Tag: #NYCTW
#NYCTW2019 Piper Louise Marshall played her heart out for Billy
Louise Marshall, official piper to the Lord Provost of the City of Edinburgh and Hibernian Football Club paid a flying visit to the Big Apple for the Tartan Day Parade on Saturday.
After...
#NYCTW 2018 – Topher Brophy – For the love of a dog
One of the best things about social media is that it helps you meet and correspond with people you otherwise could never reach.
I 'know' Topher Brophy from Instagram, and although he lives in the...
#NYCTW 2018 – A chance meeting with Scotland’s former First Minister
I walked into an Irish bar in Manhattan which is festooned with Saltires and who was sitting on a bar stool but....Alex Salmond..
The former First Minister is in the States with a production team...
#NYCTW 2018 – Empire State Building lit for National Tartan Day
The Empire State Building is one of the most iconic sights in the US.
ON FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2018, THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING WAS LIT UP BLUE AND WHITE IN HONOUR OF THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY...
#NYCTW 2018 Speaking to the President
The President of New York City Tartan Week is Kyle Dawson. The gentle giant claims Scottish ancestry from Inverness and Aberdeen, and has visited Scotland many times. Today he is at the head of...
#NYCTW 2018 – Meeting Grand Marshal KT Tunstall
Grand Marshal is a term which means what it says. This is the person who leads the Tartan Week Parade right from the start all the way down Sixth Avenue from 44th St up...
#NYCTW Councillor Milligan in the Big Apple
Plain Eric Milligan, as he will be known after 3 May, has been a mainstay at the City Chambers for 43 years.
The long-time councillor has somehow managed to hang on to his palatial office (more living...
New York Tartan Week Parade 2017 – the Swamibapa Pipeband
There were many pipe bands on Saturday in New York City taking part in the Tartan Week Parade, but this one in particular stood out for us. The Swamibapa Pipeband has a most interesting...
New York Tartan Week Parade 2017
Edinburgh was well represented in New York at The 19th Tartan Week parade down Sixth Avenue on Saturday. The day dawned beautifully sunny with clear blue skies, all adding to the sense of anticipation...
#NYCTW Tartan Day on Ellis Island from 6 to 9 April 2017
Tartan Day on Ellis Island Returns this week from 6 - 9 April 2017
“Tartan Day on Ellis Island” – one of the nation’s largest Tartan Day celebrations – returns for its 16th annual observance...