Pipe Band on the Way

One of the most extraordinary services I've taken here in Bridge of Allan was the week that a pipe band turned up, in full kit, for the 8 am Sunday Service. The eight o'clock is usually half a dozen of us, most more than 20 years older than me, enjoying the first, quiet light of day. o­ne week a couple of years ago, a large bus pulled over outside the church at 0755 and disgorged about 25 teenage pipers from Houston. Sadly, they did not play their pipes, but it is still a much remembered event amongst those who were there o­n the day.

Anyway, I see from their website that they are coming back this year in August. They are from an Episcopal School in Houston, Texas, and o­ne of the best pipe bands in the world.