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SECTION C THE HERALD Wednesday June IS IMS- Pate 11 At the Highland Games Girls Pipe Band set to entertain Keeping your nails short Isnt necessary for playing the bagpipes Neither is having enormous lungs Ask Virginia the pipe ma jor with the Georgetown Girls Pipe Band Mrs Hulme who has been playing the bagpipes since the early age of nine will perform with her band at the Downtown Pioneer Days Mrs began piano lessons when she was six years old but she disliked them and didnt enjoy prac Using She took up the bagpipes at age nine and in her teens she decided to Join the Georgetown Girls Pipe Band Today she teaches the pipes at Sheridan College where students come from Oakville Misslssauga Toronto and even Grimsby to watch her teach Mrs Hulme has been pipe major for the Georgetown Girts Pipe Band since when she took over the place of Allan Munn The band was named Citizen of the Year by the Georgetown Lions Club and won best overseas band at the World Pipe Band Championships In Glasgow Scotland two summers ago This all women band has a long list of awards and honors to their credit beginning with the Lions Club convention in IMS at Philadelphia Pennsylvania where they were presented with the keys to the city Over the past 13 years they have been regulars at the Georgetown Highland Games competing In the players The band also leads the opening parade at the Games This summer they anticipate go ing to the CNE to take part In the opening day parade once again There Is also the Georgetown and Acton Fall Fairs Although It was difficult the band had to say no to Santa when he In vited them to loin his parade Its too risky on the Spanish Cane wood of the bag pipes especially newer pipes explained Mrs Up to MOO Is spent on repairs seasonally The band participates In several community unci Ions Including the Georgetown Optimists Victoria Day the hockey opening In April at the Alcott Arena Robbie Burns nights wed dings dinners and conventions Because the band Is Involved In so many things It has been unable to train recruits from scratch due to the lack of time So they would prefer new members with some pip ing experience or lessons The group has a few extra sets of bagpipes they can lend out until new members can acquire a set of their What does it take to play pipes Coordination People think you have to have enormous lungs says Mrs Coordination and fingering Is guile intricate and many people who have taken other Instruments find the bagpipes hard she added In many cases It Is almost better If students have no experience with music whatsoever because the fingering technique is quite different from the piano But is not impossible for adults to learn the bagpipes All it takes la interest and patience Im hooked Mre laughed She has many pipe music records at home and says that she Is most fond of the Clan Mac- Band from St Catharines I like the way Ihey treat the bagpipe music Its traditional but done very well she said Mrs all lime favorite la Amazing Grace We usually get requests for It Everybody knows It You can see people dabbing at their eyes when youre playing she said So be sure to watch for the red and belong to the Georgetown Girls Pipe