Celtic events & societies in major cities and other countries around the world
(1) London
(2) North America any others?
(1) London
The Scottish Tourist Board in London should be able to tell you what's on, ask them for the "De tha dol" list. This is a list I started but which is now maintained by Arthur Findlay does,
tel: 081-852 3589
Highlands and Islands society of London (ceilidhs) Ceilidhs with music, dancing and singing in the London area. Usually very good and well attended. Contact for more info: Marybelle Morrisey 081 445 7939; Catherine Cook 081 440 0832
London Gaelic choir. Founded 1892 and the oldest surviving Gaelic choir in the world. Meets each Tuesday 7:30pm-9:30pm in Covent Garden. Contact: Arthur Findlay, 6 Hamlea Close, Eltham Rd, Lee, London SE12 8EU Tel: 081 852 3589. Arthur also has copies of "De tha dol"
Gaelic society of London. Founded 1777 and the oldest Gaelic society in the world. Contact: Cliff Castle, 14 Poulton Av, Sutton, Surrey, SM1 3PY Tel: 081 644 7303. Has monthly meetings; social nights; campaigns etc.
John Angus Macleod, 5 Berkeley Crescent, Lydney, Gloucestershire, GL15 5SH Coordinates a lot of Gaelic activities in England and Wales. Knows about everything going on! Well known bard and Gaelic teacher, very helpful.
The London Association for Celtic Education (LACE) produces a guide to Celtic language related societies in London and around the UK. I have an old copy and find it very useful indeed. 100's of entries in the guide covering Scotland, Ireland, Man, Wales, Cornwall and Brittany Contact:
Roger Casement Irish Centre, Eastgate Building, 131 St John's Way, London N19 3RQ. Tel: 071- 281 3225
(2) North America
An Comunn Gaidhealach has an America branch. Contact:
An Comunn Gaidhealach (Ameireaga) Inc.,
P.O. Box 5288, Takoma Park, Maryland, 20912, USA
List of Highland Games
Note: Although many of these days have passed, they are still likely to be relevant if you are interested in Highland Games in your area and think you might go along next year.
From green@bigbird.csd.scarolina.edu Fri Aug 12 17:50:52 1994
From: "James W. Green III"
Subject: Games Schedule
WARNING: This list may contain errors. If you are actually going to one of these Gatherings-Games-Festivals, please contact me Green@Bigbird.CSD.SCarolina.Edu & see if we can get you the address of the games so you can snail a letter for a folder & thereby get verification of the date & place of the chosen gathering. The best place to check is to go to a library & look for the Highlander Magazine & look at the schedule in the back then look thru it for an article & an ad on the said games. Likewise you can check the Scottish Banner newspaper & with your clan & its newsletter. Please give me Green@Bigbird.CSD.SCarolina.Edu corrections of any errors & the source of the correction, e.g.: games folder, Highlander issue, clan X newsletter issue. We should start a list of E-mail addresses for the games. I have E-mail addresses for people with 3 games here in the SE USA.
