I have been able to get started on the tongue and part of the face. Rounding the edges does remove some of the guide lines but there should be enough to continue
Rob Cameron
Rodney Cameron Outside Achnacarry Castle
Photo of my Grandfather outside Achnacarry Castle, home of Lochiel, Clan Chief of Clan Cameron. Photo was taken sometime in the 1980s, I will update the date when I find it.
Pt England School performance
City of Sails Pipe Band 2017 from SchoolTV on Vimeo.
City of Sails Practice – 20/09/2017 – Medley
Key finished, on to the next project
I have finished Sophies key with a week to spare, I will travel to Christchurch on the 30th to deliver the key to her. Mext project is a Taiaha fpr Brian Wilson, should be ready by March when he is here next. The wood used for this is Kauri.
Alison Binns DNA results are in
Lesson Practice; The 75th Anniversary Concert
Today’s lesson with Willie was mainly with the tunes for the City of Auckland 75th Anniversary Concert next month, Ian McMaster, The Sleeping Tune, Angus’ Fluffy Ducks, Out of the Air, New Year in Noosa, Itchy Fingers, and The Clumsy Lover. Also went through the City of Sails Medley and Set. I still need to […]
Planning for Practices
Today I purchased a UE Megaboom to help with practice, mainly to record the Sails grade 4 medley and be able to play it back and play along with it. This is surprisingly loud enough to hear while playing. Today’s practice was to achieve two things, run through both the City of Sails Grade 4 […]
City of Sails Practice 13th September 2017
Practice tonight as promised was straight onto the pipes, and straight into leading it for me. The pipe major has put Marion and myself as leaders for each of the two mini bands for next months competition. I first led the band in the City of Sails Medley consisting of Sails Attack, The Hag At […]
City of Sails Potluck dinner and awards night
The night went well for me, another trophy to add the mantle – most improved piper. As a result I cannot idly take a backseat in this band; as the Pipe major (Kerry) was describing the person to get this award, mentioned that me to take a more active role in the band including leading […]