My Music Ethnography Proposal

I am proposing to do my musical ethnography on the Scottish music culture of the Dallas area. This would likely mean involvement with local groups such as the North Texas Caledonian Pipes and Drums marching band. While this is the wrong for semester the Salado competitions (which are held during November) there should still be a good number of events to which I could attend. Also if worse comes to worse I can try to attend the Scottish Festival held at the Toyota Center in mid-March (though this may be stretching the terms of local).

Currently I believe that the local Dallas chapters seem to take pride in being close to their Scottish roots. By this I mean it appears that they prefer to stick to classical instruments and general setups however as I am not local to the area my current knowledge of the local bands is limited and I probably should attend some events before coming to a conclusion.