Comments on: Stone Mountain Highland Games http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2004/10/19/stone-mountain-highland-games Random musings of a Southern geek Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:59:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-beta3-9841 hourly 1 By: Hardest Game http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2004/10/19/stone-mountain-highland-games/comment-page-1#comment-165084 Hardest Game Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:28:01 +0000 http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2004/10/19/stone-mountain-highland-games#comment-165084 Sound like a lot of fun :) I would really like to go one day, hopefully in the not to distant future. Enjoying your site, thanks. :D Sound like a lot of fun :)
I would really like to go one day, hopefully in the not to distant future.
Enjoying your site, thanks.
:D

]]> By: Trish Krog http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2004/10/19/stone-mountain-highland-games/comment-page-1#comment-122099 Trish Krog Sat, 30 Sep 2006 16:25:59 +0000 http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2004/10/19/stone-mountain-highland-games#comment-122099 As vendors, Krog Creations, hand-engraved stone and glass engraving, we see an entirely different aspect of the games. Stone Mtn. is one of the most vendor friendly games on the East Coast and in the Midwest. (St. Louis shines at this also). The patrons of the games are almost always cheerful. There is plenty of room for vendors and for patrons to enjoy themselves. Perhaps you got the impression that it wasn't as large as it is because the games are spread out over a wide (sometimes wooded) area. Did you get a chance to see the Scottish country dancing and the Highland Dance competitions. Unfortunately they seem to be very well hidden. Just from our experience, we have found that most people who are already clan members do not sign in at the clan tents. Perhaps this was the case at Stone Mt. There always seem to be a lot of Campbells roaming around at the games we attend. We are members of Clan Keith, by the way. We have been only to the Northern Alabama Highland Games (twice) as vendors and they were so poorly attended that we decided it not worth our while to set up as vendors there again. This even though they are one of the closest highland games to our hometown of Memphis, Tn. Perhaps the (regular) Alabama Highland Games might prove more profitable for us, but we do not know this and Birmingham is a long way to travel (with the high weight load we carry) to take the risk. What do you think? As patrons, we visted Grandfather Mt. Highland Games once and it was huge, but the crowdedness, expense and the grumpiness of the people that these conditions involked made us want never to return again. St. Louis Highland Games is a very fun one to visit. It is not "huge" but friendly. Trish Krog, Krog Creations As vendors, Krog Creations, hand-engraved stone and glass engraving, we see an entirely different aspect of the games. Stone Mtn. is one of the most vendor friendly games on the East Coast and in the Midwest. (St. Louis shines at this also). The patrons of the games are almost always cheerful. There is plenty of room for vendors and for patrons to enjoy themselves. Perhaps you got the impression that it wasn’t as large as it is because the games are spread out over a wide (sometimes wooded) area. Did you get a chance to see the Scottish country dancing and the Highland Dance competitions. Unfortunately they seem to be very well hidden. Just from our experience, we have found that most people who are already clan members do not sign in at the clan tents. Perhaps this was the case at Stone Mt. There always seem to be a lot of Campbells roaming around at the games we attend. We are members of Clan Keith, by the way. We have been only to the Northern Alabama Highland Games (twice) as vendors and they were so poorly attended that we decided it not worth our while to set up as vendors there again. This even though they are one of the closest highland games to our hometown of Memphis, Tn. Perhaps the (regular) Alabama Highland Games might prove more profitable for us, but we do not know this and Birmingham is a long way to travel (with the high weight load we carry) to take the risk. What do you think?
As patrons, we visted Grandfather Mt. Highland Games once and it was huge, but the crowdedness, expense and the grumpiness of the people that these conditions involked made us want never to return again.
St. Louis Highland Games is a very fun one to visit. It is not “huge” but friendly.
Trish Krog, Krog Creations

]]> By: Cool http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2004/10/19/stone-mountain-highland-games/comment-page-1#comment-105706 Cool Wed, 30 Aug 2006 12:55:24 +0000 http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2004/10/19/stone-mountain-highland-games#comment-105706 Very nice photo. I'm glad. <a href="http://clif.ru" title="Costume of Crusaders" rel="nofollow"> Very nice photo.
I’m glad.

]]> By: Jen Bawden http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2004/10/19/stone-mountain-highland-games/comment-page-1#comment-7406 Jen Bawden Fri, 25 Feb 2005 23:04:35 +0000 http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2004/10/19/stone-mountain-highland-games#comment-7406 Dougal, we were there as well for the 2004 Highland Games. Stopped by Clan Campbell's tent as well. We're headed to the Gatlinburg Highland Games in May. Enjoyed your site. Have a good one! Dougal, we were there as well for the 2004 Highland Games. Stopped by Clan Campbell’s tent as well. We’re headed to the Gatlinburg Highland Games in May. Enjoyed your site. Have a good one!

]]> By: Dougal Campbell http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2004/10/19/stone-mountain-highland-games/comment-page-1#comment-4738 Dougal Campbell Mon, 13 Dec 2004 15:00:56 +0000 http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2004/10/19/stone-mountain-highland-games#comment-4738 No, the "Campbell of Argyll" tartan is not an "official" Campbell tartan. It was worn by one particular Duke. Black Watch is the official tartan for all Campbells who are not specifically of the Breadalbane, Cawdor, or Loudoun branches. No other tartans claiming to be Campbell are correct. c.f., <a href="http://ccsna.org/jsep50a.htm">The Duke's official word on the subject</a> I did a bit of research on that before I spent the time to create my own pixel-for-stitch replica of the <a href="http://castlecampbell.com/files.html">Black Watch tartan in Photoshop</a>. No, the “Campbell of Argyll” tartan is not an “official” Campbell tartan. It was worn by one particular Duke. Black Watch is the official tartan for all Campbells who are not specifically of the Breadalbane, Cawdor, or Loudoun branches. No other tartans claiming to be Campbell are correct.

c.f., The Duke’s official word on the subject

I did a bit of research on that before I spent the time to create my own pixel-for-stitch replica of the Black Watch tartan in Photoshop.

]]> By: Andrew Johnston http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2004/10/19/stone-mountain-highland-games/comment-page-1#comment-4737 Andrew Johnston Mon, 13 Dec 2004 14:17:46 +0000 http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2004/10/19/stone-mountain-highland-games#comment-4737 Black Watch is not a Campbell tartan. It was designed for use by the "Black Watch", and a version of it has been worn by the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. Campbell of Argyll is the nearest to Black Watch, and has yellow and white stripes. Black Watch is not a Campbell tartan. It was designed for use by the “Black Watch”, and a version of it has been worn by the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders.

Campbell of Argyll is the nearest to Black Watch, and has yellow and white stripes.

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