St. Laurence O'Toole Pipe Band Concert at Carnegie Music Hall in Pittsburgh, PA.

This is the finale for the concert with piper James Quirke singing an old Irish folk song, The Auld Triangle.

Bonnie and I had great seats in the balconey. Front row and next to the aisle. We had lot's of fun and had lunch AND dinner at the Union Grille, about a block from the Music Hall. They have the best Butternut Squash Soup. If you're in Pittsburgh, give the Union grill a try. It's near the Pitt campus and off of Forbes Avenue.

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Emily and Sue, I hope you don't get home sick when you see this. Our first snowfall this winter on 12-5-2007. Accumulation of about 3". You can see my neighbor Dave in the background, shoveling his driveway. I cleaned my car and drove to the toy store (for Big Will), not because I had to, but because I wanted to. Retirement is fun.

William Vaughn Mathews with his Great Grandpa, Clyde William Strother. There have been 16 Williams (either first or middle name) in the Strother family, since William Strother was born in 1298. Vaughn is Jesse's father's first name. William Vaughn has a nice regal ring to it, don't you think?

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Bonnie having fun with a Cape Breton reel on the practice chanter. Reels are tunes in cut common time or 2/2, and played pretty round. The reel has two accents (or pulses) to the bar. Check it out yourself. But, if you aren't tapping your foot, you better check your pulse to see if you're still alive. Follow along with Bonnie, she's very musical.

During a basketball timeout in the 14,000 seat WVU Coliseum, the cheerleaders dance to "That Good Ol' Mountain Dew". The Mountaineers were playing Winthrop and won the game, 70-53. WVU has an alumnus as the head coach in Bob Huggins. West Virginia's mens basketball team is now 7-1.

Scottish bell ringers at the Ligonier Highland Games in Pennsylvania. My first time experiencing this type of music and found it very enjoyable.