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The 19th Annual

Official Program July 13-14, 2013

Supplement to the Skagit Valley Herald

Table of Contents SKAGIT PUBLISHING 1215 Anderson Rd. Mount Vernon, WA 98274 P: 360.424.3251 • F: 360.424.5300 ©Skagit Publishing, LLC 2013 | All rights reserved

Welcome.......................................................................3 CAF Membership Registration.......................................4 Map & Schedule of Events.............................................6-7

Advertising director Mark Dobie

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editorial

Watch Those Tartans Fly! Highland Dancing at the Games...8-9 Highland Dancing Judges & Dance Pipers....................9 Highland Dancing Competitors.....................................10

oralie chapman

Photographers

The Great Highland Bagpipe! Piping at the Games.......11

scott terrell, frank varga, celtic arts foundation

Piping & Drumming Competitors..................................12

design & layout

Pipe Bands....................................................................13

fawn floyd

advertising operations

Heavy Athletics at the Games.......................................14

fawn floyd, Jody Hendrix, julia matylinski, Dana PERRY, karen sheppard

The Sheepdog Trials.......................................................15

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Celtic Cultural Center Planned ....................................16 Celtic Culture Tent Schedule.........................................17 Fiddles & Whistles & Harps, Oh My! Music at the Games....17 Harp Tent......................................................................18 Fiddle Tent & Schedule..................................................18 Chieftain of the Games, Ken Osborne...........................20

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Highland Games Clans..................................................20 President of the Celtic Arts Foundation, Tyrone Heade........21

Sponsor Page.................................................................23

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2013 Board of Directors & Staff Directors: Tyrone Heade, President Jan Gould, Vice President Jim Monroe, Secretary Jill Hilde, Treasurer Marilyn McLean, Board Member Dave Ryberg, Board Member Craig Sjostrom, Board Member Walter Briggs, Board Member Emeritus Board Members: William J. Toomey, CPA Mary Scott Judge John M. Meyer G. Michael Riedel Melissa Chittenden Scott Peterson Staff: Skye K. Richendrfer, Founder & Executive Director Michele Norman, Program & Administrative Assistant

Celtic Arts Foundation PO Box 1342 Mount Vernon, WA 98273 Phone: 360.416.4934 Toll Free: 888.416.4934

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When negative events befall a community, say like the collapse of the primary regional transportation infrastructure, it seems to bring out the best and worst in us. One could only hope that over the din of complaints, impatience and bad manners, we might find inspiration from the heroics of emergency responders, the coming together of our local business community and the resolve of those professional public employees tasked with implementing virtually immediate repairs. While the economic and community impacts for the Pacific Northwest and Lower Mainland have been huge, let us celebrate the reopening of Interstate 5 throughout our community! I can think of NO better venue, nor appropriate event to symbolically commemorate the actual reconnecting of north and south, than the Skagit Valley Highland Games!

Our friends from the greater Vancouver region can once again make their way to join our friends from the greater Seattle region, meeting halfway right here on the banks of the Skagit River. As we enjoy the music, dance, traditions of Scotland and celebrate Celtic heritage this weekend, let us also celebrate our friendships and greater community. On behalf of our Board of Directors, members, volunteers and sponsors, thank you for your continued support of the Skagit Valley Highland Games and Celtic Arts Foundation. Enjoy the Games, and in the words of one of our favorite traditional slogans, “Haste ye Back!�

Skye K. Richendrfer, Founder & Executive Director, Celtic Arts Foundation Skagit Valley Highland Games & Celtic Festival

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At last year’s Skagit Valley Highland Games, we announced our capital campaign to purchase a building to house the operations of our organization. We also shared our dream of creating a new Celtic Cultural Center here in Mount Vernon. Thanks to over 100 donors from seven US states and two Canadian provinces that contributed over $235,000 to this project so far, our dreams are becoming a reality as the remodel of the recently purchased structure is well underway,.

Our reach extends far beyond Skagit County as the Celtic Arts Foundation now produces more than 10 events in 4 Washington State counties—regularly dealing with musicians from the US,

Canada and the United Kingdom. As a membership non-profit organization, we rely heavily on members to assist us not only with their financial resources, but by volunteering and participating in our activities as well.

And because there is still work to be done on our new building, thanks to a matching grant we applied for and received from the Lucky 7 Foundation, contributions to the remodel project made at the Highland Games will be matched dollar for dollar up to $10,000!

Please stop by the Celtic Arts Foundation booth and ask about membership and how you can get involved to support what we do.

CAF Membership Registration Form The Celtic Arts Foundation produces ten major events throughout the year that bring people together to learn about and celebrate ancient traditions.

If you would like to be part of that endeavor, consider becoming a member!

Renewal

New Member

Individual Membership ($35)

Family Membership ($50)

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How to Apply: • Bring this form to the CAF booth at the 2013 Highland Games & Celtic Festival. Checks & credit cards are accepted.

• Mail this form along with a check to: Celtic Arts Foundation PO Box 1342 Mount Vernon, WA 98273 • Fill out this form online & make a secure credit card payment at: www.CelticArts.org

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Parking is FREE at Edgewater Park and in the downtown Mount Vernon parking lot, with complimentary shuttles running at regular intervals to transport guests to the grounds from the parking lots. The shuttle runs in 20-minute intervals all weekend, from approximately 9am - 8pm Saturday and 9am - 7pm Sunday.

canine visitors:

Dogs will be allowed at the Highland Games only if they are leashed (extend-a-leashes are NOT allowed). Unleashed dogs and their owners will be asked to leave immediately. Plastic bags are available at each entrance gate for animal waste. Please clean up after your animals. A watering station is located near the information booth. Thank you for being a responsible pet owner.

