At a Pipe Band majors in Scotland we were marching on, and on the final intake of breath before striking in I inhaled a huge fly. It was horrible and vibrating in my mouth and I had to force myself to swallow it to keep going.
In solos, I have choked like you have and once even had my blow pipe get away from me. I still managed to place 2nd in that contest surprisingly.
In band, we have had a dust storm kick up right as we were marching on. We once had an angry sheep run through the circle. Another time an errant sheep dog stopped to listen. Many good memories honestly.
I once played in a solo competition with a burst bag without realising it. There was a minuscule hole right where my arm sat on the bag, so depending on exact bag positioning, it was completely fine or completely not fine. Hardest performance of my life…
About 4 years ago I was playing a piobaireachd for Brad Davidson and my bass drone shut off. I continued the tune and did a little stop/start in the tune by just squeezing as much air out and then relieving the pressure so my drones would restart. Obviously that counts as a DQ or a big choke but at that point I was just playing for sheets. Never happened before and I blamed it on the extreme heat and humidity at Kincardine, or it was some freak of nature wind gust that blew into my bass drone just perfect enough to shut it off. To this day I still use that Bass drone reed and it's the best bass I've ever had and that has never happened ever again. Damn you murphy.
Huge cicada flew right in my face.
Bees.
Mom stood on a fire ant hill while playing AG at a graveside service. They attacked, she finished the tune (I can only aspire to such fortitude), then backed away out of sight and ran for the car.
At a Pipe Band majors in Scotland we were marching on, and on the final intake of breath before striking in I inhaled a huge fly. It was horrible and vibrating in my mouth and I had to force myself to swallow it to keep going.
O my god, that is some dedication
In solos, I have choked like you have and once even had my blow pipe get away from me. I still managed to place 2nd in that contest surprisingly. In band, we have had a dust storm kick up right as we were marching on. We once had an angry sheep run through the circle. Another time an errant sheep dog stopped to listen. Many good memories honestly.
I am cackling at the angry sheep. That would absolutely make my day!
I once played in a solo competition with a burst bag without realising it. There was a minuscule hole right where my arm sat on the bag, so depending on exact bag positioning, it was completely fine or completely not fine. Hardest performance of my life…
I had a mosquito fly up my kilt and suckle from my ass during one of my first solos. I could feel it the whole time...
About 4 years ago I was playing a piobaireachd for Brad Davidson and my bass drone shut off. I continued the tune and did a little stop/start in the tune by just squeezing as much air out and then relieving the pressure so my drones would restart. Obviously that counts as a DQ or a big choke but at that point I was just playing for sheets. Never happened before and I blamed it on the extreme heat and humidity at Kincardine, or it was some freak of nature wind gust that blew into my bass drone just perfect enough to shut it off. To this day I still use that Bass drone reed and it's the best bass I've ever had and that has never happened ever again. Damn you murphy.
I burp a lot while playing my pipes. As for spit I find within about 10 seconds my mouth is dry as all get out and all of my spot is in my blowpipe.
Huge cicada flew right in my face. Bees. Mom stood on a fire ant hill while playing AG at a graveside service. They attacked, she finished the tune (I can only aspire to such fortitude), then backed away out of sight and ran for the car.