A First Time for Everything! By: Jenna Louise Richelle Mcfarland

August 2018 Volume 9, Issue 8

A First Time For Everything! By: Jenna Louise Richelle McFarland

Greetings friends and distant family! My family and I were mentioned in the May newsletter, after we agreed to take over hosting the highland games in Michigan. Now having hosted our first game, I would like to share with you how we prepared, What our first experience was like, and what we hope to do to continue to improve our hosting capabilities.

Speaking with Marie Robb and Barb Duff at the Alma games gave us a good starting point for what we were going to have to buy and what responsibilities we were taking on with hosting. A quick internet search can give you a pretty good list of the major highland games in your state if you are starting fresh or wish to expand where you host. When it is closer to the event, the games website usually has a registration form for clan tents. If you are interested in the clan tent contests, (which I have heard we have only won once) judging seems to vary per festival so you should speak with the coordinator to see what criteria they look for. After getting a list together and searching the internet for ideas, I've come up with a good basic list to start hosting a tent. Hosting is a process that will take several years of trying things out before you will be happy with what you believe is necessary to bring. The approximate cost is around 300-500$. It will vary de- pending on what you already own and what you think is important to in- vest in. We didn't have garb so that was an additional cost for us as well.

Now what is it like to host a tent with a toddler? In a word, hectic. Our son woke just as we were starting to get him in the car at 5am. He was awake the whole ride to Livonia. Once at the games he preceded to run amok by running towards cars, and attempting to pull our cart of supplies away from us. Once we found our tent and began setting up, He contin- ued to “help us” by running off with various PVC pieces and attempting to take things off the tables we had just set. Right before we opened to the public, the coordinator came by each tent and introduced themselves and welcomed us to the games. Once open, people began filtering through ei- ther, stopping at tents they knew or wandering around. It's good at this point to have any food you brought for guests available and known to them. Our tent neighbor had bananas and popsicles. We had shortbread

© Clan MacFarlane Worldwide, Inc., 2018 Volume 9, Issue 8 1 and coconut jam tarts. I saw other clans with homemade lemonade. It was going to be very hot so it was good to think of hydration. Throughout the day we had to rear- range our set up to try and keep our sitting area out of the sun and by 11 our son passed out in his wagon. This drew quite a few guests to our tent to see a cute sleeping baby. The Parade took place around noon and was typical organized chaos. As we came back from the parade we noticed the wind had broken loose some of the fittings holding our banner up so we had to pull it down to reset it. Keeping in mind that our little helper had had enough rest to want to assist us in this endeavor by continuously making a run for the cows up the lane. We were pleasantly surprised to find out that the larger clans host a lunch for the other tent hosts. Not knowing this ahead of time — and not wishing to spend a fortune keeping ourselves fed on festival food — we packed snacks and sandwiches to keep us fed all day. If you have picky eaters or diet restrictions I would say it's a good idea to pack food. Coming to the end of the day everyone is tired and sweaty and that is when the tear down starts. I would say that it went much like setting up, with our son running away with our cart and trying his hardest to get hit by cars as he cackled maniacally. On our way home we started making of list and going over things we would like to do differently having our experience fresh in our minds to help us plan better for next year.

Things that I hope to do to improve our tent for the future SUPPLIES include: more MacFarlane themed decor including banners, flags, and historical artifacts. I would also like to become Totes (to carry supplies) more informed on our history so we can share more confi- Tent (sometimes provided or rentable) dently with our visitors. By next year I also plan on having 8 ft banner (provided by society) 2 tables (sometimes rentable) things to sell, and would like to start a children's story time 2 chairs (sometimes rentable) with Scottish folklore and faerie tales. It can seem grueling Wagon (carry supplies or kids) to host a tent especially with the long days, and unpredicta- Table cloths ble often uncomfortable weather. I find it is important to Picture frames (for your map of Scotland,list find hobbies that can connect to the tent. I love baking, so it of septs,certificate of membership) Parade banner makes hosting more fun for me to bake treats for visitors. I PVC banner support would also like to add that we had to fit all of our supplies Flags (scottish and home country flag) plus a baby in our Honda Fit. So the ability to compact Books (History of Clan MacFarlane, My Tar- things was necessary. We are hoping by next year to have a tan and Me, Scots Kith and Kin) Stamp and larger vehicle which will help with my desire to expand our stamp pad Sign In book displays. Wandering through other clan tents while you are Printouts for society (Information for join- at games is a good way to get ideas and find out where they ing the society. Information about the ar- purchase display items. In this process I was informed cheology work done) about different things clans will purchase for tent hosts and Bungee cords I now have a running list of things I would like to purchase Case of water for next year. (Clan MacFarlane purchased the 8 foot banner and you can get refunded for the cost of We had a lot of fun hosting our tent even with all the hosting, which can cost around 50$ without little things that went wrong throughout the day. There renting extras. ) were many things we learned after hosting that I don't think © Clan MacFarlane Worldwide, Inc., 2018 Volume 9, Issue 8 2

we could have prepared for without having experienced it first. Without a clan banner for the parade it was difficult to discern us from other clans. After having to move our things around all day definitely buy something to enclose part of your tent sides to keep sun out. Pack some hand tools like channel locks, multi-tool and razor blade knife to help with set up. Most tents are 10ft wide so, make your banner display Websites For Purchases: wider. I made ours just over 8ft so we had one leg of the support cutting off the entrance to the tent. Also with the banner Designasign.us support, if it is going to be windy try and bungee the top of the Kinkos.com Amazon.com banner to the tent to keep the wind from breaking your con- Scotclans.com nections. Lastly we definitely failed our judging for the tent thetartanlady.com contest. We were caught off guard and were unable to answer Scottishtradingcompany.com the judges’ questions very well. We additionally weren't aware Stcroixweaving.com of the judging criteria. So besides not doing well on the ques- Sportkilt.com tions, I'm not sure what else was not up to snuff. I hope this has been informative, we are certainly looking forward to continuing our hosting experience which should get easier as we become more efficient and our son gets older.

