Greenville, SC games 2007

**Barclay** · 11th June 07, 07:27 AM

Great pics, Fluter! Thanks! The friend, wearing the NYC Commemorative tartan, is Marc Sifuentes, my weightlifting and highland games partner. He claims the distinction of being the only Spanish highland heavy athlete on the east coast.

Greenville, in its infancy, is quickly becoming a really great festival and games - everything was top of the line this year, and there had to be at least 25,000 in attendance. The organizers deserve a lot of credit for putting a festival and games of this calibre together. The only bad thing is that there is so much to see and do that it's too short. Maybe in future years they could expand it into a Friday - Sunday event.

Grant - I got to hang out with Corey and Stuart for a bit and they were holding up okay in the heat. But dang, it was hot! One of them made the comment that I've been out of Canada too long when it was that hot and I wasn't sweating...the secret was my proximity to the beer tent.

The guys put on an awesome show, as always. But yeah, Turpin, they closed their set, took a breather and packed up while Albannach did their set. By the end of the Albannach set they were already on the road to Blairsville.

Thanks for the great pics, Fluter - it was really nice to meet you, David Pope and SteepleChase and to see the other folks again!

**EDIT - Bill (Tartan Hiker) is between Joe (JBfromBS) and me and he's wearing his Carolina tartan, as well. It was great to see three different incarnations of the Carolina tartan!**

**Steeplechase** · 11th June 07, 05:59 PM

Great photos Fluter! It was great meeting you and Barclay. Also, it was nice seeing Matt and Marie again. That was all that I got to meet, although I could see the terrific group during the photo session. Marie and I were too busy at admissions for me to join the group. Perhaps next year!

**David Dalglish** · 10th June 07, 08:57 PM

nice picture's--looked like a great day

**Alan H** · 12th June 07, 01:49 PM

Great shots!

**MacHummel** · 13th June 07, 05:12 AM

What nice pic of you gents.

**cessna152towser** · 13th June 07, 05:21 AM

Lovely pictures, Fluter, thanks for posting.

Looks like a remarkably large event for only the second year. Bigger than our local games here which have been running for years.

It was nice to see some x-markers in the pics but where was Dreadbelly?

**MacWage** · 13th June 07, 05:41 AM

Hey guys!!!!!

I left Sat and didn't get back till Mon.

i scanned in the few minute intervals I had (and missed this thread).

Until that pic, I had not realized HOW MUCH RED we all had on that day. Also, there are 3/THREE Carolina kilts, a rarity as it is not milled much (Matt and mine are from a special run in Lochcarron 16oz wool and Tartanhiker's is a cotton X Kilt variation. The difference in tones is AMAZING.
While on color . . . one of the Lewis Hose tones at the Tartan Museum is the PERFECT match for the gray-ish/purple-ish blue in the X Marks tartan!!! How is THAT for a good find?

It was GREAT meeting everyone!!!
In the tent next door was Bob Martin, author and reviver of the box-pleat kilt, who I got to talk to for a couple hours and learned SO MUCH.

I missed Friday (Lived just far enough that it was NOT a good night to "run-off" when I had been GONE the week before and the 3 days following), so I missed Hunting MacLeod.
On Sat, I got to hear Albannach, and think they are worth all the hype. GREAT energy. Their CD will be PERFECT for "spirited" driving along twisty mountain roads!!!

On Dread, he stayed home, as he was worried that the sweat would be bad for Jadewink's recovery and he did NOT want to leave her all day.
I DID see SEVERAL X Markers who have not posted in a while, due to work and family-related time constraints (priorities, priorities

). Kilted Goth passes along a "Hi."

It seems Greenville is seeking to turn the Southeast's "Big 4" (Grandfather, Charleston, Loch Norman, and Stone Mountain) into the "Big 5." We'll see how they do over the next few years. I'm curious when the "curiosity factor" wears-off, as there were not THAT many actually IN kilts, how the games will be in the long term.

Again, I had fun meeting everyone.

**JBfromBS** · 14th June 07, 04:24 AM

Great pics, Ken. Thanks for sharing. It was nice to meet some new X-Markers and great to see the ones I've already met again! What a nice group of people we are, huh?

Yes, the Greenville games seem to be really well attended for being so young, but like MacWage mentioned there did not seem to be as many in kilts as in other games I've been to. Maybe just a lot of upstaters just wanted something to do on a Saturday afternoon! Hopefully the kilt wearing in Greenville will pick up in the future!

Joe

**fluter** · 14th June 07, 05:11 AM

Originally Posted by JBfromBS

like MacWage mentioned there did not seem to be as many in kilts as in other games I've been to. Maybe just a lot of upstaters just wanted something to do on a Saturday afternoon!

Well, if we can get them to come out the first time, they are ripe for recruiting.

Besides, it is a nice family outing, whatever you wear. We just need to let them know how much cooler we are in our kilts!

Originally Posted by Mike1

I'll wager you didn't see Jacquie out in the sun, any more than was absolutely necessary.

Heck, you didn't see me out in the sun more than was absolutely necessary; and I was born here! These guys display a high order of intelligence (waiting in the shade to take the field).