2023 Cairdeas (Vermont Bellowspipe School)

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Just to be clear, the Cowboy Jig is a separate tune. Not an alternate name for Calliope.

I first heard the Fraser / Machlis recording...

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Sounds like Dornoch Links to me.

Matt

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Good points, although I would like to comment on the last statement. Many of us do indeed "have a clue", as we play C pipes made by Fin and/or...

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Loon Mountain (New Hampshire Highland Games) is back live these days. I haven't been since 2019, but I was aware that Loon was (as least in my view),...

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The 35th annual Cairdeas (Vermont Bellowspipe School) is confirmed for the week of July 24th. The confirmed instructors are Gary West, Michael Roddy and...

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The sound of the Kinnear set in C is really lovely.

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Maria -

Just sent you a private message.

Matt

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By the way, Gary West will be teaching at Cairdeas (Vermont Bellowspipe School) this coming July. i.e the week of the 24th. Gary is a wonderful teacher,...

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Phinson -

Thanks for finding that. Very helpful. Appears Mackenzie was, indeed, the skipper. My father was on a ship off Utah Beach early...

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The passage does not suggest Mackenzie was the captain of the destroyer. Just identifies him as captain Angus Mackenzie.

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I am reading an extensive, extremely well-written new history of the Normandy invasion by military historian Peter Caddick-Adams. In his chapter on the...

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Check out Tim Cummings’ excellent collection of printed seasonal tunes for the pipes: On This Day The Earth Shall Ring. Don’t know if there is...

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Long ago I stopped doing gigs. But from time to time I receive calls asking for referrals. I do have a short list I use. However, I think it's important...

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I don't recall specific detailed piping references, but many wonderful cultural passages re: Scottish and Cape Breton history, including if I recall correctly...

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Mrs. Hamilton of Pitcaithlands. Lovely Gow tune. You can find it in the Ceol Sean Collection online.

Matt...