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| Tuning up for the South Dakota State Fire School Parade, in Aberdeen, South Dakota, June 9th, 2011. |
| Discussing the tunes to be played during the parade. |

| Pre-parade practice. |

| Getting lined up for the parade. |

| The Aberdeen Fire & Rescue Pipe & Drum Corps in parade formation. |

| Cold, rainy weather makes no difference on Parade Day. "If it's not raining, we're not training." |

| "Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, never realizing that it brings abundance and keeps hunger far away." Saint Basil |

| Mid-parade street performance. |



| Eating candy after the parade. "You have to have a little fun in life." |
| Left: Instruments and band members travel to performance locations in Aberdeen via historic fire truck during the evening hours following the parade. Above: Firefighters and bagpipes are a natural combination. |