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The first stirrings of Haggis Rampant appeared in the fall of 2000. Steve was feeding his renfest habit while looking for places to practice on his somewhat loud instrument. Okay, extremely loud instrument. Happily, he met a renfest merchant who was looking for just such an attention-getting device to situate in front of his place of business. It was an ideal pairing, and Steve played his pipes at the last two and a half weekends of the inaugural Louisiana Renaissance Festival. Life was good.
But, apparently, it could get better. Pam, missing the companionship that her marriage vows had led her to expect, played her drum with Steve on the last day of the 2000 run, and, much to his chagrin, the show was so much improved that tips more than quadrupled.
Well, Steve may be deaf, but he is certainly no dummy. He immediately began pushing Pam to play more often, and offering to provide a drummer when people called for the bagpipes. And when the 2001 LRF came around, he contacted the faire and arranged to play the entire run.
And thus was Haggis Rampant born.....
But
it wasn't finished growing. Gillian, growing up with the sound of pipes,
decided she wanted to learn to play as well. Three years later, with a
lot of practice and a few competitions under her belt, she became part
of the group. Since then, she's demonstrated a talent for writing exquisite harmonies for the bagpipes, and the good-natured
father/daughter competitiveness, with Pam caught in the middle, makes them a fun group to watch.
For so long as 100 of us remain alive
We will not in any degree be subject to the rule of the English
For it is not for glory, riches or honour that we fight
But for liberty alone, which no good man loses, but with his life.
--- The Declaration of Arbroath, 1320
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