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Wake and District
Jul 31, 20192 min read
WAKE UP...
What if we were to all wake up each morning with an: I CAN, I WILL, I DO attitude? Can you even begin to imagine the incredible things we...
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Wake and District
Jul 28, 20192 min read
The things we sacrifice.
Sacrifice – the act of giving up something valued for the sake of something else regarded as more important or worthy. Sacrificing isn’t...
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Wake and District
Jul 23, 201910 min read
Practice.
Our Grade 3 ensemble is spending the weekend rehearsing in preparation for the Glengarry Highland Games and The Montreal Highland Games &...
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Wake and District
Jul 23, 201910 min read
Don’t fail.
In addition to preparing for our Burns night concert in January 2025, our members are making ready for fall competitions including the...
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Wake and District
Jul 21, 20193 min read
Captain Norman Orr Ewing
We're learning the tune, Captain Norman Orr Ewing for our Grade 4 MSR. Whenever we learn new tunes, we like to share the story behind...
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Wake and District
Jul 10, 20191 min read
Grand time. Rain or shine.
This weekend marks the spectacle of the 64th Annual Grandfather Mountain Highland Games at MacRae Meadows on Grandfather Mountain near...
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Wake and District
Jun 30, 20192 min read
Continuous Efforts.
Plenty of success quotes are absolutely immortal and have stood the test of time, bringing their helpful advice to the present, should we...
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Wake and District
Jun 16, 20196 min read
Life is a competition.
Life hack (by Greg “RU Twisted” Drobny — from www.unapologeticallyamerican.com)! I’ve seen a lot of those lately—from brewing the best...
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Wake and District
Jun 2, 20197 min read
Roll-call of honor.
President Ronald Reagan – June 6, 1984 — We’re here to mark that day in history when the Allied armies joined in battle to reclaim this...
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Wake and District
May 23, 20193 min read
Roll and repeat?
Members of Wake and District are hitting the road this holiday weekend to Greenville, SC for Gallabrae presented by the Greenville...
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Wake and District
May 23, 20195 min read
Remembrance.
"We cherish too, the Poppy red that grows on fields where valor led, it seems to signal to the skies that blood of heroes never dies." --...
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Wake and District
May 12, 20193 min read
Thanks mom.
All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” - Abraham Lincoln Today we are celebrating Mother’s Day. It’s a time we all take...
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Wake and District
May 9, 20191 min read
Wherever you go.
It is with a heavy heart we bid a fond farewell to piper Alex Lumsden, who is graduating from North Carolina State University and...
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Wake and District
May 2, 20192 min read
Humble and Kind.
Sharing the note below from our Drum Major, Jason Lane who was officially promoted to Captain of the Raleigh Fire Department during a...
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Wake and District
Apr 28, 20192 min read
Hard work.
Hard work. Members of Wake and District preach a lot about hard work. Always posting about it and writing about. A lot of people work...
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Wake and District
Apr 19, 20194 min read
Because. Pipe Band.
Being in a pipe band is weird. Those of us playing the bagpipes have elected to play, arguably, the world’s most cantankerous...
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Wake and District
Apr 15, 20192 min read
The details.
"To create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focused on the smallest detail.” –Giorgio Armani There is something...
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Wake and District
Apr 5, 20192 min read
A noble pursuit.
The accolades continue to role in for Alan Armstrong’s book A Noble Pursuit: The Life, Letters and Works of Pipe Major John Grant. Dr....
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Wake and District
Mar 28, 20192 min read
It’s worth it.
7 years ago I took this photo of Dalton Marshall in the Laurinburg Harris Teeter. It was the first year we became friends and started...
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Wake and District
Mar 25, 20193 min read
Coming up short.
“Always look at other musicians as inspiration. Never as competition.” — These words got us to thinking… We all do it or have done it at...
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