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Title:Celt Notefile
Moderator:TALLIS::DARCY
Created:Wed Feb 19 1986
Last Modified:Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1632
Total number of notes:20523

63.0. "New Hampshire Highland Games" by SWSNOD::RPGDOC (Have pen, will travel) Tue Aug 12 1986 11:50

    		11th Annual New Hampshire Highland Games
    
    			September 13 & 14, 1986
    
    	Loon Mountain Recreation Area  @  Lincoln, New Hampshire
    
    
    These games are the largest Scottish festival in New England,
    attracting up to 10,000 contestants and spectators.  
    
    
    			SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
    
    
    Friday, September 12, 9:00 p.m.
    
    Scottish coffeehouse concert (tickets $3.00 at the door)
    
    
    Saturday, September 13,
    
    9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
    
    Individual Piping and Drumming competitions
    Highland Dance Competitions
    Pipe Band Competitions, Grades I thru IV
    N.E. Regional Scottish Fiddle Championships
    Open Scottish Athletics
    Performance by the 48th Highlanders of Canada
    Massed Pipes & Drums on Parade
    Youth Athletics Workshop
    Scottish Country Dancing Workshop & Demonstration
    Folk Singing Workshop
    
    6:00 p.m.  	Patron's Reception
    
    8:30 p.m.  	Scottish Country Dance Ball
    		(Linwood High School)
    
    		Scottish Ceilidh  -  $2.00 at the door
    		(Location to be announced)
    
    
    Sunday, September 14, 9:30 - 4:30
    
    Worship Services and Kirkin' of the Tartans
    Amateur Scottish Athletics
    Performances by 48th Highlanders of Canada
    Scottish Country Dance Workshop
    Piping Workshop
    Tug-of-war
    Kilted Mile Race
    N.H. Clarsach (little harp) Championships
    Scottish Concert
    
    Both days
    
    Scottish Imports for Sale
    Craft Demonstrations
    Clan Tents and Representatives
    18th-century Military Encampment
    Scottish Music Jam Sessions
    Scottish Food For Sale
    
    		
    		       
    			RAIN OR SHINE 
    
    
    Children under twelve admitted free.
    
    Weekend tickets in advance only @ $7.50 each
    
    Saturday Only @ $6.00 ea. ($7.00 at the gate)
    
    Sunday Only @ $4.00 ea. ($5.00 at the gate)
                              
    Scottish Country Dance Ball @ $6.00 ea. ($7.00 at the door)
    
    For competition brochures, group sales, patrons' kits, and general
    information, write; 
    			N.H.H.G.
    			P.O. Box 130
    			Cambridge, Mass.  02238-0130
    or call;
    			(617) 864-8945
    
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63.1TOPDOC::AHERNWhere was George?Tue Sep 13 1988 16:215
    RE: .0
    
    I don't have the full schedule, but this year's games at Loon Mountain
    are this coming weekend.  
    
63.2Inquiring minds want to know ... :-)STEREO::BURNSClare will be fine in 89'Tue Sep 13 1988 18:2111
    
    
    
    Is anyone (besides me and my son) going up to Loon Mountain on Saturday ??


    
    
    
    keVin
    
63.3Highland GamesTALLIS::DARCYTue Aug 13 1991 16:5216
    The New Hampshire Highland Games
    
    September 13, 14, & 15 * Rain or Shine
    Loon Mountain * Lincoln, NH
    
    Featuring the Pipes & Drums of the Scots Guards
    Music Jubilee * Scottish Country Dancing
    Piping & Drumming Competitions
    Regional Scottish Fiddle Championships * Caber Toss
    Kilted Mile * Clarsach Championships * Massed Pipe Bands on Parade
    
    For advance ticket information and competition brochures write:
    New Hampshire Highland Games
    PO Box 540
    Hampton Falls NH 03844
    Or Call: 964-9634
63.4CUPMK::AHERNDennis the MenaceSat Sep 10 1994 11:3330
 
                   19th Annual New Hampshire Highland Games
    
                          September 16, 17, 18, 1994
    
                    Loon Mountain, Lincoln, New Hampshire
    
                         Halifax Police Pipe Band
                                  & the
           78th Highland Reenactment Regiment from the Citadel
    
    Complete sanctioned Highland Games including United States Scottish
    Fiddle Championships, N.E. Highland Dance Championships, N.E. Clarsach
    (Scottish Harp) Championships, N.E. Open Solo Piping Championships,
    Scottish Heavy Events Athletic Competition, Pipe Band Competition, N.E.
    Scottish Fiddle Championships.  
    
    Featuring many renown performing artists and musicians.  
    
    Tartan Golf Tournament, Sheepdog Trials, Tartan Ball, Evening Concerts,
    Cape Breton Ball, Scottish Food & Imports, Tartan Seminar, Open Air
    Worship Service with Kirkin' O' the Tartan, Workshops & Demonstrations,
    Youth Program, Children's Games, Historical Encampments, 50 Clan Tents,
    Two genealogical workshops, and more.
    
    For More Information, Contact: 
    
    		PO Box 358 Lincoln NH 03251 
    		(800) 227-4191 (Chamber of Commerce)
    
63.5It was great! :)POOKY::OROURKEI'll_sleep_when_I'm_deadTue Sep 20 1994 13:339
    
    Hey!
    
    It was a great weekend.  The weather cooperated in a major way!
    
    But...it just isn't the same without the Royal Scotsguard!
    
    /jen
    
63.6CUPMK::AHERNDennis the MenaceTue Sep 20 1994 14:158
    RE: .5  by POOKY::OROURKE 
    
    >It was a great weekend.  The weather cooperated in a major way!
    
    >But...it just isn't the same without the Royal Scotsguard!
    
    I thought you only needed Scotchguard if the weather was bad?