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#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 US, I have not yet been able to meet him in person, but nonetheless I know he is just over there in Brooklyn! Last year during Tartan Week I was filming Kilted Yogi, Finlay Wilson, in Times Square. After…

#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 and a film crew working on interviews for his show on RT. His interview on Friday night was with Howie Nicholsby of 21st Century Kilts in Thistle Street who is himself a former Grand Marshal. But he has…

#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 OF NATIONAL TARTAN DAY. This video will give you an idea of what the Empire State Building looks like and what it offers as a tourism destination. The Empire State Building Experience from Empire State Building on…

#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 the parade with Grand Marshal, KT Tunstall. President of New York City Tartan Week He undertakes the responsibilities of getting several thousand people registered on the parade with all the bureaucracy…

#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 to Central Park. In the past the honour has fallen to men with names such as Sean Connery, Alan Cumming and last year actor Tommy Flanagan. KT Tunstall will lead the New York City Tartan Week Parade as the Grand Marshal This year…