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Saffron United Pipe Band trains a new generation

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.

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