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    Weekend full or piping

    What I wore to my Irish gig:

    I decided to just go with a black sporran and shoes. It was simpler that way.

    On the ferry to Loch Diabhal (or as the locals call it: Devil's Lake)

    I went with the Riverkilt vest sans sporran.

    Here I am in front of Balanced Rock. Pipes are in the backpack.


    Piping at the top of the west bluffs over the lake.
    -Greg Long
    Whisky Buyer, Vom Fass USA

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    LOVE that last picture...LOVE IT.

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    Greg,

    Those are great pictures! I too, like that last one, but they're all good.

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    Quote Originally Posted by beloitpiper View Post
    What I wore to my Irish gig:

    I decided to just go with a black sporran and shoes. It was simpler that way.

    On the ferry to Loch Diabhal (or as the locals call it: Devil's Lake)

    I went with the Riverkilt vest sans sporran.

    Here I am in front of Balanced Rock. Pipes are in the backpack.


    Piping at the top of the west bluffs over the lake.

    Fantastic! Love the pics!
    "Before two notes of the theme were played, Colin knew it was Patrick Mor MacCrimmon's 'Lament for the Children'...Sad seven times--ah, Patrick MacCrimmon of the seven dead sons....'It's a hard tune, that', said old Angus. Hard on the piper; hard on them all; hard on the world." Butcher's Broom, by Neil Gunn, 1994 Walker & Co, NY, p. 397-8.

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    Nice choices Greg, and you look ultra comfortable on the ferry, I too really like that last shot, but also really like the one with balanced rock too. Thanks for posting them.
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    The black, white and grey really show off the saffron kilt.

    Regards

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    I would be worried about leaning too hard against that rock, but I think I would have enjoyed being down on the shore of the lake while you played the pipes - so long as it wasn't Amazing Grace or Scotland the Brave - had my fill of that at Grandfather Mountain.

    Nice pics,
    Rex.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rex_Tremende View Post
    I would be worried about leaning too hard against that rock, but I think I would have enjoyed being down on the shore of the lake while you played the pipes - so long as it wasn't Amazing Grace or Scotland the Brave - had my fill of that at Grandfather Mountain.

    Nice pics,
    Rex.
    Yeah, I was about 500ft. above the beach. My dad, who didn't do the hike up, said he could hear Highland Cathedral ringing out over the water.
    -Greg Long
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    very nice pic, classic look in the last one

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    Great pics! The last is my favorite

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