Saturday

Piping Girl's Christmas Picks

I've been watching the snow gently falling all day. Actually, the wind just picked up and it doesn't look so gentle right now. But it still puts me in mind of Christmas. So, from my snowy neck of the woods to yours, Merry Christmas!

Even though it's probably too late for you to get any of these gifts for the piper on your list, I thought it would still be fun to tell you about the piping picks that made my Christmas list.

First is a really neat t-shirt that you can buy from the official site of the Proclaimers. Although I don't think that they ever incorporate bagpipes into any of their music, The Proclaimers are my favorite Scottish band. The t-shirt has Edinburgh Castle on it, and also features the St. Andrews flag:

Next up is a bagpipe tune book called Irish Tunes Old and New by acclaimed Pipe Major Terry Tully. The tune in this book that I'm particularly interested in is called "Pumpkin's Fancy":


I just think it's an awesome tune!


A couple of other tune books I wouldn't mind having are Santa's Favourite Piping Tunes:



and Privy Piping.

Both books would just be fun to have when I feel like messing around and having fun with tunes that people might recognize.

There's not really any other gear I need for either my bagpipe or my uniform. I've got a nice bagpipe case and my band just picked up the tab for nice new vests for us. The only other bagpiping thing that I would REALLY like to get is a set of smallpipes. I'm still in the very early exploratory and saving up of money stage, so I don't know what kind I would buy...or if I would go with a bellows powered set...anyone out there want to talk up their smallpipes?

At any rate, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year all!

Pipe on!

3 comments:

Dave said...

Small pipes are great, but I prefer the Walsh Shuttle Pipes. I’ve been interested in the shuttle pipes since they were first developed fifteen years or so back. I bought myself a set three Christmases ago and I love them.

EZPiper said...

Hi Piping Girl, Happy New Year to you, just to let you know I posted up 4 reels on my blog, let me know what you think.
Tommy x

LG said...

Great to see your blog. I'm a piper of 12 years experience. I've enjoyed reading about your journeys into the world of piping and wish you the very best.

 
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