When celebrating in times of peace one of the Highlanders' favorite pastimes was the tainchel. For these "great hunts" very often several clans would combine. Chieftains would send word to the clansmen that such an event was planned and when and where they should assemble.
After a successful hunt a great feast and celebration would be held. Then the rival clansmen would test each other's prowess at various sports - running, jumping, wrestling, or primitive forms of weight putting with stones, or divided into roughly equal sides vying against each other in a very early form of camanachd or shinty. Lastly the clansmen would vie with each other in piping and in dancing, the pipers taking it in turns to demonstrate their skills and the clansmen to demonstrate their agility and neatness of movement by dancing complicated steps to the pipe music. These relaxations were in effect the forerunners of the modern Highland games.
For this 39th edition of the San Diego Scottish Highland Games
you will find activities, entertainment, sheepdog demonstrations, highland dancing, Scottish vendors, foods and beers, bag piping and drumming, Clan tents, children?s activities
Admission: $5 - $12 in advance, $6 - $14 at the gate.
Location:
Brengle Terrace Park
1200 Vale Terrace Dr.
Vista, CA 92084
Dates and Times:
Saturday, June 23 - 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Sunday, June 24 - 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
For more information and reservation, please call: (619) 425-3454 or visit: www.sdhighlandgames.org
After a successful hunt a great feast and celebration would be held. Then the rival clansmen would test each other's prowess at various sports - running, jumping, wrestling, or primitive forms of weight putting with stones, or divided into roughly equal sides vying against each other in a very early form of camanachd or shinty. Lastly the clansmen would vie with each other in piping and in dancing, the pipers taking it in turns to demonstrate their skills and the clansmen to demonstrate their agility and neatness of movement by dancing complicated steps to the pipe music. These relaxations were in effect the forerunners of the modern Highland games.
For this 39th edition of the San Diego Scottish Highland Games
you will find activities, entertainment, sheepdog demonstrations, highland dancing, Scottish vendors, foods and beers, bag piping and drumming, Clan tents, children?s activities
Admission: $5 - $12 in advance, $6 - $14 at the gate.
Location:
Brengle Terrace Park
1200 Vale Terrace Dr.
Vista, CA 92084
Dates and Times:
Saturday, June 23 - 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Sunday, June 24 - 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
For more information and reservation, please call: (619) 425-3454 or visit: www.sdhighlandgames.org
