{"id":31,"date":"2026-03-01T15:38:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T15:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bagpiperslive.wpenginepowered.com\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2026-05-24T20:46:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T20:46:04","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bagpipersforhire.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light hestia-clear-top-padding animated fadeIn\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#e8fbe3\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:22px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-accent-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-43335bc91aae9cb537d45d4f0b0de4ef wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Meet the Piper<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color has-large-font-size\" style=\"color:#3c4858\">Steve LaRue<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:22px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns container is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Steve began his piping journey in 1982 with the chanter, and first played pipes with The &#8220;500&#8221; Gordon Pipers in Indianapolis from 1985-1988. 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