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

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The Sailor's Hornpipe performed during Kenmore Highland Games this week. This is Scotland's only evening Highland Games, one of the most friendly and in the beautiful setting of Kenmore by Loch Tay. This dance has its own distinctive costume and the music was originally played on a hornpipe rather than bagpipes. | Scotland Online

A lovely display of the Sailor's Hornpipe, by a competitor dancing during the 2025 Dufftown Highland Games, held in beautiful Moray Speyside in late July this year. This ois one of the Scottish National dances with it's own costume, originally danced to a hornpipe rather than bagpipes as now. #sailorshornpipe #highlanddancing #dufftownhighlandgames | Scotland Online

Young dancers competing in the Sailor's Hornpipe dance heats during the 2025 Dufftown Highland Games. These were held in beautiful Moray Speyside, Scotland, on Saturday 26th July 2025. 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. #dufftownhighlandgames #highlanddance #sailorshornpipe | Scottish Highlands & Inverness

“The Sailor’s Hornpipe” or “The College Hornpipe” is played on our Vireo Chromatic hammered dulcimer. #hornpipe #sailorshornpipe #royalnavy #hammereddulcimer #dulcimer #hammerdulcimer #fiddletune #captaincook #history #popeye #songbirddulcimers #sailor | Songbird Dulcimers

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