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Piping World stars Inveraray & District Pipe Band

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McGrigor puts Inveraray & District Pipe Band on the record

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Dunoon Grammar School goes mega with a Burns Supper for 1,100

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Dunoon Grammar School went large.  On 23rd January the school marked the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns with all 1,100 of the school’s pupils and staff taking part in a traditional Burns Supper.

The school canteen served up traditional Burns haggis, neeps and tatties. The pupils presented a celebration of all things Scottish during the meal – with Highland Dancers, readings from Burns and a stirring set from the school’s pipe band.

Councillor Isobel Strong, Argyll and Bute Council’s Education Spokesperson, congratulated the school, saying: ‘It’s wonderful to see the children of Dunoon Grammar School taking part in this wonderful occasion and celebrating the work of Scotland’s national bard’.

Pupils from the school’s TV station, whose recent launch on 16th January was extensively covered by For Argyll, also broadcast their own version of this year’s Homecoming Scotland video. Pupils and staff of the school took the places of the Scottish celebrities who appeared in VisitScotland’s original promotion; and stunning images of Dunoon replaced the various location shots in the official version.

Dougie MacLean who wrote Caledonia – and who will probably never want to hear it again by the end of this year – had already given the pupils the go-ahead to use the song in the broadcast.

During the Supper, the school’s S1 IT and Enterprise Club also produced and sold tartan ribbons to mark the event and are donating the proceeds to Children 1st.

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Helensburgh Bi-Centenary Pipe Band & Highland Dancing Championships

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The Helensburgh Bi-Centenary Pipe Band and Highland Dancing Championships will be held in a variety of venues around Helensburgh from 19th-21st June. The event is part of Argyll’s programme for Homecoming Scotland 2009. The Pipe Band Championships are on 21st June.

This event is part of Argyll’s programme for Homecoming Scotland 2009.

The Argylls exerise their Freedom of Dumbarton by marching through the town

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On the 11th December, in a series of proud marches through citis and towns with which the are associated, The Argyll and Sutherland HIghlanders marched through Dumbarton on the fringes of Argyll. They were met and applauded by wellwishers lining both sides of the road on their route. The townsfolk also clapped to the marching rhythm of the accompanying pipe band’s music.

The high point of the march was the presentation of arms for inspection before the reception at Dumbarton Burgh Halls.

Granted the Freedom of Dumbarton, the Argyls, now the 5th Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland (or 5 Scots), were exercising their right to march through the town. The series of such marches made by the Argylls includes welcomes in the cities of Canterbury and Stirling.

Photographs of the opccasion can be viewd on the Argyll and Sutherland HIghlanders’ Veterans Website.

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