Our Pipe Band entertains RAF Wyton for their Burns' Nights (two of them, one for Officers and one for other ranks). We have a massed pipe-in with18 pipers plus drums.During dinner we entertain with small pipes and highland dancers. This is followed after midnight with our ceilidh band for anyone who can still stand and dance. For me, they are working evenings as I have a small part in everything and don't get home until 2:30 in the morning. The local golf club and the Rotarians also have Burns' Nights for which I only pipe by myself. I hate these in spite of being paid, as my pipes never seem to be in order. Fiddles are more predictable. This raises the question, however, why people feel that they can change the date of Burns' Night to suit their events? Is it just the shortage of pipers in England or do other places use the nearest Friday or Saturday nights? BTW, the RAF has the best malt for their pipers.
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