Book Store...
Jim... that's wonderful encouragement...and it's great hearing from you too. Still active with IFCPD? If you are, are you planning on having a table at the QM...
I would love to have a table at those functions but I don't know where they are. I live in Pa if that is a help.We have 2 festivals a year in my area and the...
Hi Jim... my mistake...I thought you lived in So. California and took part in the IFCPD booth at the Queen Mary Games in Long Beach with Davey Armstrong a...
Dick et al, Sounds more like you got a philamore like mine, rather than the philabeag you were after. Either that or they got their pounds and inches the...
Gary, Good to hear from you. You know, I sat trying hard to hold back a tear as I read your email. What an answer to prayer, I can tell you. As I read last...
Kris, My email to Gary will help answer your question. There isn't really a Scottish worship sound other than the metrical Psalms. I seek to develop that...
Hi Karen, Welcome to our wee group. Great news to hear what God's doing amongst the teenagers! May this continue and grow beyond our greatest expectations. ...
Jim, Bless you for your encouragement. God is GREAT, isn't He? As to the difference between the different strands of Celtic/Gaelic culture, there are subtle...
Brian: I have been ordained now for almost 30 years (it will be 30 as of June 2004 HEY!!! that's this year.) I was ordained on my late father's birthday, God...
Gary, Once again, I am blessed by your insights and sharing. Thank you. I look forwards to hearing How much our loving Father uses you in the new pursuits. I...