July 2010
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No change to playing officers in 2010! Our annual playing officers election was held on 14th June P/Mjr – A McCormack
Chucky has a bubby. Former piper, Andrew "Chucky" Hindle, is now the proud father of Elsa, who arrived into the world on June 25. "Bride of Chucky", Janica, and Elsa are all doing well, and Chucky's started Elsa on the chanter nice and early, as you can see. Andrew has been living in Finland, where he married Janica some years ago. Congratulations, Chucky and family!
Dave's off to Scotland. Again. In August, our drum sergeant Dave Johnston will be traveling to Scotland to compete at the World Pipe Band Championships (amongst other contests) as lead drummer of the Hawkesbury Nepean Valley Pipe Band from Sydney. It's a fantastic bonus for our band to have Dave competing so regularly on the national and international stage, and bring that experience to our local contests.
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Corrs tune to feature in our revamped Medley. Work has already begun on changes to our competition Medley. New music has been issued to pipers, with new drum scores being worked on by the drummers. The medley will begin with a new jig, "Out Of The Air" by former Vic Police piper, Murray Blair. Malcolm found this tun on a Red Hot Chilli Pipers CD. Originally a 2-part tune, Stuart McCormack has arranged a third part to give us enough time to get into the contest circle. Replacing our previous slow air, "The Haunting" will be a Irish air titled Erin's Green Shores. Malcolm first heard this tune on the Scots Dragoon Guard's Parallel Tracks CD. This tune is also known as the folk song "Paddy's Shamrock Shores"("Gleanntáin Ghlas' Ghaoth Dobhair" in Irish Gaelic) and was recorded by the Corrs as "Lough Erin Shore". See the folk song version sung by Paul Brady here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2bTczkYv0U And, to finish our medley with pizazz, Stuart McCormack has found an uptempo reel by Shotts & Dykehead Pipe Major, Robert Mathieson. The tune is titled "The Devil's Staircase". With the new slow air, and new tunes at the beginning and end, this should give our medley a good “freshen up”. We look forward to unveiling this new medley at the Armadale mini-band championships in November this year. View or listen to our settings of these new tunes on our repertoire page
Band Annual General Meeting. The date for our 2010 AGM has been set for Monday 20th September, at the band practice hall. The AGM starts at 8pm.
Cold nights at band practice. With temperatures in June dipping below zero, Gary "Finger" Macintosh is helping battle the coldest June on record by brining an electric bar heater along to Monday night practices. Mat "Guido" Bishop, however prefers his own gas heating.
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Turnouts and events
Friday
6th August
Avon Descent
6pm in Northam
Saturday
28th August
Southern Cross Agricultural Society Show
“Bus Trip”
Monday
20th September
Annual General Meeting
8pm at Perry Lakes
Saturday
2nd October
Kulin Bush Races
Saturday
13th November
Armadale Mini-Band Contest
Saturday
27th November
Java St Andrew Society Ball,
Jakarta
Indonesia
Saturday
29th January 2011
Band Practice Camp,
Rottnest Island
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