Blink of An Eye

Did anybody see that???

I think it was January that just flew by...

I don't remember a thing. I know a lot happened. Wes and I did a clinic in Sioux Falls and played at a Burn's dinner. We had several practices including a weekend rehearsal, and now here we are again.

Staring down the barrel of a double weekend rehearsal. It's crunch time for us. The first contest is in 2 weeks and we have to be in our finest form.

As with every February contest we are never sure what we'll face for competition. Both bands wait until the order of play to know whether it's a contest or a contest/rehearsal. We treat each situation the same, but there's nothing like competition to get the blood pumping.

I hear through the grapevine... (facebook) that there is gonna be a sword fight at Scottish Festival. Literally a Scottish Broadsword demonstration. This intrigues me. I'm going to be using this as an added inspiration, creating a more literal meaning to the word "cut".

We do have some fantastic judges coming out for this. That's always nice. It allows us to get some feedback from the pros as to our improvement.

In other news, I think my future wife has finally realized what I meant by "will you be my pipe band widow?"....

I'm spending a great deal of time tucked in my office practicing. Even though Jacob (Angie's 5 year old son) spends a lot of time with me working on his mama dada's I think Angie is seeing why I was so wary when I told her about Peel :)

The music is clipping along. I'm happy to say the St. Andrew's stuff is all set and we're working our butts off. Once that stuff is locked in my head I begin the challenging task of separating MSRs.

For all those who got in touch with me regarding this new adventure I'm on, I can't thank you enough for your words of encouragement. I go back and read them all every time I can't seem to master one of Graham's epic drum licks.

To be continued....


Sean