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PatchCast: Dunedin’s 45th Annual Highland Games at Highlander Park
For one week for a 45th year the Florida town of Dunedin celebrated its Scottish heritage. This video takes a look at the April 9 festivities at Highlander Park.
This regional PatchCast offers another look at the 45th Annual Dunedin Highland Games, this time focusing on the opening day ceremonies of the Dunedin Scottish Games at Highlander Park on April 9.
The earlier PatchCast, posted April 7, caught a glimpse of the Dunedin Military Tattoo, the city’s premier annual Scottish pipe and drum event, which kicked off the week of festivities leading up to the main event featured in today’s PatchCast posting.
The annual festivities, held this year April 2-9, marks a celebration around International Tartan Day, a worldwide celebration of Scottish tradition.
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Dunedin, a quaint coastal town situated north of Clearwater on St. Joseph Sound, takes pride in its rich cultural heritage. Scots settled the city, named for Scotland’s capital of Edinbugh, during the 1800s, and it has preserved its cultural identity through musical education and events like the Highland Games.
The city on April 9 celebrated the Highland Games, featuring bagpipe-and-drum bands, Celtic dancers, traditional Scottish games (including tug-of-war and caber tossing), sheep dog demonstrations and lots of people wearing kilts.
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