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Calendar of upcoming events

2010 Schedule of Regional Reunions and

Scottish Festivals with MacNicol Clan Representation!

Your Clan Society is planning to hold regional reunions during the coming year,

Plus there are several local state reunions attended by State Games Commissioners; please stop by and say hello!

The schedule of reunions & local reunions for 2010 upcoming information

MAY 2010 ISSUE OF SCORRYBREAC ...

2010 State and Provincial Commissioners and 2010 Schedule of Games and Festivals with Clan MacNicol Tents

by Jeremy Nicholson

As we approach the height of the Highland games and Scottish festivals season (late spring to early autumn), I thought it would be useful for the members of Clan MacNicol of North America to know who exactly are our active state and provincial Games Commissioners, and to read a schedule of the events at which they’ll be representing the Clan:

First, I would like to announce with great pleasure two new appointments for 2010, both of whom have already assumed their posts:

1. As Games Commissioner for Maine, Bill E. Nicholson of Natick, MA

2. As Co-Games Commissioner for Illinois, Jane Nicoll Stover of Park Forest.

Here now are the names of the other Commissioners, arranged alphabetically by province and state:

Alberta (and Western Canada) - Mary Lou Nicolson Klimek (Calgary)

Arizona – Kevan Taylor-Perry (Flagstaff)

At Large – Stewart and Marie Nicholson (Largo, Florida, and Brampton, Ontario)

British Columbia - Jennifer Nicolson-Church (Port Coquitlam)

California – Dale and Marilyn Nicoll (Concord)

Florida – Cliff and Claudia Wolf (Crestview)

Georgia – R. Burke and Kerri Nicholson (Dunwoody)

Illinois – Chris and Judy Trenkle (Lombard)

Michigan – Bruce Goodburne (Alpena)

New Hampshire (and New England) – Dick and Carol Nicoll (Billerica, Massachusetts)

Ohio – Craig and Barbara Nicol (Cleveland)

Ontario – Don Nicolson (Thornbury)

South Carolina – Bill R. and Joan Nicol (Hilton Head Island)

Tennessee – Tom and Brenda Nicholson Pritchard (Knoxville)

Texas – Carolyn Nichol-Williams (Garland)

Utah (and Western States) – Ken and Tammy Lawrence (Clearfield)

Washington State – Bob and Elizabeth Nicholson (Seattle)

Here follows a schedule of games and festivals where the Clan plans to be represented

at a tent or booth (with details in chronological order).

March

Saturday, 13 March: Panama City Highland Games, Florida –Cliff and Claudia Wolf (event already held)

Saturday, 27 March: Dunedin Highland Games, Florida –Stewart and Marie Nicholson (event already held)

April

Saturday and Sunday, 17-18 April: Rural Hill Scottish Festival & Loch Norman Highland Games, North Carolina – Tom and Brenda Nicholson Pritchard with Anne Nicholson Crocker (event already held)

Saturday and Sunday, 24-25 April: Sacramento Valley Scottish Games & Festival, Woodland, California – Dale and Marilyn Nicoll

May

Saturday and Sunday, 15-16 May: Gatlinburg Scottish Festival & Games, Tennessee – Tom and Brenda Nicholson Pritchard

Saturday and Sunday, 22-23 May: Victoria Highland Games & Celtic Festival, British Columbia: Mary Lou Nicolson Klimek with Deb Nicol

Friday and Saturday, 28-29 May: Greater Greenville Scottish Games & Highland Festival, South Carolina – Bill R. and Joan Nicol

Saturday and Sunday, 29-30 May: Alma Highlands Festival Michigan - Bruce Goodburne

June

Friday through Sunday, 4-7 June: Texas Scottish Festival & Highland Games, Arlington – Carolyn Nichol-Williams

Friday and Saturday, 11-12 June: Utah Scottish Festival & Highland Games, Lehi – Ken and Tammy Lawrence

Saturday, 12 June: Georgetown Highland Games, Ontario – Don Nicolson with Stewart and Marie Nicholson

Friday and Saturday, 18-19 June: Illinois St. Andrew Society Highland Games, Oak Brook – Chris Trenkle and Jane Nicoll Stover

Saturday, 26 June: Ohio Scottish Games, Wellington –Craig and Barbara Nicol

Saturday, 26 June: British Columbia Highland Games & Scottish Festival, Coquitlam –Jennifer Nicolson-Church (tentative)

July

Saturday, 10 July: Kamloops Highland Games, British Columbia – Mary Lou Nicolson Klimek with Fred Nicolson

Saturday and Sunday , 17-18 July: Arizona Highland Celtic Festival, Flagstaff – Kevan Taylor-Perry

Saturday and Sunday, 24-25 July: Highlands of Durham Games, Uxbridge, Ontario – Don Nicolson with Stewart and Marie Nicholson

Saturday and Sunday, 31 July-1 August: Pacific Northwest Scottish Highland Games, Enumclaw, Washington – Cathy Osborn and Dan Brossard (deputizing for Bob and Elizabeth Nicholson)(tentative)

August

Saturday, 7 August: Detroit Highland Games, Livonia, Michigan – Bruce Goodburne (tentative)

Saturday and Sunday, 14-15 August: Fergus Scottish Festival & Highland Games, Ontario – Don Nicolson with Stewart and Marie Nicholson

Friday and Saturday, 20-21 August: Jackson Hole Scottish Festival, Wyoming – Ken and Tammy Lawrence

