A Very Pipey Sunday, Indeed

Hi Gang, Stu again.

Yesterday was the last day of the Southern Oregon Highland Games, and as before we have had a great time playing and singing and dancing all weekend. We topped off the weekend with a free acoustic concert at White Horse Coffee and Tea in Sutherlin. The crowd was so warm and appreciative, we took the opportunity to test the waters with some of the new sets we worked out the week before. And Pete surprised us with a very folkie rendition of "The Banks of the Bann," wherein we learned to our surprise that it's a part of the traditional folk process to begin a song in one key and then immediately change it to another key. :)

Last night was the night of Bethany's Revenge, as she danced around the room with proprietor David MacDonald and swung him in circles until they fell together in a heap, flinging David's kilt in the air, and answering once and for all the age-old question, wahat does a Scotsman wear beneath his kilt??

A plethora of pipes were in abundance, as David broke out his uillean set, his border pipes, and his small pipes, and we were treated to a few tunes on the highland pipes by one of our local friends. My ears are still ringing (the next morning). FOLK IS THE NEW ROCK! Indeed.

--Stu