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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Gregory McQueen on his specialty, the electric fiddle	Emily on Bodhram	Performing "The Telfer Jigs" with guest Matt Telfer	There was of course caber tossing
It was a near perfect throw	I got a kick out of seeing this booth	One of my favorite groups, The Blarney Brothers	Another seriously rockin' jam lead by Jiggernaut
Seeing how these slinky potatoes were made caught my attention. I know the pic is pointless but I found it amusing	The North Texas Pipe Band did several marching performances through the event	You could also find competitive solo pipers	The last act I saw were The Glengarry Boys, a really energetic and smokin's group of people. (They did have 1 girl in their group)

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