June Hanley

Instruments Played:

Bagpipes...in times past, clarinet, piano
Family:
Husband Gary, two daughters, Morgan, 20, a junior in college, and Gwen, 16, a junior in high school

Hobbies:
Going out with friends, reading needlework

What originally got you into playing?
Our high school band in Statesville, NC was a British Grenadier band, with a bagpipe section that marched in front for parades.  If you played pipes (only girls did) you wore a short tartan skirt, and if you played clarinet, the red coat and tall bearskin hat.  So it was a fashion thing...right up until the time I wrapped my hands around a practice chanter and fell in love.


Facts About June:

I taught high school English for the first eight years of my adult life. I was Miss Congeniality in my hometown beauty pageant. We live in a 1780's Pennsylvania stone farmhouse, with two cats, one dog, two wild cats that live under the porch, two foxes that live behind the pool, seven deer that visit frequently, and one horse that is away at boarding school.  My husband Gary is a Revolutionary War re-enactor and played pipes for a long time. He is a retired Yonkers swat cop, and was active in the 9/11 rescue effort.

Type of Instrument:
1920's Lawries
Joined the Band
in 2010
Favorite Tunes:
MSR's: The Glengarry Gathering, John MacColl's March to Kilbowie Cottage, Susan MacLeod, Cabar Feigh Strathspey, The Ardvasar Blacksmith, The Smith of Chilliechassie, The Brown-haired Maid
Hornpipes: (Favorite tune type overall): Current fave: From Maui to Kona - Standards: Jim Tweedie's Sea Legs, anything from John MacFadyen's white book
Jigs: Donella Beaton, Honey in the Bag
Piobaireachd: The Park Piobaireachd #2, MacDonald of Kinlochmoidart's Lament #1, The Battle of Auldearn #1, Lament for Donald Duaghal MacKay, The Unjust Incarceration, Lament for the Children - It's hard to find one I don't like

Favorite Bands:
No favorites except us...depends on the medley they're playing from year to year. Peel was smoking in 2010; usually I like SFU and SLOT, and Field Marshall. Favorite non-pipe bands: the Avett Brothers, the Decemberists, the Elders, the Tannahill Weavers
Occupation:
Laboratory Planner: that is, an architectural space planner specializing in science and medical teaching and research buildings