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Sunday

9:00-10:30 Highland Dancing: Pre-premier Events (Dancing Area) 9:00-2:00 Solo Piping & Drumming Competition (Piping Area) 9:00-10:30 Instrument Petting Zoo (Fiddle Tent) 9:00-11:00 Short performances by Northwest Harpers (Harp Tent) 10:00-11:00 So You Think You Know Braveheart From the Movie: Presentation w/ Brian McGuiness (Culture Tent) 10:30-12:00 Scottish Fiddle Critique (Fiddle Tent) 10:30-3:00 Northern United States Open Highland Dancing Championship (Dancing Area) 11:00-11:30 Seirm (Gaelic Singers Group - Part of Slighe nan Gaidheal, WA-based Gaelic Culture & Language Society) (Harp Tent) 11:00-12:00 Bellingham Scottish Country Dancers (Country Dancing Area) 11:00-12:00 Finding Your Celtic Roots w/ Christine Cooper & the Skagit Valley Genealogical Society (Culture Tent) 12:00-12:30 Opening Ceremonies, Parade of the Clans, Anthems & Lament (Main Stage) 12:00-1:00 Fleece to Shawl Demonstration (Weavers & Spinners Area) 12:30-1:00 Short Performances by Northwest Harpers (Harp Tent) 1:00-2:00 Troy MacGillivray Trio Folk Band (Main Stage) 1:00-2:00 Bagpipes & How They Work: Skye Richendrfer & John Brock (Culture Tent) 1:00-2:00 Bellingham Scottish Country Dancers (Country Dancing Area) 1:00-2:00 Harp Circle Plus Group Tunes (Harp Tent) 1:00-2:00 Instrument Petting Zoo (Fiddle Tent) 2:00-3:00 Singing Strings of the Celtic Harp: w/ Becky Fox (Fiddle Tent) 2:00-4:00 Celtic Music Session (Fiddle Tent) 2:00-6:00

Sheepdog Trials (Farm Area)

2:00-4:00 Short Performances by Northwest Harpers (Harp Tent) 2:30-5:00 Pipe Band Competition (Main Stage) 3:00-4:00 Bellingham Scottish Country Dancers (Country Dancing Area) 3:00-4:00 Living Celtic Art: Feather Painting w/ Julie Thompson (Culture Tent) 3:00-5:00 Highland Dancing Choreography Competition (Dancing Area) 4:00-4:30 Seirm (Gaelic Singers Group) Performing w/ Harps (Harp Tent) 5:00-5:15 Massed Bands (Main Stage) 5:30-6:30 Celtic Legends Concert: Troy MacGillivray Trio Folk Band (Main Stage)

9:00-10:00 Beginning Scottish Fiddle Workshop (Fiddle Tent) 9:00-9:30 Short Performances by Northwest Harpers (Harp Tent) 9:00-5:00 Highland Dancing Competition (Dancing Area) 9:30-10:00 Try the Harp! Mini-lesson by Our Harp Artists (Harp Tent) 10:00-10:30 Short Performances by Northwest Harpers (Harp Tent) 10:00-11:00 Bagpipes & How They Work: Skye Richendrfer & John Brock (Culture Tent) 10:00-11:00 Music Workshops: Troy MacGillivray Artists (Fiddle Tent) 10:30-11:00 Welsh Music w/ Eric Bowen (Harp Tent) 10:00-6:00 Sheepdog Trials (Farm Area) 11:00-12:00 Cape Breton Step Dance Workshop w/ Joel Chiasson

(Country Dancing Area) 11:00-12:00 Finding Your Celtic Roots w/ Christine Cooper & the Skagit Valley Genealogical Society (Culture Tent) 11:00-12:30 Scottish Smallpipe Solo & Duet Critique Events (Fiddle Tent) 12:00-12:30 Gaelic Music 101 w/ Seumas Gagne (Harp Tent) 12:30-1:00 Opening Ceremonies, Parade of the Clans, Anthems & Lament (Main Stage) 1:00-2:00 So You Think You Know Braveheart From the Movie: Presentation w/ Brian McGuiness (Culture Tent) 1:00-2:00 Elliott Bay Smallpipe Ensemble (Fiddle Tent) 1:00-2:00 Bellingham Scottish Country Dancers (Country Dancing Area) 1:00-2:00 Harp Circle Plus Group Tunes (Harp Tent) 1:00-2:00 Kitchen/Ceilidh Piping & Drumming: Piping & Drumming for Fun (Main Stage) 2:00-3:00 Short Performances by Northwest Harpers (Harp Tent) 2:00-3:00 Voices of the Celtic Harp: w/ Harper Tesche (Culture Tent) 2:00-3:00 Scottish Country Dancing (Country Dancing Area) 2:00-3:00 Irish Music Session (Fiddle Tent) 3:00-4:00 Scottish Country Dancing (Country Dancing Area) 3:00-4:00 Remembering the Welsh in Songs & History: w/ Eric Bowen (Culture Tent) 3:00-4:00 Open Celtic Music Session (Fiddle Tent) 3:00-4:30 Washington State Grade IV & Grade III Pipe Band Championships (Main Stage) 4:30-4:45 Massed Bands (Main Stage)

5:00 Event Closes: Haste Ye Back!

All-Day Events on Saturday & Sunday

Scottish Culture Tent (Explanations & Demonstrations of Celtic Music, Dance & Culture) • Traditional Scottish Athletic Events Children’s Events (Presented by the Children’s Museum of Skagit County) • Fair Food • Scottish Clan (Family) Booths Arts & Crafts Vendors • Beer Garden & Whisky Tent • Celtic Animal Farm • Weaving & Spinning Demonstrations

TICKETS:

One-day Passes Adult - $13 Student/Senior/Active Military - $10 Family (or group) of 4 - $30 Additional Family Member - $7 (when purchased w/ family ticket)

Children under 5 - FREE

weekend Passes Adult - $18 Student/Senior/Active Military - $14 Family (or group) of 4 - $40 Additional Family Member - $7 (when purchased w/ family ticket)

Children under 5 - FREE

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Watch Those Tartans Fly! Highland Dancing at the Games Highland dancing requires the strength and endurance of an athlete and the grace and agility of a dancer. Not to be confused with Scottish Country dancing, Highland dancing is a style of solo competitive dance perfected in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in the Scottish Highlands. The routines are typically performed with traditional Highland bagpipe music. Today female dancers outnumber their male counterparts 100 to one but in previous centuries soldiers used Highland dance as a form of training for battle.

The Skagit Valley Highland Games features one of the country’s 14 annual Highland Dance Championships called the Northern US Championship. Dancers travel from around the world to compete at the highest levels of competitive dance in their field. The competition features

the four traditional Highland Dances with sanctioned steps set by the Scottish Official Board of Highland Dancing (SOBHD). The most common dance, the Highland Fling, was originally performed in the Gaelic Highlands of Scotland on a shield called a targe. Male warriors used it as a celebratory dance and performed it upon return from a victorious battle.

