Check http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/h/Hairston,George for a reference
to (among all things) a costumed bagpipe-playing Scottish Highlander
at Wytheville!
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From: Douglas Day [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 2:19 PM
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Subject: [VA-HIST] Query: pipes in Va.
Does anyone know of ANY reference to bagpipes--Irish, uillean, "Union,"
or Scottish highland--being played in Virginia at any time before the
20th century?
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Douglas Day, M.A., Ph.D.
Executive Director
Albemarle County Historical Society
The McIntire Building
200 Second Street, NE
Charlottesville, Va. 22902-5245
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fax 434.296-4576
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