The Greenville Scottish Games in South Carolina is gearing up to welcome a royal guest to the event in May.
Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex, will be attending the event and, apart from Braemar, it’s thought to be the first Highland games officially visited by a senior member of the royal family.
Up to 40 pipe bands will be involved in the celebrations on May 28 and 29 which include a Great Scot! parade and around 80 competitors battling it out in the games in front of a crowd of around 15,000.

To honour the occasion, the organisers — in association with The National Piping Centre and R.G. Hardie — are staging a tune composition contest. They are urging composers to come up with a four-parted 6/8 march entitled, Greenville’s Salute to the Earl of Wessex.
Entrants should send in manuscripts to the address below. The manuscript should not have any other information marked on it. The manuscript should be accompanied on a separate page by a cover letter from the composer. Deadline for the tune submittal is April 23.
Entries should be sent to The National Piping Centre, ATTN: Greenville’s Salute Tune Contest, 30-34 McPhater St, Cowcaddens, Glasgow, G4 0HW, Scotland or emailed to ascott@thepipingcentre.co.uk
Please include an email address with your contact details to allow confirmation of receipt of entries to be sent.