Pipes, parade and parties at Scottish fest in Payson
Published: Thursday, July 10, 1997 12:00 a.m. MDT
Tartans, tams, twirling batons, toe-dancing highland flings and treasures of Scottish ancestry will be featured in the Payson 14th annual Scottish Festival Saturday.
The processional parade will be held at 9 a.m. down Main Street to Payson Memorial Park. Leading this year's parade as honorary chieftain is Payson police officer Bob Carter. Clans and Scottish organizations will follow with banners and pipes and drums. Breakfast will be served between 7:30 and 11 a.m. Competitions, highland dancers, pipe bands, children's activities, Scottish import vendors, and food concessions booths with Scottish and American menus continue throughout the day.Twenty-nine clans will gather this year, including Baird, Campbell, Cunningham, Donald, Douglass, Ferguson, Forsyth, Gillian-McClain, Gunn, Kennedy, MacLaren, McLeod, MacFarlane, Maxwell, Utah Scottish Association, Young, Morrison, McClellan, MacLaghlan, O'Brien, Graham, Frazier, Montgomery, St. Andrews, MacIntosh, McKay, Hamilton, Stewart, Sinclair and Keith.
Scottish athletic events are putting the stone, 28-pound weight for distance, 56-pound weight for distance, 22-pound hammer for distance, caber toss, 56-pound weight for height, and 20-pound sheaf for height. Entry fee is $2 per event with an all-around trophy being awarded.
Closing ceremonies, which includes the clans and mass bands, will be at 4 p.m. For more information call 465-2933 or 465-3714.
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Published: Thursday, July 10, 1997 12:00 a.m. MDT
Tartans, tams, twirling batons, toe-dancing highland flings and treasures of Scottish ancestry will be featured in the Payson 14th annual Scottish Festival Saturday.
The processional parade will be held at 9 a.m. down Main Street to Payson Memorial Park. Leading this year's parade as honorary chieftain is Payson police officer Bob Carter. Clans and Scottish organizations will follow with banners and pipes and drums. Breakfast will be served between 7:30 and 11 a.m. Competitions, highland dancers, pipe bands, children's activities, Scottish import vendors, and food concessions booths with Scottish and American menus continue throughout the day.Twenty-nine clans will gather this year, including Baird, Campbell, Cunningham, Donald, Douglass, Ferguson, Forsyth, Gillian-McClain, Gunn, Kennedy, MacLaren, McLeod, MacFarlane, Maxwell, Utah Scottish Association, Young, Morrison, McClellan, MacLaghlan, O'Brien, Graham, Frazier, Montgomery, St. Andrews, MacIntosh, McKay, Hamilton, Stewart, Sinclair and Keith.
Scottish athletic events are putting the stone, 28-pound weight for distance, 56-pound weight for distance, 22-pound hammer for distance, caber toss, 56-pound weight for height, and 20-pound sheaf for height. Entry fee is $2 per event with an all-around trophy being awarded.
Closing ceremonies, which includes the clans and mass bands, will be at 4 p.m. For more information call 465-2933 or 465-3714.
© 2009 Deseret News Publishing Company | All rights reserved
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