The art work DanSun creates nails depicts many images from the first responder community, we are looking forward to complete a band picture with DanSun in the future.
The art work DanSun creates nails depicts many images from the first responder community, we are looking forward to complete a band picture with DanSun in the future.
This picture also expresses the significance of the solo piper honoring the fallen.
Reposted from @dansunphotoart Bagpipes to Heaven
It's said that the music of the bagpipes is the only sound heard in heaven. The spirits of the fallen follow the notes of the piper as it carries them to the afterlife. "Through howl of wind and showers of rain,
We play for the living, the dead and the slain,
Our notes they are the sound of an angels swoon
for our enemies the sound of their coming doom
Be you married or buried our pipes sound true
Whenever we're needed we'll play there for you"
A big thanks to my firefighter brother Adam Lindsay from Edmonton Fire Rescue Services for helping me with this one.
Have a safe week everyone.
Daniel really captured this image. It captures so many different meanings / dialog for a broad audience.
Based off of the playing of Amazing Grace for our band, here is some symbolism we have adopted for funerals we attend.
When you hear the Edmonton Firefighters Pipes & Drums play Amazing Grace at a funeral, you will notice that it is usually played four times. There is meaning behind each stanza.
The first stanza is played for you being born, coming into the world alone.
This stanza is played by a solo piper.
The second is played for the celebration of you and your family.
This stanza is played with all of the pipers & drummers.
The third stanza is played for your entire life with your family, friends, and your Fire Department and first responder family. This stanza is played by all pipers & drummers as well.
Last and 4th stanza is for your death, leaving this world by yourself.
This stanza is played again, by a solo piper.
If requested, with this last stanza the solo piper turns around and walks away, while remaining in sight of the family. This creates a fading effect that is quite moving. Traditionally, bagpipes are thought to possess mystical powers. Supposedly they are the only instrument that can be heard in Heaven. A piper and the sound of the bagpipes helps to direct departed souls towards Heaven's Gates.
Walking away symbolizes the piper leading the departed soul to the Hereafter, stopping short of the Gate through which the piper cannot pass.