John Davie Burgess, King of the Highland Pipers, Died at Age 71.
June 29, 2005
John Burgess died on June 29, 2005 at the age of 71. He was born in Aberdeen on 11 March 1934, and first learned to play …
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Celebration of Tartan Day Approved by the US Senate
April 6, 1994
In 1998 the US Senate designated 6 April each year as Tartan Day in recognition of the monumental achievements and …
Captain Ian C. Cameron, a Bagpiper, Composer, and Author Dies, Edinburgh
November 7, 1990
Captain Ian C. Cameron, a bagpiper, an author and a longtime member of the Piobaireachd Society died at age 72, from a …
Bagpiper John Wilson Dies, Willowdale, Ontario
November 6, 1979
John Wilson, Scottish born who emigrated to Toronto, Canada in the late 1940s at the prompting of George R. Duncan. …