Big Muddy rancher
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nr's post about Murdo Mackenzie got me thinking where I knew that name from. I posted of ranch page about the Matador Land and Cattle Company that ranched from Texas to Canada.
I kept looking for a bit more about the Canadian part of the operation and found this page about Scotlands ties to Canada. After hearing the stories about the rowdy Scots i thought this celebration would be a real hoot.
When it's not competing, the SFU Pipe Band celebrates its Scottish links in other ways. Every January 25, it leads a parade in honour of Scotland's national bard. Burns, as you'd expect, has no shortage of Canadian devotees. Chief among them is the Vancouver Burns Fellowship, which was instrumental in erecting a statue of their hero in Stanley Park, a statue cast from the original moulds used for the Burns statue in Ayr. A great bringer together of men, it's fitting that Burns is involved in Vancouver's Chinese New Year celebrations. Each year, Gung Haggis Fat Choy sees Chinese men donning kilts and Scots tucking into haggis wonton.
I kept looking for a bit more about the Canadian part of the operation and found this page about Scotlands ties to Canada. After hearing the stories about the rowdy Scots i thought this celebration would be a real hoot.
When it's not competing, the SFU Pipe Band celebrates its Scottish links in other ways. Every January 25, it leads a parade in honour of Scotland's national bard. Burns, as you'd expect, has no shortage of Canadian devotees. Chief among them is the Vancouver Burns Fellowship, which was instrumental in erecting a statue of their hero in Stanley Park, a statue cast from the original moulds used for the Burns statue in Ayr. A great bringer together of men, it's fitting that Burns is involved in Vancouver's Chinese New Year celebrations. Each year, Gung Haggis Fat Choy sees Chinese men donning kilts and Scots tucking into haggis wonton.