Sure, there are restaurants and shops in downtown Dunedin, but seeing musicians playing bagpipes and drums in a local park is not an unusual sight either. That’s because Dunedin marches to all things Scottish. “It’s who we are and it goes all the way back to our history of how Dunedin was founded by two Scotsmen,” explains Dunedin Commissioner Jeff Gow. “It’s just so wonderful we can bring this uniqueness to the community and it really is an attractor.” For drummer Eric MacNeill, it’s part of his Dunedin DNA. “My grandfather was a bagpiper," MacNeill, a member of the city’s pipe band said. "My dad was a drummer. I’ve grown up around pipe bands my whole life and I just think playing in a pipe band is the coolest thing you can do." Residents began piping up in earnest about the city’s Scottish heritage back in the late 1950s and now it’s definitely Dunedin’s thing. MORE: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/community-connection/dunedin-scottish-heritage-roots/67-76efaea1-848a-4e6b-b1ce-c812778a851b ►Subscribe: https://on.wtsp.com/youtube ►Website: https://www.wtsp.com/ ►Facebook: https://facebook.com/10TampaBay ►X: https://twitter.com/10TampaBay