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Scottish bagpipes?

Aug. 8, 2008, 6:38 p.m. (Message 53352)

I have been watching the opening ceremony from Beijing (the Chinese 
ceretainly know how to organize things -- wow! or "chapeau bas!", as we 
say) during which I heard plenty of bagpipe music, but did not see a 
single kilted musician. Was it my imagination, or did anyone else hear 
Scottish music and get to see who was playing, in particular, during 
the entry of the innumerable competing teams (I did not even know some 
of those countries existed!)?

I'm not normally a sport spectator, and did have a sneaky feeling that 
I ought not to be watching, what with all the commercialization, the 
dope, and the human rights business, but somehow I found this world 
event very moving.

Martin (whose excuse for watching TV in the daytime, was that the 
outside thermometer was showing 38°c !)