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Interlude with a Welsh Kiltie in Page, Arizona
So a visiting lady and I are at dinner at the Rainbow Room out at Lake Powell Lodge. A really lovely dinner with a great view of Wahweap Bay and the surrounding landmarks. I've been coming here for 11 years so know many of the staff.
I'm kilted in my USA Kilts PV semi-trad in Firefighter's Memorial.
One of the waitstaff stops by and says he told the couple two tables over that I'm kilted and told me they are visiting from Scotland. So, after finishing our meal we stopped at their table. She was Scottish and happy to see a kilt, says she's noticed a kilt boom around the world and is glad to see it. He clarifies that he is Welsh and that he owns a hand sewn cilt but didn't bring it to the desert.
We chatted of heritage and tartans and kiltmakers.
Even as international as our visitors are in the canyonlands what are the odds of meeting an unkilted Welsh ciltie on the shores of Lake Powell????
Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island
Lifetime Member STA. Two time winner of Utilikiltarian of the Month.
"I'll have a kilt please, a nice hand sewn tartan, 16 ounce Strome. Oh, and a sporran on the side, with a strap please."
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 Originally Posted by Riverkilt
...She was Scottish and happy to see a kilt, says she's noticed a kilt boom around the world and is glad to see it. ...
Well that's encouraging...
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Just as high a chance as meeting an uncilted Welsh Ciltie in Wales I would say! 
[B][COLOR="Red"][SIZE="1"]Reverend Earl Trefor the Sublunary of Kesslington under Ox, Venerable Lord Trefor the Unhyphenated of Much Bottom, Sir Trefor the Corpulent of Leighton in the Bucket, Viscount Mcclef the Portable of Kirkby Overblow.
Cymru, Yr Alban, Iwerddon, Cernyw, Ynys Manau a Lydaw am byth! Yng Nghiltiau Ynghyd!
(Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, Isle of Man and Brittany forever - united in the Kilts!)[/SIZE][/COLOR][/B]
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I think your right Trefor ... at least you and me are doing our bit. By the way, I have pm'd you once or twice .. I still havent recieved your disc with folk club photos. Dunno what went wrong ... doh. If you could send another that would be great .. I can put some pics up on the folk club notice board.
Thats a great encounter RK ...
Iechyd Da 
Derek
A Proud Welsh Cilt Wearer
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Originally Posted by Riverkilt
Even as international as our visitors are in the canyonlands what are the odds of meeting an unkilted Welsh ciltie on the shores of Lake Powell????
More proof that it is a very small world on which we live, and the fact that we all have more in common than contrast.
[SIZE="2"]Cheers,[/SIZE]
[COLOR="Sienna"][B]Dennis[/B][/COLOR]
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Originally Posted by Riverkilt
S...what are the odds of meeting an unkilted Welsh ciltie on the shores of Lake Powell????
If you're involved, Ron, I'd say the odds of meeting just about anybody are pretty high. 
--dbh
When given a choice, most people will choose.
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Ron many years ago as I stopped over in Hong Kong on my way back to a Southeast Asia resort (LOL) I spotted ahead of me in a crowd a tall American in a tee-shirt with the logo of my local bar in Long Beach, CA. When I caught up with him come to find out we knew each other from the bar. What are the odds of that? It is indeed a small world at times.
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