Piping on St. Patrick's Day

[OC Richard]

For many years I've charged $200 for a gig, whether it be a funeral, wedding, or what have you. That includes any gig up to an hour. If the gig runs over a few minutes I don't make a fuss over it.

I usually tack on an another $100 for each additional hour. So your three-hour gig would be a $300 gig for me.

I wouldn't myself do a three-hour gig on the big pipes. I do do a three-hour gig each St Patrick's Day, a laid-back house party where I sit in a corner and play uilleann pipes, Scottish Smallpipes, and various whistles. I even break out the big pipes a couple times.

About kilts on St Patrick's Day, it varies for me from year to year. There are years where I'm only doing uilleann gigs and I wear pants all day. There are years where I'm only doing GHB gigs and it's kilts all day. (I somewhat dislike playing the uilleann pipes in kilts, and playing the GHB in pants.)

Your proposed outfit sounds fine to me.