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Prime Day :)
Did you know Amazon donates 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to the charitable organization of your choice...

Wake and District
Oct 12, 20201 min read
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Traditions Never Stop.
Firefighters from across the United States of America (including members of Wake and District) will gather together this weekend at...

Wake and District
Oct 2, 20203 min read
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Merely Grateful.
Listening to pipe bands across social media playing Amazing Grace during the COVID crisis should cause us all to stop, listen and look...

Wake and District
Oct 2, 20201 min read
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As one.
We wouldn’t even think about trying to compete with a fireworks display, especially on the Fourth of July. So instead – we will reflect...

Wake and District
Jul 2, 20205 min read
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Sound Observations.
Sharing some sound observations from Dalton Marshall on using Zoom Video Communications for mobile pipe band practice sessions... We've...

Wake and District
Jun 11, 20202 min read
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Looking Back.
June 8th marks our 14 year anniversary as an organization; we’ve come so far since our initial meeting and our first year together. Over...

Wake and District
Jun 7, 20203 min read
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Virtual (mini) Band Contest.
We’re all painfully processing the traditional pipe band season being shuttered. This doesn’t mean we can’t continue to make music. As...

Wake and District
Jun 6, 20202 min read
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Why Balmoral?
Why do public safety pipe bands play the tune Balmoral to honor their fallen comrades? In asking this question it is important to...

Wake and District
Jun 1, 20202 min read
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Kneel Where Our Loves are Sleeping.
Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation’s service. There are many...

Wake and District
May 21, 20207 min read
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See the forest for the trees.
Good Timber, by Douglas Malloch — what a great poem with an awesome reminder that although it is never fun to go through hard things, its...

Wake and District
May 9, 20201 min read
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Because. Mom.
This weekend we will be celebrating Mother’s Day. It’s a time we all take a moment to think about all the things our Mothers do for us in...

Wake and District
May 6, 20204 min read
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(re) begin
From LifeHack.org (by CATHERINE ALFORD) — We all know Henry Ford best for founding the world-renowned Ford Motor Company and transforming...

Wake and District
May 5, 20203 min read
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Wake and District
Apr 16, 20201 min read
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Amazed by Grace.
Listening to pipe bands across social media playing Amazing Grace during the COVID crisis should cause us all to stop, listen and look...

Wake and District
Apr 14, 20201 min read
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Grace under pressure.
The phrase “grace under pressure” first gained notoriety when Ernest Hemingway used it in a profile piece written by Dorothy Parker....

Wake and District
Apr 12, 20201 min read
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The Big Rab Show: the 5 whats
Massive thanks to The Big Rab Show for running this series of “5 What’s” and including our wee band from Raleigh, North Carolina 🇺🇸 in...

Wake and District
Apr 12, 20203 min read
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Play "as if".
Andrew Hoinacki of ar2|drumming is the finest example of how a instructor should operate. His instruction was instrumental keeping Wake &...

Wake and District
Apr 4, 20202 min read
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The toughest part.
On Friday, 11 September 2015 members of Wake and District had the great honor to joyfully fill the air with the sounds of the bagpipes...

Wake and District
Mar 31, 20202 min read
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Memorization.
Sharing from our Senior Pipe Major, Ken McKeveny: Did a bit of research on how to memorize tunes and scrubbed out some things that...

Wake and District
Mar 10, 20208 min read
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First Sergeant Joe Bright (NCSHP RET)
When a good cop leaves the ‘job’ and retires to a better life, many are jealous, some are pleased and yet others who may have already...

Wake and District
Feb 9, 20202 min read
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