Roll Call for Highland Fling!

[Chianti]

I'll be there on Saturday in jesterly glory. 

[Chris B]

I will be there both days performing.  

Since we are all giving our ancestry, I am Italian/Irish (50/50).  Ann Marie has been trying to get me into a kilt since we have been going to fair.  I have told her that (1)I am not Scottish, (2)that the Irish did not wear them, and (3)that I never would.  One day I said that in front of my mother who does a lot of geneology for our family.  She commented, "That's not entirely true."  Apparently her Irish ancestors do have ties to Scotland so a few hundred years back I am told that some of my ancestors were Scots......I still am not wearing a skirt.    

[AnnMarie B]

I will be there both days performing.  

Since we are all giving our ancestry, I am Italian/Irish (50/50).  Ann Marie has been trying to get me into a kilt since we have been going to fair.  I have told her that (1)I am not Scottish, (2)that the Irish did not wear them, and (3)that I never would.  One day I said that in front of my mother who does a lot of geneology for our family.  She commented, "That's not entirely true."  Apparently her Irish ancestors do have ties to Scotland so a few hundred years back I am told that some of my ancestors were Scotts......I still am not wearing a skirt.    

You also were "NEVER dressing as a pirate or a gypsy"........I shall have my way *mwahahahahaha*

[Chris B]

Sorry I just don't feel the Scottish ancestry burning in my veins.  I don't even find sheep attractive.....

[Blue66669]

*ahem*

PIRATE!!!!

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!!

[Laird Fraser of Lovatt]

Ok, everyone... it's SCOT, not Scott... Scott is a clan, Scots are the people.  

*and there isn't anyway, in Heaven or Hell, that we are called Scotch, either*

[FaeHollow]

I thought SCOTT was a toilet paper... *tee hee*

I am a mutt.... I honestly don't know what I am. Name wise I have .... Harrison/Harkins/Clark/Cohn/Bazar in my history. There is rumor we are related to Clark you know the explorer in the West and all that. I know I am related to Samuel Isaacks who was one of the old 300 families, part of the Moses Austin colony and one of the 1st 300 families to settle in Texas... I am also a Daughter of the Revolution.... I think it is safe to say I am American... and Texan. I think in heritage before coming to America I have heard English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, German and French thrown about by relatives. Yep... Mutt... thats me!

[Blue66669]

I will be there with some friends (maybe) and they are on my bad side right now so I use the term loosely.

Anyone who wants to stop by for some whiskey or tequila is welcome. The tarp support has been reinforced for use as a stripper pole for anyone interested, or if you get enough liquor in me I might .... . Look for a 20x30 blue tarp by a Honda with a roof rack. I haven't been to the faire for 4 years and its good to be coming back. It will be good to meet new people and see some old faces.

I will be there both Friday and Saturday nights camping.

See everyone there.

I'm always up for TEQUILA!!!! Where are you parking at?

[Messyn McCleavage]

I'm heading out Friday after work but don't need tent space. Saturday, I'll be wearing my "Official Kilt Inspector" pin, green Irish dress, and a smile! 

Belle, Row Zero?! I suppose I could stagger that far to see y'all. 

[Laird Fraser of Lovatt]

I thought SCOTT was a toilet paper... *tee hee*

I am a mutt.... I honestly don't know what I am. Name wise I have .... Harrison/Harkins/Clark/Cohn/Bazar in my history. There is rumor we are related to Clark you know the explorer in the West and all that. I know I am related to Samuel Isaacks who was one of the old 300 families, part of the Moses Austin colony and one of the 1st 300 families to settle in Texas... I am also a Daughter of the Revolution.... I think it is safe to say I am American... and Texan. I think in heritage before coming to America I have heard English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, German and French thrown about by relatives. Yep... Mutt... thats me!

Don't call yourself a mutt, my dear... i would say you are AMERICAN.  That is something to be proud of, in of itself.   

[Breandan]

I swore I would never wind up in a kilt... yeah, we see how long THAT lasted *glares at wife who uses the preggie belly as leverage*

[Zardoz]

I will be there both days performing.  

Since we are all giving our ancestry, I am Italian/Irish (50/50).  Ann Marie has been trying to get me into a kilt since we have been going to fair.  I have told her that (1)I am not Scottish, (2)that the Irish did not wear them, and (3)that I never would.  One day I said that in front of my mother who does a lot of geneology for our family.  She commented, "That's not entirely true."  Apparently her Irish ancestors do have ties to Scotland so a few hundred years back I am told that some of my ancestors were Scots......I still am not wearing a skirt.    

People get the notion that hundreds of years ago no one ever went more than walking distance from their village. Thats true in most cases, but some folks moved around quite a bit, and since the Scots and Irish have been seafairing folk for a thousands of years, they mixed it up quite a bit.
My crew came here to America in the 1760's, but has been in Ireland since 1170 after we came from Britain (or Wales) with Strongbow's invading army, and must have liked it there. Before that we were in Brittany, At least all Celtic lands!

As far as Irish never wearing kilts, you are right as far as we know, but since the highland Scots were so closely related to the Irish at one time, the Irish might have devoloped the same type of garment if the English would have left them alone for 5 seconds in the last 800 years!
But these days the kilt and tartan have become a "pan Celtic" symbol, many Irish, Welsh, Manx, and Cornish people are sporting them to symbolize their Celtic heritage and say "hey I'm not English!"

[angusmacinnes]

I will be there both dayz with the invading Scots.  Looking forward to a great weekend.

[Chris B]

Zardoz,

I'll leave the kilt wearin' to you, and I'll express my Irish pride in my playing....

Now the interesting thought is which ancestry wins out in the internal struggle, the Roman or the Celt? 

[cwconnertx]

I'm always up for TEQUILA!!!! Where are you parking at?

I think we're gonna try aroung rows 5 - 9 about 1/3 to 1/2 way back, but we haven't been in years

Look for a bug tarp strung between a silver honda with a overly large (for a honda) roof rack and a blue 2 door explorer
with an 8 foot support in the middle.

It will be good to be back after a long break.