1994
Mar 4-6 - NY South Fallsburg / Pines 1)
Mar 5 --- FL Key Biscane, Crandon Gardens / So.East Florida 1)
Apr 2 --- CA Pozo / Pozo Whiskey Highland Games 2)
Apr 2-3 - HI Honolulu,Bishop Museum Grds / Hawaiian Scottish Festival & Games 2)
Apr 15-17 NC Charlotte / Loch Norman Highland Games 2)
Apr 16 -- FL Dunedin / Dunedin Highland Games 2)
Apr 22-24 BC Vancouver / The British Show 2)
Apr 22-24 AR Batesville, Arkansas College / Ozark Scottish Festival 2)
Apr 30 -- CA San Diego, Balboa Park / Celtic Festival 1)
Apr 30 -- MD St.Leonard, Jefferson Park / Southern Maryland Celtic Festival 1)
Apr 30 -- OH Findlay / Northwest Ohio Celtic-Am. Festival 1)
Apr 30 -1 CA Roseville / Sacramento Valley Games 2)
May 7 --- PA Edinboro, University of Pa / Spring Ceilidh & Festival 1)
May 7 --- TX Houston / Houston Highland Games 2)
May 7 --- MN St.Paul, Macalester College / Scottish Country Fair 1,2)
May 12-15 GA Savannah,Old Fort Jackson / Savannah Scot. Games & Highland G. 1,2)
May 13-15 KY Carrollton,Gen.Butler State Park / Kentucky Scottish Weekend 1,2)
May 14-15 TX Longview / Old Country School of East Mountain Celtic Fest. 1)
May 14 -- NM Albuquerque / Rio Grande Valley Festival & Highland Games 2)
May 14 -- CA Corte Madera, Country Day School / Marin Highland Games 1)
May 20-22 TN Gatlinburg, Mills Park / Gatlinburg Scottish Festival & Games 1,2)
May 21 -- MD Fair Hill, Fair Hill Race Track / Colonial Highland Gathering 1,2)
May 27-28 VA Beaverdam, Scotchtown / Central Virginia Scottish Festival 1,2)
May 27-29 MI Alma, Alma College Campus / Alma Highland Festival & Games 1,2)
May 28-29 CA Costa Mesa, Orange County Fairgrounds / Costa Mesa Games 1,2)
Jun 2-5 - KY Lucas, Barren River State Park / Glasgow Highland Games 1)
Jun 3-5 - TX Arlington / Texas Scottish Festival & Highland Games 1,2)
Jun 4 --- CA Modesto / Modesto Gathering & Games 2)
Jun 4 --- MD McHenry,Garrett County Fairgrounds / McHenry Highland Festival 1,2)
Jun 4 --- WA*Ferndale / Bellingham Highland Games 1)
Jun 4 --- WI Milwaukee / Milwaukee Highland Games 1,2)
Jun 4-5 - OH Rio Grande / 3rd annual Celtic Fest 1)
Jun 11 -- KS Kansas City, Barstow School / Kansas City Highland Games 1)
Jun 11-12 CA*Ferndale / Ferndale Highland Games 2)
Jun 18 -- CA San Diego, Rancho Santa Fe Park / San Diego Highland Games 1,2)
Jun 18 -- IL Oakbrook / Illinois St. Andrews Society Highland Games 2)
Jun 18 -- PA Devon / Delco Scottish Games 1,2)
Jun 18-19 VA Leesburg, Oatlands Plantation / 1st ann. Celtic Fest 1)
Jun 23-25 OH Oberlin, Oberlin College / Ohio Sciottish Games 1,2)
Jun 25 -- WA Graham,Frontier Park / Tacoma-Pierce County Highland Games 1)
Jun 25 -- BC Coquitlam / United Scottish Highland Games 2)
Jun 25 -- CA Concord / Concord Scottish Highland Games 2)
Jun 25-26 CA Big Bear / Big Bear Scottish Festival 2)
Jul 1 --- ON Embro / Zorra Highland Games 2)
Jul 2 --- ON Collingwood / Collingwood Scottish Festival 2)
Jul 2 --- CT Darien / Round Hill Highland Games 2)
Jul 9 --- CA Oakland / Dunsmuir House Scottish Fair 2)
Jul 9 --- ON Haliburton / Haliburton Highland Games 2)
Jul 9 --- UT Payson, City Park / Scottish Fest 1)
Jul 7-10 NC Linville / 39th Grandfather Mountain Highland Games 1,2,4,5)
Jul 9-10 OR Athena,City Park / Caledonian Games 1)
Jul 15-16 VT Wilmington,Mount Snow Resort / Southern Vermont Highland Games 1,2)
