Tour Scotland Video Scottish Highland Dancers Blairgowrie and Rattray Highland Games Perthshire September

Tour Scotland video shot today of Highland Dancers at the Highland Games in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. The term Highland dance or Highland dancing is used today to refer to a style of athletic solo dancing which developed in the Gaelic Highlands of Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Scottish Highland Games Parade Blairgowrie and Rattray Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of the Parade at the Highland Games in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. Leading the parade was Blairgowrie and Rattray Pipe Band, followed by games officials including Laurence Blair Oliphant of Ardblair and Gask, Chieftain of the Games. Also in the parade were the Duggar Family; Bob and Michelle Duggar, along with their 19 children, and 2 grandchildren, hailing from Kansas, USA, they are stars of the reality television show, 19 Kids and Counting. The final group in the parade were the Rattray School Marching Drum Corps. Blairgpwrie sister cities are Fergus, Ontario, Canada, and Pleasanton, California, America.

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Tour Scotland Video Junior Highland Dancers Blairgowrie and Rattray Highland Games Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Junior Highland Dancers at the Highland Games in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. Many of the steps connected with Highland Dancing came originally from the French courts, possibly through the influence of Mary, Queen of Scots and the gentlemen of Scotland who served in the bodyguard of the King of France.

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Tour Scotland Video Pibroch Piping Blairgowrie and Rattray Highland Games Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Pibroch Piping at the Highland Games in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. This piper was taking part in the Pibroch competition today at the Highland Games. Pibroch, Piobaireachd or Ceòl Mór is an art music genre associated primarily with the Scottish Highlands that is characterised by extended compositions with a melodic theme and elaborate formal variations. It is currently performed principally on the Great Highland Bagpipe.

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Tour Scotland Video Solo Piping Blairgowrie and Rattray Highland Games Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Solo Piping at the Highland Games in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. This piper was taking part in the Strathspey and Reel competition at the Highland Games. The strathspey for the Great Highland Bagpipe is primarily intended as a display of virtuosity. Although band and solo competition bagpiping generally involves a complicated, heavily ornamented setting, traditional pipers often play simpler, more rhythmically driven versions.

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