Utah Scottish Festival 2013  

Posted by Amber

June 8th was the Utah Scottish Festival held at Thanksgiving Point.  Matt had solos in the morning, and we had decided we weren't going to make it to his first one because of how early it was.  However, Henlie had a really crappy night of sleep, being up at 2:30am, 3:30am, and then 4:30am.  At that point, I gave up and we just stayed awake.  We watched the sunrise on the patio with the dog and cat at 5:30am.  



We got ready and were able to make it to Thanksgiving Point in time to watch Matt solo his MSR.  It was a really nice day, considering how the weather has been the past few years at this games.  Matt was going to scratch his Hornpipe/Jig competition, but Glenn let him play it early so he didn't have to.  Mocha loved Glenn.  Henlie was okay with him.  But not sad or afraid, so that was good lol.

Daddy warming up

Henlie watching Daddy drum.
 
After Matt's solos and Vivian's solo (he was playing for her too), we headed back to the tent.  Henlie and I walked the booths and visited my cousin Ashlee at the Damsel in this Dress booth.  While we were wandering, I got a text from my other cousin Lindsay.  She had her baby girl that morning and sent a picture.  We had to go back to tell Ashlee and show her the picture :)

Matt soloing in MSR - Glenn Kvidahl is judging
 
Since I've been to so many Scottish festivals, I didn't really care to go to massed bands.  So, Matt had me go get him and his piper lunch (he offered to buy him lunch since he has been playing for him :)).  We did this, and Mocha tried to ruin it all.  Dog, plus people, plus food, plus stroller = PAIN in the BUTT. Anyway.... Fortunately, there was an extra piece of fish on one of them, and Mocha only caused me to lose the two fish of the fish and chips.  So instead of being a three piece and a two piece, they became one and two pieces. Dumb dog.  Getting all of that back plus my food was also a bit of a pain, but we managed.

Watching Daddy solo.
 
We also didn't go watch Matt or the grade three or five compete.  (I'm still a little confused why we ended up going lol)  Henlie took a nap at one point, so that was nice.  Otherwise, we hung out at the tent.  We visited White Peaks' tent too to visit with our friends there.  
 

We found out that Henlie warms up to other gingers pretty quickly.  I'm pretty sure Callin was her favorite.


We ended up leaving around 3pm.  We also took my cousin's daughter, Sydney, home.  She wasn't competing and didn't need to stay for closing massed bands.  She didn't have a ride home, so we fit her in and dropped her off afterward.

 
After we got home, Henlie nursed and took another nap.  It was a pretty good day.

This entry was posted on Sunday, July 7, 2013 at Sunday, July 07, 2013 . You can follow any responses to this entry through the comments feed .

0 comments

Post a Comment

<< Newer Post
Older Post >>