Bagpipes And Drums Music Edmonton Pipe Band On Visit To Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video compilation of the bagpipes and drums music of Edmonton Pipe Band from Canada on visit to Perth, Perthshire. The band wears the Red Erskine tartan kilts. Edmonton is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta on the North Saskatchewan River. The first to use the name Erskine were the Strathclyde- Britons. It was a name for someone who lived on the Clyde river, near Glasgow. The town name comes from the Gaelic air an sgian, meaning " upon the knife," Legend has it that a Scotsman under the command of King Malcolm II uttered the phrase after slaying a Danish leader at the Battle of Murthill.
The Great Highland Bagpipe or Piob Mhor, is an instrument with opposing harsh shrills and graceful tones, meant to be played outdoors, in the open countryside and it is well suited in inspiring Scotsmen, and women, on the field of battle and in the aftermath, mourning the fallen, or celebrating victory. Through history, pipers are remembered for being mortally or seriously wounded the latter whilst continuing to play in the face of adversity. The kilt first appeared as the great kilt, the breacan or belted plaid, during the 16th century in the Scottish Highlands and is Gaelic in origin. The filleadh mòr or great kilt was a full length garment whose upper half could be worn as a cloak draped over the shoulder, or brought up over the head. A version of the filleadh beag, philibeg, or small kilt, was also known as the walking kilt. The small kilt or modern kilt emerged in the 18th century, and is essentially the bottom half of the great kilt. Since the 19th century, it has become associated with the wider culture of Scotland, and more broadly with Gaelic or Celtic heritage. It is most often made of woollen cloth in a tartan pattern.
Margaret Erskine, a Scottish convict from Edinburgh, was transported aboard the Anna Maria on October 4, 1851, settling in Van Diemen's Land, Australia; Robert Erskine, aged 41, a British gardener travelled from Gravesend aboard the ship Mystery arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 29th March 1859; Robert Erskine, landed in Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1750. Thomas Erskine, arrived in Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1750; Christopher Erskine, arrived in Massachusetts, America, in 1725; Henry Erskine, landed in Maryland, America, in 1750; Thomas Erskine, settled in New England, America in 1773.

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