We had a Landing Party this month! We explored the Texas Highland Festival and Scottish Games in Decatur, TX. (Check out the Captain’s Blog entry at https://ussseatiger.weebly.com/captains-blog for some pictures and the full story.) The ship’s regular meeting on 26 May was quite fun, if fairly short! In attendance were Tank Clark, Liz Goulet, Tracy Clark, Roon Marchant, Alan Goulet, and Michelle Goulet. Roon was Officer of the Deck, and presented an enjoyable and thought-provoking quiz on various aspects of archeology – both real-world and fictional. The ship is holding at 17 International members and one Local member. The ship's treasury is currently holding at $20.00. Roon will be leading our Landing Party to the International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame in Arlington on 14 June at 1100 hours. It sounds like it will be a lot of fun! I hope you will join us! The Bo’sun’s Pop-Top Challenge starts anew in June, and he’ll be announcing results at the June meeting. (For those who do not know, we collect pop-tops for Ronald McDonald House.) MACO Command Staff have reported that the latest revision of the Awards Manual is finished, and that as soon as a technical issue is cleared up, it will be published. We have yet to hear any more news regarding possible changes in STARFLEET MACO, STARFLEET Marines, within STARFLEET as a whole, and at the local chapter level, regarding logos and that ilk. Sea Tiger stands by for any necessary maneuvers. Our usual discussion about movies was more circumspect than it often is, as some of us had tickets to see Solo: A Star Wars Story later that evening, and others had already seen it. Deadpool 2 was mentioned, but none of us had seen it yet. We talked about our experiences watching Avengers: Infinity War, and eagerly anticipate the next Marvel Cinematic Universe movie. (A side discussion about Captain Marvel/Mar-Vell/Ms. Marvel/Linda Danvers went on for some time!) The next time the crew gathers will be at Region 3 Summit and Third Brigade Muster in Irving on 22-24 June. The week after that, 30 Jun, will be our Ship’s Meeting, held once again at Shady Oak BBQ in Fort Worth at 3pm. Clark, commanding Sea Tiger, out.
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USS Sea Tiger Landing Party Texas Scottish Festival and Highland Games, Decatur, TX 11805.12 (May 12, 2018) Landing Party consisted of (left to right, bottom row) MCPO Alan Goulet, Commodore Tank Clark, Rear Admiral Liz Goulet, (top row) MCPO Michelle Goulet and Commander Tracy Clark. Not pictured: Fleet Captain Amy Pegues. Image taken by Fleet Captain Liz Hazelwood of the USS Vulcan’s Forge. The 32nd Texas Scottish Festival and Highland Games (TSF&HG) was held this year at the Wise County Fairgrounds in Decatur, having moved there from its previous home at the University of Texas at Arlington, in Arlington, Texas. The event is a celebration of Scottish heritage, with music, Highland Games, vendors, and representatives of various Scottish organizations like the Scottish-American Military Society and – of course -- many clans. On Friday, Tank & Tracy arrived at the TSF&HG site around 1700, and promptly parked in the wrong location. Despite having General Admission tickets, our shuttlecraft landed in VIP Parking. I fail to see the attraction of the “VIP Parking,” as it cost the same as General Admission, and one had to walk farther to get to the Clan Village, the vendors, the food, and one of the two main entertainment venues. Tank purchased some items he “needed”, such as a new Glengarry cap, a Clerich (Gaelic for “Clark”) cap badge, and a new sgian dubh (that’s the knife that’s worn tucked into your kilt hose). Tracy also bought herself a necklace. We visited all of the vendors several times, then listened to a few of the musical acts. We also had our supper there: Haggis & Mash for Tank and Banger & Mash for Tracy, followed by a Scotch egg and washed down with beverages from Pecos Pete’s Root Beer Wagon. Friday night was the Calling of the Clans, and we also listened to a representative of the government of Scotland to the United States. Saturday morning came early. We found ourselves at the festival around 0900, for much more music, some shopping, and some Games-watching. FCAPT Pegues enjoyed some music with us, before we wandered off separately. The sun was very energetic, and the wind had died down a bit – not very Scottish-like weather, but not atypical for Texas mid-May. The rest of the crew joined us around 1300, and we also met up with FCAPT Hazelwood in the Show Arena – excuse me, the “Glen Coe Stage.” After posing for a photo in our matching ship’s t-shirts, Tank went off to the Whisky Tasting with Amy, while the Goulets went off a different direction. By far the top entertainment was a band called “Cleghorn”, whose non-stop energy and blues/Celtic Rock music was outstanding. Unlike so many modern musicians, they were not wired to the stage; they were able to wander through the audience, playing their awesome music with cordless transmitters. Tracy and Tank returned on Sunday for yet more music – because we hadn’t heard everyone we wanted to hear. We also picked up a business card from a vendor called “Got Kilt”, from whom we plan to buy a new kilt to add to the growing collection. I am looking forward to returning to this event next year, and we all eagerly anticipate our next Landing Party! Clark, commanding Sea Tiger, out. |
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