VA SCOTTISH GAMES & FESTIVAL

The venue of Sky Meadows State Park at DelePlane was a great success. It was a beautiful day in a beautiful setting. A little windy at times, but you can't have everything. The organizers were well pleased with the turn out went beyond their expectations and additional parking was made for the overflow.

I had the opportunity to talk to one of the Board members about suggestions in reviving the Scottish Festival in Fredericksburg. As I manned the MacCallum Malcolm Clan tent three representatives approached me about attending their Scottish Festival. Next year the VA Games will go back to the two day format. More pictures of the the Festival is here.

Fredericksburg Scottish Games

Yesterday, I met with the Chief of the Fredericksburg Scottish Society, Don Macleay and his wife Astrid. We talked about the now defunct Fredericksburg Highland Games and Celtic Festival. I had recently moved to Fredericksburg and attended them in 1998. In 1999, a business trip took me out of town. That was the last one.

Don gave me the history of the games and shared his exploratory efforts over the last few years to resurrect them. There appears to be an interest in Scottish heritage groups in the area to bring them back. Much work would have to be done in achieving their comeback.