{"id":1171,"date":"2019-07-17T18:17:58","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/news-archives\/bagpiper\/"},"modified":"2019-07-17T18:17:58","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:17:58","slug":"bagpiper","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/bagpiper\/","title":{"rendered":"27th Annual &#8220;Bagpiper on the Green&#8221; performance set for March 13"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">&#013;<\/p>\n<div id=\"sharingTools\"><!-- #include virtual=\"\/include\/sharingtools.inc\" --><\/div>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<div id=\"breadcrumb\"><!-- #include virtual=\"\/include\/breadcrumb.inc\" --><\/div>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n    &#013;<\/p>\n<p><strong>DANBURY, CONN. <\/strong>\u2014 Western Connecticut State University will host the 27th  annual \u201cBagpiper on the Green\u201d and \u201cthe Celtic Winds\u201d in honor of St. Patrick\u2019s  Day. The celebration will be on Thursday, March 13, weather permitting, because  WCSU students will be on break on the holiday\u2019s actual date, March 17. <\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>Professor of Justice and Law Administration (JLA) Dr. David  Machell will play the pipes and flutes and Professor of Music David Smith will  play the field drum. The performance also will include readings by JLA  Professor Charles Mullaney and narration by JLA Assistant Professor Terry  Dwyer.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>Machell\u2019s appearance will continue a tradition he started in  1981 \u2014 his first year at WestConn \u2014 to commemorate the eve of St. Patrick\u2019s  Day.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>The performances will be at 10:30 a.m. in the \u201cfishbowl\u201d of  the Classroom Building  on the university\u2019s Westside campus, Lake Avenue Extension in Danbury,  and at noon on the Quadrangle of the Midtown campus, 181 White St. in Danbury. The performances will be free and  open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>For more information, call Machell at (203) 837-8696 or the  Office of University Relations at (203) 837-8486.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<div id=\"facebookShare\"><!-- #include virtual=\"\/include\/facebookshare.inc\" --><\/div>\n<p>&#013;\n        <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; &#013; &#013; &#013; DANBURY, CONN. \u2014 Western Connecticut State University will host the 27th annual \u201cBagpiper on the Green\u201d and \u201cthe Celtic Winds\u201d in honor of St. Patrick\u2019s Day. The celebration will be on Thursday, March 13, weather permitting, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1171","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1171\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}