Phoenix Highland Games 1980s

[hospitaller]

Outside of the hair styles, nothing looks different than today. Just goes to show the timelessness of the Kilt.

Actually, there is a huge difference.

29 years ago, people were on average slimmer than today's.

Most people on these photos is slim or average built, as opposed to nowadays where most people are overweight.

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[george7]

Looking for a pic of a sign for another thread ran across photos I took at a Phoenix, Arizona Highand Games sometime back in the 1980s. Would guess they're about 25 years old. Not old enough for Vintage. Kind of shows how things don't change - that's one definition of Tradition.

Here are some dancers.


Maybe our dance experts can identify the dances.

It's the Irish Washerwoman.

I think it's great that there was some normalcy in the 1980's. That somebody, somewhere was not wearing a denim jacket or raspberry beret. I know ALL ABOUT the 80's, I've seen Back to the Future.

[george7]

Actually, there is a huge difference.

29 years ago, people were on average slimmer than today's.

Most people on these photos is slim or average built, as opposed to nowadays where most people are overweight.

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WHOA! You're right. Looking at there pictures, people are much slimmer.

[Chas]

I like the way photographs of that time have aged. Certain colours become more vibrant and others get washed out. It really fixes a picture in time.

It is also interesting to see what pictures were thought to be important at the time. Photography was never a 'cheap' pastime in those days, so every shot had to be a good one.

Regards

Chas

[Arizona Scot]

Ron great pics, looking at your stuff of the valley reminds me of home.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

The gentleman in the clipped moustache is the late Calvin Biggar, a superb piper from California, and the owner of the ex-Marquis of Bute's Bentley R-Type. Cal's piping impressed me more than his car, but just barely!

[Galician]

WHOA! You're right. Looking at there pictures, people are much slimmer.

Well, you didn't have a hamburger chain on every block back then. Everything served was home cooking, for better--and, yes, sometimes for worse.

[macwilkin]

The gentleman in the clipped moustache is the late Calvin Biggar, a superb piper from California, and the owner of the ex-Marquis of Bute's Bentley R-Type. Cal's piping impressed me more than his car, but just barely!

The gentleman with his back to the camera is wearing the tartan of the Mesa Caledonian Pipes Band, Bruce of Kinnaird.

http://www.mcpb.org

T.

[macwilkin]

Well, you didn't have a hamburger chain on every block back then. Everything served was home cooking, for better--and, yes, sometimes for worse.

Except for all of the Whataburgers in PHX...

T.