{"id":7614,"date":"2014-04-02T00:01:17","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T05:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=7614"},"modified":"2014-03-15T07:10:37","modified_gmt":"2014-03-15T12:10:37","slug":"atozchallenge-b-blackberry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=7614","title":{"rendered":"#AtoZChallenge &#8211; B is for Bagpipes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Bagpipes<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/bagpipes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4578\" alt=\"bagpipes\" src=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/bagpipes.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some people relate the skirl of the pipes to that of a cat (or a roomful) yowling after having its\/their tails squashed under the rocker of a rocking chair. Not me. I love the sound. Maybe it&#8217;s just my Scottish heritage and its importance to me.<\/p>\n<p>Shhh&#8230; don&#8217;t tell anyone but I have my own set of bagpipes and took piping lessons. Fortunately, for the neighbours my pipes are languishing in their box in the basement where the conditions keep them from drying out. I have to admit never being able to get the squeeze the bag, blow in the mouthpiece coordination down.<\/p>\n<p>Did you know that the bagpipes have their own holiday? July 27 is Bagpipe Appreciation Day.<\/p>\n<p>Have you heard of the <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Red Hot Chilli Pipers<\/strong><\/span>? I bet most of you haven&#8217;t. You can check them out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redhotchillipipers.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And here they are on YouTube performing their cover of Avicii&#8217;s Wake me Up among other tunes. Enjoy.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t5DVhoel7AA\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bagpipes Some people relate the skirl of the pipes to that of a cat (or a roomful) yowling after having its\/their tails squashed under the rocker of a rocking chair. Not me. I love the sound. Maybe it&#8217;s just my Scottish heritage and its importance to me. Shhh&#8230; don&#8217;t tell anyone but I have my &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=7614\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">#AtoZChallenge &#8211; B is for Bagpipes<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,181],"tags":[1070,1034,1041,1003],"class_list":["post-7614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-atozchallenge","category-bagpipes","tag-atozchallenge","tag-bagpipes","tag-music","tag-scotland"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>#AtoZChallenge - B is for Bagpipes - Celtic Connexions<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Like them or hate them, the bagpipes are an intregal part of the Scottish culture. 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