Tour Scotland Video Buskers Playing Fiddle And Bodhran Music Edinburgh

Tour Scotland video of young buskers playing the fiddle and Bodhran music on visit to Edinburgh, Scotland. Although most common in Ireland, the bodhrán has gained popularity throughout the Celtic music world, especially in Scotland, Cape Breton, North mainland Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and Prince Edward Island. Street performance or busking is the act of performing in public places for gratuities. In many countries the rewards are generally in the form of money but other gratuities such as food, drink or gifts may be given. Street performance is practiced all over the world and dates back to antiquity. People engaging in this practice are called street performers or buskers.

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Tour Scotland Video Fiddle Music Bridge Of Earn Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of traditional Scottish fiddle music in a pub in Bridge Of Earn, Perthshire, Scotland. Scotland is internationally known for its traditional music, which remained vibrant throughout the 20th century and into the 21st, when many traditional forms worldwide lost popularity to pop music. In spite of emigration and a well-developed connection to music imported from the rest of Europe and the United States, the music of Scotland has kept many of its traditional aspects; indeed, it has itself influenced many forms of music.

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Tour Scotland Video Accordion Music Bridge Of Earn Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of traditional Scottish accordion music in a pub in Bridge Of Earn, Perthshire, Scotland. Often referred to by locals simply as The Brig, which is Scots for bridge, the village grew up on the south bank of an important crossing of the River Earn, whose sandstone bridge existed from at least the early 14th century, when it is known to have been repaired by order of King Robert I of Scotland. This ancient bridge was a major landmark on the road between Edinburgh, 39 miles South. and Perth, 4 miles north, for several centuries.

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Old Photograph River Cree Newton Stewart Scotland

Old photograph of the River Cree at Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The River Cree runs through Newton Stewart and into the Solway Firth. It forms part of the boundary between the counties of Wigtownshire and Kirkcudbrightshire. The tributaries of the Cree are the Minnoch, Trool, Penkiln and Palnure which drain from the Range of the Awful Hand, the labyrinthine range of mountains and lochs, bogs, burns and crags, rising at its highest to The Merrick, Galloway, 12 miles to the north and visible from Newton Stewart. The Cree was also the source of power for the textile mills built in Newton Stewart in the 18th Century when water power was a key element in industrial development. Salmon fishing using stake nets can still be seen in the bay but are no longer common. Other traditional methods of salmon fishing using " haaf nets " have also declined. However, enthusiastic anglers return year after year to the Cree and fine fresh run salmon are still caught in worthwhile numbers.



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Old Photograph Parish Church Colinton Scotland

Old photograph of the Parish Church and cemetery on Dell Road in Colinton located South West of the centre of Edinburgh, Scotland. A church has stood on the site for approximately 1000 years, but the current building was constructed and opened in 1908. The current church was rebuilt in 1907 by the architect Sydney Mitchell. The church incorporates the tower from the old church, which had been designed by David Bryce and built in 1837. Robert Louis Stevenson spent the summers of his childhood at the church manse when his grandfather was the village's Parish Minister; the philanthropist James Gillespie; and architects Sir Robert Rowand Anderson and John James Burnet also lived in this Scottish village.



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