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Mountain Scene May 3, 2021 By PHILIP CHANDLER An Anzac Day tradition on Queenstown’s Edith Cavell Bridge, started during lockdown last year, was observed again last Sunday when a local bagpiper honoured the World War I nurse the bridge is named after. During lockdown, Graeme Glass, 68, played the pipes on his Arthurs Point balcony about every second day at noon. ‘‘A few people started noticing. ‘‘Someone up the hill from us came down and had this idea I play on the Edith Cavell Bridge at midday on Anzac Day.’’ After a bit of publicity, he guesses half the Arthurs Point community turned up socially distancing to watch him play the lament, ....
Led by the Mackenzie Pipe Band, the parade was to have more than 200 people dressed in period costume as well as 450 horses including a group of Clydesdales. Following the parade a market fete was planned with 57 stalls, a dinner for 420 people in the town’s Events Centre followed by a hoedown with a band under a marquee going until midnight for which 600 tickets had been sold. A followed by a breakfast for 180 people, again at the Events Centre, had been planned for Sunday morning. JOHN BISSET/Stuff Sarah Cooper, left, and Cheryl Farrar lead this group of riders on the trail near Burke’s Pass. ....
Obituary: Jimmy McIntosh, Scottish piper who made new life in US scotsman.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from scotsman.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.