[lit-ideas] Re: Tartan Day/New World
- From: Judith Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 17:02:58 +0100 (BST)
actually, I wore a kilt when I was a little girl... but pipe bands are
different, and I'd forgotten the Dagenham Girl Pipers! (how could I?)
How were the dead
> remembered? With a piper
Pipe laments are formidable.
Judy Evans, Cardiff
--- On Thu, 7/4/11, David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wro te:
> From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Tartan Day/New World
> To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thursday, 7 April, 2011, 16:31
>
> On Apr 7, 2011, at 3:48 AM, Judith Evans wrote:
>
> >
> > "Tartan Day"?! A colonial thing, I see.
> >
> > Why does the USAF have a kilt-clad pipe band?
> >
> You might equally ask why lowlanders, or Dagenham Girl
> Pipers, or people from all over the world who compete in the
> pipe bands' world championship in Glasgow wear kilts.
> Highland pipes, highland attire. Pipes and pipe bands
> are very popular here. I heard a thing on the radio
> yesterday about the one year anniversary of the Upper Big
> Branch mine disaster. How were the dead
> remembered? With a piper...playing the theme from
> Dvorak's New World symphony.
>
> Apparently Hitler liked the Dagenham Girl Pipers:
> http://www.bdpost.co.uk/news/heritage/the_dagenham_girl_pipers_turn_80_this_year_1_573389
>
> They're still in existence. Female pipers go from
> strength to strength : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkmq9Gye0zU
>
> David Ritchie,
> Portland,
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