Please mark your calendars and check back occasionally for information about the 17th Annual Arizona Highland Celtic Festival - July 19 & 20, 2014!

The Payson Scottish Festival is a free, community sponsored event for the whole family. The events begin Friday night where there will be food and entertainment at the park. The events continue on Saturday with Highland Athletics, Bagpipe and Drum Competitions, and Highland Dancing. Come and bring your whole family as we celebrate and share our Scottish heritage! Be sure to check out the schedule of events so that you don't miss your favorite activities.

The 47th Annual Scottish Games & Celtic Festival

When celebrating in times of peace one of the Highlanders' favorite pastimes was the tainchel. For these "great hunts" very often several clans would combine. Chieftains would send word to the clansmen that such an event was planned and when and where they should assemble. After a successful hunt a great feast and celebration would be held. Then the rival clansmen would test each other's prowess at various sports - running, jumping, wrestling, or primitive forms of weight putting with stones, or divided into roughly equal sides vying against each other in a very early form of camanachd or shinty. Lastly the clansmen would vie with each other in piping and in dancing, the pipers taking it in turns to demonstrate their skills and the clansmen to demonstrate their agility and neatness of movement by dancing complicated steps to the pipe music. These relaxations were in effect the forerunners of the modern Highland games.

(Grade V,IV,III,II,I solo competitions and Grade V/IV/III band competitions)

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CHAMPIONSHIP ATHLETIC EVENTS CABER TOSS, SCOTTISH HAMMER PUTTING THE STONE WEIGHT FOR DISTANCE & HEIGHT CHILDREN'S ATHLETICS AND GAMES PROFESSIONAL BAGPIPING BANDS HIGHLAND & COUNTRY DANCING CELTIC IMPORTS AND MERCHANDISE OVER 40 CLANS IN ATTENDANCE FOOD & BEVERAGE BOOTHS

Full Highland Games.

The Rio Grande Valley Celtic Festival and Highland Games brings to New Mexico a celebration of the lifeways, traditions, cultural heritage and contributions of the Celtic nations to our American life. The Irish, Welsh, Scots, Galicians, Britons and Bretons, all have and continue to significantly contribute to our lives today. The Festival assembles an ever shifting kaleidoscope of Celtic song, dance, traditional clothing (aye, the kilt), foods, language revival, stories, poetry, humor, history, traditional and Celtic inspired music � from the famous Highland war pipes to incomparable delicacy of the harp � highland games, and other Celtic sports such as rugby, hurling and Gaelic football, to New Mexico. The renewal and celebration of these traditions on the field each year is the mission of the Festival Association. Competitions and demonstrations in Highland Country Dance, Highland Dance and Irish Step Dance complement the rousing sounds of pipes and drums. Clans and Celtic Societies gather to share stories and act as your gateway to family histories, common questions and Celtic heritage. The presentation of history (and whimsy) is at the heart of attending reenactment groups. The heaving of heavy objects - stones and logs and faux hay bales - is the visual and participant delight of the Highland Heavy Games. Celtic dog breeds and working dog demonstrations harken to mind a pastoral way of life so prevalent in Celtic homelands as well as here in New Mexico. Please explore other areas of this site for more details on the events, entertainments and sights you will enjoy at this our 25th annual event, May 18th and 19th at Balloon Fiesta Park in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The Prescott Area Celtic Society Piping Venue is thrilled about the change to a two-day event, so we�ve made some very exciting changes to the 2nd Annual Bagpipe Competition for the 2014 Prescott Highland Games! Kick off the games with some Friday night Kitchen Piping competitive fun! Saturday�s events include: (1) Solo competitive bagpiping for beginners (Grade 5 practice chanter) through top level amateur pipers (Grade 1); and, (2) Piping workshop for beginner and intermediate pipers facilitated by a very special guest piper! Sunday�s events include: (1) Solo piobaireachd bagpiping (Grade 4 through Grade 2); and (2) Mother�s Day piping workshop for families with interested and novice pipers. All competitive events are sanctioned by the Western United States Pipe Band Association (WUSPBA), and follow the rules and guidelines set forth by the Western United States Pipe Band Association (WUSPBA). J�aime Morgaine PO Box 2141 Prescott, AZ 86302 (928) 515-4333 For more information please contact J�aime Morgaine

Experience traditions of the Scottish Highlands! Two days of Celtic music and dance, heavy athletics, history, genealogy, Clans and cuisine at the Yolo County Fairgrounds. Saturday night Ceilidh. Non-stop entertainment includes the Wicked Tinkers, Molly�s Revenge, Men of Worth, Culann's Hounds, Scottish fiddlers, Celtic harps, and (of course) top-notch bagpipe and drum bands.

Harry Moore Memorial Solo Piping and Drumming Competition Canyon Crest Country Club, 975 Country Club Dr., Riverside, CA 92506 Hosted by the UCR Pipeband March 23, 2013

Piping, Drumming , Pipe Band Competition and the Great Highland Bagpipes Historically, the components of competition among the members of a Pipe Band have fallen into four categories. These competitions are the solo competitions for pipers and drummers; the pipe band competition; and the competition for the drum majors. Over the years and for a variety of reasons modifications and local changes have been made to these basic segments but the fundamental categories have remained with little alteration since the early 1900�s. They are Solo Piping; Solo Drumming; Drum Major; and Pipe Bands.

Solos and pipe bands.

Tentative day-of schedule 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.: Vendor, business and activity provider setup (concourse and floor) 9 a.m. to noon: Soccer tournament (floor) 10 a.m.: Doors open to public (main entrance) 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Children's games (concourse) 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Climbing wall 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Food concessions (concourse) 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Market exhibitors (concourse) 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Celtic entertainment (concourse stage) Noon to 2 p.m.: Golf clinic (floor) Noon to 2 p.m.: Soccer clinic (floor) Noon to 5 p.m.: Beer and whiskey tasting (clubhouse) 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.: Pipe Band Invitational (floor)

Anything goes event judged by audience. Solo piper, mini band, just drums, etc. Prize money $400, $300, $200, $100, $50. Tickets $25 adults $10 under 21. Free Beer, Wine, Guinness, soda. Tickets are $25 over 21 and $5 under 21. Contact Eric M. Stein for tickets or to register to play. Play and wear what ever you want. Bring lot''''s of friends to insure your Victory. Prize money: 1st $600 2nd $400 3rd $200 4th. $100 5th. $50

We're bringing back the SE Workshop! Full day Fri/Sat, half day Sunday; 10 workshop classes, top instructors-John Cairns, Jimmy McIntosh, Andrew Carlisle, John Fisher, Andrew Hoinacki, Roy Barbee, Tyler Fry, Lisa Frazier. Instructor Concert/Ceilidh Saturday night; family events offered for non-participating family members; special room rates; raffle, food, prizes at the concert; early bird special pricing and more!

Competition This event will be held the night before the Sarasota Highland Games and Celtic Festival. Friday night competition will be the MSR, H/J and a 3-6 minute tune selection of choice. For this event the judge will not see the piper. The event will conclude with the Piobaireachd and 6/8 on the games field. See website for location.

Competition � The workshop will feature group instruction for pipers, drummers of all skill levels. � A Saturday night ceilidh will feature door prizes and a performance by the City of Washington Pipe Band. � New in 2014: PCP Certifications are being offered Instructors to include David Bailiff, Dan Lyden, Paula Glendinning, Alastair Murray; Jon Quigg, Andrew Hoinacki; Michelle Blam, Jake Otto and Robert Mitchell