Name: Grand Traverse Pipes perform a Scottish concert after the September Celtic Games, 2008
Start: 2008-09-13
End: 2008-09-13
Location: Beaver Island Community Center building

Event

Date: 2008-09-13
Kind: Concert
Where: Beaver Island Community Center building
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: musicperformancesportscommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

After the September 13 Celtic Games, six members of the Grand Traverse Pipes performed traditional Scottish bagpipe music at the Community Center. The report describes their coordinated uniforms, explained program numbers, and a dance performance alongside the music.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper performance report, not a complete ensemble roster or recording.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, October 2008, "With the Grand Traverse Pipes."
Retrospectively reports the six-member Highland Pipes concert at the Community Center after the September Celtic Games, including traditional Scottish bagpipe music, explanations of the numbers, and a dance number. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, October 2008, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the pipe-band concert report.
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Beaver Island Forum, "BICG 4," September 15–17, 2008.
Grand Traverse Pipes & Drums member Jack Fellows thanks the Community Center staff for hosting and recording the Saturday-night concert. This performer account corroborates the concert and venue, but does not provide a complete recording or audience count.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Grand Traverse Pipes perform a Scottish concert after the September Celtic Games, 2008”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-grand-traverse-pipes-celtic-concert-2008/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 2008, "With the Grand Traverse Pipes." (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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