RONKONKOMA, N.Y. — In the days following 9/11, Robert Honor watched the funerals on television and had an unusual reaction. Stirred by the steady, sorrowful drone of bagpipe bands paying tribute to ...
Some people play the piano, others play the flute, and still others the drums, but I play the bagpipes. I play this unusual instrument with the Glor na nGael, a band (glornangael.com) that marches in ...
The number of job openings decreased by more in July than economists were expecting as the labor market recalibrates in response to President Trump’s trade war and ...
Learning to play the difficult instrument was the result of a “request” made by an Army commanding general. “We had a new commanding officer at Ft. Polk, La., with a Scottish background who wanted the ...
The pandemic shutdown inspired Gwinnett County State Court Judge Shawn Bratton to revive an unusual hobby. He plays bagpipes. Credit goes to his children, ages 8 and 10. They grew restless with ...
"It's the most aggravating, frustrating, embarrassing, annoying, lovable instrument I've ever played," — Tyler Lembcke, member of the Chattanooga Pipe Band, about the bagpipes. When the weather's nice ...
I never expected a simple musical hobby to introduce me to a global community of resilient and optimistic individuals. Each week, I now have the pleasure of interacting with those with CF around the ...