Massed Pipes and Drums march to the 2019 Braemar Gathering in Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

The massed bands of the Scottish Highlands gather outside the Invercauld Hotel on the edge of Braemar in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, to begin their annual parade through this small village high up in the Cairngorms National Park, making their way to the 2019 Braemar Gathering Highland Games. Led by leading Drum Major Roland Stuart and the assembled Drum Majors, the bands then march through the village and past the recently opened Fife Arms Hotel in the centre of Braemar. The bands were Huntly & District Pipe Band, Fraserburgh Royal British Legion Pipe Band, Lower Clyde Pipes and Drums, Gordonstoun School Pipe Band, Inverurie Pipe Band, Perth & District Pipe Band, Blairgowrie Rattray & District Pipe Band, Ballater & District Pipe Band, Lonach Pipe Band, KIntore Pipe Band and Ellon & District Royal British Legion Pipe Band.