Hi Gang! It seems to me it's been very quiet here...everyone must be busy...I sure am! I've been playing with the Grd. 4 City of Sac PB since last November and...
reat subject! I'd be interested in any answers. I'm at the point of identifying priorities--of which piping is one of the top as we move into the school ...
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May 4, 2007 8:28 pm
2007
Hi Kris, You're right. It is awfully quiet here. I've had to let piping take a backseat over the last six months. This move has really hurt. I left a grade 5...
WOW Dick...I had no idea you had put your piping on hold that long. I do know what it's like to be way out in the country somewhere without an instructor, let...
I'm a poor one to ask...My wife says I am compulsive. I guess I am. I started piping late in life and I have a great instructor who has brought me to a true...
Hi, Kris, yes I do still play with a band--although it's a 300-mile-a-week round rip commute from Flagstaff to Phoenix. And yes, I have those same six tunes...
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May 5, 2007 1:57 pm
2011
Hi All! I am unfamiliar with this school, what are the tunes that have to be learned? We are always looking for different material to play (street band) so we...
Kris, Thanks for the list. There are a couple of those tunes that I kind of recall. Crossing the Minch is a neat tune if I remember correctly. I'll have to...
Boy, have I missed you guys!!! With us throwing things in every direction for the last teensy bit of the move, my book with all my passwords got lost! I was...
Even when expected, it is usually not an easy thing to let go of our Moms. You have my deepest sympathy. I pray that God will touch each memory of her and...
It's SO good to have you back! We've missed you! Scar ... was. ... quit ... and ... hospital ... he ... FORCED ... just ... I ... motorhome. ... He ... still ...
Hi Gang, Just arrived home from piping school last night....bushed! 8 big tunes really wore me down! Hardly a moment to sit on the beach and enjoy the ocean...
Hi Kris! Great to hear that camp went so well. For some reason I thought you guys went to Canada for camp. I explained to one of my band mates (who is in...
Just a wee note, here... The two most important things that you can do to begin to master this crazy instrument... 1. A good private instructor. (above all...
AMEN to that, Gary, especially when it comes to piobairachd. I'm thoroughly enjoying the big music and will hopefully be able to take some lessons soon. K ......
Hi all, I am so sorry that it has taken me so long to be in touch. Please let me explain, by filling in something of our year so far:- Well, where do I start....
Brian, It is great to hear from you. You'd never believe it, but your name came up in a conversation just this afternoon. A lady was asking me about pipers...
Dick, Bless you, my dear brother, Keep piping for Jesus. I remember when, as a youngster, my dear grandfather would get me to pipe before one of his ...
All 4 Jesus, bro - all 4 Jesus! Brian ... From: christianpipersanddrummers@yahoogroups.com [mailto:christianpipersanddrummers@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of...
All is well here in the Carolinas. Watched Ruth Grahms memorial service, and heard a wonderful rendition of Psalm 23 played by the Montreat pipe band's Pipe ...
Thanks brian for the reply. I still have that kilt although I think I will need another one as it seems the dry cleaner shrunk this one (Kidding)Hope to hear ...
Greetings to all. Dr. Keith MacDonald has released Volume 12A of the Church Piper Series entitled "Songs of Scotland". It includes both music and lyrics to...
These dry cleaners, they get everywhere, bro. Them and the paint sprayers who keep splattering while paint on my hair when I'm not looking..... A friend...