Nir­vaana Sug­rim has al­ways marched to the beat of her own drum. At six years old, she sat among peo­ple many times her age, play­ing a male-dom­i­nat­ed in­stru­ment al­most twice her size. When ...

For 54 years the patriotic pipers have been a regular presence at parades around the July 4 holiday and other summer events.