Dancers no longer present the dance on a shield but do aim to perform their movements in one spot. The Scottish Sword Dance, also known as Gillie Callum, requires two swords be crossed into an X. Dancers move around and within the four quarters of the X. The Seann Triubhas dance is Gaelic for “old trousers” and represents the pride and freedom to wear a kilt and live in the Clan culture. The Reel of Tulloch refers to a dance performed by a cottage where a

Who are today’s Celts?

Surprisingly, today’s Celts constitute the second largest cultural population discernible from current U.S. census records. This heritage includes Scots, Irish, Welsh, those from the Isle of Man, the Cornish of England, the Bretons of France, and the Galicians of northwest Spain.

Two thousand years ago, the Celtic world was extensive. Before the Roman Empire came to power, independent Celtic tribes lived and prospered from the British Isles to northern Turkey, with a core-population in central Europe.

In modern times, music, language, art and history have reunited the surviving Celtic people in organizations, and in festivals such as these Highland games.

Yet, whether you are a Celt by blood or a Celt-in-spirit, you are equally welcome to join in this celebration.

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congregation waited outside for its minister on a cold winter day clapping their hands and stomping their feet to keep warm. Although the exact background of these dances is somewhat mysterious, it is certain that they are steeped in Scottish history with references in Celtic literature dating back to the fifteenth century.

Heather Richendrfer is a local resource and instructor for Scottish Highland dance and organizes the dance competition at the Skagit Valley Highland games as well as the February Celtic Arts Championship in Bellingham.

She studied dance in Vancouver, BC, and took her teaching and judging tests there. Heather has been an adjudicator on the Scottish Official Board of Highland Dancing for over 30 years, judging the Canadian inter-provincial, Australian “Champion of Champions” and the World Championships in Scotland. In 2011 her work was recognized with a lifetime membership in the British Association of Teachers of Dancing. She has also been honored as a recipient of the Bellingham Mayor’s Art Award and as the American Business Women’s Association Community Woman of the Year.

Her dance school, the Clan Heather Dancers, was founded in Bellingham in 1974 to teach Scottish Highland dance, Irish step dance and choreography.

Second and third dance studios were opened 16 years ago in Mount Vernon and Everett. Heather teaches male and female students from pre-school to adults with students come from a huge area including British Columbia south to Seattle and Anacortes east to Concrete. The Clan Heather Dancers have made a name for themselves, dancing in regional festivals throughout the Pacific Northwest including the Anacortes and Edmonds Arts Festivals, performing in parades, onboard Navy ships and even onboard a Royal Caribbean Cruise. World renowned Celtic musicians have traveled to perform with the troupe.

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at the Skagit Valley Highland Games is world class and includes primary dancers (ages 4-6) through beginners, novice, intermediate and premiers. The choreography events are always crowd pleasers as the dancers perform unique Celtic-themed numbers often in original costumes. Each year brings new choreography, tartans and dancers.

Judges for championship competitions are an elite group of well-seasoned experts selected from the SOBHD. They must attend annual seminars to familiarize themselves on the steps set for Championships. In regular events one judge adjudicates each age group but in the championships three judges adjudicate each class at once and an elaborate scoring system determines the winner.

Championship dancers win beautiful hand-blown glass tartan vessels. Dancers in the primary, beginner, novice and intermediate categories win medals.

Premier dancers win medals and there are cash prizes for dancers over age 16 in that category.

Don’t miss the dancers at the games!

2013 Highland Dancing Judges & dance Pipers Judges:

Kenmore & District Pipe Band Everett, WA

Arlene Bain Red Deer, Alberta Patricia MacKenzie Port Alberni, BC Erin Welk Calgary, Alberta

Pipers: Phil MacKenzie Port Alberni, BC

Playing Well Together While Having Fun

Rob Rife Yakima, WA

See our website for more info: www.kdpipeband.com Email: info@kdpipeband.com

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HIGHLAND dancING competitors 101 Autumn Johansen Special Dress Royal Menzies Bellingham, WA 102 Nicole Pace Ship Hector Mount Vernon, WA 103 Daisy Swallow Purple MacRae of Conchra Langley, BC 104 Rebecca Moore Dress Rose Bellingham, WA 105 Julia Rutherford Surrey, BC 106 Jordan Watkins Royal Black Menzies Abbotsford, BC 107 Rory Flinn Dress Royal McKellar Lake Stevens, WA 108 Kalicia Bateman Coquitlam, BC 109 Kasey Hawkins Dress Blue Wallace Cranbrook, BC 110 Victoria Hawkins Blue Erskine Cranbrook, BC 111 Alec Mackay Erskine Green Redmond, WA 112 Andrena Hilder Red Dress Cunningham Port Coquitlam, BC 113 Kelsey Cressey Raspberry Menzies Surrey, BC 114 Lauren Horvath McKellar Dress - Turquoise Headingly, Manitoba 115 Monika Arcadi New Westminster, BC 116 Anne Hodges British Army Royal Scots Fusiliers, Ancient New Westminster, BC 117 Grace Hodges Dress Stewart New Westminster, BC 118 Christina Hodges Royal Stewart New Westminster, BC 119 Meghan Pike Green Macrae of Conchra Surrey, BC 120 Sarah Derasp Dress Red McRae of Conchra Burnaby, BC 121 Sage Bishop-Beaurone Surrey, BC 122 Taryn Phipps Surrey, BC 123 Duncan Stewardson Dress Stewart Ferndale, WA 124 Ashleigh Kent Surrey, BC 125 Hailey Weeks Redmond, WA 126 Rachel Bramley Dress Purple Menzies Nanaimo, BC 127 Hannah Densmore Conway, WA 128 Fiona Lee Coquitlam, BC 129 Abigail Robinson Purple McGregor Courtenay, BC 130 Bailey Thompson Black Dress Menzies Nanaimo, BC 131 Jenna Fox Turquoise MacRae of Conchra Port Moody, BC 132 Heather Fox Raspberry McKellar Port Moody, BC 133 Dane Petrakis Dress Blue Ireland Bellevue, WA 134 Jaimie MacKenzie Abbotsford, BC 135 Maddy Holub-MacDonald New Westminster, BC 136 Kathleen Hall Dress Green Sunart Vancouver, BC 137 Emma Clark Reverse Royal McKellar Lake Stevens, WA 138 Alexandra MacPhail Turquoise Buchanan Maple Ridge, BC 139 Megan Henderson Enumclaw, WA 140 Alexis Connor Dress Turquoise Scott Abbotsford, BC 141 Samantha Connor Dress Red McRae Abbotsford, BC 142 Kya Peterson Delta, BC 143 Sarah Barnard Langley, BC 144 Owen Goodman Dress Green McGregor Maple Ridge, BC 10

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The Great Highland Bagpipe!

