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TATTOO
Presenting The Highland
Games of the Southeastern U.S. - 2006
Tom
Freeman, Editor
Reviewed By
Frank R. Shaw, FSA Scot, Atlanta, GA, USA
Email:
jurascot@earthlink.net
 This
little publication will be a treat for those who attend the
various Highland Games around the southeastern United States. It
is an unusual publication edited by Tom Freeman of Caberdancer
Graphic Design in Walhalla, SC. This magazine is absolutely one
of the best-designed publications I have ever seen. It compares
very favorably in layout and color to the Ken Simpson book on
ROBERT BURNS printed by Colin Baxter, the famous
Scottish post card publisher. Color, design, layout, and the
text of Simpson’s ROBERT BURNS are about as good
as it gets, but the folks at Caberdancer have done just as well.
This publication gives all the
information you need to know about the Southern games from
Grandfather Mountain, the granddaddy of this crop, to the
youngest kid on the block, the Greenville (SC) Games. The former
has been holding games for years, but the latter has yet to hold
its first game but will do so June 10, 2006 on the beautiful
campus of Furman University, my alma mater.
Not only will you learn about the
Scottish games in this area of the country, but the folks at
Caberdancer have spiced up the magazine with interesting and
varied articles. Subjects you will enjoy in TATTOO
are Robert Burns, the ancient art of falconry, the Scots-Irish,
the Heraldry Society of Scotland, Highland Games in Scotland (by
our big boss, Alastair McIntyre of electricscotland.com), What’s
a Clan? (by Beth Gay, my local big boss), a word or two about
the “mighty Clan MacBubba” (someone will have to explain this
one to the Lord Lyon!) and, one of my favorites, flying the
proper Scottish flag. I can tell you ahead of time that the
proper flag to fly is not the pretty gold one with a red lion
standing on his hind feet (the flag of the Queen), but the ever
so beautiful blue one with the white St. Andrew’s Cross
stretched from one end to the other known as the Saltire (the
flag of the people) which should be good enough for any Scot
worth his salt!
There is a lot to this classy
magazine that you will enjoy. Enough cannot be said about the
quality of the pictures, many by our own Beth Gay. Hats off to
Ron Wright, President; Becky Prather, Sales; Beth Gay, Associate
Editor; and Tom Freeman, Editor. All the folks at Caberdancer
should be proud of the publication. I know I am, and I recommend
it highly to Scotsmen everywhere and even to those who want to
be or wish they were Scots.
For your copy of TATTOO,
contact the folks at:
Caberdancer Graphic Design, Inc.
909 West Main Street
Walhalla, SC 29691
Phone: 864-718-8102
Fax: 864-718-8105
Email:
sales@caberdancer.com
www.caberdancer.com
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