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[music] Rambling House Band to open for legendary Irish fiddler in March

3/3/2018

Rambling House Band (Kevin McKidd, Patrick D'Arcy, Dan Conroy) with special guests Kira Ott & Brendan Bell will open for legendary #Irish #fiddler Oisín Mac Diarmada, Damien Stenson, & Samantha Harvey of Téada.

ANAM Irish Arts Evening of Music
Sunday * March 25 * 7pm
Garry Marshall Theatre
Toluca Lake / Burbank CA

Tickets & Seating Chart
https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pe.c/10253279

FYI: Rambling House Band was formed several years ago by Kevin and close friends Dan & Pat.
They play traditional Irish & Scottish Celtic music.

[article] Guide to Scotland's 5 Whisky Regions

5/17/2017

The practice of distilling whisky has been lovingly perfected throughout Scotland for centuries and began as a way of turning rain-soaked barley into a drinkable spirit, using the fresh water from Scotland's crystal-clear springs, streams and burns.

To this day, distilleries across the country continue the tradition of using pure spring water from the same sources that have been used for centuries.

From the source of the water and the shape of the still to the wood of the cask used to mature the spirit, there are many factors that make Scotch whisky so wonderfully different and varied from distillery to distillery.

No two are the same; each has its own proud heritage, unique setting and its own way of doing things that has evolved and been refined over time. Paying a visit to a distillery lets you discover more about the environment and the people who shape the taste of the Scotch whisky you enjoy. So, when you're sitting back and relaxing with a dram of our most famous export at the end of your distillery tour, you'll be appreciating the essence of Scotland as it swirls in your glass.

READ MORE HERE http://ebooks.visitscotland.com/whisky-distilleries-guides/

[holiday] Guy Fawkes Day

11/5/2016

Perfect time to watch Kevin McKidd in Gunpowder, Treason & Plot

[photo] Scotland's Elgin Cathedral in autumn

10/31/2016

What better way to say goodbye to #October than with this lovely #autumn shot of Elgin Cathedral in Kevin McKidd's hometown of Elgin, Moray #Scotland :) Photo by Simon Ward Photography

[theatre] "Consider Yourself" 1984 OLIVER! musical Moray Youth Theatre

5/2/2016

"Consider Yourself" is one of several musical numbers from the
Moray Youth Theatre production of OLIVER! in Elgin, Scotland.
Performed Thursday 4 October & Friday 5 October 1984 at Elgin Town Hall.

This was KEVIN McKIDD's first play.
He was one of the workhouse boys and Fagin's gang. Kevin was also the understudy of The Artful Dodger and went on in that role for dress rehearsals (the lead had chicken pox) but not opening night. This is when Kevin decide he was going to be an actor.

VIDEO courtesy Barry Gault. PROGRAM courtesy Louise Grant.
Thank you for sharing and allowing us to post!

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[celebration] Happy Tartan Day ~ April 6th

4/6/2016

Tartan Day‬ commemorates the signing of the Declaration of Arbroath‬ in 1320, which asserted Scotland's independence as a sovereign state. The declaration is in the form of a letter to Pope John XXII and was part of a broader effort to position Scotland as an independent kingdom not subject to control by England.

Celebrated yearly on April 6th, the day on which the Declaration of Arbroath was signed, Tartan Day recognizes outstanding achievements and contributions by ‪Scottish‬ ‪‎Americans‬. Parades and other festivities are held and in 2013 Kevin McKidd served as the Grand Marshal of the New York City Tartan Day Parade.

SOURCE
http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/national-tartan-day

[theatre] "Food" 1984 OLIVER! musical Moray Youth Theatre

3/22/2016

"Food" is one of several musical numbers from the Moray Youth Theatre production of OLIVER! in Elgin, Scotland.
Performed Thursday 4 October & Friday 5 October 1984 at Elgin Town Hall.

This was KEVIN McKIDD's first play.
He was one of the workhouse boys and Fagin's gang. Kevin was also the understudy of The Artful Dodger and went on in that role for dress rehearsals (the lead had chicken pox) but not opening night. This is when Kevin decide he was going to be an actor.

VIDEO courtesy Barry Gault. PROGRAM courtesy Louise Grant.
Thank you for sharing and allowing us to post!

Best viewed in FULL SCREEN mode.

[video] Woes of #Scottish voice recognition

3/8/2016

[fun] 10 Myths about Scotland

2/6/2016

READ ALL 10 MYTHS HERE: http://www.welcometoscotland.com/blog/2014/09/05/myths-about-scotland/

2. Nessie is Scotland’s Only Monster Even many Scots are unaware that our hard working tourist honey pot monster is not alone. Further to the northwest her ‘sister’ lurks in the deepest loch in Scotland, Loch Morar. Morag is said to patrol these remote Highland waters and if Nessie is real then why not Morag?

3. Scotland is a Wee Country No, I’m not getting into our size in terms of importance, just pure physical size. If we include Rockall (which officially comes under the jurisdiction of Harris in the Outer Hebrides) Scotland’s territory is roughly the same size as England’s. Scotland also boasts over 10% of Europe’s coastline when you include the islands. Strip them out and Scotland’s littoral is still a whopping three times larger than England’s and twice that of either France or Spain, so Scotland is not really that wee.

6. Scotland Didn’t Invent the World We did and if you don’t believe me put down the phone right now as you don’t have one. Don’t bother turning off the TV either as it was never invented if you remove Scots from the pioneering equation. Flee to your car by all means, but it will have no tyres and even if it did there will be no tarmac roads to drive on. Tread carefully coming back into the house too as if you trip and hurt yourself there will be no antibiotics on hand to save your life. See – Scotland did invent the world!

8. Other Countries Make Scotch Other countries do fool around with odd mixes of malted barley, yeast and water, but they don’t make Scotch. The Irish cannot even spell whisky for goodness sake! The Japanese, Welsh and Canadians all valiantly try to concoct their own single malts, but for it to be called ‘Scotch’ it has to be, well, Scotch in origin.

10. Scotland is Not a Country Whether Scotland remains part of the UK or not it will still be a country. When the Act of Union was passed in 1707 it did not dissolve Scotland, but brought it into a Union with England, which too is already a country, hence the separate football teams et al and separate Scottish legal and education systems that were never brought under British control.

[celebration] Happy Burns Night

1/25/2016

Burns Night is celebrated in Scotland every January 25th. Find out more about this Scottish tradition here:
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/burns-night-2016-what-celebration-scotlands-national-poet-all-about-1539222

"Tam O'Shanter" by Iain Robertson. (Kevin's friend and former co-star.) This epic Robert Burns poem is typically performed for ‪#‎BurnsNight‬.

"A Red, Red Rose" sung by Kevin McKidd.
This Robert Burns poem appears in the film "Made of Honor" starring Patrick Dempsey & Kevin McKidd.

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