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Thursday,
July 12th
Picnic, Torchlight Ceremony &
Sheep Herding
4:30 PM Picnic
Food concessions are available at MacRae Meadows
or you can bring your own.
Scottish Entertainment
Traditional Celtic Music. Performers to be announced
Sheep Herding: Sheep Herding with Border Collies
on the field.
7 PM The Bear: Assault on Grandfather
This five-mile footrace climbs 1,568 feet in elevation
from the town of Linville to the summit of Grandfather
mountain. Over 700 runners will start up the Old
Yonahlossee Road from Linville at 7 PM, circle the
Highland Games track around 7:15, and head up the
Grandfather Mountain summit road
More Sheep Herding
Torchlight Ce
Opening ceremony announcing each participating Clans'
arrival to the Games
Friday, July 13th
8 AM The Grizzly Bike Race
9 AM MacRae Meadows Opens: Preliminary athletic
competition, sheep herding, music/dancing exhibitions.
Celtic Groves will be open and other activities
will highlight the day.
Opening Ceremonies
Highland Wrestling Clinic for children
Children's Tent and Field Activities
Harp Workshop
Sheep Herding
History & Genealogy Studies at Clan Tents
Highland Dancing Pre-Championship
3:00 PM Day events completed, preparation begins
for Celtic Jam
Grandfather Mountain Highland Games Presents:
7 - 11 PM Celtic Music Jam Concert tracing the evolution
of Celtic Music from the ancient to the contemporary
at MacRae Meadows.
8 - 10 PM Ceilidh
Family gathering of Scottish folk music, song and
dance. Hayes Auditorium at Lees-McRae College. $10
adults/$5 children 12 & under (Tickets sold
only at the door).
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Saturday, July 14th
7:00 AM Mountain Marathon begins in Boone, NC.
Runners will arrive at Games track around 9:30 AM.
Among the most strenuous marathons in the nation.
7:30 AM MacRae Meadows Opens
Amateur Heavy Athletic Qualifying Begins
Competition begins for Highland Dancing Atlantic
International Championship, piping, drumming, Scottish
athletic events, track & field events, Scottish
country dancing, Scottish fiddling, and Scottish
harp.
Sheep Herding
Massed Bands on track
Opening Ceremonies
History & Genealogy Studies at Clan Tents
Children's Tent Activities
Celtic Grove Music
Highland Wrestling
Harp Competitions
Pre-Premier Highland Dance Competition
NC Provincial Gaelic Mod
Scottish Fiddling Workshop & Jam Session
Grandfather Mountain Highland Games presents:
7:00 - 9:00 Piping Concert
Trillium Room, Broyhill Inn & Conference Center,
Boone. $10 (Tickets sold only at the door). Under
age 5 free.
7:00 PM Celtic Rock Concert at MacRae Meadows.
$10 Adults / $5 Children age 5-12
Grandfather Mountain Highland Games presents
8:00 PM - 12 AM Scottish Country Dance Gala
Williams Gymnasium at Lees-McRae College. $20 dancers
/ $3 spectators. (Tickets sold only at the door).
Grandfather Mountain Highland Games presents
8:00 - 10:00 PM Ceilidh
Concert of Scottish folk music, song & dance.
Hayes Auditorium at Lees-McRae College. $10 adults
/ $5 children 12 & under. (Tickets sold only
at the door).
Grandfather Mountain Highland Games presents
9:00 PM Alex Beaton & Friends Concert by Scotland's
premier
entertainer. Trillium Room, Broyhill Inn and Conference
Center, Boone, NC. $10 per person. (Tickets sold
only at the door).
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Sunday,
July 15th
8:00 AM MacRae Meadows Opens
Scottish Heavy Athletic Demonstration and Clinic
Prelude Music for Worship Service Begins
9:00 AM Scottish Worship Service Outside main
gate, bring a folding chair. Includes Kirkin' of
the Tartans.
Children's Border Collie Demonstration on the
main field.
Celtic Grove
Entertainment Begins
Parade of Tartans Guests of Honor & Distinguished
Guests are introduced as all members of the sponsoring
clans are invited to march in the parade behind
the massed pipe bands.
Scottish Fiddling Competition
Atlantic International Highland Dance Championship
Competition
Competition takes place throughout the day for
Scottish athletic events, sheep herding, kilted
miles, children's events, Scottish country dancing,
Scottish harps, Clan Tugs-of-War. Celtic Grove entertainment
continues.
Lochaber Trump Competition
History & Genealogy Studies at Clan Tents
Sheep Herding Demonstration
4:00 PM Closing Ceremonies
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