SINGAPORE: One is a Highland dancer. Another is an accomplished singer. Their leader performs musical solos. Among them, the three Singapore Police Force (SPF) officers have decades of experience in playing an instrument not typically associated with tropical Singapore: The bagpipes. The trio are
SINGAPORE: One is a Highland dancer. Another is an accomplished singer. Their leader performs musical solos.
It regularly combines with the Gurkha Contingent Pipes and Drums to form the SPF Combined Band, which plays at selected high-profile events. A total of 19 members – including bagpipers and drummers – were out in full force on Saturday. Bagpipes are unique due to the multitasking involved and lack of volume control, which means WPPD members cannot take the instruments home to practise or risk noise complaints from irate neighbours.
The WPPD currently has 12 members who must all be police officers. SSS Ahllima has been in charge of training newcomers for the past three years and looks after the band's overall direction and performance quality. The policewoman – who is now a 29-year SPF veteran – is versatile in many singing styles such as opera and folk, and is able to croon in languages such as Mandarin, French and Hindi. During CNA's interview with her, she spontaneously burst into a rousing rendition of When The Pipers Play by Scottish singer Isla St Clair.
After travelling abroad numerous times to places like Hong Kong and Italy to perform, SGT Wirdawati left SPF in 2000 for 17 years due to family commitments.
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