Saturday, 21 August: Maine Highland Games, Topsham – Bill E. Nicholson

Saturday, 28 August: Kalamazoo Scottish Festival, Michigan – Bruce Goodburne (tentative)

September

Saturday, 4 September: Calgary Highland Games, Alberta – Mary Lou Nicolson Klimek

Sunday, 5 September: Canmore Highland Games, Alberta – Mary Lou Nicolson Klimek

Saturday and Sunday, 4-5 September: San Francisco Highland Games, Pleasanton, California – Dale and Marilyn Nicoll

Saturday and Sunday, 11-12 September: Longs Peak Scottish/Irish Highland Festival, Estes Park, Colorado – Blake and Karen Nicholson (tentative)

Saturday and Sunday, 18-19 September: New Hampshire Highland Games, Lincoln – Dick and Carol Nicoll

Saturday, 18 September: Treasure Valley Festival, Boise, Idaho – Ken and Tammy Lawrence with Camille Farra

Saturday, 25 September: Dandridge Scots-Irish Festival, Tennessee – Tom and Brenda Nicholson Pritchard (tentative)

October

Saturday and Sunday , 16-17 October: Stone Mountain Highland Games, Georgia – R. Burke and Kerri Nicholson

Calendar of Highland Games and
Scottish Events in North America

This Calendar of Highland Games and Events is based on information supplied by various sources; and lists Highland Games, faires, festivals, Burns Suppers, and other Scottish and Celtic events. Since Highland Games are primarily held outdoors, and are subject to the elements as well as changes from year to year, please contact the Event "Organizer" directly; or check with their web site to verify the event's time, date and location, before making any travel plans.

To find Scottish Festivals that will have the Clan MacNicol Tent or Clan MacNicol Regional Reunions...see the list above!
Updates and submissions for the Calendar are welcome at any time. However, in order to meet the demands for updated information for the Clan MacNicol Society (North America) Games Calendar, please send additions or corrections to klawrence@clanmacnicolutah.com via email.

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Ken Lawrence

Deputy National Games Commissioner

Clan MacNicol Society of North America

Members of the Highland Clan MacNeacail Federation

klawrence@clanmacnicolutah.com

The Clan Campbell Society (NA) offers no guarantee as to the accuracy of information, despite our best efforts. Much of the information on our Games Calendar is received from third parties and event web sites. We cannot be held responsible for ensuring that the information they provide us is accurate. The Clan Campbell Society (NA) reserves the right to refuse any submission for posting to the Games Calendar.

2010 Clan MacNicol International Gathering

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

October 9-11

The Clan MacNicol Society of North America, announces with great pleasure that it will host its 2010 International Gathering from Saturday, October 9 through Monday, October 11 in Vancouver, British Columbia. This will be the first Clan-wide event to be held on the West Coast of Canada, and a large turn-out is anticipated from the many local members as well as from the rest of Canada, the U.S., Australia, New Zealand, and Scotland.

The Gathering will be honored by the participation of Clan Chief, John MacNeacail of MacNeacail and Scorrybreac, and his two sons, Luke and Adam; Murray Nicolson, High Commissioner for the Americas, and his wife Barbara; Mal Nicolson, Chief’s Lieutenant, and his wife Jen; Jeremy Nicholson of Balvenie, Chairman of the Clan MacNicol Federation; Dick Nicoll, Vice-President of the North American Clan Society, and his wife Carol; and the two Co-Commissioners for Canada, Mary Lou Nicolson Klimek and Jacques McNicoll. Other notables from the worldwide Clan are also expected to attend.

Preparations are underway for an exciting Gathering which will feature the now-traditional welcome cocktail party and buffet, several group meals, a gala Ceilidh, a Clan membership meeting, and tourist excursions in and around Vancouver. The principal venue for group events will be the Delta Vancouver Airport Hotel in Richmond, immediately south of Vancouver.

The Clan has negotiated a favorable group rate booking of guest rooms with the Delta Vancouver Airport Hotel and with the more economical La Quinta Inn Vancouver Airport, also in Richmond. The two hotels are approximately 10 minutes' drive from each other, and are accessible by the respective hotels' free shuttle service from Vancouver International Airport. The special discounted group rates will extend to three days before and after the Gathering for those who wish to extend their stay.

Attendance is by reservation only. Participants may attend one, several or all events of the Gathering as they wish. Details of the hotels and activities will become available by the end of May and will be posted on the Clan’s website www.clanmacnicol.org

as well as communicated directly to those who will have contacted the President to register their interest (see below for details).

As Western Canada’s principal international air gateway, Vancouver is readily accessible from Australia and New Zealand, as well as from the rest of Canada and the United States. Less than three hours by interstate highway from Seattle, Washington, that city’s SeaTac airport offers a sometimes more economical alternative access point

Long-term MacNicol Clan members will recall that International Gatherings are held every two years. During the past two decades, Gatherings have taken place in Portree (Isle of Skye) repeatedly, Brisbane, Canberra, Atlanta, Long Beach (California), Melbourne, and Dunedin (New Zealand). All these Gatherings have proven memorably enjoyable to those who attended.

Clan members, families and friends interested in attending the 2010 Gathering are kindly requested to register their intent

through early September

For further details, please e-mail Jeremy Nicholson at President@clanmacnicol.org

or write to him at

P. O. Box 501166, Atlanta, GA 31150-1166, U.S.A.

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2010 State and Provincial Commissioners and 2010 Schedule of Games and Festivals with Clan MacNicol Tents