Pics of Kirkin' o' the Tartan, Phoenix, 18 Nov 2008

**BoldHighlander** · 23rd November 08, 04:10 AM

Wonderful photos Retro Red, thanks for posting!

**Retro Red** · 19th November 08, 03:16 PM

Originally Posted by Jack Daw

Looks like it was a great event. Other than the Rabble and the pipe band, were very many others in kilt?

As Sionnach mentioned, we 3 in the Rabble were the only kilted gents besides those in the pipe band. And it was pretty amusing the number of folks that thanked the 3 of us for that wonderful pipe music! I guess since we were the only other kilted guys, they thought we were in the pipe band, too!

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**ozth3dog** · 19th November 08, 02:57 PM

everyone looks grand!

**The Vicar** · 19th November 08, 03:09 PM

Wonderful photos and thank you for sharing them with the community.

I must admit the cleric is by far the most elegant...but then I may be a little bias in my opinion.

"V" : )

**thescot** · 19th November 08, 08:41 PM

Great pix. We'll have to try that here soon.

BTW, RetroRed, why do they call you "Red" anyway?

**Spartan** · 19th November 08, 09:52 PM

After the 8am service, I had an interesting conversation with two teenage brothers. Their parents were coming to the 10am service. They wanted to be doing something else at 10am, and their mother told them, ok, but you go to the 8am service! They had been in Scotland this past summer. They were very interested in my sermon, and took time with me to talk about it at some length. One said that he would like a kilt, the other wasn't ready. It was really a good discussion, as I don't usually have a lot of in-depth interaction with the youth. (I'm hired there part time and the youth program is the responsibility of others.) I think that they were actually glad that their parents insisted that they be there that morning. I passed the information on to the youth director, who is of Scottish heritage and is planning on a trip to Scotland next year and getting his first kilt. --- I expect that he will be a member of this board before too long.