Hawick Christmas Parade, 2011.

**Chas** · 3rd December 11, 02:16 PM

Pipes and Drums and Santa Suits - I think we've seen it all now! I never would have thought that a band would have done that.

Thanks, Alex.

Regards

Chas

**McClef** · 3rd December 11, 02:22 PM

I hope that chap is not still in ignorance about those basting stitches!

**EagleJCS** · 3rd December 11, 02:28 PM

Originally Posted by Chas

Pipes and Drums and Santa Suits - I think we've seen it all now! I never would have thought that a band would have done that.

Thanks, Alex.

Regards

Chas

I'm about to head out in a couple of hours to pipe with members of the Louisville Pipe Band along one of our major thoroughfares. We've never gone to that extreme, but we do change our band uniform to suit the conditions (personal health and comfort first), and some of us wear 'Santa' hats (I put a clan crest badge on mine) and/or add lights (battery-powered) or tinsel garlands to our pipes.

The event/occasion is 'Bardstown Road A-Glow'. The Bardstown Road Business Association (or some such - I'm not involved in that end) hires the pipe band to perform at various locations along the business corridor here in town - for the local folks that's from Baxter Ave. to Douglass Blvd.

Basically, we walk along the sidewalks, stop here & there (up to us), play a couple of tunes/sets and move on. We may even pop in to a couple of places to warm up and/or sit for a couple of minutes.