Music

Morley's March

At the request of our band's piping instructor,  Mary Ann Houston,  Vancouver piper  and writer  J. L. McWilliams wrote a 6/8 March and very generously presented the unnamed tune to us in the spring of 2005.

Our band members agreed to name the tune:

Morley's March; The Official March Past of the Calgary Fire Department Pipes & Drums

John Morley James was a popular Calgary Firefighter who was killed fighting a hotel fire on July 13, 1992. Morley is the most recent Calgary Firefighter to be taken from us "on duty" and is one of nine comrades we have lost to "line of duty" deaths. We have also lost countless others to a variety of cancers directly caused by the environment we work in. 

Morley's March is dedicated to all Calgary Firefighters who have made the ultimate sacrifice to protect the the lives and property of the citizens of Calgary.

The band with J.L. McWilliams at Ambleside Beach in 2007