We didn’t get back to our RVs until late Monday evening, after
having seen the musical Anne of Green Gables.
But, by 10:30 a.m. today, many of us were up and headed out to the town of Summerside to
the College of Bag Piping. Here,
students can learn Piping and Drumming, and Highland and Step Dancing. We were treated to some of each of
these. In the photo at right, we were
shown the various components of a bagpipe.
After seeing and hearing the dancing, piping and drumming,
we were given a tour of the College.
2014 marks the 25th year of the college. On the tour, we saw a map of the world with
red marks showing the locations where their students have come from over that
period of time. The majority were from
Canada and the USA, but there were also some that came from as far as India and
Australia.
Here, our guide and piper explained that pipers, drummers
and dancers study at The College throughout the summer, in customized week-long
sessions. After the tour, many went
through the gift shop and made purchases…..
no one bought one of the bagpipes though, priced at $17,950.00.
The days events ended with a travel briefing at
5:00
p.m. for our trip tomorrow to
Annapolis-Royal, Nova Scotia. Due to
some major road constructions along the route we were to take, our Wagon Master
Spence provided new trip logs.
Submitted by:
#14 Karen & Reid Gantt
