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18th April 10, 04:55 PM
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Accidental encounter
Last weekend, a lady friend and I spent the afternoon at the Memphis Zoo. Mine was the only kilt in evidence. Got a few stares; but any comments made were all positive.
To the point of this post... after leaving the zoo, we were driving around killing some time until we were to meet some friends of hers to go out to eat. We heard some interesting sounds and had to track them down. About a block off the V&E Greenline, standing atop a grassy knoll, we found a lass playing her bagpipes and practicing her marching steps. Just had to stop and grab a picture (with her permission of course). She had recently moved to Memphis from Arkansas where she had played with a pipe band. North (something) Caledonia (something).... my memory isn't what it used to be.
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19th April 10, 03:51 PM
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Regional Director for Scotland for Clan Cunningham International, and a Scottish Armiger.
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19th April 10, 05:33 PM
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"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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19th April 10, 05:38 PM
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19th April 10, 08:30 PM
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I'm sure it made your day as well as her's.
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19th April 10, 09:11 PM
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Goes to show you - just play it and they will come!
"The fun of a kilt is to walk, not to sit"
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19th April 10, 09:17 PM
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That's a nice story.
And I see that they grow better looking pipers in Arkansas than some places as well.
Jim Killman
Writer, Philosopher, Teacher of English and Math, Soldier of Fortune, Bon Vivant, Heart Transplant Recipient, Knight of St. Andrew (among other knighthoods)
Freedom is not free, but the US Marine Corps will pay most of your share.
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20th April 10, 12:43 AM
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Cool picture, happy coincidence. I'll bet she was as chuffed as you were.
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20th April 10, 09:22 AM
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I believe this is her from the 2008 Celtic Fest in Jackson TN. She was with the Northeast Arkansas Caledonians but wasn't with them last year. 
Sapienter si sincere Clan Davidson (USA)
Bydand Do well and let them say...GORDON! My Blog
" I'll have a scotch on the rocks. Any scotch will do as long as it's not a blend of course. Single malt Glenlivet, Glenfiddich perhaps maybe a Glen... any Glen." -Swingers
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24th April 10, 12:36 PM
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Glen McGuire
A Life Lived in Fear, Is a Life Half Lived.
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