Competitors in the Sailor's Hornpipe during the 2022 Atholl Gathering Highland Games in Scotland. The Atholl Gathering and Games are held at Atholl Estates and Blair Castle in beautiful Perthshire, Scotland, on the Bank Holiday weekend at the end of May each year. The Sailor's Hornpipe was originally a Celtic dance and is one of the Scottish National Dances, originally played on a hornpipe rather than bagpipes. It is also one of the few Highland Dances that has its own unique costume for competi

The Sailor's Hornpipe dance heats, held during the 2023 Aboyne Highland Games in Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. These wonderful Games, which attract thousands of visitors from all over the world, are held annually on the first Saturday in August, and return to Aboyne Green this Saturday, 3rd August 2024. The Sailor's Hornpipe was originally a Celtic dance and one of the Scottish National Dances, originally played on a hornpipe rather than bagpipes. The moves imitate many shipboard activities