Busy Anzac Day for Castlemaine Highland Pipe Band

[Downunder Kilt]

April 25 is Anzac Day in Australia and this year we spent the day with a favourite pipe band, the Castlemaine Highland Pipe Band, as they played at 3 Anzac Day parades and services. In almost every Australian town there is a memorial to those gallant men and women who have stood up when called upon. In everyone of theses towns, or suburbs of towns, where there is a memorial, and whether there is a dozen people or or thousands, at sometime on Anzac Day there will be a service. Below there are some photos of three of those parades and services.
The first parade and service of the day was at the central Victorian town of Castlemaine, where about 2000 attended the parade and service





The Drum Major of the Band, together with the second bass drummer provided the Catafalque Party at the Cenotaph

Speeches by the heads of the local RSL and Council were made but those that impressed me the most were those made by the two head students of the local high school. They, very eloquently, explained what Anzac day meant to them and made in clear that it did not glorify war but is a time to say thanks to ordinary people who did what they had to do.