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John Elliott: the pipes|drums Interview – Part 4

In the penultimate installment, the Ontario piping and drumming scene is changing rapidly. As the pressure to grow increases, more pipe bands look to mergers in order to prosper or even survive, including Elliott’s Grade 1 Toronto & District and Tom Anderson’s Peel Regional Police, and a short time...
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