Santa Fe Burns Night

[mookien]

The gathering assembly. The hall is 100 years old.



The solo piper guarding a torpedo. He was great - played several tunes throughout the evening.



The pipers getting ready to call the lairds and ladies to dinner.



The "Order of the Thistle Pipes & Drums" bringing tears of joy to many eyes, especially mine. The lady on the left is their leader.



Ode to the Haggis presented by the head chef. Note the solo piper. In the background is the pipe band leader.



Irish dancers - note the only male - lucky guy.



The "lucky guy" in his Hannay kilt standing by some old coot in his Blaylock Hunting kilt - both kilts sewn by Kathy Lare. Argyll jacket converted by our own Victoria MacKenzie, tartan vest by Gabe Everson, and bow tie and fox sporran from USA Kilts.



Same old coot and his son in his Wallace jacket and vest from the Scottish Tartans Museum and his Gordon weathered kilt.



It was a delightful evening during which everyone seemed to have a splendid time. Wish you could have been there with us. Slainte!

[Ozark Ridge Rider]

Great pictures, thanks! These kinds of festivities make winter so much more enjoyable.

[Truitt]

Oh how I miss Santa Fe! Such a beautiful hall. Thank you for the pictures.

[David Thorpe]

Well done! Thanks for sharing it with us.

[sydnie7]

Thanks for the pictures, looks like a great time! Our Burns Night(s) come a bit later this spring, you folks are whetting my appetite (well, for the event if not the haggis LOL).

[CMcG]

Looking good, mookien.

[creagdhubh]

Nice photos, thanks for sharing.

[mookien]

Thanks to all of you who replied.

I forgot to mention that the hose I am wearing are HofC Grantown Brown from their "Country Catalog/Collection". I bought them from the House of Labhran. I can't wait to wear them with my Douglas Repro (hard tartan) kilt that Matt made for me.

The bulge on my right side is a combination of the lousy garter knot I tied along with my sgian dubh. Also, I swapped out the matching garters with bright yellow ones to accent the thin yellow (gold) overstripe in the tartan.