“Sometimes it doesn't take much just to let people know that they're not alone in these difficult times.”
But the funeral home has still seen a decrease in services. Adam notes that an entire community grieves alongside a family when someone dies, especially with the widespread effects of the pandemic.
“It’s specifically to honor those who have passed away in the past week that were unable to have any type of celebration of life or traditional service due to the restrictions that COVID-19 brought upon us,” Adam told HuffPost Canada. Seamus Grant plays outside Providence Funeral Home in Penticton, B.C. on May 15, 2020.
Grant has been playing the bagpipes for a year and a half, but this is his longest solo performance. In addition to being a meaningful way to serve his community, it gives him a chance to practise at a time when the usual festivals and events are cancelled, his mother Lisa, president of the Okanagan Youth Pipe Band Society, said.
Adam recalls one woman who phoned from a neighbouring community and said she had just lost her daughter. She said, “I can’t have a funeral and I don’t know what to do. Aren’t you guys the ones that play the pipes on the corner of the funeral home?” and asked if she could drive over to their parking lot to listen.
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