SKAGIT VALLEY HIGHLAND GAMES & CELTIC FESTIVAL2016 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

360.416.4934 • www.CelticArts.orgALL-DAY EVENTS ON SATURDAY & SUNDAY

Scottish Culture Tent (Explanations & Demonstrations of Celtic Music, Dance & Culture) Traditional Scottish Athletic Events • Children’s Events (Presented by the Children’s Museum

of Skagit County) • Fair Food • Scottish Clan (Family) Booths • Arts & Crafts Vendors Beer Garden & Whisky Tent • Celtic Animal Farm • Weaving & Spinning Demonstrations

SATURDAY, JULY 9TH9-10:30 Highland Dancing: Pre-premier Events

(Dancing Area)9-2 Solo Piping & Drumming Competition

(Piping Area)9-10:30 Instrument Petting Zoo (Fiddle Tent)9-9:45 Try the Harp! (Harp Tent)9-10 Open Tent with Displays (Culture Tent)9:50-10:15 Becky Fox: Wire Harp And Voice (Harp

Tent) 10-10:30 “Preserving the Past: A Castle’s

Preservation” with Rick Boman (Culture Tent)

10:20-10:50 Cynthia Kuni: Solo Harp (Harp Tent) 10:30-Noon Scottish Fiddle Critique (Fiddle Tent)10:30-3 Northern United States Open Highland

Dancing Championship (Dancing Area)10:30-11 “Red Hair in Europe: Viking or Celtic?”

with Brian McGuiness (Culture Tent)11-11:30 Serim, Gaelic singers and multi

instrument band (Harp Tent) 11-Noon Bellingham Scottish Country Dancers

(Country Dancing Stage)11-Noon “Gaelic Dream: Harp & Voice” with

Becky Fox (Celtic Culture Tent)11-11:30 Seirm: Gaelic singers and multi

instrument band (Harp Tent)11-6 Sheepdog Trials (Farm Area)11:40-Noon Try the Harp! (Harp Tent) Noon-12:30 Opening Ceremonies, Parade of the

Clans, Anthems & Lament (Main Stage)12:30-1 Nancy Chouinard: Harp and Voice

(Harp Tent)1-2 Celtic String Trio - Main Stage1-2 Bagpipes: What to listen for and how

they work: Skye Richendrfer & John Brock (Celtic Culture Tent)

1-2 Bellingham Scottish Country Dancers(Country Dancing Stage)

1-2 Instrument Petting Zoo (Fiddle Tent)1:05-1:35 Molly Bauckham: Solo Harp and Voice

(Harp Tent) 1:40-2:10 Seumas Gagne: Solo Harp and Voice

(Harp Tent) 2-3 “Tracing Your Celtic Roots” with the

Skagit Genealogical Society (Celtic Culture Tent)

2-3 Slow Celtic Music Session (Fiddle Tent)2:20-3 Cara Harp Ensemble (Harp Tent) 2:30-4 Pipe Band Competition - Main Stage4-4:45 Puirt na Gael Scottish instrumental

quartet - Main Stage3-4 Open Celtic Music Session (Fiddle Tent)3-4 Bellingham Scottish Country Dancers

(Country Dancing Stage)3-7 Open Tent with Displays (Culture Tent) 3-5 Highland Dancing Choreography

Competition (Dancing Area)3:10-3:45 Lolloy Brasseur: Solo Harp and Voice

(Harp Tent) 4-4:30 Seirm, Gaelic Singers and Multi-

Instrument Band (Harp Tent) 4:30-7 Harp Circle - Open to All (Harp Tent) 4:45-5 Massed Bands - Main Stage Area5-6 Celtic Legends Concert: Celtic String

Trio band - Main Stage

SUNDAY, JULY 10TH9–11 Beginning Scottish Fiddle Workshops

(Fiddle Tent)9–10 Try the harp! (Harp Tent)9 –5 Highland Dancing Competition

(Dancing Area)9-10 Open Tent with Displays (Culture Tent) 10–10:30 Becky Fox: Wire Harp and Voice

(Harp Tent)10-10:30 “Preserving the Past: A Castle’s

Preservation” with Rick Boman (Culture Tent)

10–11 Music Workshops: Celtic String Trio artists (Fiddle Tent)

10–6 Sheepdog Trials (Farm Area)10:30-11 “Red Hair in Europe: Viking or Celtic?”

with Brian McGuiness (Culture Tent)10:35-11:10 Linda Khandro: Double-Strung Harp

(Harp Tent) 11-Noon “The Real World of Celtic Harps” with

Harper Tasche (Culture Tent)11–12:30 Scottish Smallpipe Solo and Duet

critique events - (Fiddle Tent)11:20-11:50 Beth Kollé: Solo Harp (Harp Tent) Noon-12:30 “When the Blind Harper Took on

the Chief of MacLeod” Lecture and performance with Seumas Gagne (Harp Tent)

12:30–1 Opening Ceremonies, Parade of the Clans, Anthems & Lament - Main Stage

1-1:35 Eric Bowen: Welsh Vocal and Guitar (Harp Tent)

1:30–2:30 Bagpipes: What to listen for and How they work: Skye Richendrfer & John Brock (Celtic Culture Tent)

1–2 Quist Fiddlers (Fiddle Tent)1–2 Bonnie Dundee Scottish Country

Dancers (Country Dancing Stage)1–2 Local Celtic Musician Showcase -

Main Stage1:45-2:20 Dinas o Frain, fiddle, flue, concertina

and harp (Harp Tent) 2–3 Irish Music Session (Fiddle Tent)2:30-3 Harp Circle - Open to All (Harp Tent) 2:30-3:30 “Tracing Your Celtic Roots” with the

Skagit Genealogical Society (Culture Tent)

3–4 Bonnie Dundee Scottish Country Dancing (Country Dancing Stage)

3–4 Open Celtic Music Session (Fiddle Tent)

3–4:30 Washington State Grade IV & Grade III Pipe Band Championships Main Stage Area

3:10-3:40 Harper Tasche: Solo Harp (Harp Tent) 3:30-6 Open Tent with Displays (Culture Tent) 3:45-4:15 Seumas Gagne: Solo Harp and Voice

(Harp Tent) 4:15-6 Anything Can Happen Harp Jam (Harp

Tent) 4:30–4:45 Massed Bands - Main Stage)4:30-close Anything can happen harp jam (Harp

Tent)5 P.M. Event Closes: Haste Ye Back!