[NSP] Re: re Winter Tunes

[Ian Lawther]

The school assembly I am playing in is a "holiday" celebration which is 
the way US schools get to cover Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and Eid 
al-Adha without offending anyone. Last year we were going to do the 
North Skelton dance but the school ended up closed  due to a huge power 
cut but it was interesting during rehearsals to hear to American 
teachers debating whether the long sword nut might cause offense to some 
religions because it looks like a St of David.......

Ian
<http://www.infoplease.com/spot/islamicholidays.html#adha>
peter dunn wrote:
So in playing tunes with a "Winter" theme, what are we celebrating? Is it Winter itself (shudder the thought)! Is it a pre-Christian, pagan festival or is it Christmas itself? If the former, there are a number of English folk songs about Winter with tunes that are adaptable to the pipes. If the latter, then it must be the height of hypocracy not to play tunes with a Christian theme. 
Peter
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