Kilted "Regiment" Reading Air Show 2011

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Well, the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Recreated, the Black Watch Recreated, the Royal Highland Regiment of Canada [Black Watch Canada Recreated] and the Queens Own Rifles Canada Recreated, formed up together as B Company, Commonwealth Forces had another great reenacting weekend at the Reading Air Show put on by the Mid Atlantic Air Museum at the regional airport in Reading, Pennsylvania. I posted at length about last year's event in this thread, giving a full explanation: http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...ir-show-59805/

Once again, we were joined by Pvt Jim Leddie, A & SH 7th Bn, who served from 1939 to 1946--the whole lot. This is the very battalion that we portray in our reenacting impression. We had a chance once again to have our pipers play a mini concert for him, and we did an honorary march past, and eyes right salute. Here is Jim under our Regimental fly, with two other surviving vets who came to share with us. The three of them proved to be quite lively and spry--they teased each other unmercifully, and they told each other many stories that I don't think would have come out had they not been together:



There are dances in the large hanger both Friday and Saturday nights. Here is part of our turnout last Friday night:



Here we are decked out for the Saturday night Hanger Dance. There is a group of reenactors who do a great Japanese impression, one of them stood for a photo with us:



Some fine young women do a high quality impression of the Andrews Sisters, and yes, they take their act behind the mike and perform several sets at different venues at the Air Show:



Some of the lads with another singing group, the Manhattan Dolls:



Bill McKee of our group and another gent with a cigarette girl, who is actually one of the event coordinators:



A very nice fellow named Mick leads an Irish Guards reenacting group, this weekend he set up and ran the NAAFI. At the dance he shifted into a King's African Rifles impression. Here he is behind the counter at the NAAFI:



Well, that's me for now. Enjoy!