I will say this as a bit of counter-point...we paid a piper $150.00 to do a wedding. We had a list of tunes that were to accompany each part of the ceremony. We placed the piper such that the piper had a bird's eye view of the ceremony.

Yet, except for the opening tune, almost none of the rest came on their proper time cue. If they had just been played in sequence it would have turned out better than it did. I ended up having to shout the title of the next song to the piper...even having to interrupt and correct the piper...to make sure it came out right.

Additionally, the piper wore ratty old tennis shoes, a funky sweater, no piper's sporran and not even a Glengarry.

To be fair, it was verra cold that day so perhaps the sweater was reasonable. But I was so disappointed I did not offer the customary dram. And I would not use that piper again.

What's done is done, I suppose, but if the wedding was perhaps not spoiled, it was certainly marred by both the appearance and the performance of someone who represented themself as a professional...and, who surely got paid like a professional.