Let the fun begin - The Pipes are Calling

[Spartan]

I just got home from my first lesson! It went well. This is going to be good.

The lessons are at the Irish Cultural Center in Phoenix. www.azirish.org
My instructor is the Pipe Sergeant for the Glendale [AZ] Police Pipes and Drums http://www.glendaleaz.com/police/pipesanddrums.cfm

While I'm with my instructor, my wife is taking mandolin lessons with Pat McCrossen. She wanted a mandolin, which I gave her for Christmas many years ago. It's been sitting in the closet for lack of someone to teach her how to play it. So she's in one room in the Irish cottage, and I'm in the next. See photo on the ICC website, above. (Sorry, Andy (our son), you don't get the mandolin yet!)

Now, get to the scales!

FYI, I've got a Gibson practice chanter.

Thanks, beloitpiper, for the excellent piece "So You Want to Play the Bagpipes"!