Pleasanton was indeed pleasant this year. I think it may have been the first time in recorded history that the temperatures on Labor Day weekend were less than 90-100 degrees! The high on Sunday was about 80. Marvelous!

I think Kent covered most of the games. I haven't got a lot to add, but I will anyway!

Here are some dancers.


First, one of our local classes during the adjudication.





A performance by a group (I've forgotten the name, I think it was "Spirit of Scotland", but I'm probably getting confused with the tartan), one of the members of which is a classmate of ours. Here he performs a beautiful waltz.







Athletics.

Here, Alan H expresses his opinion of his performance over the weekend. Unfortunately, it wasn't good.






The Incredible Bethany shows her stuff with an effortless weight for height.





Clan tent land.





Here's Clan Macleod. Now, I want you all to pay close attention to the people in the tent in this picture. Note the guy in the muted Loud Macleod (now, that's an oxymoron if I ever heard one!). I think I can interpret that expression pretty well. It says, "Who the heck is this (bimbo/tramp/fill in the blank with your favorite derogatory label) posing in front of our tent?!" Turns out he's the President of the Macleod Clan Society here in the States. When we went into the tent, and the usual host introduced us, he shook Jamie's hand with very little hesitation, but then put his hand back down and almost didn't shake mine at all. I started to pull mine back too, but then decided to hold it out there until he shook it, or until somebody noticed the snub. He did eventually shake my hand. Wonder if he was afraid that my wardrobe choices were contagious?



People like that really shouldn't bother me, but sometimes it gets to me. Still, if you're going to dress and act as blatently as I do, I guess you have to deal with that sort of thing from time to time. The rest of the games were a great deal of fun and meeting new folks was a blast.

I have a few more pics, but may not get to them right away.

Be well,

Star