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Contact: Barbara Macleod
North Texas National Tartan Day Coordinator
cell: 214.693.1623
KILTS AND BASEBALL DO MIX: ROUGHRIDERS FANS CELEBRATE 2nd ANNUAL TARTAN NIGHT
Share a national pastime and celebrate Scottish Americans at Tartan Night, Friday, April 11th at 7pm at Dr Pepper Ballpark in Frisco.
Baseball fans are encouraged to wear plaid or even traditional kilts to celebrate National Tartan Day “Texas Style” as the RoughRiders take on the Arkansas Travelers. Accomplished Texas bag piper Jimmy Mitchell (www.texasbagpiper.com) will be piping-in the 7th inning stretch with “Take Me Out To the Ball Game” on his bagpipes to celebrate to occasion. Fireworks will follow the game.
To coincide with The Frisco RoughRiders opening weekend, North Texas will be celebrating on April 11th. National Tartan Day is an annual day set aside by the U.S. Congress to recognize the contributions of Scottish Americans. April 6th was chosen because it was on that date in 1320 that the Scottish document “The Declaration of Arbroath” was written. This was the model for the United States Declaration of Independence, as well as our own Texas Declaration of Independence of 1836.
Tartan refers to a fabric woven into plaid patterns which represents clans, families or regions in Scotland. A tartan may be designed to commemorate a special event or a person. In old Scotland, the tartan was used for dress as well as banner or flag. The kilt is made in special tartan designs. Because a family or community worked the cloth together, their clothing was made from the same patterns. A person could be recognized by the tartan plaid that he wore.
The Texas Bluebonnet tartan became the official tartan for the State of Texas in 1989.
Special group tickets in the Bullpen section are available by contacting Eric Rowley at 972.334.1907 or erowley@ridersbaseball.com. $10 ticket package includes bullpen tickets, RoughRiders baseball cap, PlayBall program and fireworks after the game. $15 ticket package with meal option earns you all of the above plus a hot dog, chips and a soda.
A pre-game gathering will be held at Lochrann's Pub & Eatery at 6195 Main Street in Frisco across the street from Pizza Hut Park from 4:30-6:30pm.