Some fathers may grumble at the standard ties and cheap aftershave they inevitably receive as part of their Fathers Day gifts. What some fathers really want is a bagpipe and kilt, or better yet, a sword! Thankfully, they can get that in Santa Cruz at the annual Scottish Renaissance Fair, which was held this Sunday at the County Fairgrounds. In fact, so many lairds and ladies showed up for a beer and a wee bit of minstrelry that the event reports record attendance this year.
In addition to the food and crafts tents, the cabers were a-tossing, the clach-ultaichs were … a-clach-ultaiching, as everyone tried to put on their best Scottish brogue and relive the days immortalized by Sir Walter Scott and Bobby Burns. There is no news as to the quality of the haggis, but one can be sure that one or two dads had a wee dram of Laphroaig to dull the chill riding up their kilts.
All of this a tribute to:
The tender father, and the gen’rous friend;
The pitying heart that felt for human woe,
The dauntless heart that fear’d no human pride;
The friend of man — to vice alone a foe;
For “ev’n his failings lean’d to virtue’s side.
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