Despite the rainy weather and a tornado warning, a solid crowd gathered Saturday evening, to enjoy the first Kincardine Scottish Pipe Band Saturday Night Parade of the summer, in downtown Kincardine.
Due to the reconstruction of Queen Street last year, the band was unable to hold its weekly parades in the summer.
So, people were thrilled to see the pipers and drummers, resplendent in their rain capes, form up behind drum major Lorne Smith, march toward Queen Street and then north to Quinn Plaza and back to the park for a brief concert.
The crowd, most under umbrellas, watched the parade and many people marched behind the band, gathering momentum as they moved north.
The Saturday Night Parades are a marvellously-unique tradition in Kincardine, that continue every Saturday at 8 p.m., throughout the summer.
Among the Kincardine Scottish pipers, is newcomer Glen Morgan who just joined the band this spring.
He and his wife moved to Kincardine from Bradford, Dec. 18. He has been playing the pipes for 10 years, with various pipe bands, including the York Regional Police Pipe Band and the Innisfil Pipes and Drums.
“My brother-in-law has a cottage at Lurgan Beach, and we’ve been coming to Kincardine since our daughter was little,” says Morgan. “Then, we decided we wanted to get away from the big city, so we moved here. It’s a wonderful community and we love it here.”
The Kincardine Scottish Pipe Band marches in the first Saturday Night Parade of the summer, through downtown Kincardine
June 23, 2024
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