|
THURSDAY, AUGUST
5 |
2010 Schedule of Events |
|
8:00 am |
Kilted Golf
Tournament shot-gun
start
Glen Lovat Golf Club,
Fraser's Mountain |
|
12.30pm |
Official Opening at the Heritage
Bell across from the Fire
Station, Dalhousie and
Archimedes Street corner |
1:45 - 3.15 pm
|
High-Crest Place Ceilidh ~ 222 Provost
Street, New Glasgow
Everyone welcome! |
|
6:00pm |
Tartan with a Twist - Music,
BBQ, Antique Car Show, Motor
Cycles:,
Downtown New Glasgow |
|
Sponsored by
New
Glasgow Development Commission
, Downtown New
Glasgow |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
FRIDAY, AUGUST 6 |
|
|
|
|
|
12 noon - 1.00 pm |
Music on the Patio,
Library, Downtown New
Glasgow |
|
Sponsored by
Pictou-Antigonish Regional
Library |
|
Glen Haven Manor Garden Party
2:00pm - 4:00pm |
Garden Party - Glen Haven Manor,
739 East River Road (next to
Aberdeen Hospital)
Everyone welcome |
| |
|
|
SATURDAY, AUGUST
7 |
|
|
Tartan Field
Admission: |
Adults |
$5.00 |
|
Children 12 &
under |
$2.00 |
| |
Children 6 &
under |
Free |
| |
|
|
|
Highland Dance
Competition
8.30am - 5.00pm |
Tartan
Field
-
adjacent to John Brother
MacDonald Stadium, Washington
Street (rain venue – North Nova
Education Centre, Park Street)
9:00
am
Primary and Beginner
9:30 am
Novice
10:00 am
Intermediate
1:30 pm
Premier |
|
Piping & Drumming Competition
9:00
am – 12
noon |
Tartan Field (see
above for location)
Individual/Solo Pipe and Drum Competitions |
|
Heavyweights
10:00 am –
5:00pm |
Tartan Field
Scottish Heavy
Weight Events
Come and see the reigning
Canadian Champion!
Boot toss and rolling pin toss
at 1:30 pm - open to under 12's
(boot toss) and Ladies (rolling
pin throw) - register at the
field - no charge. Try your hand
(and arm!)
|
|
Genealogy
10:00 am – 4:00pm |
Tartan Field
History, Culture and
Genealogy informal Workshop
(Pictou County Roots Society,
Pictou and Antigonish Library
and the
Hector Exhibit Centre) |
|
Haggis
11:30 am -
1.00pm |
Tartan Field
Haggis Luncheon |
|
11.30am to 5.00
pm |
Beer Tent open Tartan Field |
|
Pipe Band Parade
12:45 pm |
Pipe Bands
Parade to field |
|
1:00 pm |
Official Welcome
Tartan Field |
|
Pipe Bands
1:30
pm – 4:00 pm |
Individual
Pipe Band performances
Including:
Clan Thompson Pipe
Band, Old Scotia Pipes &
Drums,
Dartmouth and District Pipe Band
Tartan Field
|
|
|
|
|
Massed Pipe Bands
4:00 pm - 4.30pm |
Concert - Massed Pipes and Drums
Featuring:
Clan Thompson Pipe
Band, Old Scotia Pipes & Drums,
Dartmouth and District Pipe Band |
|
Concert Under The Stars
8.00pm - 11:00pm
Walker Street entrance only -
Free parking at the Stadium |
Ashley
MacIsaac
with
Richard Wood
also
featuring the
Keltic Kittens and
Fleur Mainville
For your comfort, bring your own
chair and blanket if you wish.
Beer Tent open
7.30 - 11.00pm
Tickets available at Big Als,
North Provost Street,
Bergengren
Credit Union, Victoria Street
and at
Glasgow Square
$20 each |
|
SUNDAY, AUGUST 8 |
|
|
11:00 am |
Kirkin’ o’ the
Tartans at St. Andrews
Presbyterian
Church, Mountain Road, New
Glasgow.
Official Closing,
at reception following service. |
