Celtic Classic Parade

The 24th Celtic Classic Highland Games & Festival is going on this weekend in Bethlehem. It started this morning with a parade. These are some of the photos from that.

The upper left photo is a young lady from the Liberty High School Grenadier marching band. Their marching uniforms are modeled after the Coldstream Guards, a regiment of the British Army. In their uniforms the buttons are shipped over from England, the belts are old belts of the Coldstream Guard, and their bear skins are also from the army. Today the band has collected over 50 real bear skin hats. The Liberty High School Grenadier Band is the only band in the world that can wear these authentic uniform parts because the band has special permission from the Coldstream Guard to model after them.

The upper right photo is some of Bethlehem's Finest on horse back. Please take note of the tams the horses are sporting. The bottom photo is the crowd making their way down to the festival grounds after the parade.

I have back blipped the past two days if you are interested. I will try to catch up on commenting tomorrow!