Virginia International Tattoo Daily Update
This update includes a behind-the-scenes look at The Top Secret Drum Corps from Basel, Switzerland who we saw last summer at the Edinburgh Tattoo!  Apparently, they were in New York last weekend, the same as us 🙂
Get the inside look as they rehearse for the 2016 Virginia International Tattoo!
Well plaid in Manhattan for New York’s annual Tartan Day Parade
BY KATRINA TWEEDIE
THOUSANDS of Scots and their descendants take to the streets of Manhattan every year for the annual Tartan Day Parade celebrating the historic links between both nations.
New York’s Tartan Day Parade
AS surreal moments go, nothing will ever compare to standing in the middle of 6th Avenue as thousands of Saltire-waving people lined the pavements and a phalanx of thundering pipers marched towards me.
If you are a Scot in America in April, there is really only one place to be – New York for Tartan Week.
What started 18 years ago as a small group of expat Scots marching down the pavement has grown into an annual parade along the Avenue of the Americas for 10 colourful blocks, accompanied by the skirl of the bagpipes, a swishing of kilts and proud display of Caledonian heritage.
Americans with even the tiniest drop of Scots blood, no matter how many generations removed, feel compelled to don some plaid and revel in this great US tradition of marching bands.
If you are lucky enough to be a Scot in New York during Tartan Week, like I was last year (And we will be THIS year!), then I urge you to proceed to the centre of Manhattan.
Read more at http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/travel/well-plaid-manhattan-new-yorks-7629486#iW2Z0zjgwlHUOOU3.99