Military funeral bagpipers: recruiting the next generation

The Akron Beacon Journal ^ | 8/20/2005 | Thomas J. Sheeran

[sionnsar]

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[Molly Pitcher]

Love the story & to my own newspaper, too!

A Warm Scots ping!Thanks for the thread sionnsar....and please add me to your list. Thanks!!

[A.A. Cunningham]

U.S. Marine Pipers' Network

[Graymatter]

My 11-yr-old, who's determined to join the Navy, is learning to play bagpipes. So keep yer pants on! :)

[Cogadh na Sith]

The difference between playing a funeral and a wedding?

One less critic of your playing at a funeral.

[anonymous_user]

If hearing Amazing Grace on pipes as a flag-draped coffin leaves the church doesn't bring a tear to your eye, you're probably the one in the coffin.

[Miss Marple]

Please put me on your ping list, sionnsar! I didn't know there was a pipes and drum list, and as a member of McLaine of Lochbuie, I MUST be on it!

Molly, thanks for the ping!

[oyez]

My 11-yr-old, who's determined to join the Navy, is learning to play bagpipes.

I feel you pain, I had a 12 year old that tried desperately to play the drums.

[ARA]

If your in houston send your kids to this school...

www.stes.org

Best piping school in North America...

[mcshot]

I wanted to learn to play the pipes as a youngster. No one in our community could help. IMHO there's no more soul moving music than the pipes. I choke and tear up every time.

mc

[SoDak]

A house close to me recently sold to a young couple, and the guy plays bagpipes. I've been refinishing the wood floors in my house and stepped out to the porch for fresh air yesterday and heard Amazing Grace and Brave Scotland.

[Tarheel]

Put me on the ping list--love the bagpipes.

[Pure Country]

www.stes.org Best piping school in North America...

Welllll....my daughter would probably disagree with you. They have an all boys pipeband. Our daughter played with RMM out of Vancouver. They invited her to play with them and when they met St. Thomas at World's in Scotland...let's just say that the United States kids got beat. Pretty bad when a US girl has to go outside the country to play with a World quality pipeband at World's. That was fun for her, but I have to admit that Mike Cusack is an awesome teacher. Our daughter had him a few times at bagpipe camps over the years.

[Pure Country]

My 11-yr-old, who's determined to join the Navy, is learning to play bagpipes. So keep yer pants on! :)

So...have you gotten to the point where it sounds as if a whole herd of Canadian Geese are flying through your livingroom? LOL!!! Our daughter would practice in the livingroom with us sitting right there. We would hold the phone on our laps so that we could hear it vibrate--you sure couldn't hear it ring!

[sionnsar]

We would hold the phone on our laps so that we could hear it vibrate--you sure couldn't hear it ring!

And if someone called... you were going to try to talk with them...? *\;-)

[sionnsar]

You're all on the list now. Fàilte (Welcome)!

[ARA]

They can't win the worlds ever year... But three wins is pretty good...

Ara

[Molly Pitcher]

Thanks for the welcome, sionnsar.

If Jane is going to mention her Scots names, I will as well...Here a few: McRae, Stark, Hutchison, Urquhart. This is why when I hear bagpipes, the tears start to flow....

[sionnsar]

Despite many exceptions, it seems the one group most firmly tied to America and her (traditional) ideals are the Scots. I keep wondering about that, other than this . Thoughts?