Potomac Pipers in the Press

Patrick D'Arcy · Post by **Patrick D'Arcy** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 1:48 pm

http://www.herald-mail.com/?module=disp ... ormat=html

Pat.

brianc · Post by **brianc** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 1:52 pm

Northumbrian pipes became popular in Europe because they are "more dignified" than Scottish bagpipes, Lawther said. Blowing into bagpipes stretches the cheeks out, he said. With the Northumbrian pipes, the bellows move the air so musicians don't have to blow.

Oka-a-a-a-a-a-ay-y-y-y-y-yyyyyyy....

Patrick D'Arcy · Post by **Patrick D'Arcy** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 2:02 pm

No one ever said newspapers were accurate!

Pat.

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 3:28 pm

So Simon, were you an instructor or an attendee?

simonknight · Post by **simonknight** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 3:54 pm

I was asking Jerry O'Sullivan a dumb question.

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 5:17 pm

simonknight wrote:I was asking Jerry O'Sullivan a dumb question.

Was his answer dumb too.

simonknight · Post by **simonknight** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 6:40 pm

Jerry led a couple of great workshops. All in all an excellent weekend.

fel bautista · Post by **fel bautista** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 8:58 pm

So who was from California???

MikeyLikesIt · Post by **MikeyLikesIt** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 9:18 pm

I see Meredith made it out there. Cool.

seisflutes · Post by **seisflutes** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 7:23 pm

Yeah, I had fun there too. Some good sessions and stuff. It was nice to see some people that I hadn't seen since October.
I had a private lesson with Jerry, though really we just had some tunes.

Some of his staccato triplets got into my playing anyway. I normally have a less-is-more sort of approch to those triplets, but I'm so easily influenced by whoever I'm playing with. He claimed my playing was excellent, but he'd like to hear more staccato triplets.

Kelly

Beau Comiseau · Post by **Beau Comiseau** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 6:27 pm

seisflutes wrote:Yeah, I had fun there too. Some good sessions and stuff. It was nice to see some people that I hadn't seen since October.
I had a private lesson with Jerry, though really we just had some tunes. Some of his staccato triplets got into my playing anyway. I normally have a less-is-more sort of approch to those triplets, but I'm so easily influenced by whoever I'm playing with. He claimed my playing was excellent, but he'd like to hear more staccato triplets.

Kelly

Impressive!

simonknight · Post by **simonknight** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 7:28 pm

I was very impressed by Kelly's playing as well.

Ceann Cromtha · Post by **Ceann Cromtha** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 5:40 am

Hear, hear!

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 6:11 am

Khan Krum wrote:Hear, hear!

Hear what? Kelly's piping?

I'll bet she's good.

fel bautista · Post by **fel bautista** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 9:09 am

MikeyLikesIt wrote:I see Meredith made it out there. Cool.

DOH!!!! See you in February