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[macwilkin]

DoW
Canada is it's own country, we are not the United States attic, you forgot Basketball invented by a Canadian BTW. The Toronto Raptors and Vancouver Grizzlies. Though any of those mentioned are hardly World Championships perhaps North American.

A Canadian of Scottish heritage to be specific, James Naismith. (although he was a naturalised American citizen)

T.

[macwilkin]

To clarify, Seabury could not be consecrated by the English bishops because their service included a loyalty oath. Many thanks to the Episcopal Church of Scotland.

Meanwhile, back in Texas: the first Episcopal bishop of Texas was Alexander Gregg (MacGregor).

And to further clarify: the three Bishops that consecrated Seabury (ironically a very strong supporter of the Loyalist cause during the Revolution) were nonjuring Bishops, as the Scottish Episcopal Church had a number of pro-Stuart clergy and was not the established church.

T.

[Splash_4]

This is another warning shot gentlemen. The original thread topic had to do with North American High School football and nothing to do with world championships in any other sport. We are straying far afield and starting to get both personal and political....

[Jack Daw]

Not being funny when I say this. When you say 3 times world champion is that all the world or as the Americans are so fond of saying"world champions" when its just a event for them (like the world series baseball where its only americans involved)

As I have heard scots band claim they are world champions several times! It can be confusing like with American football, where they claim world champion games when its pretty much football (soccer to you lot) every where else.

I do get confused with this and never get the sub text. Is it world champion highland band or some American school thing?

I am waiting eagerly to be impressed.

I'm talking about the comps in Glasgow. That World Championship.

[cbishop]

As an aside to the current discussion, and back to the first post; both of my parents graduated from Bel Air. Their mascot being the Highlander, they have had the pipe band almost since the opening of the school. They perform at all the football games and are quite well respected throughout the community. I did not attend Bel Air, but I always enjoyed hearing their pipe band at the games.