Kilting at a grade school!

[Mr. MacDougall]

Absolutely get your dad to come, and play kilted. One piper is neat, but two are a band!

[Mr. Woolery]

Looks like my dad is planning to be there. I'm worried he might bring a snare drum instead of pipes, though. He has been in the drum corps for years, just because they needed another drummer in the band more than they needed another piper. But he's trying to work his way back to piping because that's what he loves the best. Problem is, his pipes are not currently set up for playing. Needs to adjust the reeds, probably have a newer chanter (his plays several cents below the current band standard), and so on. I don't have time to do it for him tonight, or I would just take care of it and have him playing sooner.

Maybe my mom will let him use her pipes. That would be good. Hers are all ready to go. (She's the only bagpipe teacher for about 300 miles.)

Anyway, I'm looking forward to it. Always a fun lot of kids. The pipes will really make it a party! Or get me invited to never enter the school again...

I'm just planning to play Green Hills, When the Battle's O'er, and Wha Wouldna Fecht fer Charlie. If there's more time to fill, I can add in Scotland the Brave or Barren Rocks. I want to stick to the old chestnuts for the sake of my dad, who is a better piper, but not as in practice, so I'll just do stuff every piper can practically play in his sleep.

I'll report on what the kids say about the kilts.

-Patrick