[NSP] NPS President
I apologise to those on the list who are not members of the Northumbrian Pipers' Society, but, as there is no alternative place to post my comments, I will post them here. I was sorry to hear of the demise of Jim Bryan. I served on the NPS committee with him in times B.C. (Before Colin). I had thought of Joyce Quin as president before the current committee's decision. She is local and a player of the pipes. I find her a very likeable person. The fact that she is a politician is irrelevant, as the NPS is nonpolitical. I believe that she would be above any internal Society squabbles whilst raising the Society's profile in the wider world. To be perfectly blunt, I believe that much of the disunity in the Society is due to Colin Ross himself. He has set himself up as the sole arbiter in all things related to the pipes. On several occasions I, and others, have received letters from Colin when we have done something which did not meet his approval. He has also criticised other pipemakers in public. Colin professes to desire unity in the Society, but unity would be on his terms. The president should be neutral in matters of the Society; Colin could never meet this requirement. Robbie Greensitt -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[NSP] NPS
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 -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
