North Berwick Highland Games 2005: Scottish Music, Scottish Highland Dancing & Scottish Caber Toss
www.wcptv.biz Title of Video: North Berwick Highland Games 2005: Scottish Music, Scottish Highland Dancing & Scottish Caber Toss This is one of the earliest videos I made in 2005 where I had yet to use the exposure properly as you can see. I kept this upload really to serve as an experiment while I attended the North Berwick Highland Games, one of the Highland Games in Scotland. Produced by Alan Taylor Format: Mpeg2 Sony Cybershot P73 Length: 7:09 The North Berwick Highland Games have taken place for 16 years with the first being held in 1996, attended by 4000 people from North Berwick and the surrounding towns in East Lothian. At present, a larger 15000 number of visitors are expected every year at the event. North Berwick is a town on the east coast of the Firth of Forth, 25 miles from the centre of Edinburgh. In 2010, visiting bagpipes pipe bands included the; New Zealand Police Bagpipe music, the 78th Fraser Highlanders from Canada, the City of Blacktown Pipers from Australia, the Royal Army of Oman and Benoni McTalla Pipe Band from South Africa. There are various competitions held throughout the day which include junior bands competiting in the mornings while the older more experienced bands play in the afternoon in what is known as the Grade 1 Competition. Tunes they play could include Scottish music; Bagpipes Amazing Grace, Scotland the Brave, and Highland Cathedral. Scotland Bagpipes include the North Berwick Pipe Band. There was also Highland Dance present at the …