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Article #146Re: 120th Annual Gethering & Games, Santa Rosa CA
From: bill
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1985 14:57
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1985 14:57
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>For those of you who can't make it to the east coast, the
>Santa Rosa Highland Games (with the largest piping competitions
>in N. America) will be held at the Santa Rosa fairgrounds
>(about 1 hour north of San Francisco) on Labor Day weekend.
More info:
Aug 30 5:30 Professional Piobaireachd ($4.00)
Luther Burbank Center, Santa Rosa
Aug 31 8:30 Piping (Solo and Band) Competitions, Highland Dancing,
to Heavy events and Caber ('Telephone-pole') Tossing, Clan Tents,
Sep 1 8:30 Scottish Vendors, etc, etc..
Write: Caledonian Club of San Francisco, 32 marin Valley Dr, Novato CA 95402
(707)545-4200
Also:
Jul 20 Portland Highland Games
David Douglas High School
Portland OR
(There's a Professional Piobaireachd competition the evening
before, at the same place)
Aug 3 Monterey Highland Games
Monterey County Fairgrounds
Monterey CA
(Note: This year's Clairseach -harp, pronounced 'klahr-sock'-
competition has been transferred from Santa Rosa to Monterey.
Worth attending, but I hope it returns to Santa Rosa next year!)
Aug 10 Pacific Northwest Highland Games (a.k.a 'Seattle Games')
Everett Memorial Stadium
Everett, WA
(Why are the Seattle Games held in Everett???)
Now that you've all been bored to death reading about the games... :-)
--
Bill Swan {ihnp4,decvax,allegra,...}!uw-beaver!tikal!persci!bill
"Old Pipers never die, they just blow away..."
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