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General Category => Games & Festivals => Topic started by: Stirling Thompson on August 29, 2016, 11:18:23 AM

Title: 2016 Maine Highland Games
Post by: Stirling Thompson on August 29, 2016, 11:18:23 AM
As promised...
The 2016 Maine Highland Games were held at the Topsham Fairgrounds in Topsham ME on Saturday August 20, 20126. We left my daughter's home in Waldoboro around 6:30 in the morning and got to the fairgrounds about 7:30 and had everything set to go by 8:00 am.
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 Dottie and I were accompanied to the games by our grandson Jacob who looked great in his Clan Thompson tee and Heritage of Scotland kilt.
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It was a beautiful day with temps in the 80's and fairly low humidity but the drought conditions here in New England made it a bit dusty. Again this year we were located directly behind the entertainment tent. Rathskeltair was the headline entertainers and the only one that used the tent.
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I don't care for the setup here since the Clan Village is behind the parade ground and well away from the vendors and competitions and I think that probably affected visitor turnout but we still had a decent number of visitors to the tent.
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Our youngest visitor of the day was Finbar Scott Thomson all the way from Glasgow who stopped by with dad Kevin.
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Jacob wants to try competing in the hammer throw next year possibly and this year he learned how to toss the caber.
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I looked resplendent in my Reiver outfit that Dottie made for me.
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There are lots more pics on Photobucket here:
http://s1213.photobucket.com/user/StuT/library/Maine%20Highland%20Games%202016
Enjoy!