Leading others is a privilege.
Sharing from the NCDPS: The State Highway Patrol honored 55 sworn and 11 civilian members yesterday during a promotional ceremony held...
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Wake and District
Feb 20, 20192 min read
#PipeBandProblems
You may not have caused this problem yourself, but it is your job to do something about it, especially when you hold any kind of a...
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Wake and District
Feb 14, 20191 min read
Music = Culture
“What we found is that people who have worked together for 10 or 15 years can learn new things about their coworkers through music,...
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Wake and District
Feb 14, 20191 min read
We LOVE this band.
St. Valentine’s Day began as a liturgical celebration of one or more early Christian saints named Valentinus. Several martyrdom stories...
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Wake and District
Feb 13, 20192 min read
The Multiplier Effect.
If you haven’t heard of The Piano Guys before then let us just tell you that you are seriously missing out. These guys are a perfect...
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Wake and District
Feb 8, 20192 min read
Nobody wounds us with impunity.
Sharing from the White House Historical Association — On November 13, 1963, the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment), a British Army...
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Wake and District
Feb 5, 20191 min read
Stand out.
Too much time and energy in life gets spent trying to fit in…trying to be seen as “normal”. I personally think that normal is pretty...
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Wake and District
Feb 4, 20191 min read
Reflections.
On Monday, February 4, 2019 -- the sound of the bagpipes filled the air at the Raleigh Police Memorial in honor of a Raleigh Police...
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Wake and District
Jan 29, 20195 min read
Learn.
A bagpipe band is not a finished product. Every well built band started in the form of a definite purpose plus a definite plan in the...
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Wake and District
Jan 28, 20197 min read
You're Right.
It is impossible to understate the importance of leadership in any human endeavor. Proverbs says: “Where there is no vision, the people...
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Wake and District
Jan 27, 20195 min read
-Attitude+
When I was a teenager I was the primary target of an extremely persistent bully at my high school. One day I came home in tears and...
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Wake and District
Jan 22, 20193 min read
Differences.
Our members come from all walks of life and bring an indeterminate amount of experience with them. We are Seabees, police officers,...
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Wake and District
Jan 15, 20191 min read
Attitudes.
Most bands like to measure themselves by their strongest, most talented people. However, the strength of the band is always impacted by...
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Wake and District
Jan 12, 20195 min read
Difficult Instruments.
Victor Hugo said -- "Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent." Music gives a soul to the...
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Wake and District
Jan 8, 20194 min read
True to the line.
On Monday, January 7, 2019 the Wake and District Public Safety Pipes and Drums held our annual general meeting to review and plan for...
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Wake and District
Dec 31, 20184 min read
What we are about.
We often make the assumption, what is interesting to us is therefore interesting to others. If you have read one of these year end...
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Wake and District
Dec 25, 20182 min read
Said the turtle to the bagpipe...
The Bagpipe Who Didn’t Say No Poem by Shel Silverstein It was nine o'clock at midnight at a quarter after three When a turtle met a...
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Wake and District
Dec 23, 20181 min read
The space we share.
Theodore Roosevelt said – “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” May we add — “with those around you“. Wake and...
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Wake and District
Dec 10, 20182 min read
Perception.
I'm always looking out for a unique presentation of musical performance and analysis. Last week I made a brief post talking about ear...
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Wake and District
Dec 7, 20183 min read
Forward.
On Wednesday, 05 December 2018 the sound of the bagpipes filled the air at the Raleigh Police Memorial in honor of 2 Raleigh Police...
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