May 5, 2016 after starting on practice chanter Jan 1, 2016, Andrea said if I can memorized Amazing Grace (which I already had) and High Road to Gairloch, she’d let me borrow a set of pipes from the band. I think I had these to memorized fairly well already, so I started to work on Brown Haired Maiden, Minstrel Boy and Scotland the Brave. Hopefully next week I’ll have pipes to blow into!
The Queen City Juvenile Pipes and Drums band played for the first time (non=competition), without matching uniforms, for Latta Plantation Celtic Festival in Huntersville, NC in March 2016.
After getting a practice chanter in Jan 2016 and using Rob Wallace’s piping tutor book 1 and video, I practiced just about every day. From February through April I kept track of my practice time in Excel. It was fun to repeat the exercises and get the grace notes and embellishments sounding right. I really enjoyed the early stage on the practice chanter. Continue reading “Mom’s Piping: Beginnings”
January 1, 2016 I first started practicing on the practice chanter, I was 34. I figured, “I take these kids to band rehearsal each week and sit in the hallway for two hours, mostly listening to them play and halfway reading a book, but more listening, and I love the bagpipes so much, what’s stopping me from giving it a shot…at least learn a little while I’m waiting.” Continue reading “In Which time Mom starts playing”
The Queen City Juvenile Pipes and Drums band in the first year of existence. Continue reading “Queen City Juvenile Pipes and Drums early on, rehearsal”