Las Vegas NV Celtic Games

**Riverkilt** · 19th April 13, 09:59 PM

Headed down from Cedar City, Utah tomorrow morning. Will FINALLY get to see the Las Vegas games. I'll be lurking around the vendor tents and the clan tents. Wearing my new Dress Blue Marine tartan kilt...barelegged with sandals in the heat...maybe a doughboy campaign hat.

**OC Richard** · 21st April 13, 03:26 PM

Hey Riverkilt I did see you walk by, indeed wearing the Campaign Hat!

I'm back in SoCal, drove back this morning. The drive between Vegas and the LA Basin is lovely, with spectacular desert scenery.

So some photos I took yesterday... sorry they were just taken with my 1-pixel I-thing.

Solo piping in the morning. My best shot of the weekend

Yours truly with some piping friends; us gents in Isle of Skye kilts (I'm in the WV cap)

Wasatch & District (Grade 3) wariming up, showing the setting of these Games, with gorgeous mountains all round

Some well-dressed gents getting ready for the march of the clans. The fellow on the right is wearing a fantastic Harris Tweed kilt jacket

**Riverkilt** · 21st April 13, 05:59 PM

Sorry to miss you Richard...remember the lone pipers and one Isle of Skye kilt. Did some serious shopping. LV games were much larger than I'd expected. Someone put in a LOT of hard work to pull that off. Hope to be back next year - a good spirit to the place. Lots of pics, but I'm still on the road...will get them posted up when I get home tomorrow...after the laundry....groan.... Saw some other X Markers there and one vendor selling X Marks the Scot tiles...

**TJMACPHERSON** · 21st April 13, 06:19 PM

I believe this was the biggest year so far! I had intended on getting there early enough for the Clan Procession, but it took 35 minutes to park, walk to the gate and purchase tickets. I just missed them marching. I am already looking forward to next years games and am also considering heading down to Long Beach.

On a personal note, our Clan had a nice turnout and we're planning to have some local gatherings this summer.

**Alan H** · 23rd April 13, 11:09 AM

I Heard back from a bunch of the So Cal athletes and the report is that it was a great event....

OC Richard, the shot of the piper by the water tower is a beaut!