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I thought you were in Victoria at first 😂

Met your son Zach at the cathedral in Guelph this afternoon. He sent me here. Cheers!

Grateful to be part of the Highland games in the US my entire life (as a piper) and to have passed it down to my children and grandchildren.

I was very involved in our Pike's Peak Highland Society in the 80s and 90s until it went defunct in the early 2000s. We hosted the Pike's Peak Highland Games for many years. Internal squabbles pretty much ended the Society. Looks like everyone in attendance there with you had a great time Bruce, and that's what matters.

You should come to the Highland games in Victoria BC It is a huge event. Love to meet you Sir!!

Oh, I wish I'd known! I'd have come to say hi! Though, sadly, my kilt was destroyed in my house fire.

In America, they cancelled the tug-o'-wars after people were killed by broken cables. It's like they don't understand Scots. That's part of the appeal, like watching NASCAR in the South. You think people go to see cars go round and round? No. They go hoping for a crash. Death or the chance of it is what makes us feel alive.

Love this! I used to go to the one in Guelph Ontario every summer, been afew years now tho, something of a hermit now. I still remember sitting in a little valley as the bands came in with the drums sounding like thunder as the they bounced off the little hills around us, or something. 🥰

American Scottish games are better. You need to come here

Your so cutee Bruce I love your calvs. I hope you had fun, my friend. Hugs

Will be at the games in Montreal

A tremendous Highland Games crowd there, Bruce! I see they are as popular there as they are in North Georgia here in the States! BTW, they took out the tug of war at the games here for about ten years because the last three had ended up with fights over alleged cheating by the winners!😃 Several folks got pretty banged up at the last one, so they banned it for a few. Last I heard, the recent games have all ended in handshakes, so we've finally retained our good Southern manners on field - at least with our hands! The parking lot may still be another story... 😆

Welcome to Canada, Bruce. Unfortunately I have been unable to make it to any of your shows. While you've been in Ontario, I've been in Europe.

Would’ve been cool to go to Antigonish Highland Games in Nova Scotia - oldest outside of Scotland! They’re happening in mid July

Me and my sister will be heading to the highland games in Fergus later this August, it will be her first time but my second. Enjoy your stay and some random trivia, Perthshire is where my clan hails from, the Blair's of Balthayock 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🙂

Ah...Perthshire my home county too - Crieff

I love going to the one here in Middle Tennessee, but it gets a little thinner each year. Often I am the only Shaw there and certainly don't have a tent and banner to set up. I do get complements on wearing my tartan sash with my traditional Cherokee regalia, which is a bit of a boost. People should take pride in their heritage even if it's back a few generations, but also need to do their homework and learn the actual history and culture so as to properly honor it.

I live in Nova Scotia and I identify more as Scottish, through my ancestry, than Canadian to be honest. On my mother's side it was all Highland Scots from Isles of Lewis and Harris and MacNeils from Barra up until my mother married my father (his ancestry was all over the place, British and French way back, but his grandmother was a Scottish War bride (WW1). They alllived in Cape Breton. The highlands of Cape Breton look a lot like some areas of Scotland. I can see why my ancestors settled those areas. My maternal grandmother still spoke strictly Gaelic as a child until she went to school and English was forced on her and her siblings. My great grandmother didn't always understand me. She'd ask my great uncle what I said at times.

It was great to see you in person last night in Fergus!! Keep the videos coming; it’s a weekly ritual to watch you Saturday mornings with my tea!! Enjoy the rest of your time here!!

Show me any "Scotsman" in History that had bad dread locks.....He may be many things, but a "Scotsman" (a term he'll never define) is not one of them.

That word, "Scotsman", "I don't think it means what you think it means". Hey, I put on a kimono, so I'm totally Japanese!

He's "Not True Scotsman", that's for sure! LOL! Talk about "Cultural Appropriation". LOL!

A pleasure to meet and talk to you Bruce and Zak!! Glad to see myself at 4:29 🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Well shame on me. You pop over to my neck of the woods and I was totally unaware. My loss, for I know the folks there’d treat you well. Next time, I’ll raise a pint in your honour till then.

