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BATESVILLE — Daniel Armstrong said he enjoyed all the sights at the Lyon College Scottish Festival when his mother took him there as a child, but it’s what he heard that captured his attention.

For enthusiastic visitors to the 42nd Arkansas Scottish Festival, those skirling bagpipes will evoke the ethnic heritage of a school celebrating its 150th anniversary.