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Darrell
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Here's a great link to the World Pipe Band Championships, via the Beeb:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/music/worlds/2009/

The sound even goes to 11! (seriously, hover your mouse over the audio control) :) Something about bagpipes stirs the blood...
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It's been said the Irish invented the bagpipes then gave them to the Scots.

The Scots still haven't got the joke. :-)

fwiw I love the pipes & grew up listening to Harry Lauder and hearing my Scot aunt & uncles talk story in increasingly thick brogues. You know what they say -- 5 Scots, 10 conversations.
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Chris, for some reason that reminds me of a band called Steeleye Span. Ever hear of them?

This might be a better link, it shows all the groups in the competition:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/music/worlds/2009/bands/
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