{"id":283,"date":"2008-07-30T11:26:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-30T18:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/?p=283"},"modified":"2021-03-17T20:38:17","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T03:38:17","slug":"the-original-marching-bands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2008\/07\/30\/the-original-marching-bands\/","title":{"rendered":"The Original Marching Bands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Part of the ritual of the Highland games is the massing of the bands.<\/p>\n<p>At moment&#8217;s like these, it is not difficult to understand why the bagpipes were considered weapons of war.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"PNW Highland Games 2008 188 by coffeejitters, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/2712428471\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3001\/2712428471_bdd4d0b842.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"PNW Highland Games 2008 188\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The piper in the blue and green kilt below is Tyrone.  He is the Pipe Major for the Elliot Bay Pipe Band and he played at our wedding.  It was at our wedding that my husband decided to start playing the bagpipes and two weeks later he was well on his way in that endeavor.  Tyrone was one of his teachers.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"PNW Highland Games 2008 189 by coffeejitters, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/2713241946\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3266\/2713241946_6379dd42e2.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"PNW Highland Games 2008 189\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"PNW Highland Games 2008 192 by coffeejitters, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/2712428827\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3118\/2712428827_07b4efd7f8.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" alt=\"PNW Highland Games 2008 192\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"PNW Highland Games 2008 193 by coffeejitters, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/2712428899\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3143\/2712428899_34bd380296.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"PNW Highland Games 2008 193\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"PNW Highland Games 2008 201 by coffeejitters, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/2712431123\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3289\/2712431123_e695a584e3.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"PNW Highland Games 2008 201\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once the bands march in field, they announce the winners of the days competitions and retire the colors<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"PNW Highland Games 2008 209 by coffeejitters, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/2713248246\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3064\/2713248246_c0ae350a5c.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"PNW Highland Games 2008 209\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>then the bands turn around and march their way back off the field<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"PNW Highland Games 2008 224 by coffeejitters, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/2712438527\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3221\/2712438527_cba9d16219.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"PNW Highland Games 2008 224\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"PNW Highland Games 2008 225 by coffeejitters, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/2712438621\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3091\/2712438621_9e8b3791f8.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"PNW Highland Games 2008 225\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"PNW Highland Games 2008 227 by coffeejitters, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/2713251996\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3038\/2713251996_81103d680f.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"PNW Highland Games 2008 227\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"PNW Highland Games 2008 233 by coffeejitters, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/2713252762\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3012\/2713252762_be9c7c5a05.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"PNW Highland Games 2008 233\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a deafening, goosebumpy kind of experience.<br \/>\n_________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:78%;\"><a rel=\"alternate\" type=\"application\/rss+xml\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/Coffeejitters\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0pt none ; vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.feedburner.com\/fb\/images\/pub\/feed-icon16x16.png?w=1080\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"alternate\" type=\"application\/rss+xml\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/Coffeejitters\">Subscribe to CoffeeJitters<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">\u00a9 Copyright Judy Haley 2008. 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