Memorial Day Parade 09

**Barb T** · 27th May 09, 05:46 AM

Our band on Memorial Day.

**george7** · 27th May 09, 06:21 AM

Ya'll look sharp! Everybody's on step.

**Highlander31** · 27th May 09, 06:28 AM

Nice Photo. Where was the parade?

**Barb T** · 27th May 09, 07:42 AM

New Hartford, NY, and the band is the Mohawk Valley Frasers. It was our third parade of the day!

Everybody's on step.

And, thankfully, all playing the same note!

**Macman** · 27th May 09, 09:47 AM

Looking good, Barb. I'll bet you sound good too!

**KFCarter** · 27th May 09, 09:54 AM

You guys look really sharp! Well done.

**Kent Frazier** · 27th May 09, 11:53 AM

Thanks for posting the photo. What tartan is that? It doesn't look like the Fraser I'm familiar with.

**McClef** · 27th May 09, 12:27 PM

They look a cool bunch of dudes (and dudesses).

**Barb T** · 27th May 09, 12:29 PM

Originally Posted by Kent Frazier

Thanks for posting the photo. What tartan is that? It doesn't look like the Fraser I'm familiar with.

Well, actually it's the Modern MacGillivray. Hmm, why, you ask?

When the band was formed, it was originally called the 78th Regiment of Foot, Fraser's Highlanders (named for the regiment that came to the Mohawk Valley in the 1750s and 1760s), and the band originally had Black Watch kilts. In the early 80s, the 78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band was incorporated in Toronto, and the names of the two bands caused endless confusion at competitions. So our band ultimately decided to change its name to Mohawk Valley Frasers.

In the early 90s, the band simply picked a tartan that it liked, and they chose the Modern MacGillivray.