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Article: BAGPIPE TEACHER GIVES ITS SKIRL A LOVING CURL ENTHUSIASM IMPARTED TO FOLLOWERS IN ASHLAND.(News)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- September 28, 1998
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His fingers tracing patterns created centuries ago, Murray Alan Huggins recreates ancient melodies that depend on present-day interest to survive.
It's not a sound you can ignore.
That's what drew Huggins to the Highland bagpipe, a traditional Scottish reed instrument. Piping has been Huggins' passion since he was 9. For the past four years, the 30-year-old has set out to share that feeling with others through the Ashland School of Piping.
``Music has a way of taking you places, much like reading a good book,'' he said. ``The bagpipe is an instrument with a commanding voice. It forces you to listen. There are those who will fight it for that ...