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The Grandfather Mountain Highland Games is a Highland games event that has been held annually since 1956 at Grandfather Mountain, North Carolina.Celebrating the history and culture of Scots in North Carolina, it is among the first and largest modern Highland games established in the United States.
Alexander William MacLeod Beaton (July 15, 1944 – May 27, 2022) was a Scottish folk singer and guitarist.He performed across the United States and in Canada, hosted tours to Scotland, [3] [4] and established folk singers as a regular feature at highland games in the United States, beginning with the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games in North Carolina.
Scottish Games in North Carolina may refer to: Grandfather Mountain Highland Games; Scotland County Highland Games (North Carolina) This page was last edited on 22 ...
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Grandfather Mountain Highland Games; K. Kentucky Scottish Weekend; M. Mid-Maryland Celtic Festival; S. Scotland County Highland Games (North Carolina)
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The Highland Games celebrate the Scottish ancestry of many of the pioneers who settled around the mountain and feature traditional Scottish games and music. The Grandfather Mountain games have been called "the best" such event in the United States because of the spectacular highland setting (reminiscent of Scotland) and the great percentage of ...
Highland games (Scottish Gaelic: geamannan Gàidhealach) is a competitive strength sport with events held in spring and summer in Scotland and several other countries with a large Scottish diaspora as a way of celebrating Scottish and Celtic culture, especially that of the Scottish Highlands.