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Brock on Your Block: Bagpipes of Palisades Park

Every sunset during these times of quarantine, a bagpiper heads to Palisades Park in Santa Monica and plays “Amazing Grace” to give us peace. Hear more in this video made possible by Tumbleweed Day Camp.

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