What is the tartan so many are wearing?
And what is Clan Derby? (And how would Derby be spelt in Gaelic, Darbaigh? Clann-na-Dharbaigh?)
I've been piping for Burns Suppers for 40 years now, I've never seen a swordfighting demonstration at one!
The piper is wearing the standard current Pipe Band kit, the mark of the serious competing piper the world over. From his turnout I would expect that he was a fine player. Nice set of David Naill pipes, a fine English pipemaker. (Odd, isn't it, how in piping you can nearly always tell what a Pipe Band or solo piper will sound like just from seeing a photo of them.)
Glad you all had a great time.
My first Burns Supper is tonight, with the band, then I have another tomorrow, solo. I'll try to get a photo of one or both, it's not easy to do, get photos when you're piping!
Last edited by OC Richard; 26th January 18 at 03:39 AM.
Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte
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