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The author mentions a woman, Catherine MacLennan, a bagpiper in the second half of the nineteenth century but leaves unanswered a number of interesting questions: to what extent was it typical for a woman to study bagpiping?

Hugh Jackman sang ''Quiet Please, There's A Lady On Stage'' at the end of the ceremony and bagpipers from the New York City Police Department played on the streets as mourners filed out of Temple Emanu-El, many dabbing their eyes.

BURNS PARTY: A bagpiper, above, and Scottish folk dancer, right, join in the festivities at St George's Hall, Liverpool Pictures: JASON ROBERTS

Already I am getting nightmares at the possibility of Kenneth McKellar, Moira Anderson and hordes of prancing, dancing kilt-clad men and women accompanied by a phalanx of bagpipers being reincarnated to take possession of our TV screens on the Eve.

Patrick's Day Community March & Celebration: featuring bagpipers, a Celtic band, mariachis, storytelling, Irish antiques, raffle tickets, prizes and more.

The 1,500 mourners included a troup of Irish bagpipers, a Carmen Miranda look-alike and a woman dressed like a Christmas tree.

However, the bagpipers may struggle to win the public vote on bringing back Liverpool's piper.

BAGPIPERS gathered at the weekend for their annual festival but there were no kilts and only one Highlander.

on Saturday evening, bagpipers will lead the candlelight procession and ceremony honoring cancer survivors and those lost to cancer.

The Standells will headline a night of entertainment that also includes '50s and '60s music "ensemble of one'' Just Harry, classic rockers Dirty Trio, guitarist-vocalist Ricky Duran, the Worcester Fire Department Bagpipers, Irish folk-rockers Blackstone Cuil and The Joy of Music Program's Jazz Voyage.

It's known as writer's cramp but it also affects surgeons, bagpipers and violinists.

The MEPs argue protection for haggis is necessary to ensure that no-one outside Scotland can pass off their versions as Scottish by adding tartan labels or pictures of bagpipers

The fair has something for everyone, with traditional Irish dance and music performed by Irish bands and bagpipers, and a leprechaun village where kids can discover the luck of the Irish.

Bagpipers from the Welsh Piping Society - who are based at the Territorial Army barracks on Adam Street, Cardiff - played in front of the procession from Virgil Street to Grange Gardens, along Holmesdale Street.

Those pouring into town to compete include Latin musicians and Scottish bagpipers.