Piping at the Games

The Skagit Valley Highland Games piping competition will bring together 15 traditional Scottish piping bands competing for an international panel of judges.

There will be solo and ensemble piping and drumming competitions. Groups are traditionally made up of six to twentyfive Great Highland pipers, three to ten snare drummers, one to six tenor drummers and usually one, but sometimes two, bass drummers. The entire drum section is known collectively as the drum corps but the tenor drummers and bass drummer are referred to together as the ‘bass section’ or in North America as the ‘midsection.’ The band follows the direction of the pipe major.

Returning this year as the largest competitor with 43 members is the Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band, wearing the MacLean of Duart Weathered Tartan.

Based in Vancouver, Canada, the group is a Grade One competitive concert pipe band ranked in the top eight in the world.

Originally formed in 1971, the Dowco Triumph Street band holds the honor of being the first band outside of Scotland to win a major World Championship prize, winning “The Sash” in 1979 under Lead Drummer Willie McErlean. Today the band is led by Pipe Major David Hilder, Drum Sergeant Andre Tessier and Pipe Sergeant Shaunna Hilder, all three are former members of the six time World Champion Simon Fraser University Pipe Band. Most of the musicians are from Vancouver, BC, but there are members from Washington, California, Illinois and even Australia who join the twice weekly practices through Skype.

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The Skagit Valley Highland Games competition is a big highlight for the group, helping them prepare for the annual world pipeband championships in Glasgow, Scotland each August. Shaunna calls Skye Richenderfrer, the games’s coordinator, “… an icon in the Highland Arts community…who coordinates a huge, successful event fusing Celtic music, art-

ists, pipe-band competitors, heavy athletic events and highland dancing…The quality and attention to detail are second to none.” The group was honored to launch their first CD at the 2012 Skagit Valley highland games.

Do not miss this opportunity to hear some of the best Highland concert piping in the world! Events run all weekend.

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piping & drumming competitors

10 Jennifer Campbell Keizer, OR

Piper

11 Rick Campbell Keizer, OR

Piper

12 Joshua Done

Bellevue, WA

Piper

13 Hunter Kern

Portland, OR

Piper

14 Steven Hughes Hillsboro, OR

Piper

15 John Munroe

Bellingham, WA

Piper

16 Joseph Stewart

Seattle, WA

Piper

17 Liam Cunningham

Bainbridge Is., WA

Piper

18 Liam Hilder

Port Coquitlam, BC

Piper

19 Alexander MacLeod

Aurora, OR

Piper

20 Marlee Fraser

Blaine, WA

21 Kyle Gaul Edmonds, WA 22 Alexander Schiele

Snohomish, WA

23 Karl Stahlfeld

Burien, WA

24 Devon Coady

Surrey, BC

25 Kendrick Rutherford

Surrey, BC

26 Katie McKnight

Portland, OR

27 Jonathan Robertson Delta, BC 28 Garth Edwards Happy Valley, OR 29 Elizabeth Cameron Lebanon, OR 30 Trevor Davidson Mission, BC 31 Maclain Davidson Mission, BC 32 Lauren Gaul Edmonds, WA 33 Alexis Hagen Everett, WA 34 Aaron Malcomb

