Cead mille failte, me Highland friends, and welcome tae me humble home here on the web!

I'm Pipe Major Fergus MacAndrich Lochinvar Gordon (Retired) --- last American-born descendant of the Gordons of Lochinvar, and for more than a century [accordin' to the Mortal Calendar of things] the guardian spirit of Scottish Highland Games enthusiasts everywhere! Welcome tae me Bagpipers' Paradise --- part of Richard Washington's Blackbeard's Castle homepages, presented by Yahoo!/GeoCities! Here, everything Scottish is paid proper tribute --- specifically, the Great Highland Bagpipe and its related arts and skills. Here be what ye good lads n' lassies may find here:

Uncle Fergus' Highland Links Uncle Fergus' Guide to the Worlds Uncle Fergus' Own Story The Edinburgh Military Tattoo The Boswell Returns! One Piper's Family Uncle Fergus' Newsroom Pipe Band o' the Month A Brief History of the Kirkin' o' the Tartans King James and Queen Elsa's Proclamation A Message of Hope from Robert the Bruce and Abbot Bernard de Linton Uncle Fergus' Tartan Kingdom The Pipe Major's Gallery Remembering P/M Angus MacDonald Remembering Mary Karin Blair U.S. Senate Resolution #155 Uncle Fergus' St. Patrick's Day Listings The Piper of this House...... Elizabeth II Addresses the Scottish Parliament, July 1st, 1999 A Message on the Games of the 30th Olympiad, London 2012

Remember, lads an' lassies, if ye like all that ye see here, please e-mail us and let us know. The addresses are fairly simple: electric_pirates@hotmail.com and blackbeardian@yahoo.com. Meantime, I guess that'll do it, then, as far as an Introduction is concerned. Have fun explorin', but don't ye go wakin' up Nessie now. Loch Ness can be a beautiful place at times, but it's mighty dangerous when the famous Loch Ness Monster's naptime is interrupted!

Here be a few other links I've previously recommended:

Royal Insight Scottish castle pictures by Bruce Bennett Celtic Arts Tartanweek in America Pipefest.com The St. Patrick's Day Parade Resource Old John Bearcat from Dundee on YouTube.com

The Bagpipers' Paradise has team'd up with both YouTube.com and MySpace.com to bring you the loudest bagpipers' videos and weblinks around! (Just type the words "bagpipe music" or "pipe band music" in the appropriate search mechanism, and you'll see 'em, right as rain!) Pipe Bands and/or individual Pipers for these two specific places will be recognized accordingly with either a number or an asterisk; the process will take some time to complete, so we need tae be askin' fer yer patience as we take on this new challenge.

Nae surprise: The Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band are still large an' in charge --- o' the Pipe Band Universe called Grade One, that is! Bow down and worship them. Now.

Prepare yerselves now for the 2009 International Gathering of the Scottish Clans @ Edinburgh! Friday, July 25th and Saturday, July 26th will see Holyrood Park hosting one of the largest-ever assemblings of Scottish Clans, startin' wi' a spectacular Highland Games/Heavy Events Championships --- then on the big Saturday, an unprecedented Parade up the Royal Mile leads to a spectacular single-night Clans' Pageant at the Castle Esplanade! 'Tis all part o' HomecomingScotland.com, a year-long festival that celebrates Robert Burns' 250th Birthday Anniversary! Click as shown for the full schedule of 2009 events!

Six of Scotland's most famous Regiments --- The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment); the King's Own Scottish Borderers; the Royal Scots; the Royal Highland Fusiliers; the Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons); and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders --- have been consigned into the pages of Scottish and British Military history. In their place now stands the Royal Regiment of Scotland, which also encompasses all the Pipe Bands of each of its former components. In addition, the Lowland and Highland Bands have likewise been merged, and the combined Massed Bands now wear officially designed kilts.

Click here if ye feels ye need tae leave us, or else check out the other sites in Richard Washington's Blackbeard's Castle Network:

BLACKWOLF THE DRAGONMASTER'S DARK CHAMBERSOLD MAN FIDDLERTHE QUARTET OF THE LONGBEARDSTALES FROM BERENICIAEDWARD VII: THE HOMEPAGELA MOVIDASUPERMAN: THE MOVIE --- THE RICHARD WASHINGTON SITE

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