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The Library will become the main repository of all lessons, music and articles as they are removed from the Classroom. All lessons from the start in 2006 to the present are available on CD through the Captain's Corner Store. The cost is $25 per year plus postage for all subscribers who wish to expand their lesson base year by year. The CD's are also available for non-subscribers for the annual subscription fee of $52. A sample for 2006 is listed below. To order, please click on the Captain's Corner Store.

2006 - The Complete Year Archived

  Over 260 Files for Download

1. January 1, 2006     Doubling Drill, Nona and Francis Gandy

2. January 9, 2006     Grace Note Exercise, George Campbell's Piping Centre

3. January 16, 2006   March and Strathspey Rhythms, Karen's Big Adventure

   4. January 23, 2006   Tachum Tune Part 2, Strathspey Rhythms, Jennifer Finlayson

5. January 30, 2006   Tachum Tune Part 3, Control Exercise, Flett from Flotta

6. February 7, 2006   Tachum Tune, Jig Rhythms, Jim McBay's Welcome

   7. February 13, 2006 Tachum Tune, Jig Rhythms II, Ewe with the Crooked Horn

8. February 20, 2006 Tachum Tune, Jig Rhythms III, Captain Archibald Leslie's

9. February 27, 2006  Tachum Tune, Reel Rhythms, At Long Last

10. March 7, 2006       The Tachum Challenge, Down the Yukon by Rai Behnert

11. March 13, 2006      The Grip Part 1, We're OK Jig

12. March 20, 2006      The Grip Part 2, The Crusaders' March

13. March 27, 2006      Grip Tune from Jim McGillivray, La Baum

14. April 3, 2006           G,D Grace Notes, Sarah's Lilt

15. April 10, 2006         The Drummond Castle Laundry Polka

16. April 17, 2006         Grips to Taorluaths , Carl Manson's Welcome to Auckland

17. April 24, 2006         A Taorluath Tune, A Breton Tune

18. May 1, 2006           Taorluath Rhythms, J.P. Pichard

19. May 8, 2006           The Monotone, Leaving Port Askaig

20. June 5, 2006           Reel Rhythms, The Reel King

21. June 12, 2006         Further reel Rhythms, Tail Toddle

22. June 19, 2006         Sarah's Song by Phil Cunningham

23. July 15, 2006          Hair o the Dog

24. July 31, 2006          Pepper Mill Jig

25. Sept. 13, 2006        Intro to the Birl, Fair Mary

26. Sept. 20, 2006        Birl, Figure 7, John MacColl's March to Kilbowie Cottage

27. Sept. 27, 2006        Birl, Tap-Drag, Leaving Lismore with Ashley MacLeod

28. October 4, 2006     Birl Drill, Andrew Warnock

29. October 11, 2006   Strike Exercise, Glasgow Week in Hamburg

30. October 18, 2006   Top Hand Exercises, Tune Specific Drills

31. October 25, 2006    MacLeod of Mull

32. Nov. 1, 2006           Shakes

33. Nov. 8, 2006           Pyramid Drilling

34. Nov. 15, 2006         Jimmy's Tune

35. Nov. 22, 2006        Raglan Road

36. Nov. 29, 2006         The GDE Rhythm

37. Dec. 6, 2006           Corkhill

38. Dec. 13, 2006         Rhythm in Simple Time

39. Dec. 20, 2006         Pulse Lines and Rhythmic Phrasing

40. Dec. 27, 2006         Donald Maclean's Farewell to Oban