Pic: Tucson Celtic Festival

Celebrate the history and culture of Scotland, Ireland and Wales just as it’s been done for centuries… with lots of great music, dancing, food, athletic events and way too much fun! Enjoy great Entertainers all day long, massed Bagpipe Bands, great Food, unique Celtic Merchants, Scottish Clans, Heritage & Cultural Booths, Historic Re-enactments, Highland Athletics & more. Stop by the Dance Stage for Irish & Scottish dance performances. You can even join in for a workshop! Cheer on your favorites in the Celtic Music, Highland Dance and Solo Bagpipe Competitions! There are games, crafts, jumping castles, storytelling, a petting zoo and even a Junior Highland Games Athletics for the kids! New to the Festival this year is the life-sized Board Game, Quest of the Castle Keep, in the Urchins’ Corner. Did we mention Sheepherding demonstrations?

So says the website of the 2008 Tucson Celtic Festival which starts tonight and lasts all weekend. I’m definitely up for the Urchins’ Corner Continue Reading »

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The BBC reports that people from around the world are aiming to unlock the secrets of their ancestors during a trip to Tayside. Visitors from places including the US, Australia, Canada and the UK are involved in the first Angus and Dundee Roots Festival.

They will attend workshops on local surnames and tracing family histories and will visit graveyards and historic tourist attractions over the next week.

Organisers are aiming to cash in on the growing ancestral tourism market.

It is estimated that there are about 2.5 million people with Dundee and Angus ancestry across the world.

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