Ligonier Highland Games showcases music, sports with Scottish flair
Palmer Shonk felt right at home Saturday as he joined fellow pipers to play skirling march tunes on the main field of the Ligonier Highland Games. Shonk, of Avalon, led an ad hoc band of 12 bagpipe players and six drummers in competition in the 64th games at Idlewild and Soak Zone in Ligonier Township. Now 36, the Ligonier native first was exposed to his chosen instrument as a kid, […]