Teaser pictures from Scotland

[Alan H]

I haven't uploaded any of mine yet, due to terribly slow internet connections on our B&B's but here are a few that other people have gotten...

Turning the caber at the Inverness Highland Games



and maybe the wildest occurrance of the whole trip..... When we got to Callander, we were cleaning up in the room and I SWORE I could hear the sounds of a Brass Band wafting down the street. Now Brass Bands are UK fixtures, the ensemble has basically died out in the USA. They were popular up to a bit after the Civil War and then they just disappeared. So I REALLY wanted to hear this group.

We walked down the street, and in fact, in front of the church was the Callander Brass, doing a summer evening concert. The conductors sister was making the rounds, trying to scare up some money and support and I happened to mention that I was from California, was quite thrilled to hear an actual UK Brass Band and that ever since I "discovered" this type of group, had wanted to try an alto horn. Well, about three minutes later the conductor invited me to SIT IN on the concert, and his wife in the horn section let me use her alto horn. WOW, that was FUN....so these aren't a kilted pictures, but it's AWFULLY cool!!