Can Am Pipes and Drums Visit Hawick

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Enchanted by the Pipes by cessna152towser, on Flickr
Today was the big day when the Can Am Pipes and Drums arrived in town. Many of our local pipers and drummers would join them in their performances and marches and earlier in the day Gabrielle and Martina have a preview of the music as our neighbour Mackie practices on his pipes.

Gabrielle, Martina & Don P by cessna152towser, on Flickr
It really is a small world because Gabrielle and I already knew the band's photographer, from Stirling Ontario, through another forum and we arranged to meet up in town.

Here They Come! by cessna152towser, on Flickr
The massed band was formed of the Can Am Pipes and Drums plus local pipers and drummers, mostly from Hawick Scout Fellowship Pipe Band.

The Band Arrives by cessna152towser, on Flickr

The Flag Bearers by cessna152towser, on Flickr
The Maple Leaf, The Saltire and The Stars and Stripes.
Most of the band were from the Canadian west, with Alberta and British Columbia well represented, including members from Pender Island and Vancouver Island, though there were a few from other parts of Canada and from the USA.

Selection of Tartans by cessna152towser, on Flickr

A Circle of Pipers by cessna152towser, on Flickr

Overview from Trinity Gardens by cessna152towser, on Flickr
More to follow shortly