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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It is Colorado's morning news.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
As I was told once, if it's not Scottish, it's
cap Hi gets your kilt on. Elizabeth is gearing up
for next weekend's Celtic Festival, always held on the third
full weekend of July.
Speaker 1 (00:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
The celebration includes authentic Scottish food, Irish whiskey, ice cream,
great beers and of course the local Celtic music. And
joining us now in the KWA Common Spirit Health Studio
is the vice president of the Elizabeth Celtic Festival. It's
Neil Jellette as well as a Scottish athlete, Brian Staggs. Guys,
thank you so much for joining us this morning here.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Thank you, thanks for having us. Neil give us the
elevator pitch.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
For someone who has never attended or experienced the Elizabeth
Celtic Festival, why should they go next weekend?
Speaker 4 (00:39):
Okay, it's like a whole slice of Scotland and Ireland,
but it's here. You drive half an hour forty five
minutes over to Elizabeth from Denver and you get to
hear great pipe bands, you get to see great Scottish athletes.
Brian can talk about this. They toss the telephone poll,
(01:00):
the caber. They do all these things.
Speaker 5 (01:02):
We have had world.
Speaker 4 (01:05):
Records set here in this state, at this event, and
we have great music. Uh, so many clans, so many vendors.
People I'm convinced come to shop, you know, so things
you can't get at Walmart.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
My my wife's maid name, she's a Robertson. So she's
got a.
Speaker 4 (01:23):
Lot of your client got there, Robertson's are there, She's
she's got we actually we have the coat too.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
You know, we were over and we got when we
were in Scotland. Got that all right? So it looks
like you can play a line there you go.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
I don't like my son, what are you left tackle
or something?
Speaker 6 (01:43):
So I did, yeah that and I played center in
college and what did.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
You play at Fort Lewis? And that's not what this is.
I know, sports art radio we can do. So we
call it. We joke about the telephone poll, but it's
called the caber. Is what you how big? How tall?
And I've seen that it looks fascinating.
Speaker 6 (02:02):
Well, they vary depending on which class you're throwing in, right,
They very anywhere from fifteen to twenty one feet long
and seventy five to one hundred and twenty pounds, so
they all vary enlightked. I mean you can't you know,
they're trees, so you can't get specific numbers and sizes
(02:24):
on trees. They just cut them down and whatever they
end up being, that's what we throw.
Speaker 5 (02:29):
Where does that originate from?
Speaker 1 (02:31):
How did that really start? So the belief is from
golf on. Sorry.
Speaker 6 (02:38):
The belief is that the soldiers, the army people would
use them to forge rivers or scale castle walls. So
they would take them and they would flip them up
and basically use them as like ladders something to climb
up castle walls, or as they flip them over the
(03:02):
rivers the rivers and make a bridge out of them.
So that's that's kind of where that came from.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Neil, do we know how many people of Scottish heritage
during Colorado? I mean, I know it's probably there's so
many in America, But I was just curious.
Speaker 4 (03:17):
What probably why Remillion, what is our states population?
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Well? And the reason I asked because obviously you probably
know this, but Scott's Bluff, Nebraska was settled by you know,
Scottish people of ancestry and roots that came in there
because it reminded them of the Highlands, right the bluffs
and everything like that.
Speaker 4 (03:34):
We have the Chisholm Trail, the Chisholms who were Scotts,
you know, of course he was several generations removed. We
have had presidents, you know, Andrew Jackson and and Ulyssesays Grant.
They they came from Scottish stock. A lot of our
(03:55):
ancestors came sometimes because they were told, you know, we
we get more profit from having sheep on the land
than having you here. So the rents are gone up,
and you guys hit the road and they came to
the United States and the North America. And the consequence
of that is we have, you know, people who came
(04:18):
here and really made a name for themselves. Andrew Carnegie
or Carnegie as we say so Liland, I mean.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
Pittsburgh wouldn't be what it is with it, you know,
without his influence in there.
Speaker 5 (04:30):
So the Scots came here and hit it big.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
So the Elizabeth the Celtic Festival is taking place next weekend.
We have a nice schedule in front of us here
as the day begins with the Scottish athletic events like
Brian was talking about earlier, but I see at two
o'clock on Saturday as well. We have the pipe band
competition and Neil, you have a you have a deep
connection to this and a love for this. Tell us
a little bit about the pipe band competition, competition and
(04:57):
just your.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
Overall pipe bag piping store. I mean, how do you
get involved in this?
