A Moment for Reflection

So Saturday marked my return to the competitive piping ranks. I've never felt so relaxed and played in a band that sounded so good in my life.

I'm not going to suggest that I wasn't nervous... that'd be ridiculous. But it wasn't the incredible black-out panic that I used to feel "back in the day". Now, maybe I've grown up and gained some perspective, or maybe I'm just more confident in general, but whatever it was, I couldn't be happier with things piping-wise right now.

Oh! I also think it has to be pretty cool that we got our drones tuned Saturday by our very own minor celebrity. Glenn Healy is a non-competitive member of our band, and honestly did a great job setting our drones. It's just matching everyone's drones to our PM's with a meter, but some people manage to fuck it up, and I'll admit I was apprehensive at first, but Glenn did really well. He has a good ear, and moves quickly... He also felt the need to tell me his name when we met. I thought that was kind of humble of him.

That's not the only celebrity that our band gets to rub shoulders with! When Sir Paul was in town in the fall (sadly before I joined... ) they got to play Mull of Kintyre with him (careful... the picture gallery has a recording of the performance).

That's about it...