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Roseneath, Scotland – July 18, 2004 – On a day when much of Scotland was watching the final round of the Open Championship, about 30 die-hard pipers were competing at the Roseneath & Clynder Highland Games in Roseneath on the western shore of the Gareloch. Colin MacLellan of Edinburgh and […]
Balloch, Scotland – July 17, 2004 – Gordon Walker of Glasgow won both the solo piping events at the annual Balloch Highland Games, where only light music competitions are offered. Twenty pipers competed for the prizes. The event typically draws a high number of soloists who are also competing with […]
Airth, Scotland – July 18, 2004 – Chris Armstrong of Bathgate, Scotland, won the Andrew Patterson Memorial Trophy at the Airth Highland Games against a field of 16 other solo pipers. One piper reported that “Chris was playing exceptionally well, and I think that the rest of us were making […]
Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada – July 17-18, 2004 – At 141, the Antigonish Highland Games is one of the world’s oldest ongoing competitions, and this year’s event took place in sunny weather across both days. In the professional solo piping, Bruce Gandy of Halifax, Nova Scotia, doiminated the light music, […]
Lorne Cousin and Madonna, The Re-Invention Tour, Air Canada Centre, Toronto, July 21, 2004
Seventy-two bands, 282 soloists scheduled to compete at Maxville