Thursday 25 January 2024

Burns Night, Three Crowns

I had a booking to play the pipes in the Three Crowns in Wisborough Green for their Burns night supper.

We arrived just before 6pm and after tuning up and testing the height we then waited until gone 6:30 for the first people to settle in.
Then played a welcome set - Kilworth Hills/ Scotland the Brave/ I See Mull/ Skye Boat song sets. I stood at the bar end as this gave height but also was not so loud for some of the participants.
When the Haggis came out I moved to the other end of the dinning room and piped the haggis through - it is just alight!
After the deserts started to come out I played a finishing set - Highland Cathedral/ Flower of Scotland/ Slaves/ and My Home sets. 

Finally I gave some intrepid people the opportunity to "have a blow" ...  a different blow stick and lots of wet wipes to sanitise after each go ...  we had 4 people try it ... Only one really go a sound out the rest I had to help ...  maybe next time I should cork up some drones to help out.