The Scottish Highland Festival and Games at Queen Mary in Long Beach

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Then, for pub dwellers up torepparttar challenge, how about testing your hand/eye coordination by trying your hand atrepparttar 109720 $5,000.00 darts tournament? If pub games are too strenuous and you prefer more sedentary events like shopping fromrepparttar 109721 many vendors or want to watchrepparttar 109722 highland dancing competitions, then so be it. Who am I to argue?

Unfortunately, I missed participating inrepparttar 109723 whisky tasting on Friday night of this three-day event, since I was distracted by my evil friend Jim with a good bottle of tequila. Hence, my initial shortage of functioning brain cells and not wanting to sit in a stuffy classroom doing something boring like learning. In all, each event was not only fun, but if you were not careful, you learned something new without reading a book just because this event is so unique and interesting.

There Will Be No Raining on This Parade

Forrepparttar 109724 first time in at leastrepparttar 109725 last five years,repparttar 109726 Norse rain gods didn't pay a visit torepparttar 109727 Scottish Festival and Games. Kim and I have regularly been attending this event for years and years, and always thought thatrepparttar 109728 chilly rain was part ofrepparttar 109729 Scottish charm and atmosphere. I thought it was like actually being in Scotland, yet without Nessie doingrepparttar 109730 backstroke aroundrepparttar 109731 loch. We first started attending this event to participate in their British car show that coordinated withrepparttar 109732 Scottish Festival, but unfortunately due to two new event sponsors being Toyota and Mercedes, I assume,repparttar 109733 British car show was dropped fromrepparttar 109734 roster. Now, with this event being dry as a bone, yet a cool 62 degrees, it seemed different regardless ofrepparttar 109735 fact that Long Beach has an average of 357 sunny days per year.

The Black Watch Posts The Colors

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MacHomer Meets MacBeth in Los Angeles

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A modern MacBeth interpretation calls for rock and roll, Wrestlemania, and other pop culture and media icons to be incorporated into a very well crafted, well directed and fast paced two-act play. Don't plan on commercials to grab an icy cold MacDuff and some greasy pork rinds since there's no intermission betweenrepparttar two acts. I won't ruinrepparttar 105537 climactic plot by giving you a step-by-step explanation, since that's what Cliff's Notes are for. You know, currently it's called theatrical preparation whereas it used to be mandatory for English Literature class in high school.

Rick Miller's acting and vocal range is outstanding. Entertainment Weekly, calls him "one of 100 most creative and irresistible people who are onrepparttar 105538 rise in showbiz." He quickly changes his tone, inflection and body language from one character to another withrepparttar 105539 quick flip of a well-crafted Shakespearian verse and sonnet. Watch an episode of The Simpsons and take note of how many characters revolve aroundrepparttar 105540 wacked out family from Springfield. Now, try to imitate and master just one voice similar to yours. Even better, imitate allrepparttar 105541 characters fromrepparttar 105542 longest running show on television, and you're a winner. It was also quite interesting to hear Homer J. Simpson recite line and verse from Shakespeare with an old English accent. Not only is it very witty, but it's hysterical. This Toronto based actor/writer quickly jumps from one voice and personality to another faster than Sybil. Rick Miller is smooth, polished, and professional, and certainly makes MacHomer quite a memorable and fun theatrical event.

Afterrepparttar 105543 dramatic conclusion of MacHomer,repparttar 105544 crowd is further amazed as Rick Miller serenadesrepparttar 105545 audience with, 'We arerepparttar 105546 World' sung byrepparttar 105547 voices from The Simpsons. Then he sang his big finale, 'Bohemian Rhapsody' by Queen. As you would expect from this atypical theatrical production, this version is also not likerepparttar 105548 original either. Rick sings this song as a benefit for Sally Struthers by imitating quite well many rock stars like Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Elvis Costello, Willy Nelson, Neil Diamond, Aaron Neville, Meatloaf, Ozzie, Julio Iglesias, and AC/DC as they each jump in to sing a verse. He's gotrepparttar 105549 rock star poses, prances, and expressions down pat. As if we didn't already think he was a talented genius who taught us that William ShakespearBook Your LA Hotel Onlinee can be both fun and educational atrepparttar 105550 same time. Now that certainly is an oxymoron worth noting.

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