Blair Castle to host Celtic Evenings

Jul 8 2008

BLAIR Castle will once again play host to Pitlochry and Blair Atholl Pipe Band’s Celtic Evenings. The next event goes ahead tomorrow, with the following one on Tuesday, August 19.

The evenings will include Highland Dancing and Celtic music from Scotland, Ireland, Brittany, Asturia and Galicia, played on the forecourt outside the historic castle (wet weather venue will be the castle’s ballroom). Tickets will be on sale on the night and cost £6.50 for adults, £4.50 for concessions and accompanied children are free. The event will begin at 7.15pm.

The Celtic Evenings are part of a busy year for the Pitlochry and Blair Atholl Pipe Band. In the past few months the band have been performing in Scotland and abroad, with some members recently competing in the Breton Championships in Vannes with their twin band, Sonerien an Oriant.

The band will soon return to Brittany for the Festival Interceltique, the largest Celtic music festival in the world.