...And what a special one it promises to be!!!....All the events, exhibitors, and activities that you’ve come to expect plus our second exciting West Virginia Pipe Band Championship competition. And so, plans are well under way for the Ninth Annual Scottish Festival & Celtic Gathering to be held the weekend of April 30-May 2, 2010. The Friday night CEILIDH will again be hald at Via Veneto – plenty of room, lots of food and entertainment and a special surprise – fun for all. Saturday’s activities will include EUSPBA Sanctioned Solo Bagpipe and Drumming competitions, FUSTA Sanctioned Highland Dancing Competition…..and MASA sanctioned Heavy Athletic competition in addition to the EUSPBA Sanctioned Pipe Band contest. Then there’ll be Scottish Country Dancing….Handbells…..Heritage Musicians…..Living History Presentations….Highland Dancing….Puppets….Children’s Activities….Massed Bands….Scottish Vendors….Food… Genealogy, Society and Clan representatives…..Scottish Breed Dog Exhibit….Sheep and duck herding demonstrations….Music and Children’s Workshops….Spinning and Weaving Exhibit….. Shetland Sheep, ponies and Highland Cattle….and more. And there’ll be stage performances during the day by headline performers ALBANNACH, TULLAMORE, HIGHLAND REIGN, COLIN GRANT-ADAMS and THE WEST VIRGINIA HIGHLAND DANCERS…..who will also appear in concert Saturday evening in the Bridgeport High School Auditorium. On Sunday, a special Scottish Heritage Church Service and Celebration takes place at First Presbyterian Church in Clarksburg caps off a weekend that is one of this area’s premier events (it has been named one of the Top Twenty Events in the Southeast US by the Southeast Tourism Association FOUR times and one of the 2009 Top 100 Events in the US by the American Bus Association)….well worth marking your calendar for!
Download 2010 Schedule of Events
Download Clan Application
Download 2010 Solo Piping, Drumming &
Pipe Band Competition Entry Form
Download 2010 Dancing Competition Entry Form
For more information, contact Ann Watson scotfestchief@yahoo.com or Kevin Anderson daa223@juno.com.
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