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The Scottish Rite Order Of The Thistle Pipes
And Drums, chartered in 1999 is the newest pipe band in New Mexico. The
band currently has nine pipers, a bass drummer, three tenor drummers and
six snare drummers. The band is under the direction of Pipe Major
K.A."Dusty" McDaniel.
The Pipe Sergeant is Dan Kelley and the Drum
Sergeant is Scott Davis. The band ranges in age from ten years old to
those in their sixties. The band released their first CD entitled,
"Introducing... The Order Of The Thistle Pipes And Drums" in 2003. The
band travels to Scotland this August to attend Pipefest 2005 in
Edinburgh. This event looks to have 10,000 to 20,000 pipers and drummers
on parade from 28 countries around the world raising funds for Marie
Curie Cancer Care. The band's web-site is:
http://members.aol.com/sfotpd
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The band has raised a little over $700.00 for Marie Curie Cancer Care
to date and donations to Marie Curie can be made at:
www.justgiving.com/orderofthethistlepipeband. |
