Lovely thread! For your entertainment (or not), because of our heritage, and because our future son-in-law was from the UK, we hired a bagpiper for the backyard wedding. I asked if he could play God save the Queen. He did have a Scottish accent, even though we're deep in the Midwest, but I could never have anticipated what was to follow. He played a few notes, then stopped and said he couldn't do it. He was absolutely not having it and explained to me with great animation why that was. He then let the air out of his bladder and stomped off without a further word. I did manage to get another bagpiper, but it took me awhile and he was only 17 years old. Every other one I contacted said something along the lines of "I don't think so", and then the phone would go dead. There's a very strong Irish thread in our family, which I was willing to set aside to honor my future SIL and his family. However, my uncle was not happy, and turned the air blue when he found out my daughter's intended was from the UK. I'm not kidding. He did settle down in the end.