First pictures of the band

In addition to other interests, I am a piper. I have played the highland bagpiper for over thirty years. In 1986, I helped start the Hawk Mountain Highlanders, and I am still serving as Pipe Major.
In the first picture, I am marching in Girardville's St. Patrick's Day Parade. With me in the front line are Laura Eastman, my older daughter, carrying the Loder banner, and Jeff Yourshaw, now a med school student, carrying the Penn State banner.

• Laura Eastman at the Girardville Parade in 2006. She has been a piper since she was 14. Behind her is Dave Weidenhammer, our long-time bass drummer.
• The band in the Hamburg Firemen's Parade, September 2007. My wife, Linda, as acting Drum Major, leads us.