Sinextresstri The Dreaded Piper

Losing my faith in humanity one person at a time since 1975
"ADF - Ya might F***in' learn something"
Ian Corrigan
This is the the Sonoran Sunrise Grove - Ár nDraíocht Féin: A Druid Fellowship (ADF) in Tucson, AZ, Blessing Rite from January, 2007. While not a High Day rite, it follows the Core Order of Ritual to a great degree and includes some Praise Offerings. It was performed in the Irish Celtic hearth culture and filmed over the course of a single day.
It has been broken into seven segments of approximately 5-6 minutes each this is only the first one.
"Who knows what you have spoken to the darkness, alone, in the bitter watches of the night, when all your life seems to shrink, the walls of your bower closing in about you, a hutch to trammel some wild thing in? So fair, yet so cold like a morning of pale Spring still clinging to Winter's chill."
Wormtongue LOTR the Two Towers
"Out of doubt, out of dark to the day's rising I came singing in the sun, sword unsheathing. To hope's end I rode and to heart's breaking: Now for wrath, now for ruin and a red nightfall!"
Return of the King JRR Tolkien, page 858
Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: [as Herger offers a mead horn] I can taste neither the fermentation of grape, nor of wheat.
[Herger laughs]
Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: What? Why do you laugh?
Herger the Joyous: [laughing, and handing over the horn] HONEY! It's made from honey!
13th Warrior
Twelve clansmen and one bagpipe make a rebellion.
Sir Walter Scott
If thy neighbor offend thee, give each of his children bagpipes...
Scottish proverb
Boxty on the griddle, boxty on the pan; If you can't make boxty, you'll never get a man...
Now on to stuff about moi...
Where to begin? First off I hate these things. I always end up saying stuff, and then forgetting other cool stuff that I would have liked to put in here.
Ugh I wish my life was so boring anymore! I can't even get a mintue to stand still and breath. I am Senior Druid of Grove of the Rising Phoenix-ADF. I often ask myself how did I end up being the leader of the Grove? I don't know how it happend, but here I am, it has been a wonderful adventure!
I play the Great Highland Bagpipes... Much to the annoyance of my neighbors I'm sure. I have been told they can hear ol' Angus (my pipes) blocks away. I've even had fellow pipers show up on my door step after tracking me via my playing! If you would like to hear me playing, click HERE and if you like what you hear, "friend" that profile there will be more tunes...
I also am involved in the Irish and Scottish communites, attending events and volunteering. It's really pretty fun, though some times I feel like the only "young person." Not that many people my age in those organizations.
Other than that I ride my horse, and read about Celts, Druids and Vikings. I also play D&D every Sunday... and World of War Craft off and on... I guess that makes me a nerd?
I also like checking out the local music scene, a couple of my favorite bands are Daughters of Fission and The Strand. I would love to find a cool Celtic Band along the line of the Kildares from Arizona, but alas my search has been fruitless.
Other than the above stuff, I have a bizzare love for German bands... Seriously, my family teases me all the time about it. Funny thing is, I don't speak German, I only know a few German words. I probably know much more Spanish and Gaelic than German.
Well, that's about it, congrats that you made it this far.
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