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Details on
Upcoming Events
Sunday,
July 16th, 10:00am – Bikur Cholm Cemetery, 1340 N 115th
Street, Seattle
Pipe Major
David Guthrie will be playing at the memorial service for Rubin
Binder. BM3 Binder was on active riverboat duty with the Navy
in Vietnam when his unit engaged a much larger enemy force on
October 31, 1966. BM1 J. E. Williams was awarded the
Congressional Medal of Honor for his leadership in this event.
For more information visit
www.cnsl.spear.navy.mil
Saturday, July 22nd – Steele-Guthrie Annual Picnic
Lake Stickney
in Lynnwood is the place to be on July 22nd. All
WSPB members, families, and hangers on are invited. For
directions and potluck info check at band practice or contact a
WSPB member.
July 29 &
30th – Pacific Northwest Highland Games and Clan
Gathering
Jim Guthrie
will lead the band in the Quartet competition on Saturday. D/S
Mike Guthrie will lead the Drum Corps in the U.S. West Coast
Drum Corps Competition at 11:00am on Sunday.
At 6:00pm on
Saturday, five members of the Band will be performing at the
Clan Guthrie tent as part of the Clan Guthrie Pipe Band at
the Clan Guthrie USA Annual Meeting led by Clan Chieftain
Alexander Guthrie of Guthrie of Scotland
August 12th – Whidbey Island Highland Games at “The
Farm”, Greenbank, WA
Patrick Fly
will lead the quartet in the MSR. This is a pleasant park
maintained by Island County.
Recent Activities
We attended the Washington Piper's Association (WPA) on April
1st and a small group presented the MSR for comments.
At the May 6th
WPA meeting three members competed as individuals. Dave placed
1st in his category and got Aggregate. Patrick placed 2nd.
Steve Campbell competed as a drummer. (Unfortunately the WPA
does not have the results of their May competitions on their web
page so get to me on this Steve. Thanks, D)
On June 8 P/M
Dave piped for the Oregon Institute of Technology Graduation,
which he has done for the past four years as well.
At the Tacoma
Games we competed as a quartet coming in second after the Gordon
Pipe Band. We were happy to see Bernie Rudsit and wife Julie.
Bernie has been an inactive member for the past two years and
our hopes are he will be coming back to playing. Bernie and
Julie joined Dave and Monica, Bob and Ellen Guthrie, Patrick
Fly, Stephanie Sprinkle, and yours truly for dinner at the local
Keg restaurant after the games.
We played at
the Bothell 4th of July Parade and Revolutionary War
Reenactment. In addition to our pipers Roy Cotton, Patrick Fly,
Bill and Dave and Jim Guthrie, and Bob Wood and drummers Carrie
Cameron, Steve Campbell, Mike Guthrie D/S, Sarena Hyman, C.J.
Johnson and Cassandra Vogel, we were joined by piper Jennifer
Guthrie from the Kentucky United Pipes and Drums and Kendra
MacLeod, tenor drummer, and Alex MacLeod, piper, from the
Northwest Junior Pipe Band.
Following the
parade and Reenactment we were joined for a picnic organized by
Dave's Monica and Stephanie Sprinkle at the local park by Bob
and Ellen Guthrie and Jennifer's parents who live nearby.
This was, by
the way, Carrie's first time playing with the band. She arranged
for the summer practice location at the Shoreline U.U. Church at
14724-1st N.E. to be held at the usual practice time on
Thursdays from 7:30 to 9:30pm.
At the Skagit
Games July 8th Mike Guthrie placed 1st in Grade 2 Snare and
Sarena Hyman placed 1st in Grade 1 Tenor competitions. Congrats
to both of you.
Thank
you and congratulations to all mentioned above where it is
appropriate, and for anyone left out I apologize.
Submitted by
Dorothy Leo.
For additions, corrections or
comments e-mail
duntulm@verizon.net
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