40th Stone Mountain Highland games Oct 20 2012

[Mael Coluim]

Picture of Sat meet up (great time )

I can identify a few more for you, Jock:
Far right-Mattie, left of RR (tan coat)- Thomas H, kneeling-Turpin, Left of piper next to stately lassie-Frago, you noted Jim, the Scot behind,Frago to the right and to the left of Jim is David Pope, the fellow next to the ginger haired lassie I think is Beowulf67 but I may be mistaken and you noted Forrestmodern on the left with the cromach.

[cessna152towser]

Excellent group shots, such a magnificent Xmarks rabble, thanks for sharing, and thanks for matching usernames to some of the faces.

[Dixiecat]

I can identify a few more for you, Jock:
Far right-Mattie, left of RR (tan coat)- Thomas H, kneeling-Turpin, Left of piper next to stately lassie-Frago, you noted Jim, the Scot behind,Frago to the right and to the left of Jim is David Pope, the fellow next to the ginger haired lassie I think is Beowulf67 but I may be mistaken and you noted Forrestmodern on the left with the cromach.

I'm a stately lassie now Ern?

The drum major is AtlantaKiltie. The ginger-haired lassie is Beowulf's daughter. You got everyone else and the two I can't identify are the two I didn't meet.

The little warrior was a treat to watch and although I look like I'm grimacing in an early picture here, I'm actually trying to hold in a smile while watching him try to draw his sword out of his pull-over.

It was wonderful to be back at Stone Mountain this year and I enjoyed chatting up the x-markers at the meetup. If you were there on Sunday, you probably saw me bouncing along crowing to all and sundry about my winnings at the dance comp in the morning. Hopefully, my old bones will still be dancing next year and I'll get to see you all again.

[Thomas H]

Here is a Picture of Me (Thomas H ) and ( Mattie ) at the GAmes on Saturday showing the Billy Goats

[Thomas H]

Here are some Randem pictures ( not posed for ) just fun pic' s

[M. A. C. Newsome]

A few of my own photos from the Games.

Friday I was asked to set up a tartan information area at the host hotel where the Whisky Tasting, COSCA meeting, etc., was all scheduled on Friday afternoon.


Saturday all day I helped out at the Scottish Tartans Museum tent, and I'm afraid I was so busy the entire day I did not get to snap a single photo until the very end. As we were leaving I suggested we get a group shot of all the good people who helped man our tent on Saturday.

From L to R is my wife, myself, fellow museum board member Chuck Coburn, Ronan MacGregor, our Dir. of Operations, Ryan, his girl Mackenzie, and his father, Alan. These folks did a great job helping out the Scottish Tartans Museum on Saturday -- they worked their tails off the whole day long.

Sunday was a bit less hectic so I actually got a chance to get my camera out of its bag. Here's a candid shot of Ronan chatting with fellow MacGregor, Wesley.


My wife had made up some hand knit cuffed hose for the museum to sell, and this pair was bought early in the day Saturday by one of the SMHG board members. We saw him wearing them the next day with his Georgia tartan kilt.


Speaking of kilt hose...


Our good friend Abby James came down on Sunday to help us out. Here she is having a chat with Sir Malcolm Macgregor and his lovely wife Fiona, who stopped by the STM tent for a visit.


We had a great time at the Highland Games; Stone Mountain is definitely one of our favorite. It was nice seeing so many X Markers there, I only feel bad I didn't have more time to relax and chit chat on Saturday with you all.

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Yodofizzy,
You can find a list of the vendors who participated in the Highland Games on their web site, here:
http://www.smhg.org/Vendors.html

Also, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but for $125, I doubt the kilt you were looking at is wool -- that is unless it happens to be a second hand kilt someone is selling at a very low price. More than likely it is acrylic or perhaps poly-viscose.

[Java]

Beautiful pictures, y'all. My brother and I arrived about 20 minutes too late to get in on the group pictures, but I did enjoy getting to meet a couple of you who were still milling about.

[Mael Coluim]

I'm a stately lassie now Ern?

Beverly, "stately lassie" as in the Dutchess of Cambridge category........ thinks to himself; "oh, to be 20 years younger"....