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A video interview of the band from October 2010.
Members interviewed: Eric Stein (Pipe Major - Piper), Pat McBride (Piper), Lizzie Belmont (Snare), Maris Redin (Tenor), Chrissy Belmont (Tenor), Eric Redin (Bass)

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Fios Interview March 2010

February 2009 Newsday article
Saffron United Pipe Band trains a new generation


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It's a Tuesday night in early February and 9-year-old Aidan McCabe is meandering around a table in the main room of the Ancient Order of Hibernians hall in Babylon. Nearby at their own tables, lost in their own melodies and rhythms, are dozens of other band members, all contributing to the reverberating cacophony of drumstick taps, mallet pats and bagpipe moans that fills the hall.

It is practice night for the Saffron United Pipe Band, a bagpipe and drum band of children, teens and adults.

Teaching and growing

The motto on Saffron United's Web site is "Where Piping Lives, Learns and Grows," and the band is dedicated to nurturing its younger members. For five days starting tomorrow, they will host the New York Piping and Drumming School at St. Joseph's School in Babylon through the National Piping Centre in Scotland. The program features the best pipe and drum instructors in the world.

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