Oct. 2. 1991
The Lance • St. Andrews Presbyterian College
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The St. Andrews Pipe Band:
An Integral Part of St. Andrews' Scottish Heritage
Stuart Joseph
Associate Editor
Should you happen to hear
the skirl of bagpipes echoing
across the lake, then know that
the music is comes from the St.
Andrews Pipe Band.
Formed as part of the
college’s Scottish heritage ef
fort in 1990-1991, the band
has expanded to nine mem
bers: six pipers, two drummers,
and a Highland dancer.
According to St. Andrews
Scottish Heritage Center di
rector Bill Caudill, “The band
provides an opportunity for
students to get interested in
Scottish music on campus and
another performance ensemble
for the community. “
The band performed last
vear without the traditional kilt,
but this year they will be wear
ing kilts of the Earl of St.
Andrews tartan. Purchase of
the band’s uniforms was made
possible by outside donations.
The fijture of the pipe band
will lie in its recruitment poli
cies, and Caudill is working
diligently to expand and im
prove upon the corps he has
already established. Caudill will
be teaching bagpipe to fresh
men and sophomores over the
winter term, and is looking to
add experienced players by of
fering them scholarships.
The present members of the
band come from both the cam
pus and the communit}'. The
pipers are; pipe-major Bill
Caudill, students Ian James,
Susan Walmsley, and Rod
Gammon and Laurinburg
members Wendy Gibson and
Courtney Pate. S.A. students
Jay Ball and Jennifer Inman
are drummers, and Fiona James
is Highland dancer. James is a
world class dancer who placed
sixth in the World Highland
Dancing Championships in
Scodand.
The band will be perform
ing during Scottish Night for
the Monday Night at the Arts
scries on Nov. 18 at St.
Andrews.
The band is also hoping to
compete against other pipe
bands on the Scottish games
circuit in 1992.
“Our future looks good,”
said Caudill. “We have some
good prospects for next vear,
and I hope to have 10 pipers
and two more drummers. Any
one interested in joining the
band can contact me. Right
now I need a bass drummer,
but if anyone is interested in
joining the band thev can con
tact me at mv office A3 in the
LA building.”
‘old spice’
Laura Molinario
1. you’re reminding me of my father,
on Sunday mornings
he’d come down the steps
and kiss my cheek
on his way out the door,
i wouldn’t see him
‘til after mass.
when he’d sing along with Frank Sinatra,
thanks — a lot.
2. the roses have died
early in the season —
not one was picked,
he said they’d last
forever.
i guess a child of six
can’t understand
that they wouldn’t.
3. the house is empt)'
the voices echo through the halls
i hide under my bed, scared.
the\' call me
it’s a conspiracy!
i don’t want to be like you.
my face is stinging, i’m sorry
i didn’t mean to defy you
i just want to be happy
after all there is no love here.
4. i ran to the bottom of the hill
stumbling to a halt
there a wall protected me
from falling into the water below,
like my father once saved me
from the clutches of a scary monster.
i stood and stared at the swirling water
the current changed — not drastically
yet my father no longer protects me.
5. during the night i see my father
i unlock him from my dreams
i don’t find it abnormal
to sit and chat with him
on my bed.
AS THE LAKE GROWS OLD IN YOU
DanAuman
A stone’s skip away
from me
sitting unmoving
unmoving
you sit
unmoved.
Your eyes gaze skies
far from mine.
stirring
dreamlike
peering
‘round;
your eyes...
no lake lies
bluer than..
I wade though jade
to you
you
perched
on foam,
branching swiftly.
I approach
as your flower opens
closes...
silently
my hand draws
near and you
quiver.
Seasons
Cerehus
The wind blows dandruff
from her hair onto my leg.
I think of winter.
Elizabeth Cox, novelist and poet will read from her latest
fiction at a special Writer’s Forum Oct. 2 in the Belk Main
Lounge. ‘‘The Ragged Way People Fall Out of Love” — Cox’s
latest, novel has been highly praised by The New York
Times Book Bxview, Cbicago Trilnme, and many other
major reviewers. She mil be a master writer in the new St.
Andrews masters of fine arts and creative writittg program.
Presently she isprojessor of creative writing at Duke Univernty.
Four St. Andrews alumni, Carolyn Moore, Kris Deal,
David Southwood-Smith, and E. Waverly Land, read from
their works in an evening reading held on Sept, 19. Moore
is now director of the annual fund at St. Andrews, and
both Deal and Southwood-Smith work in the St. Andrews
Admissions office. E. Waverly Land works with the Bureau
of Budget in Washington, D.C.
The St. Andrews Press will soon be publishing Land’s book,
“It moves frvm Arm to Arm,” and published Southwood-
Smith’s “Pictures From the Wax Museum, ” which was the
1989 Chapbook Award Winner at St. Andrews.
The Forum meets weekly at 8p.m. in the Mecklenburg
Lounge on the St. Andrews campus. The public, along with
students, Jaculty and staff, are invited to attend five ofcharge.
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