It was a busy day arriving at 7:30am to help put up the Clan Cameron Tent Solos was ok, weather and tuning made the 2/4 March challenging although according to the Judge it sounded ok – “a pleasure to listen to”. The March might have been better than the Strathspey and Reel although I felt […]
I purchased a Naill blackwood chanter for solos with the hopes of using it next weekend at the Auckland Highland Games. With some help from Michel had the chanter tuned and now seems quite nice to play. This was also a lesson in chanter tuning as this will need to be monitored over the next […]
I was able to help out the City of Manukau Pipes and Drums for the Armistice Parade in Manurewa. It was short parade, fast pace but had to keep the steps close to make sure we were not going to fast for the veterans. The rain held off which is also good
For the last few weeks I have been finding that my base drone gets wet after about an hour and a half of playing. This usually causes the base drone to change pitch requiring the pipes to be re-tuned, lately it has been causing the base to cut off completely. I checked the Ross Canister […]
Saturday was a busy day for the pipes, starting off with a performance at Oranga School with Jane Murray for their Scottish Culture Performance. We tuned up at my house in overcast weather, went to the school where it promptly started to rain. We weren’t able to re-tune in time for the performance but I […]
Yesterday was the Miniband competition with solo competitions for piping and drumming in the morning. It was a great fun day had by all. Here are some photos of the day;