Bagpipe teacher, Internet.
Itinerant, Scotland
Joined October 2017
- Tweets1.9K
- Following567
- Followers149
- Likes927
Calling The Tune retweeted
Luckily I had some more important things that I needed to avoid.
ALT An ink and watercolour painting of a corgi barking at Queen Elizabeth II while she frowns and loudly plays the bagpipes back at the dog. The queen is wearing a green Barbour jacket, and pleated Balmoral tartan skirt and is wearing a coronet. The bagpipe bag is the red Royal Stewart tartan.
Calling The Tune retweeted
ask and you shall receive
ALT Watercolour of Queen playing bagpipe at corgi
You’re unable to view this Post because this account owner limits who can view their Posts. Learn more
If anyone out there is looking for the Celtic Lyrics Corner website formerly at celticlyricscorner.net, I've uploaded an archive at callingthetune.co.uk/clc/ - more details in this comment here: thesession.org/discussions/4…
I'll avoid the obvious pun, but if you're a Finale user, they're giving up and shutting down. No longer available to buy, licences expire a year today. finalemusic.com/
also please check old pipecases for the third volume of the Nether Lorn (may also be locked in attick)
👉We need you! 👈The last big Robert Fergusson manuscript discovery was found in an attic in the USA in 2012!!
Do you have any new Fergusson manuscripts hidden in attics, boxes, or old editions of his poems?
If you do, please get in touch: robert-fergusson.glasgow.ac.…
Unpaywalled: archive.is/hOUhE
This Post is from an account that no longer exists. Learn more
I'm always surprised by how small PM Angus's recorded output is: World's Greatest Pipers, one lunchtime recital half, the Scotsoun album and a few scattered clips on Youtube.
Finlay MacDonald presents the lovely 3/4 march, Pipe Major Angus MacDonald, and shares his experience of being taught by Pipe Major Angus back when The National Piping Centre was just about to open it’s doors for the first time.
bagpipe.news/2023/11/02/what…
Calling The Tune retweeted
If it wassna the law o' the land, I would see them at the muschief afore I would be tamperin' wi' the time o' day the way God made it. There wass nothing wrong wi' the time the way it wass, except that it wass aalways slippin' past when ye werena thinkin'.
Calling The Tune retweeted
Gie me a bottle o' beer and a banjo playin', and it's wonderful the way the time slips by.
I suppose we're meant to take stuff like this in good humour, but. Such fun to be a punchline.
Tonight’s #HIGNFY is hosted by @BillBailey, with panellists @dalisochaponda and @helenlewis joining Ian and Paul. BBC One – 9pm (also on iPlayer)
Even if you think you know Bessie's story, this post is well worth your time - great piece by @cocteautriplets threadinburgh.scot/2023/08/3…
It's 2023 and our biggest piping institution is making a concrete effort to overturn centuries of sexism and entrenched attitudes by *checks notes* putting some pics on their website
