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13th June 09, 09:57 AM
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23rd Annual Texas Scottish Festival
Sorry for the long delay, but I'm back from Scout Camp now. I didn't see any kilts there, but I did see one pith helmet. ith:
The 23rd Annual Texas Scottish Festival was a week ago, from the 5th to the 7th of June. I showed up on Saturday the 6th about a quarter to 1:00 and left sometime around 8:00. As soon as I was inside Maverick Stadium I made a brief reconnoiter of the area, after which I arrived at the Glengarry Tent with several minutes to spare.
The North Texas Caledonian Pipes & Drums
Pipe Major Don Shannon, a native of Northern Ireland, is at the microphone. He asked if there were any Irish present in the audience. I don't consider myself particularly Irish, so I didn't raise my hand. Next he asked if there were any Scottish present. Well, I was at a Scottish Festival, so I decided I was Scottish enough to raise my hand. Then he asked if there were any English present. If the shoe fits.... Apart from myself, I saw one of the band members who wasn't on stage raise his hand. If anyone else raised a hand, I didn't see it. As you might expect, the pipe major's last question got quite a rise out of the audience.
The drum section (apart from the tenor drummer) is all wearing shades, for some reason.
The pipers on stage right.
The pipers on stage left.
I had brought enough spare change to buy a tie, in case I found one I wanted. My reconnoiter didn't turn up anything that I particularly wanted, so I purchased an NTCPD CD instead: "A New Beginning"
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