Gym Wheel

Gym Wheel? What’s that??

It’s also called Rhönrad (Rhoenrad), Wheel Gymnastics or German Wheel. Still no thought of? Okay. So I will give you an discribtion and maybe a bit more than that.
Wheel gymnastics was invented in my hometown in 1925 by a German railway worker named Otto Feick. He built several different designs of the [...]

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Bagpipes

There are not many well-kown music instruments which can be associated immediately with a country or a nation. One of these special music instruments is the bagpipe.
The early history of the bagpipe is still unclear, it seems likely that the instrument was first developed in pre-Christian times. It seems likely it was developed from an [...]

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Runrig

Runrig are a Scottish folk-rock-band founded in the rural Western Isles of Scotland in 1973. During the years some members of the band left and new members joined. Nowadays the band consists of 6 members – Peter Wishart (Keyboards), Donnie Munro (Lead Vocals), Blair Douglas (Accordion and Keyboards), Robert MacDonald (Accordion), Richard Cherns (Keyboards), Campbell [...]

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