Hey, the Cortland festival is during my familie's vacation at King Ferry on Cayuga Lake. I will try to get my wife to put it on the itinerary! I will let you know--I have a slick XMarks sign I used at the Long Island Scottish games last year, if you are interested...
"Before two notes of the theme were played, Colin knew it was Patrick Mor MacCrimmon's 'Lament for the Children'...Sad seven times--ah, Patrick MacCrimmon of the seven dead sons....'It's a hard tune, that', said old Angus. Hard on the piper; hard on them all; hard on the world." Butcher's Broom, by Neil Gunn, 1994 Walker & Co, NY, p. 397-8.
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