S3M-05028 Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Scottish Labour): Music to Our Ears for Forty Years That the Parliament congratulates Dumbarton and District Pipe Band on its 40th anniversary in 2009; notes that the band was formed in 1969 by a few pipers and drummers eager to perform in the area; understands that, in the last 40 years, Dumbarton and District Pipe Band has competed and won awards in all the major championships in Scotland and Ireland, including the Scottish Pipe Band Championships; notes that the band has travelled across the world bringing the skirl of the pipes to places like Canada and Russia amongst others, and wishes all existing and former members of the band the very best in celebrating a significant landmark in the band's history.

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