Bellingham, WA

35 Beth Doyle

Salem, OR

36 Aaron Stone

Sedro-Woolley, WA

37 Amber Stone

Sedro-Woolley, WA

38 Fiona Senyk

New Westminster, BC

39 Chris Peterson

Chilliwack, BC

40 Teddy Kortenhof

Portland, OR

41 Zanna Kortenhof

Portland, OR

42 Bryce Kreger

Shoreline, WA

43 Jon Scott

Beaverton, OR

44 Raasi Rush

Portland, OR

45 Will Clarke

Chilliwack, BC

46 Stuart MacDonald

Bothell, WA

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47 Chris Cahoon

Redmond, WA

Piper

48 Jack Kelley

Portland, OR

Piper

49 Lily Devlin

Portland, OR

Piper

50 Jake Myers Lake Oswego, OR

Piper

51 Mairie O’Brien

Portland, OR

Piper

52 Bruce Poliak

Stanwood, WA

Piper

53 Ian Toohey Newberg, OR

Piper

54 William Diamond N.Vancouver, BC

Side Drummer

55 Griffin Kelly Lake Oswego, OR

Side Drummer

56 Trevor Kelly Lake Oswego, OR

Side Drummer 57 Thomas Nichini Vancouver, BC

Piper 57 Thomas Nichini Vancouver, BC

Piper 58 James McKnight Vancouver, WA

Piper 59 Angus Morrison Williams Lake, BC

Piper 60 John Sommer Snohomish, WA

Piper 61 Darlene Lewis-Chinn Issaquah, WA

Tenor Drummer 62 Rochelle Eldridge Kirkland, WA

Piper 63 Conner Macomber Portland, OR

Piper 64 Gerry Anderson Seattle, WA

Piper 65 Jacob Carlos Abbotsford, BC

Piper 66 Brandon Carlos Abbotsford, BC

Side Drummer 67 Katrina Jones Seattle, WA

Side Drummer 68 Elizabeth Dunsire Bothell, WA

Tenor Drummer 68 Elizabeth Dunsire Bothell, WA

Piper 69 Marcus De Vight Mukilteo, WA

Piper 78 Nick Smith Lubbock, TX

Piper 79 Ruby Vise Portland, OR

Side Drummer 80 Conor Tappa Edmonds, WA

81 John Courtney Gresham, OR Side Drummer

82 Annika Sevcik Portland, OR Piper

Piper 83 Alison Dunsire Everett, WA

Side Drummer 83 Alison Dunsire Everett, WA

Side Drummer 84 Guthrie Burnett-Tison Friday Harbor, WA

Piper 85 Logan Chavez Brush Prairie, WA

Piper 86 James Naismith Allyn, WA

Piper 87 Tyrone Heade Seattle, WA

Piper 88 Donald Rigby Lake Oswego, OR

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2013 pipe bands Clan Macleay Pipe Band Grade 4 Salem, OR Royal Stewart (pipers), Hunting Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band Grade 1 New Westminster, BC MacLean of Duart Elliott Bay Pipe Band Grade 4 Seattle, WA Graham of Mentieth Greighlan Crossing Pipe Band Grade 3 Maple Ridge, BC Old Weathered Sutherland Keith Highlanders Pipe Band Grade 4 Bellevue, WA Keith Kenmore & District Pipe Band Grade 4 Lynnwood, WA MacDonald of the Isles, Hunting Northwest Junior Pipe Band Grade 4 Shoreline, WA MacKenzie Portland Metro Pipe Band Grade 2 Beaverton, OR Muted Red Frasier Sir James McDonald Pipe Band Grade 4 Portland, OR White Spot Pipe Band Grade 4 Surrey, BC BC Centennial goskagit.com | July 13-14, 2013

The Scottish Smallpipe/Reelpipe Event

Calling local pipers! On Sunday, July 14, you will get a chance for a musical critique. Due to time limitations, players may participate in one solo event on either Smallpipes or Reelpipes in a five-minute performance. Players may also participate in one five minute-duet event (accompanied by an instrument/vocal musician of choice). Please note that this event is only open to the first ten registrants.

Pre-register online at: celticarts.org

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Heavy Athletics at the Games Bob Ham has a long history with the heavy athletic events traditionally performed at Highland Games around the world.

He was a track and field athlete in high school and college specializing in discus and shot put. He found himself drawn to the Highland Heavy athletics after seeing his first Scottish Games in 1982. Bob started competing in 1984 after being approached at the Highland Games in Bellingham’s Civic Field. He is a threetime Northwest Masters Champion and a two-time Interior BC Caber Toss Champion.

Today Bob organizes, judges and commentates on the athletic events at the Skagit Valley Highland Games. He enjoys the athleticism of the competition but says what really keeps him coming back are the people. Says Ham “The athletes are good friends; your biggest competitor is your best supporter.” And that’s the way it should be.

Athletes are mostly men over 200 pounds between the ages of 18 and 44 with track and field and strength training backgrounds but in many games separate classes are formed for women, men under 200 pounds and Masters (ages 45 and older). The women’s and under 200 pound classes compete using lighter weights. The athletes train and compete in seven to nine heavy events requiring full muscle control and exertion.

The “Light Stone Put” event requires that a 17-pound stone known in Celtic legend as the “Stone of Strength” or the “Manhood Stone” be thrown like a shot put for distance. Athletes kick glide or spin inside a seven-foot long by four-foot wide box to gain momentum for the throw.

The “Light Hammer” or “Scottish Hammer Throw” event requires that an athlete take a 16-pound steel ball with a 15” cane handle, stand stationary with their back to the throwing field then lift and rotate the handle around their heads to build momentum before releasing over their shoulder for distance.

The “Light Weight for Distance” or “Weight Throw” event requires that a 28-pound metal weight attached by chain be thrown one handed for distance. Athletes spin inside a seven foot long by four-foot wide box to gain momentum for the

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weighted throw.

The “Heavy Weight for Distance” is like the “Light Weight for Distance” but uses a 56-pound weight.

The “Weight for Height” or “Weight over the Bar” event requires a 56-pound weight be spun, lifted and thrown over a bar set across two upright beams. The bar is raised each round as a form of elimination.

The “Sheaf Toss” requires an athlete to use a pitchfork to pitch a 20-pound burlap bag of straw vertically over a high bar.

The bar is raised each round as a form of elimination. There is some debate about whether the “Sheaf Toss” is an authentic Highland event rather than a country fair event but it is commonly performed anyway due to its popularity.

The “Caber Toss” requires an athlete to vertically hoist and run with a large tapered wooden pole. The athlete then flips the pole for accuracy; it has to flip end over end and land on its larger end pointing straight up which is called a 12 o’clock throw. If the feat is accomplished, the athlete is said to have “turned the caber.”

The “Second Stone” event is similar to the “Light Stone Put” event and requires that an athlete push a 22-pound stone called a Braemar off the shoulder for distance after a twist and turn.

The “Heavy Hammer” event is like the “Light Hammer” event but uses a 22-pound hammer.

The Second Stone and Heavy Hammer events will only be performed if there is a small group of athletes as each event has 15 competitors and takes about 45 minutes to allow three turns per athlete. Typically 40-50 athletes compete in distinct classes: Amateur A & B, Novice and Masters. Athletes competing at the Skagit Valley Highland games come mostly from the Pacific Northwest region of Washington State but also British Columbia south to California and east to Montana.

The heavy events run Saturday and Sunday and both days an athlete of the day will be named for each division. The Amateur A athlete of the day will have their name inscribed on a trophy.

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The Sheepdog Trials Sheepdog trials, also known as herding events or stock dog trials, is a competitive dog sport showcasing how handlers work with their herding dogs to move sheep around a field, gates and fences or into enclosures. Handlers direct their dogs with voice and whistle commands and among other techniques, dogs use a direct stare known as “the eye” to lead the sheep.

The herding dogs used are primarily Border Collies but also Australian Cattle Dogs and Kelpies and are owned by handlers as pets.

Sheepdog trials have a very long history, beginning in the late 1800s in countries with large farming communities including Scotland and Wales. Most sheepdog trials are held in large fields of 100 or more acres and include a series of specific tests or elements. Elements may include herding resting sheep from some distance away, bringing them to the handler and then back across the field. Dogs are often asked to “pen” the sheep inside an enclosure such as a gated space or vehicle.

Sets may also include “shedding” where sheep are divided into two groups or “singling” where a dog separates one sheep from the group. The most difficult challenges are considered the “cross drive” which requires the dog to move sheep in a straight line from one side of the field to the other and the “double lift” which requires the dog to move one group of sheep to the handler and then a subsequent trip to bring a second group of sheep to join the first. In most competitions the dog is required to do the fetching and driving tests on their own with the handler positioned in one spot on the trial course. During the shedding, singling and penning elements the handler usually leaves the stake and works with the dog to achieve the task.

