FARMINGTON — The distinct sounds of a bagpipe serenaded people in the downtown area during the lunch hour Friday.

Local bagpiper Robert Underwood performed for 52 passengers on a Trafalgar Tours bus from Vermont. The bus was parked on Broadway for a lunch break.

Many took photos of him and listened to the music before getting back on the bus.

Some walked up to visit the college, Bonnie Brown, of Whitehall, Mont., said. One couple on the bus are from Aberdeen, a port in northeast Scotland, and one was from England, she said. Others were from around the United States.

The tour had visited Bar Harbor and was returning to New Hampshire and on to Vermont, she said.  

They are on a seven-day, 1,200-mile tour of New England, the bus driver added.

A couple other tour buses have stopped this week on their way to or from peak foliage spots in Maine.

Underwood said a couple of days ago he was in the park practicing for a wedding when a tour bus driver came over and asked him to play for the bus tour.

“They started putting money in my case,” he said, pointing to his music case full of bills.

“Now when I see a bus, I come running,” he joked.

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