Fantastic photos Jeff, thank you for sharing!Originally Posted by ForresterModern
Kentucky Scottish Weekend has come and gone (Saturday only this year), and The Boy and I had a great time, especially meeting Mike, Mark, Kyle and the ladies.
Mike (Xmarks tartan), Mark (? MacTavish?), Jeff (Brown Douglas) and Kyle (Weathered MacPherson), with Carter (maroon AltKilt) down front.
A couple of the pipe bands on their demo parade performances.
Carter had a blast eating muffins, cotton candy, ice cream, drinking lemonade, watching the shelties herd some ducks, riding the little train, looking at the car collection, playing at the playground, but mostly watching the athletes in kilts tossing the sheaf (16 pound hay sack flung with a pitchfork over a 25 foot high crossbar). I could not drag him away from the athletics, he was having so much fun cheering for all the guys.
Did see some interesting characters but did not photo----a couple guys in full kilt with hose and spats and horsehair sporrans worn with black t-shirts and a ball cap on one and a red bandana on the other; an old gent in tartan kilt, similar tartan smaller set long sleeve shirt, and similar tartan different sett tam; a lot more Glengarrys worn by the run of the mill attendees than Balmorals; a lot of white hose, some worn with running shoes, too numerous to count ghillie shirts in a rainbow of colors, and quite a few kilts worn below the knee, sometimes a couple inches below. Hey, this is Kentucky, not St Andrews.
We had a great father-son day at the games and gathering and met and talked with some fun folks. Hope to see more of you there next year.
jeff
I wish we could have had more time together (your rare, Brown Douglas tartan looked very, very smart by the way!). After we had left the clan tent area after meeting you and your son, Carter, we went over to the British car show area to take a look at Mike's new Cooper. We spent a bit of time there (John met up with us in that area and we all chatted for a while), then headed over the area where the pipe bands were performing for the crowd - near the "Scottish Pub" pavilion where they were selling beer and wine. We spent a while over there, as we met a couple from England, and well, one thing lead to another so to speak!
I did go off a few times, wandering around the park, looking for you, but I must have just been looking in the wrong area, or perhaps I just missed you! I really wanted to speak with you more about various topics. I am pleased that you and Carter had a great time, and I hope that you had a nice visit with Mark at the Clan MacTavish booth - Steph and I had been chatting with him for a wee bit just prior to you arriving. I trust you had a safe return home to Goshen. We are definitely looking forward to seeing you again soon - next time, we will be certain to have a lengthy, proper chat!
Cheers my friend,
P.S. - Perhaps me, you, Sandy, John (and whoever else would like to join!) could get a "kilt/gentlemen's night" together in the greater Louisville area sometime soon. I certainly do not mind driving down from Cincinnati. Just a thought.
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