There are more than 11 pipers piping the Mount Arrowsmith Pipe Band — and Christmas means time for a break for the group, which is kept busy spring through Remembrance Day.
“New Year’s is the big one for pipes and pipe bands,†says Mel Wilson, the pipe band major.
He says the pipes perform at house parties, ceilidhs, and the Parskville Legion levy on New Year’s Day.
The band has around 25 members from Jim Locke, who turns 87 this month to Keefer McMahon who for three years has played the pipes.
“I have some Scottish inheritance,†says McMahon, about why he decided to pick up the pipes. “Lots of people play them.†…