Speaker 4 (05:02):
Well, I always love the sound and I've been in
several pipe bands.
Speaker 5 (05:07):
At one point I.
Speaker 4 (05:08):
Was the founder and director of the Colorado Youth Pipe
Band and Brian Staggs here, this big, big guy. He
came in as a ten year old and learned how
to drum. When we took the first pipe band to
Scotland from Colorado. I'm kind of bragging a little bit
(05:30):
because we were first pipe band from Colorado to compete
in Scotland. He was the lead drummer. That was thirty
years ago.
Speaker 5 (05:40):
But we have.
Speaker 4 (05:42):
Several We run the competitions just like Scotland, so a
band from Scotland could come here and compete. We have
gone there and competed. We compete generally in two different categories.
We have them by levels of competency, so Grade five
are the new guy is then Grade four and we
have a great band here in Colorado, Queen City Pipe Band,
(06:06):
Astounding Band.
Speaker 5 (06:07):
They're playing Grade three. They had been in Grade two.
Speaker 4 (06:10):
And so we'll we'll do one event first and then
everybody does their one event.
Speaker 5 (06:15):
Then we swing around and we do it again.
Speaker 4 (06:17):
So you we've got over three hours of pipe bands.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
Good Neil, can you do us a favor? Play the pipes?
And while the while he's getting set up, and I
want to ask you have it with with this? Do
you do any of the dancing or are you just
all about.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
Power to all about laffey, all about? Don't do the Scottish.
Speaker 4 (06:35):
Michael wife runs the light. Actually, the next championships are
this weekend. They've just started in Santa Clara, California. Nice
next week there. Next year they're in Downe.
Speaker 3 (06:47):
Here we go, all right, Neil's going to play us
out here again. The Elizabeth Celtic Festival takes place at
Casey Jones Park a week from Tomorrow nine to five
next Sunday nine to four. You can find more information
at Elizabeth Celton Fest dot org. The vice president of
the festival Neil Gillette, who will be playing the bagpipes
here momentarily, and Scottish athlete Brian SAgs guys, thank you
(07:08):
so much.
Speaker 1 (07:09):
We appreciate your time and
It is Colorado's morning news.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
As I was told once, if it's not Scottish, it's
cap Hi gets your kilt on. Elizabeth is gearing up
for next weekend's Celtic Festival, always held on the third
full weekend of July.
Speaker 1 (00:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
The celebration includes authentic Scottish food, Irish whiskey, ice cream,
great beers and of course the local Celtic music. And
joining us now in the KWA Common Spirit Health Studio
is the vice president of the Elizabeth Celtic Festival. It's
Neil Jellette as well as a Scottish athlete, Brian Staggs. Guys,
thank you so much for joining us this morning here.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Thank you, thanks for having us. Neil give us the
elevator pitch.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
For someone who has never attended or experienced the Elizabeth
Celtic Festival, why should they go next weekend?
Speaker 4 (00:39):
Okay, it's like a whole slice of Scotland and Ireland,
but it's here. You drive half an hour forty five
minutes over to Elizabeth from Denver and you get to
hear great pipe bands, you get to see great Scottish athletes.
Brian can talk about this. They toss the telephone poll,
(01:00):
the caber. They do all these things.
Speaker 5 (01:02):
We have had world.
Speaker 4 (01:05):
Records set here in this state, at this event, and
we have great music. Uh, so many clans, so many vendors.
People I'm convinced come to shop, you know, so things
you can't get at Walmart.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
My my wife's maid name, she's a Robertson. So she's
got a.
Speaker 4 (01:23):
Lot of your client got there, Robertson's are there, She's
she's got we actually we have the coat too.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
You know, we were over and we got when we
were in Scotland. Got that all right? So it looks
like you can play a line there you go.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
I don't like my son, what are you left tackle
or something?
Speaker 6 (01:43):
So I did, yeah that and I played center in
college and what did.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
You play at Fort Lewis? And that's not what this is.
I know, sports art radio we can do. So we
call it. We joke about the telephone poll, but it's
called the caber. Is what you how big? How tall?
And I've seen that it looks fascinating.
Speaker 6 (02:02):
Well, they vary depending on which class you're throwing in, right,
They very anywhere from fifteen to twenty one feet long
and seventy five to one hundred and twenty pounds, so
they all vary enlightked. I mean you can't you know,
they're trees, so you can't get specific numbers and sizes
(02:24):
on trees. They just cut them down and whatever they
end up being, that's what we throw.
