Tag: Flower of Scotland

City of Rome Pipe Band to play for Scotland

City of Rome Pipe Band to play for Scotland

The Scottish National Rugby team are playing Italy at the Olympic Stadium in Rome tomorrow, Saturday March 12, and once again Riccardo Brunelli and the City of Rome Pipe Band have been asked to play the Scottish national anthem for the team. The City of Rome Pipe Band, currently led […]

I played for Scotland

I played for Scotland

Scotland’s comprehensive victory over England in the Calcutta Cup last weekend prompted these reminiscences of a Tartan Army veteran and piper: By Alasdair Roberts This all started quarter of a century ago.  We were a Dons*-minded group calling ourselves the Aberdeen Convivial Society for home and away exchanges of entertainment. […]