Piping Moai

Uilleann Pipes
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Just ‘did a mainy’ to see how Willie was getting started.

Found this in the street. Hadn’t the camera so pic off my phone. Will try more later.

2

Thanks Peter

Hope you are getting out and about.

Any recordings of note being issued?

Keep well

John

3

Will you be down for it John?

Currently in the process of easing into it. Will PM the list of planned launches, there seems to be a lot of stuff that was held back or has been around for a bit.

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Hi Peter

Thanks for that.

I checked out the prices at the start of the year and was quoted €1,600 for a room at the Falls so I said that I would give it a miss this year.

With the upsurge in the new Covid variants I would have been a bit reluctant to travel, even if I had made plans.

Thanks

John

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Are there as many people about as before the plague, or prehaps more? I saw on Facebook that there were a 10 or so pipers in Ennis at the Piping heaven/Piping hell session. The ‘Porter och Pipa’ (Porter and Pipe) film made by Lennart Malmer in the mid 60’s sounds interesting.

https://clarechampion.ie/swedish-filmmaker-revisits-willie-clancy/

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The ‘Porter och Pipa’ (Porter and Pipe) film made by Lennart Malmer in the mid 60’s sounds interesting

That should be nice. I believe some footage from it was used for the project Jack Talty did two years ago and some for the online Willie as well.

Town was not too packed, for a Willie Saturday night, but I didn’t linger, went to the opening, talked to loads of people and had an early night. There were a lot of people around earlier to watch a match, they were drowning their sorrows afterwards. The current covid wave is hanging over it all though.

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Keenan played at Willie’s graveside, among others but he was the only piper. Stuffy chanter reed playing out. Launch event was a bout of long missed socialising. Came away with enough books and CDs to get me through another lockdown, should things go awry again.