A Good Weekend

Well, no sooner did I post my practice goals late last week than I missed the day one objective :( . Friday evening we got home from work and decided to try the new fish & chips takeout shop that has been opened in the St Mary's FN Plaza. Even though it contributed to me not practicing, I have to say it was a pretty good decision :) Saturday was much better. We had a good band practice with some new music distributed and we had a chance to play with the drums corps - 7 snares + 2 tenors + a bass. Last year we were only 3 + 1 + 1 so it is great to have so many new players. We expect to have a dozen in the pipe corps so we should be a force to reckon with on the highland games circuit this summer! Sunday was also a good day of practice. I spent a lot of time working on the 6/8's (A Tune For Emily and Onaping Falls) and I have them pretty well confirmed them to memory. Next step is to increase the tempo. I also started to work on my planned solo piece - The Atholl and Breadalbane Gathering. After the chanter work I played pipes for quite a while. Still trying to find a way to get my posture squared up when playing rather than having my left shoulder so elevated. Hopefully this will ease the pain that I am experiencing in my left shoulder and arm. Judging from this picture I need to work on keeping my fingers closer to the chanter as well!!!