Farewell PC P&D party
Last weekend the folks from my band, Panama City Pipes & Drums, hosted a farewell party to get rid of me see me off. I had an awesome time. Like most of our parties, there was lots of awesome friends, great food, good drinks, and some fair music. While I am generally excited to be moving back to Canada, leaving these pipe band friends will be the hardest part of the move for me. I have had such a great time with these folks.
When the pipes and drums started playing my boys went crazy. They both spent a good amount of time with all of the instruments.
After our traditional jam session, being my last chance to lead the band, I was treated to the band's performance of a new tune: "David Brown's Farewell". Not only did the band play the new tune for me, they also sung the song for me. Ernie, one of our pipers and a very gifted musician, wrote the tune and lyrics. The tune is a 3/4 Retreat march and is very catchy (I couldn't get it out of my head all week long).
The band presented me with a framed copy of the music and a band photo. Also, I received the band traditional departure gift: a quaich (traditional Scottish two handled drinking bowl). We filled of the quaich with some good single malt and enjoyed a few good toasts.
I'm gonna miss these guys and gals.
