Houston Highland Games resurrection

[ShaunMaxwell]

After two years with no games, it seems that the Houston Highland Games Association has reconstituted itself, elected new officers, been meeting regularly and are planning to hold the games again April 27-28, 2013 at the Farm and Ranch Club (where it has been the past several years).

That means that there's going to be quite a string of games in Texas in the Spring: The Scottish-Irish Faire in Midland March 9-10, the San Antonio Highland Games April 6-7, the aforementioned Houston Highland Games April 27-28, and the Texas Scottish Festival in Arlington May 3-5.

After two years without a Houston event, the TSF moved their event from June to May, probably in the hopes of cooler temperatures, which would increase attendance. Houston traditionally held its games the second weekend in May.

I'm a bit surprised that the HHGA scheduled their event the weekend before the TSF, as I reckon that will be a bit too much for some who would otherwise attend both, but I'm glad to see that the Houston games are coming back. I believe this will be the 39th games.

[bdkilted]

The weekend before is not good planning. I probably won't be able to make both, and I'm obligated to do TSF next year. I've haven't missed a Houston game in over a decade so that is a dilemma.

[Zardoz]

Personally those dates work OK for me, but I don't attend any other games/Celtic fests except the Sherwood Festival in September.
Due to helping organize a large Sci-Fi con for the last six months I was not in on much of the discussion, but I always heard the Farm and Ranch Club was a big part of the problem for most of the HHGA folks. I wonder if they worked out the problems or are just falling back on the "way we've always done it".

[cck]

Shaun, thanks for the information. It looks like we'll have a busy few weeks in Texas next spring.