Sigh.....something is truly missing......

[Laird Fraser of Lovatt]

I'm surprised that there isn't any independant pipers wandering around, playing.


*Call out the Black Watch Rejects!*

[SirRichardBear]

We had a piper for Parade opening Sat.  Hope we have others over the season.

[Queen Bonnie]

 That is what I need! A piper to follow me around faire!  Single laddie with bonny knees would be nice too! LOL!

[Lady Kett]

I sent an online note gently whimpering about not having bagpipes and how I hope it isn't permanent.

Go to the website...hover over the "About us" tab and there's a "contact us" screen.

Go send your note!

[MacKee]

Aye lass, I contacted them when I first heard about The Rogues months ago. The fact is that Scarborough management blames it on The Rogues. There are a hundred reasons why pipers should be there...for one something feels amiss...it is just not the same, hence why we left Sunday instead of going into fair. But, you would think that because of the number of scots and the roll they play at Scarborough that management would had enough comman sense to maybe contact The Rogues instead of letting the deadline pass.

So, the ball was dropped....call the Black Watch Rejects!!!

[Al-Nimer]

There will be a different piper this weekend.  He goes by malonepiper on here.

[Gauwyn of Bracknell]

Aye lass, I contacted them when I first heard about The Rogues months ago. The fact is that Scarborough management blames it on The Rogues. There are a hundred reasons why pipers should be there...for one something feels amiss...it is just not the same, hence why we left Sunday instead of going into fair. But, you would think that because of the number of scots and the roll they play at Scarborough that management would had enough comman sense to maybe contact The Rogues instead of letting the deadline pass.

So, the ball was dropped....call the Black Watch Rejects!!!

We really like the Rogues, but there are other pipe bands out there.  Seems like someone dropped the stone on this one 

[lys1022]

I love pipers like anyone else, but really, there is a lot more to the Festival than one act.  Take the opportunity to get to see some of the other shows you may never have gotten to go to.  Find something new this year.  You can let the fact that they're not there ruin it for you, or you can take it as an opportunity to find yet another thing to love about the festival.

As for who dropped the ball, does it really matter?  He says, She says, They say, It says...pointing fingers and calling blame really doesn't do anything positive.  What IS positive is dropping a POLITE note to management stating that you really missed the sounds of the pipes this year and look forward to hearing them again next year when everything is worked out.

Just sayin...

[Bonny Pearl]

I love pipers like anyone else, but really, there is a lot more to the Festival than one act.  Take the opportunity to get to see some of the other shows you may never have gotten to go to.  Find something new this year.  You can let the fact that they're not there ruin it for you, or you can take it as an opportunity to find yet another thing to love about the festival.

As for who dropped the ball, does it really matter?  He says, She says, They say, It says...pointing fingers and calling blame really doesn't do anything positive.  What IS positive is dropping a POLITE note to management stating that you really missed the sounds of the pipes this year and look forward to hearing them again next year when everything is worked out.

Just sayin...

This thread is an observation.

The faire is too quiet.  I don't sit and watch every performance of the Rogues; or Tartanic while at TRF.  Your statement makes it sound as if that is all I or any of us who enjoy this particular act go watch while at faire.  I personally enjoy hearing the music in the background while strolling the lanes, etc.  In my opinion the faire this year does not have as much of a festive feel.

As for people expressing their thoughts on who erred on this, that is their prerogative.  If people keep quiet about things then nothing corrects the disappointment that some here have expressed.  It has already been mentioned on here a couple of times about contacting the people who schedule entertainment.  So that is not a new suggestion.

I don't recall anyone saying that the lack of bagpipes 'ruined' their faire experience, but I could be wrong.  Your post didn't 'do anything positive' either.

[lys1022]

Bonny:

I apologize if I said something that was taken as an attack of some kind.   That's not how it was meant, and it's not the kind of person I am.

I stand by my statements, though, and re-iterate again that it really doesn't matter who dropped the ball and who didn't.  I also re-state that the best way to correct it is not to post here, but to drop a polite note to management expressing disappointment in the lack of pipes and the hope that there will be some next year.  There are many ways to do so, such as through the website, comment cards, and snail mail.

Faire management has, in the past, been very positive in their responses to patron feedback.  But they can't fix something that they don't know is broken.  If people do not let management know how the lack of pipes has thrown off the feel of the festival for them, then management will have every right to assume that, no matter what the cause, the outcome was that people didn't care that there weren't pipes.

I never said not to express opinions or disappointment, but rather to make that expression take a form that might actually change things.

Have a nice night.

[angusmacinnes]

I told the kid that did the exit interview on the first weekend about this.

[Ryk Rakham]

I told the kid that did the exit interview on the first weekend about this.

Several folks did contact them BEFORE the season even started. I'm sure they'll fix it next season, and we've enjoyed many great new acts and acts of old (p.s. not enough has been mentioned about Mikael the Mime having left us, we loved him). But, as Bonny said, you just miss those wonderful sounds piping up from lower Pecan Grove. So, pleasant messages and conversations have occurred, I bet there are pipes at Scarby next year and we shall all somehow muddle through this year.

Lys is right, don't matter who dropped the ball........unless the other team recovers the fumble. I have no idea what that has to do with anything!! lol

[Bonny Pearl]

Lys,

No worries.  In the end, it is up to the faire to decide what acts they will have during any given season.  This thread was not started to correct a problem as this forum is not officially linked to any faire as far as I know.  Like I said, it started as an observation and has been discussed from there.

Everyone on here expresses their enjoyment of faire and sometimes their dissapointment of an event, etc.  With the good, comes the not so good.

[Laird Fraser of Lovatt]

I could take up the pipes... may sound like someone running over a hundred tomcats with a golf cart but it would be pipes.   

[DonaCatalina]

I could take up the pipes... may sound like someone running over a hundred tomcats with a golf cart but it would be pipes.   

I've heard this joke before:
And that would be different, how?