Seeing an issue versus owning it I walked into a rehearsal session recently to talk through a problem any band should have caught long before it landed on a calendar. For weeks, we’d struggled with consistency . Tunes learned unevenly. Transitions rough. Tempo drifting. Everyone felt it on the floor, everyone heard it in the circle, and everyone knew rehearsal time kept slipping away without real progress. On paper, the explanation sounded simple: people weren’t preparing the

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wake and District Public Safety Pipes and Drums to Perform at National Police Week Honor Guard Tribute Reflecting Pool at the U.S. Capitol — Thursday, May 14, 2026 Raleigh, North Carolina —  Wake and District Public Safety Pipes and Drums will travel to Washington, DC in May 2026 to participate in the National Police Week Honor Guard Tribute  at the U.S. Capitol Reflecting Pool  on Thursday, May 14, 2026 . The performance will take place between approxim

Few experiences rival the sight and sound of a pipe band moving together. Crowds stop. Conversations fade. History arrives without introduction. Yet across North America, pursuit of instant results pulls talent from local bands, leaving culture thinner and communities quieter. Competition can reward excellence, but culture sustains it. When victories come without roots, tradition pays the price.

As Wake and District enters its twentieth year, we pause long enough to take stock—not to slow down, but to move forward with intention. Two decades of music, service, travel, competition, memorials, friendships, and shared purpose have shaped who we are. We carry pride in our past, gratitude for everyone who brought us here, and a clear responsibility for what comes next. Year twenty marks more than an anniversary. It marks a recommitment. We are introducing new music. We ar