New York City Tartan Day Parade 2009

**Freelancer** · 6th April 09, 06:29 PM

Marched again this year in the New York City Tartan Day Parade. The weather cooperated! Here are some pics the wife took...

Start of the parade. Notice the man standing behind the mounted cop who's holding the Scottish flag. Want's to make sure no one messes up their Ghillie Borgues!

Here's the Grand Marshall, Scottish actor Alan Cummings in the tweed outfit

The Pipe Bands...

The Old Guard...

The Tartan Army and their humongous caber (beautifully carved)...

Check out this rabble! This is the group I march with. A fine mixture of Scots, Irish and anyone else. They're billed as the "Horny Highlanders" (see head gear)

That's me in the foreground, bringing up the rear...

I think this photo shows a few other XMarkers enjoying the parade...

End of the parade. A great day!

**george7** · 6th April 09, 06:57 PM

I don't think that's a regulation caber! Wowsas that's big.

**Cirthalion** · 6th April 09, 07:13 PM

Yes, indeed. The three X-markers you point out are myself (Cirthalion), Galician, and Baysideboy. Galician, myself, and my wife (Arathilien, who is also visible on that photo) went on to have a fabulous time at the after-party at Stout on 33rd.

- Cirthalion

**Rogerson785** · 6th April 09, 08:07 PM

WOW! Nothing like that in the Little Apple, AKA Manhattan Kansas.

**McClef** · 7th April 09, 03:14 AM

Looks like a grand parade indeed!

**Freelancer** · 7th April 09, 03:16 PM

Originally Posted by Cirthalion

Yes, indeed. The three X-markers you point out are myself (Cirthalion), Galician, and Baysideboy. Galician, myself, and my wife (Arathilien, who is also visible on that photo) went on to have a fabulous time at the after-party at Stout on 33rd.

- Cirthalion

Right, I had searched for other photos of the parade and came across the photos posted of your gathering. As I was posting mine, I was surprised to notice you in my photo (it was the red tam that caught my eye).

Glad to hear you all had a great time!

**McMurdo** · 7th April 09, 07:31 PM

Looks like a great day, I met the Grand Marshal of your parade tonight in Toronto at our Scot of the Year awards. I have to ask, what tartan are you wearing?

**Rollo** · 8th April 09, 12:06 AM

Great parade !

**SFCRick** · 8th April 09, 02:03 AM

Very nice looking parade

**Freelancer** · 8th April 09, 06:01 AM

Originally Posted by McMurdo

Looks like a great day, I met the Grand Marshal of your parade tonight in Toronto at our Scot of the Year awards. I have to ask, what tartan are you wearing?

Wow, Mr. Cummings is getting a lot of mileage out of Tartan Week!

The tartan I'm wearing is American National pleated to the red stripe - kilt is by House of Edgar.