He estimates there will be 700 bagpipers and drummers and 2, 000 participants in all.

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They want to create a sanctuary on the Isle of Skye in which bagpipers may play and dress as they please.

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Millin's brigadier that day, Lord Lovat, had specifically ignored the general order against bagpipers issued for 9, 000 Scottish troops participating in the attack.

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Ten months ago, New York Governor George Pataki, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, developer Larry Silverstein, choirs and bagpipers joined for a ceremony at ground zero.

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Bagpipers opened the gathering, the Brooklyn Youth Chorus sang the national anthem, the cellist Yo-Yo Ma performed, and Paul Simon played his classic song The Sounds Of Silence.

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