About 15 pipe bands march through Dunedin’s city centre during Octagonal Day at the weekend. PHOTOS: LINDA ROBERTSON
About 15 pipe bands march through Dunedin’s city centre during Octagonal Day at the weekend. PHOTOS: LINDA ROBERTSON
Enjoying the event on Saturday are (from left) Suzanne Bishop and her granddaughter Lucy Bishop (15 months), Warren Greaves and his granddaughter Olivia Bishop (15 months), and the twins’ mother, Susanna Bishop.
Enjoying the event on Saturday are (from left) Suzanne Bishop and her granddaughter Lucy Bishop (15 months), Warren Greaves and his granddaughter Olivia Bishop (15 months), and the twins’ mother, Susanna Bishop.
Canterbury Caledonian Pipe Band drum major Wendy Chisholm, of Christchurch, checks the band’s uniforms are perfect before the pipe band march begins in the Octagon.
Canterbury Caledonian Pipe Band drum major Wendy Chisholm, of Christchurch, checks the band’s uniforms are perfect before the pipe band march begins in the Octagon.
Ashburton Pipe Band Lauren Wright (26) has her hair braided by fellow band members Jennifer Martin (left) and Samantha Doak.
Ashburton Pipe Band Lauren Wright (26) has her hair braided by fellow band members Jennifer Martin (left) and Samantha Doak.
Georgia Dahlenburg (9), of Mosgiel, holds a sign for the Queenstown and Southern Lakes Pipe Band during the street march.
Georgia Dahlenburg (9), of Mosgiel, holds a sign for the Queenstown and Southern Lakes Pipe Band during the street march.
City of Dunedin Pipe Band piper Tony Carmichael practises before the street march.
City of Dunedin Pipe Band piper Tony Carmichael practises before the street march.
The City of Dunedin Pipe Band on the march.
The City of Dunedin Pipe Band on the march.
Ross Ferguson, one of the adjudicators at the Octagonal Day pipe band street march, scores the bands as they pass.
Ross Ferguson, one of the adjudicators at the Octagonal Day pipe band street march, scores the bands as they pass.
Pipe bands strut stuff during Octagonal Day
Dunedin lived up to its name as the Edinburgh of the South at the weekend as the sound of massed pipes and drums echoed through the city streets....