Iron Thistle Scottish Heritage Festival

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on March 27, 2009M at 1:59 pm
Tom Hendrix plays the drums for the Pipes and Drums of the Highlanders of Oklahoma at the Iron Thistle Scottish Heritage Festival and Highland Games at the Kirkpatrick Family Farm in Yukon Saturday March 21, 2009. Photo by Doug Hoke, The Oklahoman

Tom Hendrix plays the drums for the Pipes and Drums of the Highlanders of Oklahoma at the Iron Thistle Scottish Heritage Festival and Highland Games at the Kirkpatrick Family Farm in Yukon Saturday March 21, 2009. Photo by Doug Hoke, The Oklahoman

Every now and then Doug Hoke, our director of photography, will leave the office to take photos because we are short-handed or he just wants to remind all of us that he’s not just our boss, but a pretty darn good shooter as well.

Last Saturday, Doug photographed the Iron Thistle Scottish Heritage Festival and Highland Games in Yukon, Okla. We were short on photographers that day, however, I think he just did it for fun.

If you’d like to see a gallery of even more photos by Doug from the event, click here.

Benny Hughes, drum major for the Oklahoma Scottish Pipe and Drums, bows his head during the prayer at the opening ceremony at the Iron Thistle Scottish Heritage Festival and Highland Games at the Kirkpatrick Family Farm in Yukon Saturday March 21, 2009. Photo by Doug Hoke, The Oklahoman

Benny Hughes, drum major for the Oklahoma Scottish Pipe and Drums, bows his head during the prayer at the opening ceremony at the Iron Thistle Scottish Heritage Festival and Highland Games at the Kirkpatrick Family Farm in Yukon Saturday March 21, 2009. Photo by Doug Hoke, The Oklahoman

Chad Justin, Lawrence, Kansas, competes in the weight for distance at the Iron Thistle Scottish Heritage Festival and Highland Games at the Kirkpatrick Family Farm in Yukon Saturday March 21, 2009. Photo by Doug Hoke, The Oklahoman

Chad Justin, Lawrence, Kansas, competes in the weight for distance at the Iron Thistle Scottish Heritage Festival and Highland Games at the Kirkpatrick Family Farm in Yukon Saturday March 21, 2009. Photo by Doug Hoke, The Oklahoman

Christopher Jones, Beggs, Okla. competes in the stone put for distance at the Iron Thistle Scottish Heritage Festival and Highland Games at the Kirkpatrick Family Farm in Yukon Saturday March 21, 2009. Photo by Doug Hoke, The Oklahoman

Christopher Jones, Beggs, Okla. competes in the stone put for distance at the Iron Thistle Scottish Heritage Festival and Highland Games at the Kirkpatrick Family Farm in Yukon Saturday March 21, 2009. Photo by Doug Hoke, The Oklahoman

Members of the Pipes and Drums of the Highlander's of Oklahoma play after the opening ceremonies at the Iron Thistle Scottish Heritage Festival and Highland Games at the Kirkpatrick Family Farm in Yukon Saturday March 21, 2009. Photo by Doug Hoke, The Oklahoman

Members of the Pipes and Drums of the Highlander's of Oklahoma play after the opening ceremonies at the Iron Thistle Scottish Heritage Festival and Highland Games at the Kirkpatrick Family Farm in Yukon Saturday March 21, 2009. Photo by Doug Hoke, The Oklahoman

-Nate Billings

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Comments
Comment by Judith Powell on March 28, 2009 @ 10:19 am

Thanks for the photos for those of us who couldn’t attend in person.

Comment by Stone County Ironworks on June 1, 2010 @ 2:52 am

This is very interesting. I really wish I could watch this personally. Thank you for sharing this.

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