Speaker 5 (02:29):
Where does that originate from?
Speaker 1 (02:31):
How did that really start? So the belief is from
golf on. Sorry.
Speaker 6 (02:38):
The belief is that the soldiers, the army people would
use them to forge rivers or scale castle walls. So
they would take them and they would flip them up
and basically use them as like ladders something to climb
up castle walls, or as they flip them over the
(03:02):
rivers the rivers and make a bridge out of them.
So that's that's kind of where that came from.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Neil, do we know how many people of Scottish heritage
during Colorado? I mean, I know it's probably there's so
many in America, But I was just curious.
Speaker 4 (03:17):
What probably why Remillion, what is our states population?
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Well? And the reason I asked because obviously you probably
know this, but Scott's Bluff, Nebraska was settled by you know,
Scottish people of ancestry and roots that came in there
because it reminded them of the Highlands, right the bluffs
and everything like that.
Speaker 4 (03:34):
We have the Chisholm Trail, the Chisholms who were Scotts,
you know, of course he was several generations removed. We
have had presidents, you know, Andrew Jackson and and Ulyssesays Grant.
They they came from Scottish stock. A lot of our
(03:55):
ancestors came sometimes because they were told, you know, we
we get more profit from having sheep on the land
than having you here. So the rents are gone up,
and you guys hit the road and they came to
the United States and the North America. And the consequence
of that is we have, you know, people who came
(04:18):
here and really made a name for themselves. Andrew Carnegie
or Carnegie as we say so Liland, I mean.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
Pittsburgh wouldn't be what it is with it, you know,
without his influence in there.
Speaker 5 (04:30):
So the Scots came here and hit it big.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
So the Elizabeth the Celtic Festival is taking place next weekend.
We have a nice schedule in front of us here
as the day begins with the Scottish athletic events like
Brian was talking about earlier, but I see at two
o'clock on Saturday as well. We have the pipe band
competition and Neil, you have a you have a deep
connection to this and a love for this. Tell us
a little bit about the pipe band competition, competition and
(04:57):
just your.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
Overall pipe bag piping store. I mean, how do you
get involved in this?
Speaker 4 (05:02):
Well, I always love the sound and I've been in
several pipe bands.
Speaker 5 (05:07):
At one point I.
Speaker 4 (05:08):
Was the founder and director of the Colorado Youth Pipe
Band and Brian Staggs here, this big, big guy. He
came in as a ten year old and learned how
to drum. When we took the first pipe band to
Scotland from Colorado. I'm kind of bragging a little bit
(05:30):
because we were first pipe band from Colorado to compete
in Scotland. He was the lead drummer. That was thirty
years ago.
Speaker 5 (05:40):
But we have.
Speaker 4 (05:42):
Several We run the competitions just like Scotland, so a
band from Scotland could come here and compete. We have
gone there and competed. We compete generally in two different categories.
We have them by levels of competency, so Grade five
are the new guy is then Grade four and we
have a great band here in Colorado, Queen City Pipe Band,
(06:06):
Astounding Band.
Speaker 5 (06:07):
They're playing Grade three. They had been in Grade two.
Speaker 4 (06:10):
And so we'll we'll do one event first and then
everybody does their one event.
Speaker 5 (06:15):
Then we swing around and we do it again.
Speaker 4 (06:17):
So you we've got over three hours of pipe bands.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
Good Neil, can you do us a favor? Play the pipes?
And while the while he's getting set up, and I
want to ask you have it with with this? Do
you do any of the dancing or are you just
all about.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
Power to all about laffey, all about? Don't do the Scottish.
Speaker 4 (06:35):
Michael wife runs the light. Actually, the next championships are
this weekend. They've just started in Santa Clara, California. Nice
next week there. Next year they're in Downe.
Speaker 3 (06:47):
Here we go, all right, Neil's going to play us
out here again. The Elizabeth Celtic Festival takes place at
Casey Jones Park a week from Tomorrow nine to five
next Sunday nine to four. You can find more information
at Elizabeth Celton Fest dot org. The vice president of
the festival Neil Gillette, who will be playing the bagpipes
here momentarily, and Scottish athlete Brian SAgs guys, thank you
(07:08):
so much.
Speaker 1 (07:09):
We appreciate your time and
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