#RaiseOurCups
Join Wake and District Saturday, December 7th @ 7p as we celebrate another amazing year of making music — while recognizing our members...
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Wake and District
- Nov 16, 2019
- 2 min
Are you happy?
“Learn to be satisfied. It is just as easy as being dissatisfied – and much more pleasant.” – Jacob de Jager We spend too much of our...
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Wake and District
- Nov 8, 2019
- 1 min
Forever grateful.
It has been often said that without our veterans, Americans would be speaking Russian, German, Japanese, or perhaps Arabic. Regardless of...
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Wake and District
- Nov 3, 2019
- 2 min
We close ranks...
Sharing from Amy Rees-Anderson: The other night I was watching a show about a Navy SEAL Team. Seeing the way the team has each others...
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Wake and District
- Oct 30, 2019
- 2 min
Slán abhaile.
If you were asked what you did on any given day three weeks ago would you be able to remember without going back and checking your...
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Wake and District
- Oct 24, 2019
- 1 min
NCSHP 149th Basic School.
On Thursday, 24 October 2019– members of Wake & District had the honor to play the pipes|drums for the recruits of the 149th Class of the...
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Wake and District
- Oct 22, 2019
- 4 min
Culture.
This is a provoking piece from Amy Rees-Anderson; Passive-Aggressive Behavior Will Destroy a Company’s Culture. While it was written for...
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Wake and District
- Oct 20, 2019
- 2 min
Set the tone for success.
We are leaning on some legacy lessons from our friends at RangerUp for this post... Hard work. Members of Wake and District preach a...
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Wake and District
- Oct 18, 2019
- 2 min
Tomorrow.
How do we stack up? It’s a question we seem to constantly ask ourselves. Our brains, hands and hearts want to know how we are measuring...
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Wake and District
- Oct 9, 2019
- 2 min
Always there.
Some 10 years ago long time member Alan Armstrong penned two tunes for the band -- and we wanted to share them again with all of our...
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Wake and District
- Oct 8, 2019
- 1 min
Heraldry.
Did you know...Wake and District has a Coat of Arms? It was designed and registered by alumni band member Dale Challener Roe in 2012...
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Wake and District
- Oct 1, 2019
- 2 min
Music brings us together.
Firefighters from across the United States of America (including members of Wake and District) will gather together this weekend at...
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Wake and District
- Sep 30, 2019
- 2 min
Living a life of honor.
Winning. It’s something everyone wants because let’s face it, it is far more fun to win than it is to lose. But there is something which...
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Wake and District
- Sep 29, 2019
- 3 min
Insanity?
What does it mean to be committed to something, whether to a person, a cause, a project, a government, a job, or pipe band? It’s funny...
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Wake and District
- Sep 17, 2019
- 1 min
600 year old butt song?
We now have a pretty good idea of what hell sounds like, thanks to medieval sheet music painted on a sinner’s butt. This original...
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Wake and District
- Sep 17, 2019
- 7 min
Why we do, what we do.
On our personal journey, we all seek understanding, meaning, wisdom and knowledge. We want to know why we’re here. We crave purpose. For...
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Wake and District
- Sep 16, 2019
- 2 min
Making Time.
“Commitment is what transforms a promise into a reality. It is the words that speak boldly of your intentions, and the actions that speak...
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Wake and District
- Sep 16, 2019
- 1 min
Teachable Spirit.
We all get corrected. Looking back on my life, the correction almost always came from someone who cared about me. We have choices on how...
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Wake and District
- Sep 13, 2019
- 2 min
Talent or attitude?
Seth Godin has said, “It’s not really a search for talent. It’s a search for attitude. There are a few jobs where straight up skills are...
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Wake and District
- Sep 10, 2019
- 1 min
A privileged gesture of trust.
Tomorrow, the sun will rise over New York City. Tomorrow, the sun will rise over this country we love, this special place, this state...
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