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I haven’t had a lot of time to practice and have only been just able to reply to folks on the boards for the last couple of days so I apologize for that.  But thank you for all the comments on my first bagpipes purchase, it’s really helped me out though it’s been a bit of a roller coaster ride.  Today was my last day of my second to last week in Spanish purgatory with next week marking what I hope is my last time ever having to take an exam in another language.  The accelerated Summer course will be over Thursday for better or for worse and I will have my time back and be able to really leap into my practice again with both feet and maybe just one thumb.  It’s not the end of college for me but I’m getting close, four more classes over two semesters and I’ll be a graduate.

I’m still pretty worn from this week and next week won’t be much better.  Oral interviews Monday, a quiz and review Tuesday, an essay and review Wednesday and then the final on Thursday.  But enough about Spanish!  I have still tried to get my practice in despite it all and while I wouldn’t say I’ve made any progress or groundbreaking surges forward save for feeling more comfortable not gripping the chanter like it was a lifeline, I have at least kept myself competent to the point I was at my last lesson.  I really need to buckle down before this next week is over so I can feel I’ve accomplished something, but I knew this would be a rough two weeks.

So in lieu of having a whole lot to say in this post, I thought I’d try my first poll!  I have no idea how these work so bear with me.  I figures since so many of us probably have a dream set, a set that we own, and then a set that we began with and have a soft spot in our heart for that I would let ya’ll have three choices.  I know sometimes it’s hard to choose!  Please bear with me as I am still pretty new to the bagpipes world and have probably left off some important maker of pipes.  Please leave a comment if you choose “Other” to let us know who it is!  (Looks like it supplies an “Other” category automatically, so ignore my misplaced “Other” which is obviously not as good as the other “Other”.)

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