RADFORD, Va., Oct. 16 -- Radford University issued the following news release:

"There's nothing like the sound of bagpipes in the morning."

Lelyn Johnson '12 voiced those 10 words as he and his wife, Kate Johnson '12, shopped through assorted vendor tents set up around Radford University's Moffett Lawn. The couple, both dressed in red Radford hoodies - Lelyn was sporting a kilt - made a day out of making the rounds at the Radford Highlanders Festival on a cool, cloudy and sometimes rainy Saturday morning.

Radford University's Highlanders Pipes and Drums

There's something about the festival that brings back fond memories for the two alumni, from the sound of bagpipes marching through the quad on their way to Moffett Lawn to the vendors w...