Weekly Update - 3/28/06
Mar-28-2006 16:44 |
Weekly Update
Greetings
All,
It was a small but enthusiastic group that gathered at the Academy last night for practice.
STUDENTS: Patti Blankenship & Scott Philben
PIPERS: Kevin Byrne, Steve Cochran, Kevin Donnelly, Phil Nannery, Ed Snyder & Gary Winemiller.
DRUMMERS: Jay Rubin & Sean Nannery (Phil's son)
The main part of the evening was spent catching up on recent events and talking about up coming events and the music we hope to have ready for those events.
The next event we have is the Sikh Parade on Saturday April 15th. Unfortunately this is on the Saturday before Easter which is putting a crimp in our style and we have a very limited number of people who have committed to the event so far. Right now, we have five pipers & a maybe and one side drummer (& a maybe bass). This is our second big money maker of the year. With what we can make from this parade we can buy three kilts, or three new tunics, or a dozen sporrans, etc. so if you haven't signed up and can commit an afternoon, please let me know.
The other two events that we have coming up in the vary near future are the Rolling Thunder parade on Sunday, May 28th (just two months down the road) and the Fairfax City 4th of July parade (which coincidentally is on July 4th).
New Music: Last weekend we played at the Lockheed Martin awards dinner and there we played the five service tunes: The Army Goes Rolling Along, Anchors Away, The Marine Hymn, Off We Go Into The Wild Blue Yonder & Semper Paratus. That went over so well, that everyone wants to make this a regular part of our tune list and play it at the Rolling Thunder event. Updated music will be available at next Monday's practice or I will mail it to you out of towners.
The other bit of new music comes from a suggestion from Phil that we try to get our George Cohen Set off the ground. The consensus last night was to build a set of Yankee Doodle Dandy and Grand Old Flag. Thanks to Kevin Donnelly for having a copy of the Chicago Pipes & Drums of the Emerald Society music, those are the settings we will use. These will also be made available at next practice and mailed to the away group.
Looking even further down the road towards Emmitsburg and the National Fallen Firefighters' Memorial Weekend, we are going to be adding The Dawning of the Day into our street routine and we are continuing to work on Suo Gan. Jeff Burton and Kevin Donnelly have both agreed to play harmony on Suo Gan but I would like to have one or two more who know it as well.
There is obviously a lot of work to be done if we are going to accomplish these ambitious objectives. The group that was at practice last night feels that it can be done, but if that is going to happen, we need everyone to make as many practices as they possibly can. Pipers, if you can't make practice, give me a call and let me know, drummers call Odie.
Important items are highlighted.
See you all next Monday.
Slān,
Steve
703.967.6728 - Cell
Odie
703.244.7594 - Cell
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It was a small but enthusiastic group that gathered at the Academy last night for practice.
STUDENTS: Patti Blankenship & Scott Philben
PIPERS: Kevin Byrne, Steve Cochran, Kevin Donnelly, Phil Nannery, Ed Snyder & Gary Winemiller.
DRUMMERS: Jay Rubin & Sean Nannery (Phil's son)
The main part of the evening was spent catching up on recent events and talking about up coming events and the music we hope to have ready for those events.
The next event we have is the Sikh Parade on Saturday April 15th. Unfortunately this is on the Saturday before Easter which is putting a crimp in our style and we have a very limited number of people who have committed to the event so far. Right now, we have five pipers & a maybe and one side drummer (& a maybe bass). This is our second big money maker of the year. With what we can make from this parade we can buy three kilts, or three new tunics, or a dozen sporrans, etc. so if you haven't signed up and can commit an afternoon, please let me know.
The other two events that we have coming up in the vary near future are the Rolling Thunder parade on Sunday, May 28th (just two months down the road) and the Fairfax City 4th of July parade (which coincidentally is on July 4th).
New Music: Last weekend we played at the Lockheed Martin awards dinner and there we played the five service tunes: The Army Goes Rolling Along, Anchors Away, The Marine Hymn, Off We Go Into The Wild Blue Yonder & Semper Paratus. That went over so well, that everyone wants to make this a regular part of our tune list and play it at the Rolling Thunder event. Updated music will be available at next Monday's practice or I will mail it to you out of towners.
The other bit of new music comes from a suggestion from Phil that we try to get our George Cohen Set off the ground. The consensus last night was to build a set of Yankee Doodle Dandy and Grand Old Flag. Thanks to Kevin Donnelly for having a copy of the Chicago Pipes & Drums of the Emerald Society music, those are the settings we will use. These will also be made available at next practice and mailed to the away group.
Looking even further down the road towards Emmitsburg and the National Fallen Firefighters' Memorial Weekend, we are going to be adding The Dawning of the Day into our street routine and we are continuing to work on Suo Gan. Jeff Burton and Kevin Donnelly have both agreed to play harmony on Suo Gan but I would like to have one or two more who know it as well.
There is obviously a lot of work to be done if we are going to accomplish these ambitious objectives. The group that was at practice last night feels that it can be done, but if that is going to happen, we need everyone to make as many practices as they possibly can. Pipers, if you can't make practice, give me a call and let me know, drummers call Odie.
Important items are highlighted.
See you all next Monday.
Slān,
Steve
703.967.6728 - Cell
Odie
703.244.7594 - Cell
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