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Originally Posted by redforever
Every year Stuart McLean of The Vinyl Café honors a past veteran. Last year, he relayed stories from various people, about war experiences. All the stories were interesting, but the one that really moved me was one written by Chris Irwin, who went with his parents and family to Vimy Ridge and surprised and honored them with a bagpipe tribute. He had some misfortune in that he forgot to pack in the reeds to his bagpipes. But miraculously, he found some with help from a teacher in the town they were staying. I listened to Stuart McLean reading this story on the radio. You can download it too, I think you would enjoy it. The experience of Chris Irwin is found at about the 23 minute mark of the download.
The following link gives you the gist of the story,
http://news.guelphmercury.com/printArticle/558291
and you can download and listen here.
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Hmmm, I went to Highschool with a Chris Irwin and he played backpipes. Wonder if it was him?
Edit: a bit more checking and yes, it was him. I've never met his father.
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