The Celtic (pronounced Keltic) Heritage Program at the Games begins on both Saturday and Sunday at 10:00 A.M. This Program includes entertainment and a chance to join in the numerous events including the Scottish Country Dancing.
As it has for the past 16 years, dancing, singing, harping and fiddling continue on the Celtic Heritage Area stages, located behind the main Grandstand, and conclude at approximately 4:30 P.M., when the closing ceremonies begin.
Scottish Country Dancing Performances
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On Saturday, Ron Wallace will play for and has arranged a program of dances; The Red Thistle Dancers of Mountain View, and the Cairngorm Dancers of Menlo Park will also perform on Saturday;
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On Sunday, Lori Howard, and the New World Dancers will perform a program of dances; The Celtic Spirit lead by Jimmy Lomath will also perform on Sunday;
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On both days, after watching a demonstration, the AUDIENCE will be asked to join in the dancing - instruction supplied;
18th. Annual Scottish Country Dancing Adjudication
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On both days, twenty groups will perform three dances before judges; This year Marian Stroh from Reno, Nevada, and Marghie Goff from Mill Valley will be the judges;
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The groups come from the Bay Area, and the Sacramento Area; The three levels of groups are (Y) Youth, (S) Social, and (P) Performance
Other Dancing Performances
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On Saturday, The Swords or Gridlock, a Berkeley based Northumberland Rapper group, will perform a program of dances
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On Saturday, The Sacramento Valley Cape Breton Step Dancers, will perform a program of dances;
The Fiddle
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brings a soft reminiscence of gentle times in Scotland across the ages and some fifty representatives of several local groups which play throughout the Bay Area will be joined by fiddlers from throughout the U.S. and Scotland.
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Alasdair Fraser leads the 50 or more fiddlers playing in concert 3 times on the Sunday of the Games.
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There is no fiddling on the Saturday as that is the last day of a long-standing camp in the Valley of the Moon Fiddling School in the Santa Cruz mountains in the week before the Games.
The Harp
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Become acquainted with the quiet sounds of the Highlands and Islands, the western waves lapping pebbled shores, the smell of peat fires in the homes, through the magic music of the Celtic harp.
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Meet Verlene Schermer and the other members of the Harpers Hall who will happily answer all your questions about this traditional instrument and how you can become learn to play it.
Singing
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Provides a delightful change of pace from the dancing.
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We welcome back John Kelly, who sings Celtic ballads to his own accompaniment on the guitar. John is Welsh and has performed extensively throughout the British Isles and Europe.
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Also returning to the Celtic Heritage stage is Kirsty Fitch who sings Gaelic songs, including Puirt-a-Beul (Gaelic mouth music). She dresses in the style of the Highlands and Islands crofter women of a century ago.
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