We experienced our first Scottish Festival this past weekend, held in our own back yard at the Orange County Fairgrounds. This young piper, framed against the fairgrounds bright red barn, was our first visual taste of the event. We spent lots of time wondering among the vendors with wonderful Celtic articles for sale. (Margaret was able to order a scarf in the MacKay Ancient Tartan, which should arrive soon.) And, we strolled through the aisles of informational booths presented by the clans in attendance at this year's Fest. Sadly, Clan Mackay was absent. We enjoyed traditional Meat and Mushroom pies for lunch, and laughed when we saw that Haggis was sold out at the Scottish food stands quite early in the day. (Not that we wanted any!) The wonderful bagpipe music and the drumming was inescapable, as we walked through the staging areas for the many bands in attendance. We didn't see nearly as much of the dancing as we should have - something to plan for another time. Everyone was friendly - the performers and the attendees. It was a wonderful adventure and one that we plan to make an annual Memorial Day Weekend event.
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