Hats-Caps
- Ed Harrison
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Hats-Caps
I have a question:
Why do some uilleann pipers playing indoors out of the weather
wear a hat or cap?
Do you think they are wanting to make a statement?
Does it represent their personality?
I don't mean this as a snide question, no hidden agenda.
Just wonder why it happens?
When I was a Willie Week years ago, I asked the piping instructor what
type of music is popular in Ireland other than ITM. The reply was:
America Country Muisc
Cajun Music
BlueGrass
I thought, all in those groups wear CowBoy hats as it represents a little bit
of the culture from their music.
Soooooo.
Why do some uilleann pipers playing indoors out of the weather
wear a hat or cap?
Thanks ..... Ed
Why do some uilleann pipers playing indoors out of the weather
wear a hat or cap?
Do you think they are wanting to make a statement?
Does it represent their personality?
I don't mean this as a snide question, no hidden agenda.
Just wonder why it happens?
When I was a Willie Week years ago, I asked the piping instructor what
type of music is popular in Ireland other than ITM. The reply was:
America Country Muisc
Cajun Music
BlueGrass
I thought, all in those groups wear CowBoy hats as it represents a little bit
of the culture from their music.
Soooooo.
Why do some uilleann pipers playing indoors out of the weather
wear a hat or cap?
Thanks ..... Ed
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Re: Hats-Caps
To keep their heads from exploding?
To better hear themselves in noisy situations? (The brim acts as a reflector.)
To better hear themselves in noisy situations? (The brim acts as a reflector.)
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Re: Hats-Caps
I like to use one of these:
Much better than a hat!
Pat.
Much better than a hat!
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Re: Hats-Caps
Patrick, I fail to see how the dog will help.
Better than a hat? We're not back to this situation, are we ...
Better than a hat? We're not back to this situation, are we ...
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Dr. Mierzwiak: Well, technically speaking, the procedure is brain damage.
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Dr. Mierzwiak: Well, technically speaking, the procedure is brain damage.
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This can't help:
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Re: Hats-Caps
Maybe they are bald or Keenan wannabeeees
I wear this to ward aff Guitar Players and Bodhrans its part of an ancient Celtic Spell
I wear this to ward aff Guitar Players and Bodhrans its part of an ancient Celtic Spell
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Re: Hats-Caps
Hi Ed,
Hope all is well in my old stompin' ground...
As someone who's both follically-challenged and hard of hearing, I've been toying with the idea of getting one of those fancy straw boaters that you rarely see nowadays. It'd keep the sun off my bald head and create a reflector shield for the pipes.
Take care,
Dan
Hope all is well in my old stompin' ground...
As someone who's both follically-challenged and hard of hearing, I've been toying with the idea of getting one of those fancy straw boaters that you rarely see nowadays. It'd keep the sun off my bald head and create a reflector shield for the pipes.
Take care,
Dan
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Re: Hats-Caps
... and much better reception too, ummmm, except when it's raining or snowing or in a seriously heavy wildfire...Patrick D'Arcy wrote:I like to use one of these:
Much better than a hat!
Pat.
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Re: Hats-Caps
Pipers wear hats to stop the audience from focussing on the piper's groin - all the chanter and regulator action goes on in that general area.
Many a girl has been lead astray by the provocations of a piper's privates.
Mukade
Many a girl has been lead astray by the provocations of a piper's privates.
Mukade
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Not by me they havnae Maybe the Magic Celtic Spell Hat includes girls That would explain my singleness fer so long... When I wear the hat and look at a girl this is whit I normally see...mukade wrote:
Many a girl has been lead astray by the provocations of a piper's privates.
Mukade
Is this normal?
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Uilliam and normal are not two words that would ever occur to me in the same thought.
She's rather attractive, and obviously very interested in you! Did you ask if she fancies a pint?
She's rather attractive, and obviously very interested in you! Did you ask if she fancies a pint?
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Re: Hats-Caps
...when you have no growth on the dome...
...a hat is required t'tay warm.....
...a hat is required t'tay warm.....
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Teach a man to make a wooden reed,
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Here's me down the caf' today....
Pat.
Pat.
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