Bravehearts followed the sound of Scotland to the Fairfield House Meadow on Sunday for an evening of entertainment from the City of Nelson Highland Pipe Band, Kahurangi Irish Dancers, and Waimea College music teacher, Brett Smith.
Band secretary and piper, Lucy Jackson, says the Pipes in the Park event had blasted tunes for seven years to celebrate Celtic heritage with Nelson, and to raise funds for the band, which currently has about 15 members.
She says it was also the first event to celebrate the band’s centenary this year.
“That’s very exciting for us because we’ve been around for a long time and we do a lot of civic public Nelson events, like the Christmas parade and the ANZAC services,” she says.
“Some members wore some of the older uniform [at Sunday’s concert] which includes our old doublets and old plaids, which is quite cool.
“The funds will be going towards us attending a South Island contest in February, and they also go towards our learner programme for youth to learn the bagpipes and drums.”
Lucy says the band was planning more events to mark 100 years.
