St. Pete / Clearwater Commercial

**Rex_Tremende** · 19th March 09, 06:15 PM

It's not entirely clear to me why, but at the end of a new St. Pete / Clearwater, Florida, tourism commercial, a piper in full kit appears standing out on the white sand beach along with an array of characters in various forms of working attire - present and historical, I think.

Regards,
Rex.

**gilmore** · 19th March 09, 09:19 PM

Originally Posted by Rex_Tremende

It's not entirely clear to me why, but at the end of a new St. Pete / Clearwater, Florida, tourism commercial, a piper in full kit appears standing out on the white sand beach along with an array of characters in various forms of working attire - present and historical, I think.

Regards,
Rex.

Perhaps to denote Dunedin, just north of Clearwater. They have highland games at some time in the winter, recently, I think.

**RedBeard** · 20th March 09, 04:38 AM

Originally Posted by gilmore

Perhaps to denote Dunedin, just north of Clearwater. They have highland games at some time in the winter, recently, I think.

Probably. There are alot of scottish thing that go on right around central Florida. Highland fest. and Ren fest.

**sirdaniel1975** · 27th March 09, 04:01 AM

I live in the area, sort of. The store "The Celtic Shop" is in that area. We do have a lot of Highland Games in the area. The group "New World Celts" started in Dunedin and I believe it's the largest Celtic organization in the world and is only about 10 years old. My group the "Jacobites: Scottish & Irish club of Lakeland, Fl" is a member. Most of the cities around here were founded by Scottish immigrants. ex. = Sarasota, Dunedin, Polk County (where I am), etc.. There are several Schools with pipe bands and kilted marching bands in the area as well.

**george7** · 27th March 09, 06:25 AM

Maybe it's our own 'Tampabaypiper'

**Phil E. Begg** · 2nd April 09, 09:54 PM

I used to live a few blocks north of Clearwater in... Dunedin. I have a feeling that's why he was in there.

Our marching band demonstrated just why the Pipes were banned as an instrument of war!

Phil

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**macwilkin** · 3rd April 09, 07:46 AM

Originally Posted by Rex_Tremende

It's not entirely clear to me why, but at the end of a new St. Pete / Clearwater, Florida, tourism commercial, a piper in full kit appears standing out on the white sand beach along with an array of characters in various forms of working attire - present and historical, I think.

Regards,
Rex.

Dunedin and Sarasota Florida were both Scottish "colonies"; the former was started by two Scottish businessmen in the late 1890s.

T.