Nontraditional Bagpipe Music
Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:13:00 GMT
Bands that Use the Bagpipes in Their Music © Miranda Zinnel Bagpipes are used across the musical genres and by many mainstream musicians. Some songs and artists are recognizable; others are just waiting to be
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Vets honored in downtown Leesville
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:31:00 GMT
Polk, La. — On the morning of Nov. 11, 88 years after the first unknown World War 1 American Soldier was laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, the town citizenry of Leesville visited Vernon Parish Veterans Plaza to celebrate
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Salute to Beethoven
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:31:00 GMT
years old. Friday's performance also will fill feature Copland's "Appalachian Spring" as well as "Pervertimento for Bagpipes, Bicycle and Balloons" by P.D.Q. Bach. Copland, the American composer born in 1900 - exactly a century after Beethoven worked on
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Fitting tribute
Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:04:00 GMT
Daylong event honors military men and women It was a day of laughter and mourning, Bob Hope and bagpipes. The Valley Center Veterans Day ceremony Nov. 7 encouraged hundreds of friends and family members to remember those who have given the ultimate
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Local pipers to play at slain soldier's funeral
Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:47:00 GMT
week at Fort Hood, Texas, it will be firefighters from Northwest Indiana and the south suburbs playing the bagpipes and drums. U.S. Army Pfc. Michael Pierson, 21, of Bolingbrook, was among the 13 people killed in the Nov. 5 shooting rampage. He is
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