On Saturday night, during a miraculous brief break amid the bad weather, Kirkwall City Pipe Band were joined by the 2008 Lerwick Up Helly Aa squad as a "thank you" for the Pipe Band playing during the Up Helly Aa festivities in Lerwick earlier this year (the connection being that the daughter of the Guiser Jarl for the year is a member of our Pipe Band)...
The Pipe Band and modern-day "Vikings" paraded on Broad Street, the Up Helly Aa squad with flaming torches and a replica Viking galley... before the galley was taken to the Peedie Sea and ceremoniously burnt.
The first installment of photos shows the Pipe Band on Broad Street:
The girl at the left in the front row of this photo is the Guiser Jarl's daughter, I think.
I'll be posting more photos, showing the "Vikings" and the burning of the galley over the next few days... but if you can't wait, you can check out my Flickr photostream here, where all the photos are.
The Pipe Band and modern-day "Vikings" paraded on Broad Street, the Up Helly Aa squad with flaming torches and a replica Viking galley... before the galley was taken to the Peedie Sea and ceremoniously burnt.
The first installment of photos shows the Pipe Band on Broad Street:
The girl at the left in the front row of this photo is the Guiser Jarl's daughter, I think.
I'll be posting more photos, showing the "Vikings" and the burning of the galley over the next few days... but if you can't wait, you can check out my Flickr photostream here, where all the photos are.
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