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October 18th, 2011 | 
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Scots gather for games, sharing tradition, crafts, Scottish food at annual festival in Hendersonville, NC
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The Highland Games started in 1956 by Agnes MacRae Morton and former Charlotte News reporter Donald MacDonald. GMHG is a nonprofit, non-stock corporation licensed under the laws of North Carolina to carry on and promote the annual Grandfather Mountain Highland Games and Gathering of Scottish Clans, to foster and restore interest in traditional dancing, piping, athletic achievement and Gaelic culture, and to create and establish scholarship funds to assist students from Avery County High School to study at American colleges and universities. Estimated Annual Attendance is 30000
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Patrick Kavanagh said that no one could write a comprehensive account of Irish life that ignored the Gaelic Athletic Association. Likewise, any attempt to chronicle the history of the GAA would be far from complete if the CIE GAA clubs were omitted. The clubs have been involved with the promotion of Gaelic Games from as far back as 1886 – almost as far back as the inception of the Association itself – and the workforce of C.I.E. still turn to Gaelic Games as an outl… More >>
Sir David Walker and Bill Knight to be paid for FSA review – by the FSA
Sir David Walker and Bill Knight, who were appointed to review the Financial Services Authority’s controversial inquiry into the collapse of the Royal Bank of Scotland, will be paid for their efforts – by the FSA.
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Forsyth hoping to heal his heartache in Paris
Scotland’s Alastair Forsyth will hope to put a topsy-turvy tournament in Korea behind him at this week’s Allianz Challenge de France, his first Challenge Tour appearance of the season.
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Scots Games winners to share fund
Scottish Commonwealth Games medal winners are to be given money to help them when they retire from sport.
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Highland games on Grandfather Mountain, gathering of the scottish clans. Photage taken july, 2010.k
When and where? Any for which Clan Fie or Clan Young Americans (who don’t know their way about Scotland) might be especially interested?
Thanks in advance; am planning a trip in the next 12 months to visit clients but have much freedom on the schedule and will plan it based on attending the Games.
Episode 12 – Day 12 In today’s episode: Focus on para-equestrianism with an interview with para-equestrian athletes Annika Lykke Dalskov and Stinna Tange Kaastrup from Denmark and Nicole Kullen and Sharon Jarvis from Australia. Leigh Manley of Alltech’s animal nutrition and health partner Hygain, sponsor of the Australian para-equestrian team. Interview with 12-year-old Lizzy Traband. Profile of Molly, a three-legged pony rescued following Hurricane Katrina. Alltech’s A+ media awards. A review of the Haitian Harmony benefit concert with The Chieftains. www.alltech.com
2009 Hawaii Scottish Festival and Highland Games. Going on April 4th and 5th at Kapiolani Park in beautiful Waikiki, Hawaii. Go to www.scotshawaii.org for more info.
