Earlier this week I attended a Graduation ceremony at Glasgow University, my niece was graduating in medicine.
The ceremony was quite magnificent as befits an ancient and historical university such as Glasgow.
At the end of the ceremony there is a procession led by a piper from Bute Hall, where the ceremony took place, to the open quadrangle beside the cloisters. The piper leads the way with the Chancellor and all the Heads of Faculties and dignataries following him, at the finish of the procession the piper is presented with a quaich with a wee dram by the clerk of the university, then the remainding members of the procession receive their libation.

I thought this was really nice and showed the respect that was due to the piper.

All in all we had a great day