First of all, I have no beef with festivals that call themselves "Celtic." I know what I'm getting when I attend such events and I enjoy them very much. My initial post is directed at those that bill themselves as Highland games or Scottish festivals. If I pay my money under the impression that it is to be a celebration of things Scottish, is that not what I should get?

Second, I fail to see how anything I have written could be taken to imply that I am in any way concerned with the diluting of the Scottish race, Riverkilt. Please. My Irish girlfriend and two Irish best friends would find that amusing. No, my post wasn't about that. It was an observation that those of us of Scottish heritage, with whatever else it may be mixed, may enjoy the opportunity to celebrate that culture without having to share the proverbial stage for, oh, a couple of days out of every year, exactly in the same manner as the other cultures I have mentioned do, and rightly so.

Third, I have no problem with a Scottish festival hosting an Irish musician or pan-Celtic band. But when the bill is dominated by Irish groups and/or generically Celtic performers, it is a Scottish festival in name only. And that is what I find disappointing.