A Moray pipe band is preparing to celebrate its centenary year with a rousing display featuring more than 100 musicians.
The Strathisla Pipe Band regularly performs alongside other local groups during the annual Keith Show.
This year, however, the performers are preparing a huge celebration for the farming event to thank the community for 100 years of support.
The Keith-based band will take to the show ring on Sunday with 11 others who will travel to be part of the festivities.
And for the first time a special shield will be up for grabs among the groups as part of a one-off celebratory competition.
Pipe major Keith Morrison, who first joined the Strathisla band nearly 50 years ago, hopes the massed ranks of pipers and drummers will be a sight to remember.
He said: “We have 11 bands coming so there’s going to be a lot of us.
“Over the years, at other events, we’ve built up quite a bit of camaraderie with many other bands so we’ve invited them along to be part of the day.
“Some of the bands have some people from Keith in them so it will be nice to have them join us.”
Organisers have planned a march for the bands on the opening day of the Keith Show.
They will parade from the car park, up the hill and into the main arena before marching back and forth in the ring.
Next week, the group will also have its centenary celebrated at Ballindalloch Castle as part of the retirement garden party for Clare Russell, who is stepping down from the post of Lord Lieutenant of Banffshire.
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The Strathisla Pipe Band currently has about 30 members, who hail from Keith as well as the neighbouring communities of Dufftown, Elgin and Buckie.
Mr Morrison, 59, first joined when he was 11 but was banished three years later after failing to put in enough practise.
He rejoined, aged 22, after a spell in the Army.
And the pipe band stalwart, who tutors younger members, believes the group’s future is in safe hands with players as young as nine.
He said: “We’re really at community-band level. We are not a competing band. But we do get fantastic support from the local area.
“I try and get three involved at a time so they can go through it together.
“What’s really nice to see is that those that do sign-up see the band at highland games’ and galas and want to be part of it.
“At the moment we’ve got a real good bunch.”
