Good Morning folks!
It's Friday and we landed safely in Ottawa yesterday morning.
Well...we did. Our bass drum however got destroyed.
Brand new hard plastic and padded case ruined, and the drum inside...shell cracked, hoop cracked, and heads ruined.
Big thanks to Air Canada for trying to completely ruin our trip, and not caring.
However, the pipe band world is charitable and supportive. I immediately got on the phone and within and hour had offers from 3 bands who were competing saturday in maxville too, to lend us their drum!
Then there's Pearl, some of the best customer service people in the business. After speaking with Bob Meade, he selflessly dropped everything and contacted Pearl who began pulling strings to find us a new drums.
Amazing.
Then just moments before we played the concert last night I got a call from non-other than Blair Buzz Brown. Buzz had a contact, Cameron Trotter, who won the drumming for drinks awhile back in bass.
His prize? A free Pearl bass drum.... Baby blue. Cameron was willing to lend us his drum for the remainder of our trip.
Now that's sportsmanship and kindness. I cannot believow generous and selfless everyone I've been in contact with has been.... Except Air Canada.
I want to thank everyone for helping me and the band out, especially Buzz who is bringing the drum to Maxville Saturday morning, and Cameron for lending it to us in the first place.
So that was the first day...
And now I face day 2!
Cheers!
Sean
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