When you think of San Francisco, what image comes to mind? Most people would envision the Golden Gate Bridge, Fisherman's Wharf, or perhaps images of the Great Earthquake of 1906. But I'll bet few people imagine a kilted Bagpiper in downtown San Francisco playing a haunting melody on the pipes!
And yet the San Francisco Bay Area is the perfect place to hear the haunting strains of Amazing Grace, played with skill and precision. The Bay Area is home to one of the largest gatherings in the world for the Scottish Games held annually at the Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, CA. Scottish clans gather there from all over the world to hold athletic competitions in unique events found only in Scotland, such as tossing the caber and the hammer throw.
But the one indelible thing taken away by anyone attending is the number of quality bagpipe players in the San Francisco Bay Area. You can watch the parade that always includes a royal court dressed in Elizabethan finery, and then listen to the pipers and drummers following close behind.
The Scottish Games are being held this year on the 1st and 2nd of September, 2012. If you love the thought of hearing a world class San Francisco bagpiper, be sure and put these dates on your calendar and come to the largest gathering in the world for the Scottish Highland Games. It is their 147th gathering, so tell your family and friends about the San Francisco bagpipers and Scottish caber throwers they can see and hear there. It's a great day for the whole family.
For further details about bagpiper San Francisco please visit the website.
And yet the San Francisco Bay Area is the perfect place to hear the haunting strains of Amazing Grace, played with skill and precision. The Bay Area is home to one of the largest gatherings in the world for the Scottish Games held annually at the Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, CA. Scottish clans gather there from all over the world to hold athletic competitions in unique events found only in Scotland, such as tossing the caber and the hammer throw.
But the one indelible thing taken away by anyone attending is the number of quality bagpipe players in the San Francisco Bay Area. You can watch the parade that always includes a royal court dressed in Elizabethan finery, and then listen to the pipers and drummers following close behind.
The Scottish Games are being held this year on the 1st and 2nd of September, 2012. If you love the thought of hearing a world class San Francisco bagpiper, be sure and put these dates on your calendar and come to the largest gathering in the world for the Scottish Highland Games. It is their 147th gathering, so tell your family and friends about the San Francisco bagpipers and Scottish caber throwers they can see and hear there. It's a great day for the whole family.
For further details about bagpiper San Francisco please visit the website.
