Things seem to be coming out into the open and it's about time. It has been dominated too long with one man. Due to this, the society has done little to promote or encourage the small-pipes; although some tune books have been published, the last one just a re-hash of the others. What happenned to the non NSP piping course in the North East, it didn't run. Why?-because a member of the committee condemned it, I wonder who that was?? It has ignored the concerns of prominant piper's and failed to promote proper piping-"play the pipes any old-how" - good for the pipe makers - not good for the tradition. The last record of piping, yes a vinyl record, was published in 1988. Why do I say the last one, dare I say the only one? I get potential pipers with hire sets, all of the sets were out of tune and in need of maintenance. The society has come to a grinding halt. The committee needs to think " where is it going, what are we here for " and not to let it be run with the thoughts of one person. Adrian
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