Milwaukee Renn Fai--er, Highland Games

**beloitpiper** · 9th June 08, 10:41 AM

Here's some photos from the Milwaukee Highland Games. Here were the highlights:

Here's what I wore:
Brown shoes, green hose with red flashes, Cumming hunting kilt with custom tooled harp A_Hay! sporran, Home Depot "kilt" belt, green shirt, and crail jacket conversion.

House of Gordon tent

The Rep and I

The Shamrock Club piping with full colors

Dancing competition

Falconry demonstration

Wisconsin tartan!!!

**beloitpiper** · 9th June 08, 10:43 AM

Main offenders:

You may remember a previous post about the History of the Kilt demonstration:

The "True Story of Wallace" in KILTS!

And finally, to end on a good note, I found the perfect pith helmet for Coemgen:

**Arlen** · 9th June 08, 10:44 AM

Greg, you looked very, very flash. Nicely put together!

Also, that Wisconsin tartan is really nice!

**SFCRick** · 9th June 08, 11:00 AM

great pics

**Streetcar** · 9th June 08, 11:30 AM

Looking good Greg! Is that a new kilt for you?

**Finn** · 9th June 08, 11:37 AM

Greg,
You looked great!
I have that same belt, dyed a different hue.
<with shameful ducking of the eyes> I used to be like the "offenders". Thankfully, because of folks like the Rabble, I have learned! The fellow with the red hair & beard makes a fair "fantasy" Scot warrior.
Did they get lost on the way to Bristol?

**Galician** · 9th June 08, 11:41 AM

Greg, I agree, they are great pics! But did you ever consider being helpful to the guy with the hammer by pointing out his kilted errors? Come on, tell the truth!

**Arlen** · 9th June 08, 12:02 PM

P.S.
HUUUUGE don't... It is considered very very very very impolite to drink from a horn with the curve going up that way. It is supposed to curve downwards.

**Galician** · 9th June 08, 12:04 PM

There goes the good-to-the-last-drop drinking style shown in all the Hollywood epic movies.

Arlen, I'm just curious, from where did that rule emerge?

**Arlen** · 9th June 08, 12:08 PM

Originally Posted by Galician

There goes the good-to-the-last-drop drinking style shown in all the Hollywood epic movies.

Arlen, I'm just curious, from where did that rule emerge?

I'm not sure of the exact reasons behind it, but it was a Norse/Viking tradition. The sort of 'In Japan it's REALLY rude to leave any food on your plate' cultural kinda thing.
One of my old teachers specialized in Highland and Norse customs and had his own drinking horn that a friend gave him. So he waxed lyrical about it a lot and I ended up doing some reading to back it up because I thought he was talking nonsense.