John, I try to stay out of these public debates, as it seems nothing good ever comes of them. But I really think it is unfair of you to categorize the argument as "elitism" because a couple of the best plpers are trying to make people understand how to play their instrument properly.
I'll stop now before I anger too many friends! best wishes, Rick Damon On Jun 16, 2011, at 2:50 PM, John Dally wrote: > I don't understand the rift between the proper pipers and the NPS. Don't > they owe much of their fame to winning and judging competitions there? > Doesn't the NPS publish and sell their books? I'm sorry to see fractious > elitism born again. I thought we had gone beyond that a couple of years ago, > finally. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jun 16, 2011, at 11:19 AM, Dave S <david...@pt.lu> wrote: > >> Hi Inky, >> -- glad you keep one eye open and nope I can't play proper - I don't have >> the wrapper of the tradition anywhere near - so I don't even bother with any >> form of competition, I just like great instruments. >> >> Dave S >> >> On 6/16/2011 8:08 PM, Inky- Adrian wrote: >>> The annual smallpipe Bitch and Bite comps. will be in July. There will >>> be 6 classes: absolute sloppyness and running-your-notes-in, just damn >>> right easy-playing, almost there, nearly normal, can't play like >>> that-it's too hard and tight as a cats arsehole. >>> Tommy Breckons would be proud of me! >>> -- >>> >>> >>> To get on or off this list see list information at >>> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >>> >>> >>> ----- >>> No virus found in this message. >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>> Version: 10.0.1382 / Virus Database: 1513/3707 - Release Date: 06/16/11 >>> >>> >> >> > > Rick Damon richard.a.damon....@dartmouth.edu "A computer without Windows is like a chocolate chip cookie without ketchup."
