Just in case you like bagpipipes? One of the Best Pipe bands in the U.S. is the Grade I City of Washington Pipe Band. They meet in Kensington Md. in the winter, and at the University of Maryland in fair weather. They won the Worlds in Grade 2 a couple years ago. They perform with Bonnie Rideout - 6 Time U.S.Scottish Fiddling champion. You can catch them at the Celtic games in Fair Hill, Maryland, Leesburg,VA, Alexandria, VA (July 26, '03). They perform next Saturday 2:00(5th of July)at the Folk Festival at the Smithsonian in DC. As for Sea Chantey-folk- the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race begins with a Sailor's Evening at the foot of Broadway on an infamous "Tugantine" in Fells Point Baltimore Md. on October 15. - Heely
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