Ah, Bruce. You should meet my friends The Wicked Tinkers. . . Here's a wee clip of them at my favorite games: Scots on the Rocks Moab (Utah) Celtic Festival. Warning: Might bring back memories of Aus. . . ua-cam.com/video/JcefRnxh7S8/v-deo.htmlsi=rVd7JsWmoKhueWna

There's none more Scot than the Scots abroad 🎶

Of course Mr. Cash was Scottish! He visited his where his family was from numerous times near the town of Falkland

Fantastic! I hope you can make it to the BC Highland Games in Coquitlam some year. Always a beer garden and whiskey tent! One year there was 300 pipers playing in unison. Also the SFU piper band regularly appears.

Don’t mind loaning them to Scotland but to have the Highland Games outside of Nova Scotia seems, well, a tad sacrilegious.

for ANYONE to say you're not Scottish just because you're black.... WHA??? I take great offence to that!

Then there's the ScotfestBC and the BC Highland Games every year in Coquitlam (ko-Quit-lum, a coast Salish word for red fish up the river). East of Vancouver but still considered part of the metro area. I see there are 37 highland games and festivals in Canada!

Those folks had some pretty big stones, including the rocks they were lifting.

I have always loved the sound of the pipes and all that goes with the highland Games!

There's a distinct lack of Onion Jackery here compared to the good old Tory Highland Games back in Scotland.

having been to a games with tug of war, still pictures just don't do the sport justice.

In the legendary words of the late John Mann, “there’s none more Scots than the Scots abroad.” 😂 I’ve been to games that have had a tug o’war here in Ontario before. I think each games is a little bit different. Not by much, but little things. Specific traditions, degree of formality, etc What I tend to enjoy most is when each individual band practices in random locations through the day. It’s nice to be walking around and come across a circle of musicians playing together, and sometime a dancer will join and preform some highland dancing in the round. Good times always.

Is this in Fergus Ontario .Ontario is a large province

Good to see Bruce getting oot and aboot😅...hope the racist trolls aren't giving you to much trouble mate.I am indigenous the west Scotland and Northern Ireland yet I live in the Australiavand have never crossed the equator😂.The fact you have Ghanian history and teach history of Scotland is irrelevant and nonsensical.See I could maybe blend in a bit visually in Scotland but that accent can't be done by anyone who isn't born or raised in Scotland.Keep up the content big marn.🇭🇲🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

At many Highland Games I've been at in the USA and they probably do this in Canada too. The Sunday morning following the games at a nearby church they have (The Kirkin O the Tartans ) . I'm sure you know about this tradition. That would make a great video if you haven't already did a video on The Kirkin O the Tartans?

Have you done a video on Thomas Douglas, the 5th Earl of Selkirk? I'm looking but I don't see one. He is responsible for at least two settlements of Highland Clearance Scots, one in Prince Edward island and another less successful one, the Red River Colony in what is now Manitoba in 1811. As you say, Scots built the world and especially Canada.

Bruce, Canadians are friendly outside of a hockey rink and war. Then we are proper bastards Oh and Johnny Cash is of Scots Irish stock...so likely what we would call an Ulsterman

"The young team" 😂🤣👍👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Attended my first Aussie Highland Games/Celtic Festival, back in March. Gave me the kick in the arse needed to wear the Buchanan kilt and get connected with the Clan Society... and the whisky tents 😅

THAT CEILIDH BANDS GIT NAE ACCORDION! WHIT FUCK'S GAON OAN THERE?

The magic soil only applies to white countries

Slàinte Mhath Bruce!! 🥃🙏🏻✌🏻

I am still disappointed that I missed you in Ottawa, but I hope you are enjoying Canada! If you are still around the first weekend in August, come to the highland games in Maxville Ontario. The largest highland games outside of Scotland and the North American Pipe Band Championships. There should be almost twice the number of bands as in Port Hope. From Maxville, quite a few bands will be off to Glasgow Green for the world's. And at Maxville I can promise the tug of war, including competitions between members of highland regiments in the Canadian army.

Love bagpipes - so striking ❤

Black NO ! Just Heavy Peated Scotch Drinker...

Crieff Highland Games in the 1960s, happy days.