Eagle Times Staff
Scottish music and culture will be on display Saturday during the annual Quechee Scottish Games and Festival.
Starting at 9 a.m, activities will continue until 5 p.m. at the Quechee Polo Field at 45 Deweys Mill Road in Hartford, Vt.
Solo piping and highland dancing events will begin at 9 a.m. with pipe band competitions at 1:30 p.m. Bands will include the New Hampshire Pipes and Drums, St. Andrews Pipe Band of Vermont and Catamount Pipe Band.
At noon, a parade will feature more than 35 clans and Scottish societies.
Featured musical performers at the Quechee Scottish Games And Festival will be the Lissa Schneckenburger Trio and Celtic folk band Rebel Collective. Schneckenburger, who began playing at the age of six, is a leading musician and teacher from Brattleboro, Vt. The Rebel Collective performs a wide variety of Scottish and Irish songs.
Featured at this Quechee Scottish Games and Festival will be the traditional competitions in caber toss, stone put and hammer throw. Once essential to the training of warriors this is now the hallmark of the games.
There will also be sheep herding demonstrations with Liz Shaw and her Scottish Border Collies Poe and Cap of Morse Brook Farm of Westminster, Vt.
Vendors will offer a wide range of goods from Scotland and other Celtic nations. Food and beer trucks will also be on hand throughout the day.
Bring your own. Handicapped parking and shuttle by golf cart to Quechee Polo Field will be available.
Tickets can be purchased online www.quecheegames.org.
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