I wrote:
>Make sure your bagpipe player warms up *before* the guests start arriving.
>That way when he starts playing the prelude from the balcony, it'll be a
>great surprise. :-)
JDG replied:
:-)While nice in theory, if he has to wait 30-60 minutes while the guests arrive, he probably won't be "warmed up" anymore by the time he has to start playing.....
We actually had him warm up out of earshot of the arriving guests. He went up into the balcony pretty much unnoticed, and everyone who didn't know about him in advance was definitely surprised.
And with bagpipes, it's really more an issue of warming up the pipes themselves and keeping them warm as opposed to warming up the player's lips. Not having to worry about your emboucher is one of the nicest things about playing the bagpipes as opposed to any other wind instrument :-)
Our piper played the prelude from the balcony, then we had the regular church organist play organ and piano during the service except for one piece we had her son play on piano, and then the piper played the postlude from the front of the church next to the organ so everyone could see his formal dress kilt.
Reggie Bautista
And I Paid The Piper Maru
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