Alexandria, VA — For many people attending the 54 th annual Taste of Scotland in the ALX Community Atrium recently, it’s a “family thing.” A large variety of Scottish clan members in their dress tartans come from abroad and around the country to celebrate the famed founding of the Scots of Alexandria. One of those brightly tartan-clad leaders, Vance “Breeze” Guthrie, said he travels every year from Orlando for the event as part of his role as Clan Guthrie USA President, adding, “It’s just a favorite time of year.”

Guthrie joined others in the crowd of about 400, more than half wearing traditional hunting and dress plaids, and sampled the dozens of bottles of premium Scotch whisky and other tastings, such as Bourbon and some Virginia Single Malt, all pre-measured into tiny plastic cup

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