Piperlink Salt Lake - with pictures even... :)

[Brian Lee]

A few shots from the week I thought I'd share with you lot. Enjoy!


Jerry Lyons, Seán Donnelly, Tommy Keane and John Ward at Alta Ski Resort


Mark, John and Gay McKeon playing away


Gay giving a few tips


Gay playing his Cillian O'Briain concert set


John Ward, Gay McKeon, Mark Stevenson & Brian Dobson


Then it was off to central Utah with Gay for a weekend of red rock and fresh air:


John doing what he does best - testing out future bodhráns!


The Organ, Arches National Park Utah


Gay at The Organ


John at Frame Arch


Gay, John and Brian at Delicate Arch


Delicate Arch at sunset


The Courthouse Towers area - sunset


Gay at an overlook near Dead Horse Point State Park


Dead Horse Point


Wind carved sandstone near Mesa Arch, Canyonlands National Park


Gay and Tiffin at Mesa Arch - 5 feet to their right is a 500 foot sheer cliff


Mesa Arch, Canyonlands National Park

[Joseph E. Smith]

Awesome photos dude! Utah has some of the world's most stunning scenery!

Glad it was a good time.

[Patrick D'Arcy]

Amazing... how'd the reed's hold up?

Pat.

[Brian Lee]

They closed up a touch. But nothing burst into flame (including the Irishmen themselves), or played uncontrollably out of tune, or any of that. Weather was great for the week as well. Wish we could have seen a few more of yous from neighbor states!

[Patrick D'Arcy]

So do we... we had a piperlink of our own to worry about

Looking forward to getting out there some time though!

PD.

[Brian Lee]

Well Pat, you and the rest of the CA bunch are most welcome any time! If you're chicken, you can leave the pipes at home - but if you really want to help us turn this ridiculously over conservative red state a nice shade of blue...or at least ease the liquor laws a bit, we may need to enlist the help of the Holy Order.

[Joseph E. Smith]

...or at least ease the liquor laws a bit...

Sounds to me like a job for smugglers. So Pat, just how much room do you have in your pipes case?

[Fergmaun]

Meet Gay Mc Keon at the Belfast Tionol March 2009. He had this "C" 3/4 Coyne set and this Full set D Cillian O'Briain and had both sets in the Savage and Hoy Case. Did he have the C set with him at Salt Lake.

Gay's Cillian O'Briain set in the above photo shows the Taylor style Bass reg. He usually had the straight bass reg.

The photo from http://www.armaghpipers.com/wkpf/archiv ... 71118.html shows Gay playing with this son's Sean and Connor. In this photo you can see Connor pipes has the Taylor style Bass reg. Maybe he borrow Connor's drones and regs set but used this own chanter and bass drone tuning part.



Cheers

Ferg

[Patrick D'Arcy]

Well Pat, you and the rest of the CA bunch are most welcome any time! If you're chicken, you can leave the pipes at home - but if you really want to help us turn this ridiculously over conservative red state a nice shade of blue...or at least ease the liquor laws a bit, we may need to enlist the help of the Holy Order.

Thanks Have no fear Mother Superior and the Sisters of Mercy, known as 'The Holy Order' for short, are incredibly tolerent of errant weather conditions and will make the trip, whenever that may be

Sounds to me like a job for smugglers. So Pat, just how much room do you have in your pipes case?

Not enough Joe, not enough

All the best,

Pat.

[The Sporting Pitchfork]

Gay keeps his Ó Bríain pipes in an astonishingly small case when traveling. I can't recall the dimensions, but it appeared smaller than what most button accordion cases would be. In order to fit the pipes in the case, all the components have to be completely disassembled. Gay had some special brass tubes which he used as reed covers for the drones and regulators. Apparently, he only uses this case when traveling. Damndest thing I've ever seen...

Great pics, and glad to hear Piperlink was a success elsewhere. We had over 300 people show up to the performance in Portland.

[Patrick D'Arcy]

We had over 300 people show up to the performance in Portland.

HAHA! You expect us to believe that?

Pat.