Thanks for the note, Todd. I haven't checked in here for some time, so I missed the thread. As of right now, I can do April 17.

Off topic, sort of, Lis Doon Varna is having Kilt Nights on...

nice, Greg!

I also wore my SWK Saffron, but with bottle green hose. I piped for a kindergarten parade at a school.

We've been waiting for this one!

Lis Doon Varna Irish Pub in Peoria has now scheduled weekly Wednesday night kilt nights! The deal is 2 for 1 drafts for anyone wearing a kilt, between 6 pm and 8...

There were 140 pipers in the massed (mashed) bands.

Note no white kilt hose for these pipers! :)

They brought the bands onto the field in two groups. Someone thoughtfully separated the bands so...

Snow? 72F and sunny

Look forward to seeing several of you tomorrow!

I'll be down Saturday morning through lunch. Then I have to head back home to PHX to put on my PC for an evening event.

There will be a Kirkin 'o the Tartan at All Saints' Episcopal Church in Phoenix on Sunday, November 15 at 10 am. You're invited. Kilts welcome.

The Mesa Caledonian Pipe Band will be piping.
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Ditto that!

I have a Blackberry (which I think is great and very useful), but I have no desire to check any forum using it.

Here's a pic:

http://spartan64.smugmug.com/photos/685303430_MoGGn-L.jpg

Spartan, Thunderbolt, Catdad, Sionnach

Darin (Thunderbolt) will be moving back to Yakima, WA next week. :(

There will be a kilt night Goodbye party :toast: for Darin and Jaime on Saturday, October 17, at Lis Doon Varna Irish Pub in...

Craig's wife, Diane, sent these to me to post. Diane said, "These are from Craig's old friend Marvin Gittins, Jr. in Council Bluffs IA. He and Craig have been friends for the last 30 years. Hope the...

Interesting! complete with Maypole. Are those Pakistani pipes?

Somehow I know that as I'm married to one!

Hey Greg,

Congratulations!

Does that make you a Cheesehead?

How do you lubricate the reeds?

This is a heads-up for those in the Northwest Phoenix area. The Peoria/Glendale-North Edition of SavvyShopper just arrived with coupons for Lis Doon Varna Irish Pub.

The coupons (2 of them) are...

Someone described it as Mashed Bands.

Thanks, Greg, for the link.

That is a HOOT!

What a neat opportunity!

Creative, Greg. Good for you.

This afternoon I visited Craig and his family. I took a print of the Craig's Corner sticky, and the thread "Let the pun begin.." We had some good humor about it, and began telling some Craig...

Absolutely. That sounds like a tragedy.

Craig's wife called to give an update, which they want to share. Craig had a tough week with the first of chemotherapy. He is being admitted to hospice this afternoon. As you may gather, the outlook...