Let's Hear it for the Teams!

Getting in the mood for the Scottish Games later today:

http://cssm.org/

Great performance from the St. Thomas Episcopal School in Texas.

Slainte!

Come see the New Dominion Band

We're doing a "lite" show with just Susan and me at Clyde's of Tysons Corner from 6-8 on St. Patrick's Day. Hear some great Celtic tunes.

Then on the 25th and 26th we're in Springfield and on the 2nd of April we're at the legendary "JV's".

Check out the band information at:

www.thenewdominionband.org

At Pat Troys after practice for the annual Scottish Christmas Walk.

At Pat Troys after practice for the annual Scottish Christmas Walk.

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A Fine Fall Day for a Rock and Roll Stew

The New Dominion Band takes a break at the picturesque Chateau O'Brien Winery in Virginia.

We played for the winery's "Irish Stew" day with a mix of Celtic folk songs and of course the best music of our lives.

A hospitable and energetic crowd welcomed the band who joined them for good music, great wine and hot, home made Irish Stew.


Back to work in the great enclosed patio.

The Jammas Jammin Bayside

The JAMMAS, joined by members of the New Dominion Band played for the great crowd at the Herring Bay Yacht Club Clam and Lobster Bake.

http://www.facebook.com/jammas#!/pages/Jammas/492316145726?ref=ts

http://www.myspace.com/thenewdominionband

Still not the cover of Rolling Stone

but now at least it's music related: I'm privileged to have recently joined the New Dominion Band out of Springfield. Here's a writeup on a local blog for the Springfield area. The band practices a short walk away from where I played my first paying gig and also my high school.

The Band's MySpace page:

It's not the Cover of Rolling Stone

but it is page 68 of August's Spinsheet, the Chesapeake Bay's sailing community magazine.

Workin hard, playin hard

Playing in Reading, PA with my new friends, Five Knuckle Shuffle. And you thought I only came here to work.

2 Days, 2 States...

... 2 gigs with the Daryl Davis Band

At the Independence Day Celebration at Virginia's Great Meadow I was part of the Guard's opening festivities and then joined Daryl and his band of boogie woogie extraordinaires.


The next day I found them at the bar near my boat.

Playing with a "Shore Thing:

With my good friend and great guitarist Dr. Thrill and his new band, "Shore Thing" at their debut

Supporting John Walsh's Black Watch Polo Team

With all the valuable work he does, the least we Guardsmen could do was bring a little pomp and pageantry to his most recent, winning, match.

The JAMMAS Have a Facebook Page

Posted pictures and a video (not great audio) on the JAMMAS page:

The Colour Guard Goes to NYC

After the Guards marched in the NYC Tartan Day Parade we retired to the roof of the NY Athletic Club to enjoy a lovely, warm day with great views of Manhattan's Skyline

The Airforce Mints a New Airman

Evan awaits his Airman Coin as he graduates USAF boot camp at Lackland yesterday. He's the guy next to the flag bearer.

And the Lord said to Adam:

Go forth and gather two of each species you find. Adam said, "Is it because I have a boat and you want me to save them?" "No," Sayeth the Lord, "You need to eat."

The Clusterflake

or Snow-mageddon, Snowpocolypse, Call it what you like but it's still the largest snowfall on record for our area. Here's my mother showing the over her head height of drifts of snow on my deck. There's about 45" of snow on the ground around the house.

Lifting the Ban on Haggis

. Gordon Liddy on Lifting the ban on Haggis

A Sequel in the Blogosphere

and this one has nothing to do with a boat. Hence the correct spelling sequel. This is my second blog and one for my business. I've copied all the Success category blogbits to a new blog focused on personal development: Personal Polishing

A Snowy and Shivering Scottish Christmas Walk

A wintery mix greeted the Guards, Band and Gentlemen of the St.Andrews Society of Washington DC for the Alexandria Scottish Christmas Walk.

Relaxation afterwards at legendary Pat Troy's and Murphy's Grand Irish Pub with lots of comaradery, music, libation and swords.

The Washington Post got a great shot of our Drum Major, David Close