Leo, Roving Reporter
Report from: The music room
Story filed: Bagpipes
Hi there. Last Sunday I was asked to play bagpipes at Abercrombie House for a guest lunch they were doing. The playing went well, it was all over pretty quickly. I walked in and played some tunes then left. I couldn't stick around as I had go back to work straight after the performance. I haven't been to Abercrombie House, Bathurst for some time, and I forget just how amazing that place is. For those of you that don't know about Abercrombie House, but I'm sure most of you do, it's a really big mansion that dates back to the 1870's built by the Stewart family. It has beautiful stone and brick work with an interior decorated with ornate wood work accompanied by lush green gardens around the house. It was built on top of a hill with surrounding paddocks, with the original workshop further down the hill. The wonderful Mr Morgan, the owner of the house, puts on these events like the Scottish Luncheon I played at. He also has a really nice collection of old cars down by the old workshop just to the right of the front drive. There is a mix of lovely vintage 1930s Rolls Royces and Bentleys, all a little bit rusty and probably don't drive but still absolutely gorgeous. I enjoyed the gig, it was good pipe practice and I was happy to see Abercrombie House again after going there (and writing a column about my visit) when I was a kid. Hopefully I will get invited back to play bagpipes again soon.
Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter
