The 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings will be celebrated across the Island with 10 days of bagpipes.
Between May 28 and June 6, ‘Highland Laddie’ will play out from 8am at various locations as a countdown to the day.
It’s the final part of an 80-day countdown across different regions of the UK and British Crown Dependencies.
Speaking to 3FM, piper Alistair Lothian is one of the six bagpipers who will be heard on-Island:
LOCATIONS:
28th May - Alistair Lothian, Laxey Rose Gardens
29th May - John Struthers, Douglas Head
30th May - John Struthers, Douglas Head
31st May - Sheila Quaggin, Port Soderick, Heroes on the Water
1st June - Alistair Lothian, Parliament Square, Ramsey
2nd June - John Shakespeare, Peel Castle
3rd June - Jane Falconer, Onchan Head
4th June - Jane Falconer, Douglas War Memorial
5th June - Fiona Hill, Jurby Church war graves
6th June - Alistair Lothian, The National War Memorial, at St John’s
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