I officiate High School Football in southern New Mexico. This past Friday night I worked a game between the Onate Knights of Las Cruces NM and the Bel Air Highlanders of El Paso Texas.

Before the game gets started, Bel Air's band files in behind us, the Color Guard are wearing tartan skirts and PC type jackets. I think this is pretty cool and nice to see then use some Scottish type clothing; they are the Highlanders after all. About half way through the first quarter of the game I hear the faint of sound of Pipes (usually I don’t hear much except the game and coaches yelling) I figured they had a sound system set up on the visitors side or something. I do a quick search of the field and I find 3 pipers and 2 drums playing to the home stands student section. All 5 are kilted, in the school's tartan) and being cheered on rather feverishly by the home team’s fans. I could catch the sounds of the pipes on and off for most of the game that I could see and hear (My attention was on the field).

Very unexpected out of an El Paso Texas school but also a very welcome surprise.