Today we celebrate Thanksgiving. Saturday we remember, President John F. Kennedy, who was laid to rest with a State funeral and full...

Most people don’t go after what they really want. Why? Because they’re stuck in a good-enough trap. Somewhere along the way, we start to...

Money has ranked Raleigh No. 4 in their annual list of 50 Best Places to Live in the U.S. for 2023. The annual ranking looks at economic...

November 11th — Veterans Day —  we honor those who sacrificed of themselves so that a Nation could protect the sacred gift of freedom for...

The Wake and District Pipe Band is thrilled to announce the appointment of Paul Landers as the new Pipe Major of its grade four...

The accomplished North Carolina snare drummer Kelsey Barry is the new Drum Sergeant for the Grade 3 Wake and District Pipe Band.

This is a great article written by Samson J. De Sessa and posted to the Fire Engineering website on 01/03/2013. Readers of the following...

Congratulations to Sgt. Billy Schield of the Chicago Police Department on his retirement; 31 years of Vaudeville and a pension! We know...

We bid a fond farewell to snare drummer Caleb Markowski, who is graduating from high school and flying off to Liberty University and ...

Joe Toscano and I worked at Incarnation summer camp in Connecticut a few decades ago. Joe went on to become an extremely loving father of...

Life is all about turning points. Some people don’t embrace them, because they fear change – but over more than 30 years in pipe band...

First and foremost I want to say thank you and that I was proud to be with each and everyone of you at everything we did this St....

Being in a pipe band is weird. Those of us playing the bagpipes have elected to play, arguably, the world’s most cantankerous...

Very few people have everything they want. True, some may have a lot more than others, but the vast majority of us have hopes that have...

“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” ~ Maya Angelou Can you remember what it was like? ...

On Monday, January 3, 2022 the members of Wake and District gathered virtually as we held our annual general meeting -- looking back at...

With some momentum from 2020...we hoped for significant changes in 2021. Sadly, the changes didn't quite come to fruition. While we made...

As we celebrated through our 15th year, we took a look at the traditions of Wake and District. It all began with small group of...

Today is Boxing Day; a holiday celebrated after Christmas Day, occurring on the second or third day of Christmastide. Though it...

On Saturday, 20 NOV 2021 the band held a Dining-Out in honor of our 15th Anniversary of making music together. As part of our...