22nd Annual Texas Scottish Festival

[Morris at Heathfield]

"Who wants me to teach their wee bairns how to be ruthless killers?"



No shortage of volunteers.

[Morris at Heathfield]

Banner, sporrans, and hose. I believe this is the first time I've ever heard of these guys. Do you pronounce it "kentre"?



Did your Gold Brothers acrylikilt come with basting stitches in the pleats? I thought not. Two-strap fans will note the arrangement on this CCC kilt.



Roxburgh Red covering this table. Stuart of Bute on the table further back. Not sure what tartan the guy in the kilt is wearing.



Swatch books. The one in the middle is in the Angus tartan. But what about the one in the upper right? It looked green and red to me, but if not, I suppose it could be the Brown Watch.



It's not every day you discover a new Nicolson tartan.



Dance tartan samples.

[Morris at Heathfield]

Geoffrey (Tailor)'s booth.



"Designed in Scotland" does not mean made in Scotland.

[Morris at Heathfield]

Buchanan tossing the weight near the Frugal Corner tent.



Weight for distance on the north field.



Bad composition, but at least the weight is airborne in this photo.



The most well-known Highland event.



The competitors.

[Morris at Heathfield]

Between dances.



One of the last teams to compete. The girl in the black won quite a few medals, but the one in the middle won the trophy.



Dress Blue Buchanan (one of at least three who competed) wins a medal.



One final dance-off.



Buchanan wins the trophy for her age group.



The trophy winners for all four age groups.

[Cynthia]

Great photos! Thanks so much for sharing

Were the caber toss photos from the amateur event on Saturday? I can't remember what time it would have been... probably shortly after noon or just before 1 pm... if so, we might have been on the next small seating area that was to your right. Hahah!! And with the tent/stage photos of the NTCP&D band, we were behind you, standing just outside the tent and looking in. Too funny! Who knows how close we might have been passing by.... I was looking out for your vest (I believe it was you who posted a photo of what you were going to wear?), but with my hubby feeling so bad from his cold I was a bit distracted.

Next time, perhaps! I'm sure we'll have a kilt night at some point in the near future

[Morris at Heathfield]

Great photos! Thanks so much for sharing

Were the caber toss photos from the amateur event on Saturday? I can't remember what time it would have been... probably shortly after noon or just before 1 pm... if so, we might have been on the next small seating area that was to your right. Hahah!! And with the tent/stage photos of the NTCP&D band, we were behind you, standing just outside the tent and looking in. Too funny! Who knows how close we might have been passing by.... I was looking out for your vest (I believe it was you who posted a photo of what you were going to wear?), but with my hubby feeling so bad from his cold I was a bit distracted.

Next time, perhaps! I'm sure we'll have a kilt night at some point in the near future

I was hanging out at the clan booths until I heard the NTCP&D performing at the Glengarry tent. The weight for height photo is from 2:11, the weight for distance photos are from around 3:00, and the caber toss photos are from between 4:11 and 4:22. So, these would the master events.

My vest is solid black in back, so I guess I wasn't very distinctive from behind. Maybe I should have added more detail: white T-shirt, blue jeans, and Converse All-Stars (which can be seen in one of the Celtic Craft Centre pictures). I did look for a woman with long hair, a guy with a goatee and long hair, and two kids in strollers, but I didn't see anyone that I was more than 50% convinced was an Xmarker. Of course, I spent my time wandering around everywhere, taking in all the sights, so I wasn't looking very hard.