Weekly Update - 4/24/06
Apr-29-2006 07:27 |
Weekly Update
Greetings
All,
Se had a rather small practice this week.
PIPERS: Kevin Byrnes, Jeff Burton, Steve Cochran, Kevin Donnelly (with students John Murray & Scott Philben)
DRUMMERS: Ron Kuley (new guy)
As you may have noticed we had a new prospective member show up … Ron Kuley is a firefighter at Station 26 on A Shift. He was recruited by Brian Brendel. His aspiration is to become a Tenor / Bass drummer. He hopes to be able to march with us by the 4th of July.
We only did a little chanter work. I received in the mail a copy of the seconds to “America the Beautiful” and “The Star Spangled Banner” (Fragment) from a piper I know with the Mesa, AZ. We tried them out on the chanters and not being able to tune them not with standing, it sounded fairly good. Jeff, Kevin & Kevin are working on learning them. The thought is that when we play the Patriotic Set, that we would add the seconds with the repeat of “America the Beautiful”.
We then went outside and played the Military Set, “Caissons”, “The Marine Hymn” & “Semper Paratus” are coming along quite well, “Anchors Away” and “Off in the Wild Blue Yonder” still need some work. We also went through “The Dawning of the Day” and the Quiet Man Set. Both of these are doing quite well.
Homework assignment for pipers is to work on the Military Set, “Dawning of the Day”, Quiet Man Set & Cohen Set … in that order.
REMINDER: There will be Practice next Monday, May 1, 2006 (yes we are practicing on May Day – Sorry).
There is also a performance on Tuesday, May 9, 2006, for the Prince William victims of 9-11 at 7:00 p.m. and we are looking for as many participants as possible. It will be a short event, a monument dedication with lots of local politicians and the press … good PR event for us.
That’s it for now, see you all on Monday.
Slān,
Steve
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Se had a rather small practice this week.
PIPERS: Kevin Byrnes, Jeff Burton, Steve Cochran, Kevin Donnelly (with students John Murray & Scott Philben)
DRUMMERS: Ron Kuley (new guy)
As you may have noticed we had a new prospective member show up … Ron Kuley is a firefighter at Station 26 on A Shift. He was recruited by Brian Brendel. His aspiration is to become a Tenor / Bass drummer. He hopes to be able to march with us by the 4th of July.
We only did a little chanter work. I received in the mail a copy of the seconds to “America the Beautiful” and “The Star Spangled Banner” (Fragment) from a piper I know with the Mesa, AZ. We tried them out on the chanters and not being able to tune them not with standing, it sounded fairly good. Jeff, Kevin & Kevin are working on learning them. The thought is that when we play the Patriotic Set, that we would add the seconds with the repeat of “America the Beautiful”.
We then went outside and played the Military Set, “Caissons”, “The Marine Hymn” & “Semper Paratus” are coming along quite well, “Anchors Away” and “Off in the Wild Blue Yonder” still need some work. We also went through “The Dawning of the Day” and the Quiet Man Set. Both of these are doing quite well.
Homework assignment for pipers is to work on the Military Set, “Dawning of the Day”, Quiet Man Set & Cohen Set … in that order.
REMINDER: There will be Practice next Monday, May 1, 2006 (yes we are practicing on May Day – Sorry).
There is also a performance on Tuesday, May 9, 2006, for the Prince William victims of 9-11 at 7:00 p.m. and we are looking for as many participants as possible. It will be a short event, a monument dedication with lots of local politicians and the press … good PR event for us.
That’s it for now, see you all on Monday.
Slān,
Steve
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