Buenos ding dong diddly dias Mi Amigos....
Or something...
It's beautiful here in The Peg, and I'm nursing a sunburn from practice this morning. We had our last weekend practice before the trip this weekend and couldn't have planned two more extreme days.
Saturday was the definition of miserable. For those who were in Maxville 2 years ago... that crazy storm that hit.... yep all day.
I had to work Saturday morning, turns out real jobs require preparation before one departs for 3 weeks, but when I got there there were drum cases floating in the parking lot. Thank God I ordered those Humes and Burg (shameless plug) cases from Meade Custom Drumming (ditto) for our new Pearls... ( :D )
It was so bad we actually called practice around 2:00. However, as Cam was mulling this over with me we both decided to play the medley one more time.
Now, I'm a drummer, not terribly tall, but if I was... say.. Jamie Simpson, 9 foot 7 inches with shiny stuff on my pipes... playing with that lightning coming at us would have worried me a bit. There the band stood, in rain like I've never seen, defiant of nature... and we sounded darn good.
Flash to Saturday night, Wes' house, big party... of course, he's not there. It was the big guy (a.k.a the old guy now)'s birthday! He got off the plane from Saskatoon and walked into a house full of band-mates who cracked their first beers some 4 hours before he took off... nice.
Well Sunday came, and we were greeted with incredible weather. We had a good discussion about how fortunate we are with our draws at both Maxville and the World's, and how we need to take advantage of our brilliant positions. It's never easy, not even close, but if you have to play a qualifier at the World's... second to last is a great spot!
It's going to be a busy week. Tuesday, practice, Wednesday exec meeting, Thursday, practice.. etc. But it's sooo close.
If you're kicking around Winnipeg and are interested in seeing the band before we head out, both Tuesday and Thursday's practices will be held at the 215 Legion a.k.a "Henderson Legion". C'mon down and check the band out, maybe even have a pint with us afterwards.
Oh, and if you're in Ottawa July 29th track down the "B" in the Park concert, ourselves, Rock Mountain, and the City of Chicago pipe band are all playing with Sons of Scotland at their annual concert.
Happy practicing!
Sean
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