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The Greenlaw Family Association will be present at two Scottish Festivals in 2010: The New Brunswick Highland Games and the Maine Highland Games. In each case, there will be a tent located in the Clan area with information about the Greenlaw family, the Greenlaw Family Association and the American Greenlaw Tartan material.

These two festivals are wonderful celebrations of Scottish and Celtic culture. Both of them will have first rate bagpipe music and competitions, Scottish foods, Scottish heavy games, traditional dancing and traditional Celtic music.

We encourage you to attend either or both of these events and to stop by and visit us!

The New Brunswick Highland Games will be held July 23-25th 2010 on the grounds of Government House, 51 Woodstock Road, Fredericton, NB. These games are described in their materials as follows:

“Be a Scot” for the weekend! Enjoy world-class Piping and Drumming and the crowd favourite, Massed Bands - a spectacular sight with hundreds of pipers and drummers marching together.

Watch the strength of the Scottish Athletics, admire the Highland Dance competitions and enjoy Celtic Music. Don’t miss our Friday night concert!

Explore Scottish history along the Avenue of the Clans, sample haggis, and browse wares from Celtic Vendors. Join a Workshop and learn how to play the bagpipes, speak Gaelic, or sample whiskey. There’s fun for everyone including mini-golf in the Kids Corner.

Website:

http://www.highlandgames.ca

The Maine Highland Games will be held on Saturday, August 21, 2010 at the Topsham Fairgrounds, Topsham ME.

Like the New Brunswick Games, there will be plenty of great piping, dancing, heavy games competition, Scottish foods and Celtic entertainment. In addition, the Maine Highland games will have sheep dog trials this year!

The very informative brochure describing the games can be found at:

http://www.mainehighlandgames.org/images/Games_Brochure_2010B.pdf