Jacob Craig, who began playing the bagpipes when he was eight years old, has been teaching 10-year-old Liam Ritchie how to play the musical instrument most often identified with the Scottish people. Both wear family clan colors as they pipe a tune together.
Twenty years ago Joyce Smith was manning the reception desk at the former Doctor’s Clinic in Vero Beach, welcoming patients and directing them to their destinations, when R.W. “Mac” Grady walked in the door.
“Mac noticed that I was wearing a plaid skirt and he asked me if there was a Scottish society around here. I said, ‘No, but I’m thinking of starting one,’” Joyce muses, recalling their conversation. “He said he would help, so we began talking about having a meeting to see if there were others with ties to Scotland who might be interested. One thing led to another.”
Wasting no time, Joyce and Mac placed a small ad in the Press Journal inviting the public to a Saturday morning meeting at the Doctor’s Clinic. Thinking a dozen or so individuals might come, they were delighted when 66 people showed up. Their enthusiasm was contagious, and by the end of the meeting the Scottish Society of the Treasure Coast was born.
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