As just a side bar to this duscussion of ranting: an interesting thing happened to me yesterday. I was at the Skagit Valley Highland Games to participate in a SSP and Border pipe "talent show" for lack of a better term. Kat Eggleston and I played a set of Lowland tunes in a guitar/BP duet. Ours was the only set of Border tunes played on BP. Anyway, in a presentation of the different kinds of pipes I demonstrated the NSP. The tune used to show off the sound of each instrument was "Scotland the Brave" which I ranted as best I can. People physically responded by moving to the music. The Highland pipers made like organ grinders or monkeys, but it didn't matter because I was pleased to get a happy reaction from the audience (when they didn't)!
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