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the
11th Annual
TASTE OF SCOTLAND
June 15-17, 2007
DOWNTOWN FRANKLIN, NORTH CAROLINA
A day of Scottish fun, food, fashion, music, dance, and culture
for the whole family!
PIPE BANDS
BORDER COLLIES
And much more!
Authentic Scottish Foods, Music, Dancers, Clans, Border Collie
Demonstrations, Parade of Clans & Tartans, Scottish Crafters
and Children's Highland Games
Continuous Live Entertainment!
Featured Entertainers...
The BorderCollies
Atlanta's hottest Celtic folk band! (sponsored by
Oak Country
Inn)
www.thebordercollies.com
Kúla
A young, traditional Celtic band from Tennessee!
www.kulaband.com
Wind Dance
An exciting Celtic dance troupe from Rose Creek Village, Tennessee!
www.rosecreekvillage.com/winddance
Friday Night Ceilidh
food & entertainment at the Big Bear shelter on the Greenway!
5:00pm: Bagpipe music with Jean Hayes, official piper of the Scottish Tartans
Museum
6:00pm: Barbeque & music by Patton Valley Strings
6:45pm: Performance by Kula & Truen
Saturday Festival
9:00am- 8:00pm
Street festival with all day entertainment, clans, authentic Scottish foods,
music and dancing, Pipe and Drum Bands, parade of the Tartans, border collie
demonstrations, crafts, shortbread contest, children's Highland games and many
other contests. Free admission. Sponsored by The Friends of the Scottish
Tartans Museum, Town of Franklin, Franklin Main Street Program, and the Tourism
Development Committee.
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Tentative Entertainment
Schedule - Gazebo Downtown |
| 9:00 |
Scottish Vendor Area Opens |
| 9:30 |
Scottish Ballads by local women's
chorus, The Carolines
Crowning of "Little Miss Tartan"
Scottish Highland Dancers of Greeneville, TN |
| 10:00 |
Piper, Jean Hayes: Singer, Hal Chapman |
| 10:30 |
Parade of Tartans |
| 11:00 |
Posting of Colors; Opening Ceremonies; Anthems |
| 11:30 |
Wind Dance; John Mhor MacKintosh Pipes &
Drums; Knobby Knee Contest |
| 12:30 |
The BorderCollies
Scottish Highland Dancers of
Greeneville, TN |
| 1:30 |
Stix in the Mud; Rural Felicity Folk Dancers |
| 2:00 |
Wind Dance; John Mhor MacKintosh Pipes & Drums |
| 3:00 |
The BorderCollies
Scottish Highland Dancers of
Greeneville, TN |
| 4:00 |
Piper, Jean Hayes; Singer, Hal Chapman; Wind Dance |
| 4:30 |
Kula & Troen |
| 5:45 |
Haggis Toss |
| 6:00 |
Wind Dance |
| 7:00 |
The BorderCollies |
| 7:45 |
Closing Ceremonies
Piper, Jean Hayes; Singer, Hal
Chapman, Retiring of Colors, Auld Lang Syne |
| Stewart Street Stage |
| 11:15 |
Franklin Consort |
| 12:00 |
Appalachian St. Andrews Pipe & Drums |
| 12:30 |
Kula & Troen |
| 2:00 |
Appalachian St. Andrews Pipe & Drums |
| 2:30 |
Stix in the Mud |
| 3:00 |
Dunham Harps |
| 4:00 |
Appalachian St. Andrews Pipe & Drums |
| Burrell Building Schedule |
| 9:00 |
Bill Coburn, Border Collies of Windy Knoll Farm |
| 10:00 |
Parade Line-up |
| 10:30 |
Parade of Tartans |
| 11:00 |
Children's Area Open |
| 12:00 |
Children's Highland Games |
| 1:00 |
Bill Coburn, Border Collies of Windy Knoll Farm |
| 1:30 |
Seminar: "Why People Migrate" by Dr. Scott Philyaw of WCU |
| 2:00 |
Children's Area Closed |
| 3:00 |
Seminar: "Cherokee Traders" by Bill Dyer |
| 3:30 |
Bill Coburn, Border Collies of Windy Knoll Farm |
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Additional
Entertainment:
Nikwasi
Dulcimer Players will be playing at 11:30 at the Art Quarter.
Historical
Reenactment by the Society for Creative Anachronism and Clann Nan Con will
be between the Burrell Building and Macon Furniture Mart from 11:00 to 4:00.
SCA Sword
Fighting at the Clock Tower Area at 9:30, 11:30, 12:30, 1:30, 2:30 and 4:30. |
Sunday
Kirkin' o' the
Tartans, 11:00am, First Presbyterian Church, Franklin
Lunch to follow.
"Montgomery
Highlanders" heritage tour after lunch -- more details to come!
Contact Info
For more information about joining
us as a guest, vendor, entertainer, or participant, contact Claire Suminski at
claire@dometrics.com or (828)369-8809.
The Taste of Scotland is
supported by a Grass Roots Arts Program grant from the Arts Council of Macon
County and the North Carolina Arts Council, an agency funded by the state and
the NEA.
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Featured Gift Shop Items:
Ex-hire kilts for
sale.
Fantastic sporran
range.
Clan Crest Rings
Clan History
Prints
Great new Sgians
Dubh
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