Glasgow Lands Scottish Festival held in Northampton

It was a big celebration today in true Scottish fashion at the Glasgow Land Scottish Festival. 28 News reporter Aretta Oda takes us through the lively day that many have been waiting for. Northampton brought the country of Scotland to the people as hundreds gathered for the 30th annual Glasgow Land Scottish Festival. The second largest Scottish festival in New England. It's a day filled with Scottish traditions. There's Celtic dancers, musicians, Scottish dogs, weavers, kilts, and vendors with foods galore. Here I have a sausage roll with Scottish beef rolled in a flaky puff pastry. And we're going to try it. All right. There's even competitions for drummers and bagpipe players. You can play alone or in a team with judges evaluating their performances. This is Peter. him and his wife travel from Nashville, Tennessee to play and compete. We're pretty obsessive about the pipes, so we practice every day all the time. We're always thinking about the uh pipe tunes and things like that. So, we've been working hard and uh we're here just to try to play good music in the in the forest. And Mate Castillo here has been drumming for 3 years and travel from Long Island, New York to compete with her team. It's like a fun experience like going to these competitions and like knowing it's like with friends. It's just always fun and like the adrenaline of competing is always very nice and um we're also going to Scotland this year so um you'll see us there. The festival is all hosted by the Glasgow Land Scottish Festival Incorporated, a nonprofit that supports the youth and provides scholarships for qualifying Scottish dancers, pipe and drum students. All the proceeds for today's event benefits two local organizations. The River Valley Counseling Center, a mental health clinic, and the Forum House for adults who are disabled and disadvantaged. working for you. Area Odai 22 News.