interesting thing happened at my mom's funeral

[cessna152towser]

Your mother want have been pleased for you to go on and play the pipes for others at theier time of mourning and to earn a little from your piping to pay for your other interests. Go for it !

[Tattoo Bradley]

I'll echoe the "contact the Color Guard NCO..." comment. I did some color guard details when I was in the Army NG here. Everyone does it a bit different (timing, positioning etc.) The Sarge should be able to point you in the right direction.

[RK-REX]

Your mother want have been pleased for you to go on and play the pipes for others at theier time of mourning and to earn a little from your piping to pay for your other interests. Go for it !

Here, here!!!

[Robinhood]

I'd never accept money to play for someone who risked
life and limb for my liberty.

[Panache]

I'd never accept money to play for someone who risked
life and limb for my liberty.

Robinhood,

By such reasoning you would send many a piper to the poorhouse, and then there would be no brave music to honor our warriors.

The honored dead served their country for many reasons, yet they were paid for their services and their motives are unquestioned.

Can not the piper do the same?


Jamie

[SoldierSpike]

For Army stuff Field Manual 3-21.5 has a section specifically on funerals, chapter 14. Although I haven't looked through it, it might have some stuff that is useful.

Marc

[Robinhood]

I meant to not accept money playing for
their funerals, as an expression of appreciation.
(Not as offering free entertainment for life.)
Regardless of their motives, I am grateful
for their actions.

Everyone follows their own conscience. That
is where mine leads.

[Bob C]

I meant to not accept money playing for
their funerals, as an expression of appreciation.
(Not as offering free entertainment for life.)
Regardless of their motives, I am grateful
for their actions.

Everyone follows their own conscience. That
is where mine leads.

What do you do for a living? Do you offer that service for free?

[Mountainman]

I have served not on the colour guard, but on the 21 gun salute at a memorial in Iraq, wish we would have had a piper there...

A lot depends on the people doing the funeral, the guard unit i am with will do it differently than my last unit (active) that will also do it differently than, say, the Old Guard.

[Robinhood]

I work on computers for a living. I do offer that service for free,
to those I wish. Others owe me a favor or cash, depending on
their circumstance and my desire. (Some cannot offer enough
cash. Some who can, I refuse to accept. Some who can, I will
not even deal with.)