These Are My People (???)

Yeah so you'll find many like these at any local Scottish Games/Highland Gatherings. These "gatherings" consist of many Scottish activities, like the caber toss (throwing a large telephone pole across a field), highland dancing, mass pipe bands (about 10 full bagpipe bands playing Amazing Grace in sync), bagpiper competition, fiddling competition, pipe drum major competitions and border collie demostrations. There are also many Scottish imported goods you can purchase as well as "bangers" (large sausage grilled with onions and placed in a hot dot bun), meat pies (a very bland pot pie), and plenty of New Castle Ale. Only problem is they serve the ale cold....American style. The proper Scottish way is at room temerature.

I was involved in the bagpipe competition in 1983. I was being judged by the real deal from various Scottish Regiments buy men named Ian, Angus, and Nigel. Out of 12 in my age catagory, I placed 6th. Not bad for only playing one year at that time.

Costa Mesa has their annual Scottish Games at the Costa Mesa Fairgrounds every Memorial Day weekend (Saturday and Sunday only). They have church service on Sundays with a full pipe band. It's awesome.