At 10:05 PM 2/11/03 -0500, John D. Giorgis wrote:
At 08:40 PM 2/11/2003 -0600 Reggie Bautista 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. :-)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.....
(1) They have to warm up to play those things properly?
(2) They tune those things?
The First Bagpipe Was Invented Accidentally When A Scotsman Was Carrying His Cat Under His Arm And Unintentionally Squeezed Too Hard Mee-ee-eer-aru
-- Ronn! :)
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