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Fair Hill Scottish Games at the Colonial Highland Gathering in Fair Hill, MD
Hi all! It's been a few months since I last posted. My wife and I attended the 54th Annual Scottish Games at the Colonial Highland Gathering in Fair Hill, Maryland last Saturday (May 17). This was the first time we have attended this event and were surprised at it's size and quality. Needless to say we had a great time and met a number of interesting people.
     
   
Four bands competed in a Grade 2 Pipe Band Competition sanctioned by the Eastern US Pipe Band Association. The bands were all excellent and included: City of Washington, New York Metro, Stuart Highlanders and the Ottawa Police Service.
Nile
Simon Fraser fought as MacShimidh, a Highland chief… wrapped and belted in a plaid over the top of his linen shirt, like his ordinary kinsmen. He put a bonnet on his head, and stuck the Fraser emblem, a sprig of yew, in it. With the battle cry, A'Chaisteal Dhunaidh and the scream of the pipes, they charged to battle. "The Last Highlander" Sara Fraser
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 Originally Posted by Nile
The caber toss is my favorite Scottish Heavy Althletics event. Thanks Nile.
Allen Sinclair, FSA Scot
Eastern Region Vice President
North Carolina Commissioner
Clan Sinclair Association (USA)
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Nile: Looks like a good venue for the games. I would like to have listened to the pipe bands. Thanks for posting the pics. Nice caber toss sequence.
John
I changed my signature. The old one was too ridiculous.
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Wanted to get there, but had to work ....but will attend next year....
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Nice photos. Cool being able to look at them and recognize someone in them from so far away. The drum instructor from Scotia Glenville is a friend of mine and was responsible for my daughter's and my going to Scotland last summer. It is indeed a small world, this world of kilts, and smaller is the subset of piping and drumming!
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I suppose you could have a Scottish Games anywhere, even in a place with an Irish name. The mention of Fair Hill brings to mind a location in Cork, Ireland. Seems a pity it's not a celtic event, rather than a Scottish one (ducks flames, LOL!). I didn't know we had a Fair Hill here in Maryland, so I assume it's in some other part of the state far from me? Curious now as to where it is?
There are a lot of people of Irish descent in the Baltimore, Maryland area (although I am from London and live in a different part of the state), and the original Baltimore is in Cork, so it seems that there's a high probability that Fair Hill, Maryland may be named after the one in Cork as well. The O'Callaghan branch of my family were from Cobh (pronounced as per its English spelling, Cove, aka Queenstown at one time), which is also in Cork.
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Great pictures, thanks Nile. I think I saw in an earlier thread that OC Richard was going to attend this event for the first time, also. Perhaps he will give us a report, as well.
Last edited by ASinclair; 20th May 14 at 07:00 AM.
Reason: spelling
Allen Sinclair, FSA Scot
Eastern Region Vice President
North Carolina Commissioner
Clan Sinclair Association (USA)
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