XMTS Annual Kilt Weekend

[Colin]

Vancouver, BC - Planning to go there anyway, would be great

Make sure to let us know when and we'll see what can be put together locally.




Who voted for bloody Toronto!?!?! Great let's all go watch the Leafs suck!

I'm kidding of course...... I would never go to a Leafs game.

Seriously I would try and head out to party with Pete and the boys in TO. Some of the Vancouver locals can teach Grant the sure fire ways to get kiltchecked.

[ccga3359]

Who voted for bloody Toronto!?!?! Great let's all go watch the Leafs suck!

I'm kidding of course...... I would never go to a Leafs game.

Seriously I would try and head out to party with Pete and the boys in TO. Some of the Vancouver locals can teach Grant the sure fire ways to get kiltchecked.

Do you really think that you're still Welcome ?

[Colin]

Do you really think that you're still Welcome ?

I promise never to cheer for the Habs either

I would go to a Toronto FC game in a heartbeat though.

[Sheep In Wolf's Clothing]

I voted for the T.O. Ya it's close, that's why. But there is a ton of stuff to do there, The ROM, Tons of other museums (I remember McMurdo going to a military museum that featured a kilted regiment),concerts, sports (Go TFC),The CN tower, the theater district, the fashion district, shopping (tons of cool little stores on Queen's Street)the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle collection in one of Toronto's largest libraries. If I do remember correctly there is a nice Robbie Burns statue in town as well.
I am sure the organizers (Grant I am looking at you...) could even persuade a member of the Scottish Studies department of Guelph to come on up and speak. (I know a few of them are from Toronto)

Could be fun..
Sara

Oh ya, there are a TON of neat BARS there too..

[Colin]

Just for the record, I am taking the piss out of the Ontario guys, well okay just Grant, not seriously knocking Toronto. I have many friends in Toronto and my wife is flying out Thursday to stay for a week.

There is a ton of fun things to do and some great places to visit. However it is a Canadian law (isn't it??) that every Canadian outside of Toronto needs to take the piss out of them to keep their heads from swelling. It's how we keep them grounded and stop them from experiencing too much pressure placed on them with being the centre of the universe

I voted Vancouver first (obviously), but would look into Toronto or San Francisco as well.

[The Supreme Canuck]

Actually, what would be very fun, but totally impractical, would be to hold it in St. John's, Newfoundland. Largest number of bars per capita in the world!

[gilmore]

The Stone Mountain Games, said to be the second largest in the US after Grandfather Mountain, are held here in the Atlanta suburbs the third weekend in October. Both Geoffrey and Howie Nicholson of Geoffrey (Tailor) came this year, and I think at least one of them does most years. I heard that Kathy Lare was in attendance this year, and Matt Newsome always is, with his large booth from the Tartan Museum. The massed pipe bands are nice, with over 300 pipers and drummers. There are competitions and workshops for harpists, highland and country dancing, sheep dog herding, and of course the athletic events---and more clan and association tents than one person can visit. There is even a chapel booth with a resident chaplain.

The weather is always pleasant then, cool enough to wear wool kilts and jackets comfortably. All sorts of Scottish events are held before, during and after the games---country dancing, clan society meetings, celiedhs, both the locals and out of towners carrying on like yard dogs in the Stone Mountain campground, or so I have heard. For the more restrained there is a motel in the park.

Also, Atlanta's international airport is easy to get to, said to be the largest in the world. As we say here, if you die on the eastern seaboard, you can't get to heaven without changing planes in Atlanta.

[Aggie]

He makes a good case for Atlanta, but don't drink the water. Beer will cost less.

[Chase]

The poll will be over soon and then the next step is to coordinate with one of the voters from that area...I imagine late 2008 or early 2009, but that is another poll...LOL. Looks like Washington DC so far, but we still have another month to decide.

Chase

[Galician]

If it's going to be Washington, D.C., in a year, I'd just remind you that LOTS of stuff might be going on, due to the transition of the presidency taking place at the time. It might be hard to book events in January around the time of the inauguration.