Terrence Manning Bagpipe Processional

Derek and his groomsmen, two of whom are in the Navy and Marines, received a surprise on their way to the ceremony. As they exited their hotel, they passed by a brewery throwing a St. Patrick’s Day celebration complete with a bagpiper and drum band. As the band saw the group of men walk toward them, with Derek’s friends in uniform, one of the musicians stopped the two military men to thank them for their service. “Without missing a beat, one of the other bagpipers immediately started playing the 'Marines' Hymn,' and then the entire band joined in, right there on the street, in front of hundreds of people enjoying the Hartford St. Patrick’s Day parade,” Neeti says. “It was amazing and couldn’t have been scripted better.”