Celtic Festival and Highland Games

I have a very fuzzy memory of my mom taking me to a Celtic festival in Salt Lake when I was little. I think it was at This is the Place State Park, but I can't be sure. I do remember the Irish step dancers, though. So when Erik discovered that Cache Valley would be holding its inaugural Celtic Festival and Highland Games, I jumped at the chance to go.

I wasn't sure what to expect, really. But they had some fun things going on. We watched the dancers for a little bit and looked around the booths full of Celtic knick-knacks. We also tried some"authentic" Celtic food. We opted for the meat pies; haggis seemed a little too authentic. :)

Then we were treated to an awesome pipe band. I know what you're thinking. One bagpipe is bad enough but an entire band? Well I have to tell you, if you've never experienced a large group of talented pipers, you don't really know how great a pipe band can be! They were all dressed in their kilts, and it was so cool to watch them march and play. Since Utah State claims connections to the Scottish (umm, hello!! The Scotsman is played at EVERY SINGLE SPORTING EVENT!!), we decided they need to get their pipe band started and put them all in an Aggie tartan.

Maybe USU should also start a "weight over bar" team and compete in traditional Celtic sports, which were also going on. Their record couldn't possibly be worse than the football team...