The bagpipes is an instrument that takes years to master, but 12-year-old Justin Steele is far ahead of the learning curve.
After taking up the bagpipes just over a year ago, the Chatham boy is already a member of the local Branch 28 Legion Pipe Band and the London Fire Fighters Pipe Band.
He also won first place at a Grade 5 bagpipe competition in Georgetown last weekend.
Justin’s interest in the bagpipes was born during a trip to Scotland, the birthplace of the instrument.
“I just thought it would be a cool thing to do,” he said
He joined the Br. 28 Legion Pipe Band where he learned to play the instrument and then began taking lessons twice a week in London with well known instructor John Cairns.
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