Since 1979, a subjective scoring system has been in place.

Judges are hired to watch each run and assign a score based on their judgment. Each test is assigned a maximum score such as 10. As errors are made, points are deducted to reach the team’s score. Each element must be completed before moving on to the next but a set amount of time, typically 15 minutes, is set for the entire trial. If you run out of time then you lose all points for any incomplete or not yet attempted elements. The final score is tallied by combining points from all elements. The judges are

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primarily focused on the behavior of the sheep not the dog or handler but the dogs are judged on the effectiveness of their work and on qualities of good stockmanship.

The sheep are treated with respect “…they are not just props to us; handlers consider themselves shepherds first, handlers second” says Dawn Pucci, the event organizer and former handler. The Skagit Valley Highland games works with one herd of Katahdin-American Hair sheep from Arlington’s “On the Lamb” farm.

Three to five sheep compete at a time and when the run is over they are moved to an exhaust pen to rest.

A total of 60-70 sheep participate and once the entire herd has been run they rotate through again. Dogs are expected to manage sheep kindly, appropriately and efficiently and can have points deducted or even be eliminated for disrespectful behavior such as biting. Some handlers own sheep for training and some rent from local farms.

About 32 handler/dog teams will compete in the 2013 Skagit Valley games Sheepdog Trials with the anticipation of about six new teams this year. Teams come from British Columbia to southern Washington and east to Idaho with about five handlers/dogs from the Snohomish area. Dawn got started in the sport while stationed in Scotland with her husband where they adopted a pet Border Collie but found that he was bored.

Their search for activities landed on sheepdog trials. Although Dawn doesn’t compete anymore, she is passionate about the event and greatly enjoys working with the Celtic Arts Foundation that she says is very supportive of the sport (they essentially sponsor the competition). She also enjoys the relationships she has built with other handlers.

Handlers have two qualifying runs to earn their spot in the finals; the first is Saturday at 2pm and the second is Sunday at 10am. Points and times are added together with fastest time used to break a tie and the top ten handler/dog teams move forward to the finals on Sunday afternoon. They are clean slate finals where a third course is run to determine the winner. Don’t miss this exciting event!

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Celtic Cultural Center Planned The Celtic Arts Foundation (CAF) of Mount Vernon’s mission lies in “sponsoring, encouraging and promoting Celtic culture through events and educational activities.”

Although the foundation has been very successful without it there is broad agreement that a permanent facility with ample space would greatly increase the ability to promote Celtic culture in the community. The CAF passed a resolution in June 2012 to purchase a permanent building and to launch a fundraising

campaign to pay for it with a goal of $200,000. After an extensive search, the board purchased a property for remodel on a bridge loan located at 1124 Cleveland Avenue in Mount Vernon; it is zoned for commercial use as part of the downtown core.

The building is 1,200 square feet with space for board meetings, small events, more employees, accessible storage and ample parking.

Most importantly, there is room on the property to expand the building.

As of January 2013, fundraising

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efforts exceeded expectations bringing in a closing tally of $227, 933!

Approximately 104 people donated money with 38 “standing stones” contributing over $1,000 each.

The largest donation received was $100,000. There were many heroes in the fundraising effort; some used social media to encourage donations so they could match the funds raised and several donors made multiple donations.

The CAF has paid off the bridge loan and has the funds to pay for needed remodeling of the building.

The remodel is anticipated to take about four months.

The second phase of the project envisions the expansion of the existing building into a full Celtic Cultural Center; grants and other fundraising avenues are being explored to make this dream a reality.

The center would become a place of vibrant cultural and community activity, holding events such as Robert Burns Suppers, Scotch-tastings, concerts with a stage and vaulted ceilings for clear acoustics, musical workshops and sessions, lectures and performances for up to 150 people on Scottish, Irish and Celtic culture and heritage from travelling artists and academics and many more member events.

Check for updates on the remodel of the current building or with any luck the announcement of further funding to expand the building into a vibrant Celtic Cultural Center on www.celticarts.org!

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celtic culture tent schedule Saturday July 13:

Fiddles & Whistles & Harps, Oh My! Music at the Games

The Skagit Valley Highland Games is pleased to feature the Troy MacGillivray Trio as its headline musical entertainer. This dynamic group from Nova Scotia includes Troy MacGillivray of Lanark, Nova 10am - So You Think You Know Braveheart From the Movie Scotia on fiddle, Joel Chiasson from Cheticamp, Cape Breton Island with Brian McGuiness on piano and step dancing and J.J. Chaisson from Prince Edward Island on guitar and fiddle. Much of the performance will feature tra11am - Finding Your Celtic Roots with Christine Cooper and the ditional Celtic music but will include some contemporary tunes and Skagit Valley Genealogical Society new material from a recently recorded album. Whether the music is 1pm - Bagpipes & How They Work new or old, you are encouraged to get up and dance! with Skye Richendrfer and Friends Troy MacGillivray is a world-class fiddle and piano player born into a musical Scottish family. His grandfather was Canadian fiddling 2pm - Singing Strings of the Celtic Harp with Becky Fox pioneer Hugh A. MacDonald, a member of the Nova Scotia Country Hall of Fame. He was immersed in Celtic folk culture growing up 3pm - Living Celtic Art with Julie Thompson and began Highland step-dancing at the age of six. Troy was drawn to the music and was soon playing the fiddle, piano, viola and bass; 4pm - Open Tent teaching piano at the age of 13. He completed grade seven of the with Cultural Displays Toronto Conservatory of Music for classical piano, spent four years in a string orchestra and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with a maSunday July 14: jor in music from St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova 9am - Open Tent Scotia. Troy has won several music awards including the ECMA’s Inwith Cultural Displays strumental Recording of the Year and the ECMA’s and Music Nova 10am - Bagpipes & How They Work with Skye Richendrfer and John Brock Scotia’s award for Roots/Traditional Group Recording of the Year. In September 2012, Troy was honored to receive the Queen Elizabeth II 11am - Finding Your Celtic Roots Diamond Jubilee medal. Troy travels the world performing and conwith Christine Cooper and the Skagit Valley Genealogical Society ducting workshops.

