Highland Games 2013

Scottish Days/Highland Games 2013

The 4th Scottish Days/Highland Games of the Friends of Clan MacLaren will start on 13. and 14. July 2013. The games are co-organisized with the CVJM-Westbund which will be available and provides terrain and catering. We would like to thank for the great support in advance.

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There are traditional competitions such as caber toss, tug of war, and so on. Totally there are 11 disciplines with two separate votes for amateurs and semi-professionals. If you would like to participate with a team on real Scottish Highland Games, please contact us.

The program includes plenty of pipe music, Celtic Dance & Riverdance from the group Celtic Dance Company from Wuppertal. Child care is offered by various Wuppertal CVJM groups. Many traders are back on site – including a scottish knife maker, a Whisky-dealer, a blacksmith, and many other distributors from Germany and from the Great Britain.

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Saturday is provided as a training day. On this day, we give you a presentation and introducing in the disciplines. Also starts at 7:30 pm clock live music from the rockabilly band „Racker Jax“ and later from the Irish folk band „Fragile Matt“; Traditionally, sensitive, cheerful, lively and is best live provides the band vocal harmonies surrounded by funky Irish and Scottish tunes.

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The Sunday begins with a church service at 10.30 am. The competition area will open at 11:30 am and the entry of all participants beginning at 12:00 clock. A Pipe Band will play from the region and there will be Scottish, Irish and Celtic dances presented. At 12:30 pm the competitions starting. As culinary delights there are barbecued suckling pig.

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We are looking for sponsors. We offer interesting advertising opportunities and benefits for both sides. If you are interested contact us.