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It's ANZAC Day in Australia and New Zealand

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382240) • Rockingham, Australia 25 Apr 22

Today was a special day for Australia and New Zealand as we commemorated Anzac Day, a very special day for the military. Here is a quote from a post I wrote about it in 2017: “It marks the anniversary of the first major military...

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A Social Distancing Tool - with apologies to any bagpipers

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382240) • Rockingham, Australia 19 Mar 20

My husband is on Facebook and showed me a photo today of a tool that would help social distancing. The ‘tool’ was a person playing the bagpipes. The inference is that people would not want to get too close to someone playing them....

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March 10, 2020 - What happened that day?

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222534) • United States 10 Mar 20

International Day of Awesomeness International Bagpipe Day 1876 - The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell. 2000 - The Nasdaq Composite stock market index peaked at 5132.52, signaling the...

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July 27 - Let's discuss what happened that day.

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222534) • United States 27 Jul 19

Bagpipe Appreciation Day National Dance Day 1694 - A Royal charter is granted to the Bank of England. 1940 - The character of Bugs Bunny is introduced in "A Wild Hare". 1948 - Peggy Fleming was born. She is an American figure...

bank of england

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Awesome, Yes! But do They Go Commando?

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43611) • Denver, Colorado 16 Mar 18

Tomorrow at noon, Downtown Colorado Springs will host our annual St. Patrick's Day Parade, an event that I try to attend each year, being part Irish and all. Every year, a local group of bagpipers march in the parade (actually,...

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drunken revelry

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Do you know how the Queen wakes up every morning?

April @thislittlepennyearns (68246) • Defuniak Springs, Florida 21 Feb 18

It's kind of bizarre. I was scanning through stories on my Edge browser homepage and found a story about how the Queen wakes up everyday. My first thought was maybe it has something to do with the corgis. She loves her corgis....

thislittlepennyearns

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Piping in the Birthday Cake

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382240) • Rockingham, Australia 25 Apr 16

On the weekend we attended the 70th birthday of a friend. He is a Vietnam vet who has had a few challenges along the way. A party was held on his daughter's farm. Over a period of a few weeks, our friend turned 70, his son-in-law...

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Tartan Day

Anne Johnston @AnneEJ (4917) • Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, Quebec 6 Apr 16

I read somewhere that this is Tartan Day. So I chose a picture of a man dressed in Tartan and playing the bagpipes. I have some Scotch blood in my ancestry, and maybe that is why I love tartans. I only have one skirt at the...

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How Did You Commemorate Rememberence (Veterans's) Day, Nov. 11?

danishcanadian @danishcanadian (28954) • Canada 11 Nov 09

12 pipers, 2 snares, 2 tom toms, and a bass drum all in a 1,500 Squarefoot (30 x 50) room full of people. That was Rememberence Day at the A.N.A.F today. It was beautiful, but our ears are ringing. I got the whole thing on video....

rememberence day

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Do you play an unusual musical instrument?

Woodpigeon @Woodpigeon (3710) • Ireland 15 May 07

Sure, lots of people play the guitar or the piano or the clarintet, but have you learned (or tried to learn) to play anything a little off the beaten path? I was made to play the tin whistle and recorder as a child. I loved the...

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Song

Bd200789 @Bd200789 (2994) • United States 15 Mar 07

Have any of you heard the somg Bagpipe Crying? I heard it for the first time the other day and I think it is great! What do you think?

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How do you tell when bagpipes need tuning?

RieRie @RieRie (820) 7 Nov 06

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