Franklin's "Taste of Scotland" Festival

[M. A. C. Newsome]

matt how tall are you?

6' 3".

[sirdaniel1975]

Daniel. we failed to recognize each other, but we must have been standing nearly side-by-side because I took pix of Matt getting his award from a hair to the left of your perspective. Great pix overall.

I know, and I think we stared at each other a few times in the gift shop. Each of us having that moment, "he looks familiar."

I should be there next year too, probably with some members from the club I started (see links below).

[McMurdo]

Great additions to the thread. Thanks for the photos, I hope we can make it down for next year.

[Dan R Porter]

6' 3".

Must have been the outfit or camera angle, you look a foot taller then everyone around you

[Standard]

Interesting photos Matt, thanks for posting those for us. I hope that my wife and I can get down to see you one day, and if it is during your festival all the better. It's nice to see some familiar XMarks faces in your photos as well.

[Lady M]

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[Sir William]

Matt -

What are you wearing for a watch fob? Looks like some kind of cross.

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Matt -

What are you wearing for a watch fob? Looks like some kind of cross.

It's the medallion I received when I was inducted into the Guild of Tartan Scholars. You can see a good photo of it in the upper right of my homepage.
http://albanach.org/

[M. A. C. Newsome]

"My Town Franklin" has put up some coverage of this year's Taste of Scotland festival, including lots of good pics and some YouTube videos. There is a video of the sheep dog demo, plus a long one of the parade.

http://mytownfranklin.com/index.php?p=611

Here is a link to their Picasa photo album, where you can see lots more photos.
http://picasaweb.google.com/mytownfr...itageFestival#

Some samples for you:


71st Highland Regiment


Me, waiting for the parade to begin.


Probably the most crowded you'll find downtown Franklin during the year.

Lot's more photos in their web album!

[M. A. C. Newsome]

A local photographer has a web site called "Beautiful Franklin" and has got a photo gallery up full of Taste of Scotland Photos from 2009.
http://www.beautifulfranklin.com/Scotland_09.html

Some highlights of my favorites... (these may be a little large).


The boy scout color guard leading the parade (you may see someone familiar in the background).


My older two children.


Hey, doesn't he look familiar?


Another familiar face -- it's Turpin!


My lovely wife and four children (number four is in the stroller she's pushing).


The knobby knee contest!


The local SCA group did a demo of medieval combat. You'll see my family on the sidelines watching.

Lots more pics in the gallery!