The New Season

No, not television. The new band season. Tonight is our first rehearsal for the new pipe band season. Tonight I find out what the new tunes are going to be. We'll have to learn a new MSR - that's march, strathspey, and reel - and a new competition medley at least. And refresh the old parade tunes and learn some new ones. I'm assuming tonight will be mostly practice chanter on new tunes. But I'd better replace my Selbie bass drone reed with the Henderson just in case. The Selbie doesn't always strike in cleanly but it's got a much more robust sound than my mach I Henderson.