Posts Tagged ‘bagpipes’
Piping Live! on the search for people’s piping stories
Piping Live!, the Glasgow International Piping Festival, are asking fans from across the globe to submit their fondest piping memories. They are giving them chance to become part of the festival’s history and have their story printed on the official Piping Live! 2019 festival T-shirt, available to buy when the event returns from 10–18 August.…
Read MoreFans asked to submit favourite piping memories
Piping Live! Glasgow International Piping Festival are asking fans from across the globe to submit their fondest piping memories, giving them the chance to become part of the festival’s history. As part of its ‘Sounds of a Lifetime’ campaign, organisers have decided to print the names and stories of those whose lives have been moved…
Read MoreFirst Gleneagles Great Adventure Race winners crowned
Gleneagles has crowned the winners of its inaugural endurance competition, The Great Adventure Race, in a trail that brought together grit, glory and glamour in equal measure. Participants dug deep and felt the burn across 55km of Perthshire countryside – encompassing a 4km canoe trail across Loch Earn, a 16km run over the snow caps…
Read MoreWhen the bagpipes sound, his fish have arrived
We all have sounds that we associate with certain events in our lives – but we can bet bagpipes and fish aren’t an immediate one. However, Alasdair Allen plays his bagpipes on the banks of Loch Ness to let his customers know that his fish van has arrived. Scottish Field spoke to the man who…
Read MoreYou can tuck into haggis ice cream this weekend
A limited edition haggis and marmalade ice cream has been released for Burns Night. The handcrafted speciality recipe – which has been made on the Mackie’s Aberdeenshire farm – is available all weekend at Mackie’s 19.2 parlour in Aberdeen. At 11am this morning, piper Robert Reid from Deeside Caledonia Pipe Band piped the haggis ice…
Read MoreWho will pick up the young trad musician title?
Six of Scotland’s finest young musicians will compete for the crown of BBC Radio Scotland’s Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2019 this weekend. Presented by Bruce MacGregor and part of Celtic Connections 2019, live performances at the event will also be filmed and posted on the BBC Radio Scotland website, live from the City…
Read MoreThe monarch who loved Scots’ spooky traditions
Queen Victoria had a fascinations with the spooky goings on at her Highland retreat of Balmoral. Her interest started properly in 1866 when, after paying a visit to Mrs Grant, mother of John Grant, the head keeper at Balmoral, on the afternoon of 31 October she saw children carrying torches, and bonfires appearing on the…
Read MoreThey keep piping up when the Scottish season is over
As the pipe band competition season has finished in Scotland, the season is just beginning in Australia and New Zealand. My social media feed just now is full of pipers and drummers from all over the world who are travelling to Australia to compete at the Australian Pipe Band Championships in Sydney. I’m continually amazed…
Read MoreTattoo house band looks to drum up support
The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo’s house band is looking for new recruits to join them – and play all over the world. Following the resounding success of its first global tour last year, Pipers Trail – the house band of The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo – is opening applications today for 2019 recruits. Pipers Trail…
Read MoreThe scariest Scottish sites to visit at Halloween
Scotland is known for is ancient castles, with their accompanying ghost stories. Scotland is arguably the home of Halloween – or Samhain as it was originally known. The celebration of all things spooky originates from the ancient Celts’ celebrations and is based on their ‘Feast of Samhain’. The eve became known as All Saints’ Eve,…
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