The Texas Scottish Festival is a fun event held at the football stadium of the University of Texas in Arlington, located just east of Fort Worth. This was the first time I got to attend the festival since it usually overlaps with the final weekend of Scarborough Faire. This year it came the week with a warm weekend that was sunny most of the day with some quick rainfall. You can imagine how many ren people were happily out there. The event was striking for the presence of clans and highland games competitions for both amateur and professional ranking. several players traveled from way out of state and even from Canada for this event. It also included a lot of major celtic acts including Clandestine who officially announced this as their last year together. A great loss to the celtic community.

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For information regarding the 2 groups, check out the Texas Scottish Fest & Highland Games' Official Website

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One of the many shops that sell scottish clothing	There were also a number od booths to help with family history	Jiggernaut performing some celtic rock tunes in the morning	A little accordion solo by Mark Kenneth
Now a serious accordion jam between Mark and Brendan O'Sullivan	Lead singer Deanna Smith	Some of the games that went throughout the day	These guys were warming up for the hammer throw
Some of the clans that were out there	There were a lot of them that set up displays	Alasdair Fraser being accompanied by this lovely cellist for a waltz duet	A tent stage was setup on the football field for highland dancing
There was a dogs' section with a westies contest	Clandestine in their final official Dallas-Ft.Worth appearance	Emily Dugas and Jen Hamel singing "World Turned Upside Down	EJ Jones on the pipes. He just released a solo album

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