Wendesday 20 May 2009

This morning was a late start with me not having to report to the Band Block until 1030. Once at the Band Block I practiced the breaks in the sets that we will be playing tonight at the Mess.

Around 14oo hrs it was back to the Band Block with the two other pipers that will be playing this evening. We spent about 2hrs setting chanters and reeds, running threw the tunes on pipes and having a look at the set up of the Sgt's. Mess. We were then free to have dinner and rest up until meeting at 2000hrs in the Band Block to get dressed and do a final tuning.

At 2100hrs we arrived at the Sgt's. Mess were we didn't have long to wait until we were on. We played two sets and as tradition after the 2nd set we were handed a dram of whiskey, and after the P/M toasted the President of the Mess we all drank, and to prove we had taken the entire dram we turned our cups upside down. As tradition also dictates we marched off to the Regimental quick march.

After the mess was over we meet all the SNCO's who were only to happy to make sure we always had a pint in either hand. We finally left the Sgt's. Mess at 0230.