the Gathering & Games

Schedule

6:30am           

     Gates open for Participants and Vendors

8:00am           

     1. Gates open to the Public

     2. Athletic warm-ups

     3. Vendor booths open

9:00am          

     1. The Fire on the main stage

     2. Athletic Games begin

     3. Living History exhibit opens

     4. Celtic Motion on the Clan Row stage

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9:30am          

     1. Children and Youth Athletics and Games sign-ups

     2. Sheep herding demonstrations

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9:45am          

     Kirk’n o’ the Tartans Blessings at the Celtic Cross

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10:00am         

     1. High Grade Pats on the main stage

     2. The Gauntlet and Rose competitions at the Living History Village

     3. Children’s Games begin

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11:00am         

     1. The Fire on the main stage

     2. Celtic Motion on the Clan Row stage

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12:00pm     WELCOMING CEREMONIES

     1. Invocation

     2. Presentation of Colors

     3. National Anthem/God Save the Queen/Flower of Scotland

     4. Welcome by the Chief, Brad Millar, Clan MacFarlane

     5. Massed pipe bands and March of the Clans

     6. Fresno Stag and Thistle on the parade grounds

     7. Pipe band exhibition on the parade grounds

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12:45pm         

     1. Celtic Motion on the Clan Row stage

     2. Sheep herding demonstrations

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1:00pm           

     1. High Grade Pats on the main stage

     2. Youth games begin

     3. Whisky tasting in Clan Row

     4. Kearney Mansion opens for tours

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2:00pm

     1. The Fire on the main stage

     2. The Gauntlet and Rose competitions at the Living History Village

3:00pm           

     1. High Grade Pats on the main stage

     2. Whisky tasting in Clan Row

     3. Celtic Motion on the Clan Row stage

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3:30pm

     Sheep herding demonstrations

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4:00pm

     The Fire on the main stage

4:45pm

     Closing ceremonies

5:00pm

     Games close

Photo Credit: Janine Kuestner, 05/19/2019, Victoria, BC, Canada