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Cactus
& Kilts: The Tucson Celtic Festival & Highland
Games
by Robert Schaller
I can hardly say I am a "Scot." McKinney
is one branch of my family, for sure, late of the
Isle of Skye, where they reportedly assisted in
an uprising or two and suffered because of their
clandestine support, not well concealed, for Bonnie
Prince Charlie. Nevertheless, with a "bonnie"
amalgam of blood in my veins, Norman, Cornish, German,
Scot, and who knows what else, I am nothing but
an American mutt, and that is fine with me. However,
I find Scottish culture a fascinating and beautiful
thing. On Saturday, November 6th, Highland Games
were held in Tucson. I went, but I did not wear
a kilt...[Read
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