On NAAPD, 2017

We love our time at the North American Academy of Piping and Drumming in Valle Crucis, NC. Sandy Jones is a very special man, his entire family is. He has run this lovely piping and drumming school for a very long time and we are very grateful that for the past 2 summers, one or more of us as been given the opportunity (through scholarships of generous supporters of the Scottish arts) to go to this school. The beauty of the mountains, the people, the music and the shared memories make NAAPD a very special place for our family and children. Continue reading “On NAAPD, 2017”

Mom almost on pipes

 

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!

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