Quick March

Wednesday we finally caught up with the bagpipe busker, Rob Caulder, at Finn McCool’s Irish Pub in Innsbrook. Rob played and raised money for his charity at Finn’s backed by supporters from our band, as well as the Irish American Society, Scottish Society, and St. Andrew’s Society. The event was sponsored by the St. Andrew’s Society. I picked Rob up on Tuesday from the Greyhound terminal and we talked piping all the way to Tim’s place. Apparently Tim and Rob played the pipes and entertained the folks for quite a while. I really admire the leap Rob took. He’s coming over here seeing the States and doing one of the things he loves. We should all take such chances. Worst case it will be one of those stories he can tell his grand kids about. Rob is on his way to Raleigh and Charlotte this weekend and places beyond. You can keep up with him at his web site http://bagpipebusker.com Here’s one for the road Rob… Slàinte

Speaking of places beyond… Things are really taking off for the band. We’ve got our more relaxed, yet military looking work uniforms, and we are on the verge of some really big things. Today the Pipe Major will pick up a $4000+ annual check out at Innsbrook from a soon to be named sponsor and there is more lined up on the horizon. Around September/October the band is looking at another sponsor/donation that will shoot us into the stratosphere literally. September is when we in addition to some new sponsors we will have some really big news to announce as well. Once its official and I’d say it’s about 90% there, this news will leave your jaw on the floor and it will be a major coup for the Central Virginia area and for the local piping & drumming community.

Pipie has been busy as yesterday he spent time at a photo shoot out at Innsbrook for his upcoming role as the official piper to MacLaren Jewelers and the Innsbrook Community. There will be more to come on this as you can probably guess. Make sure to keep up with us and all these exciting developments on our blog right here and with our news letter ‘By The Center’ which you can subscribe to here. You’ll want to stay tuned to find out why we are now a registered vendor with the US Army (all I’ve been given permission to speak of, are the words “Great Things in 2010″) Also find out about our move to MacCallum pipe chanters.

Reminder: Mark your calendars now for the Ft. Lee Celtic Bash on July 18th at 6:00 PM, which is a precursor for yet another major event to be held on the base in 2010. We’ll be opening for Seven Nations and Poisoned Dwarf that evening, after our return from the Appalachian Roots Festival in Wintergreen. There could be some other surprises in store, so circle the date. I’ll update everyone once I have more information about the event.

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