Tour Scotland Video Clan Young Parade Highland Games Blairgowrie Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of the Clan Young parade on visit to the Blairgowrie Highland Games in Bogles Field, Essendy Road, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. The name Young was originally used to distinguish a son from his father when they shared a common forename. It was also used in the case of multiple sons by the father’s heir. Consequently this is a fairly common surname in Scotland, being frequently found in Edinburgh, the Scottish Borders region and also the Northeast regions of Angus and Kincardineshire.

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Tour Scotland Video Bagpipes And Sword Dancing Highland Games Blairgowrie Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of the bagpipes and Sword Dancing at the Highland Dancing competition on visit to the Blairgowrie Highland Games in Bogles Field, Essendy Road, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. In Gillie Callum or Scottish sword dance the dancer crosses two swords on the ground in an X shape, dances around and within the 4 quarters of it. In 1573 Scottish mercenaries are said to have performed a Scottish Sword dance before the Swedish King, John III, at a banquet held in Stockholm Castle.

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Tour Scotland Video Bagpipes And Highland Dancing Highland Games Blairgowrie Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of bagpipes music and traditional Scottish Highland dancing at the Blairgowrie Highland Games in Bogles Field, Essendy Road, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. Highland dance or Highland dancing is a style of competitive solo dancing developed in the Scottish Highlands in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in the context of competitions at public events such as the Highland games. Highland dancing is often performed to the accompaniment of Highland bagpipe music. It is now seen at nearly every modern day Highland games event.

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Tour Scotland Video Blairgowrie And Rattray Drum Corps Highland Games Blairgowrie Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of the drums music of Blairgowrie and Rattray Drum Corps at the Blairgowrie Highland Games in Bogles Field, Essendy Road, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Foot Races Highland Games Blairgowrie Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of some of the foot races at the Blairgowrie Highland Games in Bogles Field, Essendy Road, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. Many Scots believe the roots of the Highland games date as far back as the 11th century, when King Malcolm III called a foot race to the summit of Craig Choinnich, near Braemar, in the hopes of finding the fastest runner in the land to become his personal courier.

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