Kinnaird Bagpipes Newsletter

November 2020
    
  


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Upcoming Events 
 
Nov 2
All Souls Day 

Nov 5
Guy Fawkes Day 

Nov 11
Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day

Nov 30 St Andrew's Day
      
Scottish Humor

Willie and Jeannie McCotton were getting on in years but still liked to go out to smart restaurants on special occasions. So to celebrate the 65th birthday of their first son, they took a taxi to the up-market Pompadour Restaurant in Edinburgh's Caledonian Hotel. But as they hadn't made a reservation, they were told there would be a 45-minute wait for a table. Willie McCotton frowned and addressed the head waiter: "Young man, we're both 90 years old. We may not have 45 minutes." They were seated immediately.

Video Clip  

Remembrance Day Ceremonies may look a little different this year, but we will still remember. 

Here is a video of Andy Cant performing "In Remembrance".



Featured
 
Patron Saint of Scotland

St. Andrew, one of the apostles, was a humble fishermen in Galilee. Andrew was sentenced to death for following Christ and preaching the gospel. Feeling unworthy to die as Christ had on a T-shaped cross, he asked to be crucified on an X-shaped cross called a saltire, now featured on the Scottish flag. Andrew was buried in Greece until the Emperor removed his bones and took them to Constantinople. A monk named Rule (or Regulus) had a vision that told him to take as many of the remains as he could to the end of the earth, which at the time was believed to be close to Scotland. Rule was shipwrecked at Kilrymont, now called St. Andrews. A special chapel was erected there for the relics of St. Andrew to be placed in. The small chapel was later replaced by the Cathedral of St. Andrew in 1160. St. Andrews became a place of pilgrimages, many came to visit the relics of St. Andrew, and the city became the religious capital of Scotland. The cathedral is now in ruins and the relics of St. Andrew are gone. The remains of St. Andrew are commemorated by a plaque, located in the ruins where visitors walk. A piece of his shoulder blade was sent to the Roman Catholic community of Scotland in 1879. In 1969, Pope Paul VI returned some of the relics to Scotland. They are now on display in St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cathedral in Edinburgh.


St. Andrews Trivia
-St. Andrews day is connected with Advent, which begins on the nearest Sunday to November 30th
-St. Andrews day marks the opening of Christmas markets
-Around midnight on November 29th, it was traditional for girls to pray to St. Andrew for a husband. They would make a wish and look for a sign that they had been heard. She could throw a shoe at the door. If the shoe pointed in the direction of the exit, then she would marry and leave her parents house within a year. 
-The 1320 Declaration of Arbroath cites Scotland's conversion to Christianity by Saint Andrew

Scottish Trivia

By December 1915, just under 27% of Scottish men aged 15-49 volunteered to fight in WWI. In the end, 26.4% of all Scots who enlisted became casualties.
  
Product Reviews     
  
Piper's Pal Reed Protector 
Piper's pal Reed Protector
"Seriously... once you're finished playing, popping it in the cap is a must. Nowadays, even if I go a week without playing I can take it out and nearly confidently know it'll work with minimal playing/warming up. This has been a game changer for me"

"This is my third Piper's Pal Reed Protector. I appreciate the product very much and find it meets all my expectations. I use it on chanters I play less frequently and find the reed performs very well with very little fussing or blowing in to get a solid performance."


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Rauncie Kinnaird

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