Multi-platinum international music sensation, CELTIC WOMAN returns with their brand new live CD and DVD: ‘Homecoming – Live From Ireland’. Recorded live in Dublin, Ireland, in September 2017, Homecoming features […]
Aspen and the Suitor
Once there was a young farmer who lived near the Scottish border. He lived alone, for his parents had died long before, and he had no siblings. But he had […]
Pipe Major Mickie Shaw
Dear San Diego Scottish Highland Games, Thank you so much for your generous donation toward my travel expenses to perform in the 2017 Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo in Scotland. It […]
Kirkin’ o’ the Tartan
by Todd Wilkinson While the Kirkin’ o’ the Tartan service celebrates Scotland and Scottish heritage, it is a truly a Scottish-American custom. If one searches the Internet for information, stories […]
“Halloween” by Robert Burns (English Translation)
Upon that night, when fairies light On Cassilis Downans dance, Or over the lays, in splendid blaze, On sprightly horses prance; Or for Colean the route is taken, Beneath the […]
Greyfriars Bobby
Dogs figure prominently in tales from Scotland. There are the sheepdogs (who are so entertaining at the San Diego Highland Games). There are the ghost dogs which warn people of […]
Italian Highlanders?
The Italian highlanders who may have Scottish roots By Dany Mitzman Gurro, northern Italy 11 August 2017 Thousands of Italians emigrated to Scotland in the 20th Century, but it […]
Scottish sights to visit
Bruce’s Cave Lace up your walking boots and pack a lunch for a visit to Robert the Bruce’s cave, which is up a steep path above Kirtle Water, near Kirkpatrick […]