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Hear, hear!
Many thanks to Larry & Linda for hosting, Mickey for teaching and performing, and everyone else who helped out.

billh wrote:So. Cal. dudes, is it really snowing there ?!?

I had to clear pea-sized hail from my car's windshield this morning. This is 2 miles from downtown L.A.

billh wrote:Maybe someone needs to write "Ways of Hearing" to go with "Ways of Seeing"...

I highly recommend W. A. Mathieu's "The Listening Book" to anyone who makes music.

malanstevenson wrote:I wouldn't mind a seminar in tying one on.

Plenty of pipers will be tying one on at the Tionól, especially Friday and Saturday nights.

Both of these companies sell insurance for musical instruments: http://www.musicproinsurance.com/ http://www.clarionins.com/ Unlike most homeowners policies, they would cover losses from airports, parked vehicles, pubs, etc. Just about everything except nuclear war, in which case you probably wouldn...

I learned this tune by ear a few years ago after hearing it on 'At First Light'. As a musical illiterate, I can't help you with notation. But I do think it's worth mentioning that this song's appeal relies greatly upon the chord changes in the accompaniment. It doesn't work with the drones, and the ...

No E wrote:I play a very nice B set by Peter Hunter (reeded by Alan Burton, w/ regs by Brad Angus). It's based on a Coyne design.

Of all the B chanters I've tried, this one is my favorite.

No E wrote:Take a trip down memory lane:

That was an awfully sick thing for you to do, Larry
Don't you know that skeletons are best kept in closets?

Is it such a problem letting the piping pot simmer on the back burner while the painting pot boils? The focus may shift again when you hit the next inevitable painting plateau.

Waterphone players may experience long-term restrictions.

No E wrote:Facility with various edged weapons and firearms. Two-time "Jeopardy!" champion.

All essential skills for a piping club treasurer to posess.

Yeah, Fel, why would Larry need a new B chanter when his Hunter is one of the nicest on the planet. It was probably someone who doesn't have a B chanter yet, but who's been keeping his eye out for a good one.

Thanks, Lewis

Now I see that all this time I've been performing 'the shake' incorrectly.

Jim McGuire wrote:You can drive a car over a hard shell case-

Note to self: Don't leave pipes sitting in Jim's driveway.