"I'm just glad none of my neighbors have kids who are learning to play."I used to live in Dunedin, FL. The high school marching band was the only traditional Scottish band in the country, right down to the kilts. My next door neighbor's son was in that band but, thank goodness, he played the bagpipes well! I really enjoyed listening to him practice.
Well, obviously we'd have more pipe bands here and all in all, the ones I've heard are quite good. A lot of their members play for weddings and what not. It's the ones that play on the streets for coins that are suspect. Mostly they're ok and are doing it for the tourists, but there was some fellow playing on Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow the other day- right beside the Waterstone's Bookstore and he sucked
mightily. I was trying to browse for some books. I had to leave and come back at a different time. It was like something was twisting my innards apart ;-)
If you could get a whole collection of guys that played that badly together, wars could won without firing a shot.