Quick March

If you have never been to the North American Academy of Piping and Drumming summer pipe school I highly encourage you all to do so. Nestled in the mountains of North Carolina at Valle Crucis an amazing experience awaits. You’ll have piping classes with world renowned pipers and drummers. Not only do you take lessons from these amazing people you get not one, but two concerts daily by them. I have gotten my first exposure to piobaireachd as well as strathspeys. The talent at this camp ranges from advanced beginners like my self to people who are just starting out to grade one and open pipers.

There is nothing like sitting out on the porch at night looking at mist covered mountains and hearing amazing pipe music until 10:00 (that’s when all piping must stop) There is a céilidh where we saw amazing talent and heard some really bad jokes as well as a few funny ones. Dennis and I were lucky enough to be put in the Farm House with a group of guys who have been coming to this thing for numerous years (one gentlemen from VA has been here 21 consecutive years) so we learned the ropes quickly. As long as you don’t plan on dieting you’ll be in good shape you get three squares a day and the food is awesome. Not on the light side but delicious.

I don’t see how you can attend this and not come out a better piper/drummer. Dennis and I attended this week while Robin and Fay are coming down next week. Hopefully, with the blessings of my wife, this will become a yearly thing for me. For more information about the school and the instructors please check out the link for the school at www.naapd.org

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