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Wake and District
- Dec 7, 2018
- 2 min
It matters.
Ear training is something that we have been working on as a band more than you are probably aware. Whenever we sing something together, ...
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Wake and District
- Dec 5, 2018
- 2 min
RFD 43.
The Wake & District Public Safety Pipe Band is honored to be participating in the graduation ceremony for the Raleigh Fire Department’s...
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Wake and District
- Nov 26, 2018
- 1 min
Fortunate.
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 ...
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Wake and District
- Nov 22, 2018
- 2 min
Words.
Today we celebrate Thanksgiving. This weekend 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, 2018
- 1 min
True to the line.
In 1825, George Washington Doane, Bishop of New Jersey, wrote a poem entitled What Is That, Mother?, which included this verse: What is t...
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Wake and District
- Nov 21, 2018
- 1 min
Smile.
Did you know Amazon donates 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to the charitable organization of your choice includ...
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Wake and District
- Nov 9, 2018
- 4 min
Effort.
“It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done bett...
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Wake and District
- Oct 29, 2018
- 6 min
Upright Zeal.
Members of Wake and District are hitting the road this weekend to Mt. Pleasant, SC for the 47th Annual Charleston Scottish Games being h...
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Wake and District
- Oct 22, 2018
- 2 min
Armistice.
Former poet laureate Andrew Motion drew inspiration from personal inscriptions to write Armistice. Armistice by Andrew Motion Now one tho...
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Wake and District
- Oct 18, 2018
- 1 min
Listen.
The most dangerous phrase in the language is “we’ve always done it this way.” This is from Rear Admiral Grace Hopper, we champion this...
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Wake and District
- Oct 10, 2018
- 2 min
Judged.
In response to some questions from outside the pipe band circle, we thought it might be helpful/interesting to provide some information o...
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Wake and District
- Sep 26, 2018
- 2 min
4 Letter Words.
Jeffrey Gitomer said “Change is not a four letter word…but often your reaction to it is!” Change is scary..it’s trading the known for t...
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Wake and District
- Sep 23, 2018
- 9 min
Focused
Members of Wake and District are preparing for the next round of competitions which start the weekend of October 6th in Scotland County...
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Wake and District
- Sep 19, 2018
- 5 min
No.
One of my biggest weaknesses in this life is being able to say “no” when someone needs me. I struggle when I see any situation where I ...
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Wake and District
- Aug 10, 2018
- 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 w...
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Wake and District
- Aug 4, 2018
- 2 min
Joy.
"In all of living, have much of fun and laughter. Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured." –Gordon B. Hinckley What an important remin...
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Wake and District
- Aug 3, 2018
- 3 min
From now on.
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 givin...
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