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Celtic Pipes and Drums of Hawaii members perform at the Spirit of ’45 Wreath Laying Ceremony at Punchbowl in August 2015. Learning to play a bagpipe, like learning any musical instrument, takes time ...

During the May funeral for a retired fire chief, firefighter Chuck Moonen felt something was missing in the effort to pay proper respect to the man. The sound of bagpipes. It prompted Moonen, 44, to ...

Before bagpipe rehearsal came the earplugs. Mike Breidenbach, director of piping at Macalester College, proffered a pair with a grin before pipe band practice Wednesday night. Gather enough bagpipes ...