In all, over 609 Pipers and Drummers, 1869 marchers in total. As always, there was a rainbow of tartan colors that would, I imagine, make even William Wallace smile! As expected, the line of march ceased at West 58th Street, in the shadow of the Jekyll & Hyde Club. And while the Mount Kisco Scots hopped back onto their bus for their own long journey home (the party poopers!), everybody else gathered around the auld double-decker bus we always rent out fer the occasion, and pretty much posed for photos, shared a smile at everybody else's tartan, and made some blarsted cool bagpipe noise (happily annoyin' at least one er two tenants in the apartments above), as per the usual tradition at our "Bagpipers' Block Party." In the case o' yer auld Uncle Fergus, I had the unlikely opportunity to greet a Buccaneer bagpiper, in full Piratical splendor --- Pirate boots, eyepatch, tricorn hat --- the works! This was Captain Douglas Brownlegs (Piper Doug McEntergart) from St. Brendan the Navigator Pipes and Drums of Point Pleasant, NJ, remindin' all who would make it there to be in on the Band's annual Buccaneer's Buffet, on Saturday, June 20th, on the Boardwalk at the Sawmill Cafe. We hit it off quite nicely, methinks; and I would guess that the good Captain was as good as his word, and was nice enough to pose for a photo wi' me.
See ya next Tartan Day, then!
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