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Piping & Golf: A centuries old tradition
TweetOn a windswept piece of landscaped rough, overlooking the Pacific Ocean and a pounding surf, as golfers and guests gather to wrap up their day and reminisce about their drives and putts, they witness a beautiful sight and sound as … Continue reading
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Tagged bagpipes, Golf, Pebble Beach, piping, Spanish Bay
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Lament for the 2020 BC Highland Games
TweetIt was a dreary day to hold a highland games. I’m kinda glad we didn’t. Thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic, all large gatherings, including the 89th BC Highland Games, have been cancelled for 2020. This decision was made in May … Continue reading
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Tagged 604, bagpiping, Coquitlam, covid-19, highlandgames
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Bagpiping & golf: the sounds of Scotland in the New World
TweetOn a windswept piece of landscaped rough, overlooking the Pacific Ocean and its pounding surf, as golfers and guests gather to wrap up their day and reminisce about their drives and putts, they witness a beautiful sight and sound as … Continue reading
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Tagged bagpiping, Golf, Inn at Spanish Bay, links, Pebble Beach, Scotland
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Seven great 2015 Scottish highland games & festivals near Vancouver
TweetLooking to satisfy that summer urge for piping, kilts and haggis? British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest is the place to be in 2015. It all starts this weekend with the annual Victoria Highland Games and Celtic Festival which kicks … Continue reading
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Tagged bagpiping, beer gardens, Coquitlam, haggis, heavy events, Highland games, kilts, tartans, Vancouver, whisky tasting
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Calling non-competitive pipe bands in the Lower Mainland
TweetFrom the world’s largest, to North America’s oldest, there are many great Scottish highland games around the world. To name just a few, the largest is the Cowal Highland Gathering in Scotland; in the US, there are the Pleasanton Games in California … Continue reading
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Tagged bagpiping, BC Highland Games, competition, pipe bands, police pipe bands
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Remembering the fallen, with bagpipes in Vancouver and beyond
TweetWhen the bagpiper plays the lament this year at cenotaphs in Vancouver and around the country on November 11, it will a poignant moment for many. As most Canadian are well aware, we lost two soldiers recently on our own shores. … Continue reading
Remembering veterans in Vancouver and beyond with bagpipes
TweetThe weather forecast is ominous. November 11th is usually the last day of the year that most pipers and pipe bands venture into the great outdoors to perform one last time before winter winds sweep down and snow, rain and … Continue reading