9am - Open Tent with Cultural Displays

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Fiddle Tent Get a taste for the joy and friendly spirit of the local fiddling community in the Fiddle Tent. Many local artists will be performing and this year’s tent will include a “Musical Petting Zoo” for everyone to enjoy. Come and try the instruments for yourself with five minute lessons on bagpipe chanters, Celtic whistles, fiddles and the bodhran (Irish drum).

Unique opportunity for local fiddlers: World-class fiddler Troy MacGillivray will be critiquing five minute solo fiddle performances (with one accompaniment) in the Fiddle Tent. There are only ten spots! Register online at celticarts.org or if there is still space available register same day in the tent.

Harp Tent

fiddle tent schedule

Experience the welcoming Saturday, July 13: spirit of the Pacific Northwest’s 9:30-10:30 - Instrument Petting Zoo harping community in the Harp Tent. Enjoy performances 10:30-12:00 - Solo fiddle critique from many local Celtic harpers, a Sunday workshop called 1:00-2:00 - Instrument Petting Zoo Gaelic Music 101 which will provide a general overview 2:00-4:00 - Celtic Music Session of the songs and tunes found

in the Gaelic world such as waulking, puirt-a-beul, oran Sunday, July 14: mór, strathspeys, reels and jigs.

9:00-10:00 - Beginning Fiddle Workshop with Ward Beebe Don’t miss two of the harpers, Becky Fox and Harper Tasche, 10:00-11:00 - Troy MacGillivray & JJ Chaisson Workshops presenting the history of the harp in the Culture Tent. There 11:00-12:30 - Scottish Smallpipe Events (Solo and Duet) will also be a session called “Try the Harp” where you can 1:00-2:00 - Elliott Bay Smallpipe Ensemble sit and try the harps for yourself. There will be many differ2:00-3:00 - Irish Music Session ent harps available including nylon-strung, wire-strung and 3:00-4:00 - Open Celtic Music Session even a Bray harp.

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Chieftain of the Games, Ken Osborn Traditionally, Highland Games were held within each clan to establish the strongest and most valiant clansmen. As head of the clan, the Chieftain held a position of honor at the gathering so to honor the custom, the Skagit Valley Highland Games invites a community leader to act as honorary chieftain over the games.

This year the Celtic Arts Foundation is pleased to announce Ken Osborn as the Chieftain of the Games.

Ken Osborn is the manager of Grandy Lake Forest Associates, a

sustainable forest products company located on forest property in Skagit County. Ken believes in the importance of supporting community events, helping to sponsor the Demming Log Show and the Sedro Woolley Loggerodeo among other events.

The company has been a key sponsor of the Skagit Valley Highland Games since the start in 1995 and has also supplied the “cabers” for the Caber Toss Heavy event for the last several years. Ken loves going out to the property with Games coordinator Skye

Richendrfer to pick out and cut down the cabers for the caber toss. After delivering the logs to Edgewater Park the two sit down for a pint of beer.

Ken is honored and flattered to be Chieftain of the Games. Having lived in Mount Vernon since 1987, Ken says that the Scottish Highland Games are “… a tremendous asset to the Skagit Valley community.” Ken enjoys going to the Highland Games and has been attending with friends and family since 1995. His favorite events are the sheepdog trials and the caber toss.

2013 highland games clans Clan Bailey Mukilteo, WA

Clan MacKenzie Society Bellingham, WA

Clan Sinclair Olympia, WA

Clan Buchanan Lacey, WA

Clan MacLachlan Kent, WA

Clan Sutherland Everett, WA

Clan Chisholm Tacoma, WA

Clan MacLaren Seattle, WA

Clans of Ireland Clear Lake, WA

Clan Craig of America Seattle, WA

Clan MacLean Association Beaverton, OR

Clan Donald USA Renton, WA

Clan MacLeod Society USA Brier, WA

Daughters of the British Empire in WA State Stanwood, WA

Clan Fergusson Salem, OR

Clan MacNachtan Association Worldwiden Yacolt, WA

Clan Gregor Tacoma, WA Clan Gunn Bellingham, WA Clan Johnston/e in America Renton, WA Clan Leslie Society International Issaquah, WA Clan MacIntyre Society La Conner, WA 20

Clan MacQuarrie Society Kent, WA Clan Morrison Society Portland, OR Clan Muir and Clan Lamont Seattle, WA Clan Munro Mount Vernon, WA

Innes Clan Society Concrete, WA Muirhead Clan Society Poulsbo, WA National Tartan Day Society of Washington Tacoma, WA Northwest Junior Pipe Band Shoreline, WA Scottish American Military Society Kent, WA

Clan Ross Snohomish, WA

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President of the Celtic Arts Foundation, Tyrone Heade Tyrone Heade has been president of the Celtic Arts Foundation (CAF) since January 2013 and has served on the board since 2008 as its only bagpiper. He talks about the other members’ impressive backgrounds but before becoming a full-time piper and CAF president, Tyrone earned a Bachelors of Science in Speech Communication with a minor in Engineering Physics from Oregon State University and specialized in niche marketing strategies for law, architecture and graphic design firms in his career. Tyrone says he “…feels fortunate to work with Skye Richendrfer…The CAF is unique in the world, the closest organization to it is the National Piping Center in Glasgow.”

For the last twenty years, Tyrone has followed his heart as a full-time Highland piper and instructor while serving as Cathedral Piper in Residence for St. James and St. Mark’s Cathedrals. He is also the founding piper of Seattle’s Elliott Bay Pipe Band and their Pipe-Major since 2003. Tyrone was one of three founding members of the Mas-

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tery of Scottish Arts School in 1995. The school is a two week master class taught by eight of the world’s top pipers and five of the world’s top drummers from Canada and the United Kingdom. Classes started in 1996 and Tyrone attends as a student.

It was started as a one week school with instruction on Highland piping and drumming but was expanded to two weeks in 2009 with the addition of small piping and fiddling instruction in the first week.

Tyrone plays his granddad’s Lawrie’s, a pipe brought with the family when they immigrated to America’s Louth county in 1923. The pipe is from the early 1900s or just before; his granddad played the Irish war pipes as they were called in Ireland in 1910. Tyrone was given the instrument when he was nine; about five years after his granddad passed away. He notes that many children of Celtic descent learn to play the pipes in their youth.

