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Article: Power of the pipes; The love of bagpipes and drums unites a young couple and a 96-year-old Alzheimer's patient.(VARIETY)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- September 28, 2005
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Byline: Peg Meier; Staff Writer
The new nurse in the Alzheimer's unit noticed a striking picture on the wall of one patient's room. It was a black-and-white photo of him in England during World War II.
"Hey, Ted, what are you doing in a kilt?" asked Sarah Hagen, 27, a licensed practical nurse.
Ted Wallis, 96, was able to convey part of his story. He was a drummer during the war, he told her, and his father had played bagpipes and drums before him. His family later filled in the rest for Hagen. Wallis played percussion and bagpipes when he served in the Canadian Army with the Queens Own Cameron Highlanders in Winnipeg and then in England during ...