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Singer blesses River Tay with whisky as salmon fishing season opens

Singer Dougie MacLean helped perform the traditional blessing of the water at a ceremony marking the opening of the salmon fishing season on the River Tay. Famed for his hit Caledonia, the Dunkeld-based musician joined Perth and Kinross provost Dennis Melloy in blessing the river with a quaich of whisky. The singer then opened a magnum of champagne and made the first cast of the season from a boat mid-river.
Singer Dougie MacLean helped perform the traditional blessing of the water at a ceremony marking the opening of the salmon fishing season on the River Tay. Famed for his hit Caledonia, the Dunkeld-based musician joined Perth and Kinross provost Dennis Melloy in blessing the river with a quaich of whisky. The singer then opened a magnum of champagne and made the first cast of the season from a boat mid-river.
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Credit:
Press Association
Editorial #:
1199706630
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PA Media
Date created:
January 15, 2020
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Clip length:
00:01:41:16
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United Kingdom
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QuickTime 8-bit Photo-JPEG HD 1920x1080 25p
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PA Media
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tvt_pa-70644.mov