Manure And Music

Cleaning the stalls is a daily task whether steaming hot or freezing cold. Its best to just get it done first thing after the animals are out, otherwise later it becomes work. If you do this, you know what I mean. Putting it off makes it worse. What's funny, and interesting is the short list of tunes that play in my head, and sometimes I find them playing out loud. I will be slogging damp manure and catch myself humming away.

My top two? A couple of classics: Ode to Joy and Yellow Submarine. They just start playing to the rhythm of the work.

Does this happen to you? What are your "work" songs, or am I the only one that has Beethoven and the Beatles appear when I work?

Seton Hill University Pipe Band

Kilts were the fashion this afternoon in Ligonier, although I thought it was a bit hot for wool. A good little crowd came out to listen to Scottish bag pipes on the Diamond.The new paint on the bandstand roof looked great in the September sun.The Scots came out in their best. This was the week-end of the Laurel Highlands Games at Idlewild Park, and the kilts and plaids were out.The Seton Hill Pipe Band played a variety of pieces from somber to marching tunes.Yes - they did Amazing Grace. Does anyone not get emotional when they hear it?There were some toe tappers, and I wished we had someone to dancing to them.SEE VIDEO OF SETON HILL UNIVERSITY PIPE BAND IN LIGONIER, PA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PELRuGEXAJ4