Jul 16 -- OR Gresham / Portland Highland Games 2)
Jul 16 -- CO Colorado Springs / Pikes Peak Highland Games & Celtic Festival 2)
Jul 22-24 NB Fredericton / New Brunswick Highland Games 1,2)
Jul 23 -- MA Warren / Quaboag Scottish Festival 2)
Jul 23 -- IN Fort Wayne / Indiana Highland Games 2)
Jul 23-24 VA Alexandria,Episcopal High School/21st ann.Va.Scot.Games & Gat. 1,2)
Jul 29-30 ON Maxville / Glengarry Highland Games 1,2)
Jul 30 -- MA Blanford / Scottish Fest. 1)
Jul 31 -- PQ St. Lambert / Montreal Highland Games 2)
Aug 5-6 - CA Monterey / Monterey Scottish Festival 2)
Aug 6 --- MA Easton / Tam O'Shanter Highland Games 2)
Aug 12-14 ON Fergus, Victoria Park / Fergus Highland Games & Scottish Fest. 1,2)
Aug 12-13 NY Liverpool, Long Branch Park / Central New York Scottish Games 1,2)
Aug 13-14 IN Columbus, City Park / Columbus Scottish Festival 1,2)
Aug 13-14 CO Highlands Ranch, Heritage Park / Colorado Scottish Festival 1,2)
Aug 14-S3 SCOTLAND Edinburgh / Scotland / International Festival 1)
Aug 20 -- ME Brunswick, Thamas Point Beach / Maine Highland Games 1,2)
Aug 20 -- CA Campbell / Campbell Highland Games 2)
Aug 27 -- VT Quechee, Polo Field / Quechee Scottish Festival 1,2)
Aug 27-28 OR Myrtle Creek / Celtic Highland Games 2)
Sep 3-5 - MO Bethel / Mo Heritage Fest 1)
Sep 8-11 CO Estes Park / Longs Peak Scottish Highland Festival 1,2)
Sep 10 -- PA Ligonier / Ligonier Highland Games 2)
Sep 16-18 NH Lincoln / New Hampshire Highland Games 2)
Sep 17 -- CA Fresno / Fresno Highland Games & Gathering 2)
Sep 17 -- SC Mt. Pleasant / Charleston Scottish Games & Gathering 2)
Sep 17 -- NY Amherst / Amherst Museum Scottish Festival 2)
Sep 17 -- OK Tulsa / Oklahoma Scottish Games & Gathering 2)
Sep 30 O2 PA Bethlehem / Chevrolet Celtic Classic Highland Games 2)
Oct 1 --- CT Goshen / St. Andrews Society of Connecticut Festival 2)
Oct 1 --- NC Red Springs / Flora McDonald Highland Games 5)
Oct 1-2 - TN Nashville / Nashville Highland Games 2)
Oct 1-2 - CA Yuba City / Yuba Sutter Scottish Festival 2)
Oct 8 --- CA Glendale / Glendale Celtic Gathering 2)
Oct 13-16 GA Atlanta / 22nd Stone Mt. Scottish Festival & Highland Games 3)
Oct 15-16 CA Chino / Loch Prado Highland Games 2)
Oct 22-23 CA Cupertino / Cupertino Celtic Faire 2)
Oct 29 -- AZ Tucson / Tucson Highland Games 2)
Oct 29 -- NC Waxhaw / Waxhaw Highland Games 5)
Nov 11-13 TX Salado / Salado Scottish Games 2)
Sources:NB
- Eleanor McCallum's transcription from the Highlander posted 18 Feb & 10 Mar 1994 to clan server & rearranged by James Green 21 Apr. 1994.
- James Green's transcription from The Scottish Banner April 1994 page 12.
- flyer James Green picked up (at Loch Norman Games) on Stone Mt. Games.
- flyer James Green picked up (at Loch Norman Games) on Grandfather Mt. Games
- "Future NC Highland Games" printed on back of Loch Norman Games ticket
If there was a conflict between sources, the later source was used.
* Jun 4 WA Ferndale could be moved to Jun 11-12 (see "Jun 11-12 CA Ferndale")
* No Ferndale CA found in Hammond Atlas, but there is one in Washington (see "Jun 4 WA Ferndale".
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Craig Cockburn, pronounced 'Coburn' E-Mail: craig@scot.demon.co.uk
Sgri\obh thugam 'sa Ga\idhlig ma 'se do thoil e.