Year in Review: La Lucia bagpiper, Michael Cairns went international after our interview with him
Him and his band shared a bagpipe Christmas tune with us!
Whilst South Africa - particularly KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng - experienced the worst civil unrest it had seen since the Apartheid era, everyone wanted to share peace and love in their own kind of way.
This local man, Michael Cairns, was documented by one of the men from a La Lucia community watch group on the night of Wednesday, 14 July 2021.
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He was seen walking in the opposite direction of where the roadblocks were placed, peacefully blowing into his traditional Irish/Scottish instrument.
We thought to ourselves 'Who is this guy?' Then went on a search to find him and that we did!
Have a listen to our conversation with him back in July:
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As we look down memory lane, we called him to hear how he as been since we last spoke to him.
We were delighted to hear that he has been as far as BBC talking about that special moment that went viral on the internet.
Have a listen:
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'Tis definitely the season and we hope that you and your family enjoy these day!
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