Common Ground.
Throughout the years, the Wake and District Public Safety Foundation (Pipe Band) has cultivated a culture of respect, excellence,...
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Wake and District
- Apr 24, 2023
- 2 min
Stop practicing. Start rehearsing.
Does your band have practice or rehearsal? And did you even realize that there is a difference between the two? The difference is huge,...
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Wake and District
- Apr 18, 2023
- 4 min
Instruments of War.
Bud Hansen leads a group of USMC pipers with his drum, June 16th 1943. Northern Ireland There are various accounts of how the US Marines...
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Wake and District
- Mar 26, 2023
- 1 min
Serve the Moment.
Some pipers and drummers believe they deserve the respect of the public and their peers just because they have a kilt. These musicians...
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Wake and District
- Jan 22, 2023
- 3 min
From soup to nuts.
When you can no longer think of a reason to continue, you must think of a reason to start over. There’s a big difference between giving...
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Wake and District
- Jan 18, 2023
- 3 min
Think like a farmer.
Hey, pipe bands - think like a farmer. Grow your people with care and patience and always know that there will be good seasons and bad...
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Wake and District
- Dec 30, 2022
- 2 min
Where do you want to be?
Look around you. See the world that you are currently involved in. Think about this time last year. And likewise the world that you were...
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Wake and District
- Dec 28, 2022
- 3 min
Change, challenges, and triumphs.
As the bagpipes sounded the first notes of 2022, the Wake and District Pipe Band embarked on a journey that would be marked by change,...
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Wake and District
- Dec 24, 2022
- 2 min
A Consistent Drumbeat.
Well, this has been an unbelievable year – and we’re not quite done yet. As we’re navigating through these last few days -- I’ve got to...
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Wake and District
- Nov 24, 2022
- 2 min
Express Gratitude.
Today we celebrate Thanksgiving. Saturday we remember, President John F. Kennedy, who was laid to rest with a State funeral and full...
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Wake and District
- Nov 22, 2022
- 1 min
Good Enough.
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...
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Wake and District
- Nov 12, 2022
- 2 min
Raleigh; you should move here.
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...
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Wake and District
- Nov 10, 2022
- 2 min
Sacrifice.
November 11th — Veterans Day — we honor those who sacrificed of themselves so that a Nation could protect the sacred gift of freedom for...
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Wake and District
- Nov 9, 2022
- 2 min
Weathering Storms.
The Wake and District Pipe Band is thrilled to announce the appointment of Paul Landers as the new Pipe Major of its grade four...
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Wake and District
- Nov 2, 2022
- 3 min
Wake Widens Circle with Kelsey Barry
The accomplished North Carolina snare drummer Kelsey Barry is the new Drum Sergeant for the Grade 3 Wake and District Pipe Band.
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Wake and District
- Jul 24, 2022
- 5 min
Brotherhood.
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...
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Wake and District
- May 10, 2022
- 3 min
The best laid plans…
Congratulations to Sgt. Billy Schield of the Chicago Police Department on his retirement; 31 years of Vaudeville and a pension! We know...
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Wake and District
- Apr 19, 2022
- 1 min
Look up.
We bid a fond farewell to snare drummer Caleb Markowski, who is graduating from high school and flying off to Liberty University and ...
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Wake and District
- Apr 13, 2022
- 4 min
How to leave your mark.
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...
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Wake and District
- Apr 12, 2022
- 2 min
Change Direction.
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...
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