Proper Pipe Band Decorum

[Blupiper]

Hi, JMB. My advice would be that, even if you are not personally in a band, you are a member of the massed band. As such, band protocol would be to not remove covers.
Did you enjoy being in the massed bands?

Macman:

It was an experience. Playing in an ensemble is such a different set of skills from solo piping. Staying on the beat, the correct foot and trusting your fingers when you don't really hear yourself play is quite a change. My little bit of marching skills from high school marching band (sousaphone) are WAY out of date and this was jumping in the deep end hoping to remember how to swim. A howling bass drone was no help either. Oh, well, we learn by doing.

JMB