Playing Bagpipes is HARD!!

The title just about says it all.  A friend once burst out laughing when I played for him, saying that my face "got red all over."  It sure looks easy when the band is playing, but it's not.  I spent about a month blowing into a bag that WASN'T MAKING ANY NOISE!!!!!  In fact, the MPPB has a higher dropout rate then the Green Berets in the U.S. Army!  Am I quitting?  No way!  (At least, not after I forked out a LOT of money to get those bagpipes.)  However, the initial cost is cheap.  Lessons are free, and the practice chanter (see below) is only $60.  So join a bagpipe band today, and make the world that much more Scottish!!