Tyrone has composed and published five tunes in Bruce Gandy’s fourth volume of Contemporary and Traditional Music for

the Highland Bagpipe, 2005. As a soloist, Tyrone has received regional awards in Highland Bagpipe competition in both Light Music and Piobaireachd, and won the World Solo Amateur Championship, Piobaireachd, 2009 in Glasgow, Scotland.

“This is a wonderful family event, come enjoy the small and big pipe performances and so much more all weekend!”

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2013 volunteers Howard Anderson Electrical Ward Beebe Fiddle/Session Charles Boyd

Parking

Jerry Bromberger First Aid Mary Bromberger

Beer Garden

Anna Bromberger

Vendor Coordinator

Mairi Campbell Clans/Gates Rob Campbell Clans/Special Ops Tara Coder Farm Brandy Driscoll Music/Session Kelly Dodd

Vendor Coordinator

Susan Easthouse Harp/Session Jan Gould Finance Amra Graham Hospitality Sue Gregg Athletics Bob Ham Athletics Jill Hilde Finance Micah Kelley

Whisky Tent

Michael King Gate Super./Special Ops Jack Herring Country Dance/Spec. Ops TJ Lerrick Gate Supervisor Brian McGuiness Culture Tent/Special Ops Marilyn McLean Finance Pam McNaughton CAF Booth/Command Aaron Malcomb Music/Session Cate Melcher Children’s Events Jim Monroe Special Ops Michele Norman CAF Heather Richendrfer Highland Dancing Skye Richendrfer Other Sally Richendrfer

Parking

Tina Tate Gate Supervisor/Command Susan Trenary Horses Sally Verrinder Harp/Session 22

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2013 vendors Bay City Ice Cream Bellingham, WA Food

Back to Bali Seattle, WA Merchandise/Vending

Celtic Coffee Shop and Deli Mukilteo, WA Food

Bagpipediscs.com Sammamish, WA Merchandise/Vending

European Style Food Inc Bothell, WA Food

C & T Global Enterprises Flagstaff, AZ Merchandise/Vending

Excellent Kettle Corn Bellingham, WA Food

Celtic Jackalope Glendora, CA Merchandise/Vending

Fair Food & Bakery Snohomish, WA Food

Celtic Moonlighting Port Angeles, WA Merchandise/Vending

Land & Sea Specialty Meats Seattle, WA Food

Chelle Beautiful Face Painting Bellingham, WA Merchandise/Vending

Linda’s Concessions Burlington, WA Food

D & D Chain Maille Creations Tacoma, WA Merchandise/Vending

Reverie BBQ Mount Vernon, WA Food

Elfen Design Henna Tattooing Ferndale, WA Merchandise/Vending

Rollin Snack Bar Concessions Mount Vernon, WA Food

Elfstone Celtic Jeweler Snohomish, WA Merchandise/Vending

Sunblest Foods Arroyo Grande, CA Food

History of Names Rogue River, OR Merchandise/Vending

You Found Us! Concessions Everson, WA Food

Lyon Craft

Corvallis, OR Merchandise/Vending

Zieglers Bratwurst Haus Mill Creek, WA Food

Natural Way Chiropractic Mount Vernon, WA Merchandise/Vending

Elliott Bay Pipe Band Seattle, WA Non-Profit

Norm’s Northwest Distribution Oak Harbor, WA Merchandise/Vending

Skagit Valley Weaver’s Guild Anacortes, WA Non-Profit

Runecraft Creations Federal Way, WA Merchandise/Vending

Unicornphobia Everett, WA Non-Profit

Scottish Sword & Shield Federal Way, WA Merchandise/Vending

Whidbey Island Highland Games Freeland, WA Non-Profit

SteelCraft/Legends of Camelot Bothell, WA Merchandise/Vending

Age of Chivalry Mariposa, CA Merchandise/Vending

Wandering Angus Celtic Traders Port Townsend, WA Merchandise/Vending Wolf Den Leather San Diego, CA Merchandise/Vending

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THANK YOU TO THE 2013 SKAGIT VALLEY HIGHLAND GAMES SPONSORS! BUSINESS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FOR IN-KIND SUPPORT: Blade Chevrolet Cascade Mall Cenex Skagit Farmers Supply Childrens’ Museum of Skagit County Fisher & Sons Holland Healthcare Services, Inc. Karl’s Paints Mount Vernon Auto Repair & Towing Alaskan Amber Brewing Company Northewest Handspun Yarns Robert W. Guild, The Kilted Advisor at Robinswood Financial Skagit Farm Center Skagit Gardens Snow Goose Bookstore The Tattered Page Bookstore

CORPORATE SPONSORS: $2000+

INDIVIDUAL MAJOR DONORS: $60,000+ Edmund Wattis & Laura Littlefield, Jr.

Sage Foundation

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$1000-$4999

SKAGIT PUBLISHING

Mr. & Mrs. John & Janet Brock Ms. Ruth Marie Flucke & Mr. Rod MacKenzie Mr. & Mrs. Chuck & Jan Gould Mr. Dan Hudson Capt. Brian McGuiness USNR (Ret.) Judge John M. & Mrs. Susan Meyer Ms. Michele Norman Mr. & Mrs. Skye & Sally Richendrfer Ms. Joan Penney & Mr. David Ryberg

$500-$999 Mr. & Mrs. Bill Babb Mr. & Mrs. Bobby & Susan Salsitz Mr. & Mrs. Craig & Elizabeth Sjostrom Mr. Stedem Wood Dr. & Mrs. James and Janie Monroe

$200-$499 Mr. & Mrs. Eric Alexander Mr. & Mrs. Brian & Anna Bayley Mr. & Mrs. Jerry & Mary Bromberger Mr. & Mrs. Alec & Cheryl Buchan Dr. & Mrs. Stuart & Maureen Childs Ms. Susan Easthouse Dr. James Ford Mr. John Grant Mr. & Mrs. Pat and Jim Grenfell Robert W. Guild, The Kilted Advisor at Robinswood Financial Mr. & Mrs. Tyrone & Rachel Heade Dr. Jason & Mrs. Jill Hilde Mr. & Mrs. Alec & Sandy McDougall Ms. Marilyn McLean Mr. Eric Rabinowitz

HIGHLAND GAMES EVENT SPONSORS: $1000+

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