Cincinnati Caledonian Pipes and Drums, one of the oldest pipe bands in the United States, is dedicated to promoting and preserving the Scottish Celtic cultural and musical arts through piping, drumming and Highland dancing. They have been honored to play at such events as opening for The Black Watch, Rod Stewart, playing the half time show for the Cincinnati Bengals, playing the Cincinnati Celtic Festival since it started in the mid 1990s, and leading the Cincinnati St. Patrick’s Day parade. Their big event each year is the annual Tartan Day Ceilidh held in conjunction with National Tartan Day held in early April.
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“What does headquarters think these guys came over here for, a sewing circle? They go up playing for keeps. Cops and robbers with rocks in the snowballs. Brass knuckles and lead pipes and a roughneck conviction they can lick any man in the world.”
—Dalton Trumbo (1905–1976)
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—Frank S. Nugent (1908–1965)