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The Stories of Our MacFarlane Tartans (Part I) By: David Pope

The tendency to romanticize our Scottish heritage is not a new one. One particular facet of Highland culture that has been prone to myths is the subject of clan tartans. This article will address some basic information about the tartans associated with Clan MacFarlane. There are three main tartans associated with Clan MacFarlane: MacFarlane, Hunting MacFarlane, and MacFarlane Black and White.

The oldest of the MacFarlane tartans is predomi- nately red, with blue, green, white, and black overstripes. This is the oldest of the three tartans. It can be dated to 1819, as it is contained within the Key Pattern Book used by the William Wilson and Sons weaving firm in Bannockburn.1 Wilson and Sons was a company which wove tartan in mass quantities. One staple of their business was the weaving of tartan for Highland MacFarlane Tartan army regiments. Noted tartan expert, Peter Mac- Donald opines that this tartan cannot be dated much before c. 1780 and shares similarities with Wilsons’ MacKintosh pattern.2

1MacDonald, Peter Eslea, The 1819 Key Pattern Book, 2012. pp. 2-4.

© Clan MacFarlane Worldwide, Inc., 2018 Volume 9, Issue 8 3 MIRAMICHI SCOTTISH FESTIVAL by Andrea MacFarlane-Grieve Earlier this summer (July), I attended the Scottish Festival in Uxbridge, Ontario (Canada) with Barb Duff and her husband. While we were together, we started dis- cussing how great it would be if the Clan MacFarlane Worldwide organization could expand its presence in the province of New Brunswick (Canada), as there is a rich heritage of Scottish history there. Because my MacFarlane family was from the Miramichi area of New Brunswick, I offered to see if I could set up a booth at their Highland Fes- tival this year.

Two days later, I got in contact with the secretary of the Highland Society of New Brunswick at Miramichi. She indicated that they would be more than happy to have us attend. A spur-of-the-moment decision was made and on August 12th, my husband Rob Grieve and I headed out from Ontario to New Brunswick for a whirlwind tour of the province. On Friday August 17th, we arrived in the Miramichi area and went directly to the Roast Beef and Haggis dinner sponsored by the Highland Society of New Brunswick at Mira- michi. The Highland Society of New Brunswick at Miramichi is a volunteer, not-for- profit, charitable organization. Their purpose is to celebrate Scottish culture and provide an opportunity for education and growth of this culture; the society has been in existence since 1846. We were WARMLY welcomed. It was a semi-formal occasion, with many of the men and women wearing the tartans of their Clan. The Haggis was piped in and the ode proclaimed. About 200 people were in attendance. During the course of the evening, presentations were made to two of their prominent members for their contributions to maintaining heritage sites in the Miramichi area. As well, a student scholarship recipient, as funded by the society, was also acknowledged. The evening ended with a fantastic performance by the Lumber Jills.

With new friends at the dinner. I am in the middle between the two ladies; Rob is at the right.

On Saturday, August 18th, Rob and I took a drive out to Wilsons Point at the Enclosure. Many of the ear- liest Scottish settlers lived, attended church, and were buried in this area.

We also visited Middle Island, which was a quarantine station for (sick) immigrants (mostly from Ireland) during the turn of century. My great-grandfather, Thomas MacFarlane, was a caretaker at this island for 25 years.

On Sunday August 19th, festivities shifted to St. Andrews United Church in the Chatham area of Mira- michi, where a celebratory Scottish service was held. It was followed by the laying of a wreath at the Scottish Memorial at Elm Park. After this event, I met up with some of my father’s cousins for a pleasant reunion.

© Clan MacFarlane Worldwide, Inc., 2018 Volume 9, Issue 8 5 In the afternoon, activities shifted to the MacDonald Farm, which is a local Provincial heritage site at Bartibog Bridge. Alexander MacDonald was an original settler of the Miramichi area, built his home and took up residence at the MacDonald Farm about 1798. I had always known that my gggg- grandfather, George McFarling, had been a soldier in the British Continental Army, and had been given land by the government in the area of the farm about 1785, however, I never knew where the property was located. Interestingly enough, one of the visitors to our booth gave me a land map of that era, and I was able to pinpoint the actual location of the property which had been granted to George’s sons Alexander (my ggg grandfather) and his brothers William and John around the 1800s. The properties were just north of the MacDonald farm. That was a great find for me!

Find Bartibog Bridge on the map, then look north of the MacDonald property on the Bartibog River to find the three McFarlane properties

At the farm festivities, there were performances of the Moncton Pipes and Drums, as well as Miramichi fiddlers and Scottish dancers. It was a very entertaining afternoon and the weather was beautiful. I did have many visitors to the Clan MacFarlane booth that afternoon, but unfortunately, few of them were actual MacFarlanes/septs (despite having been told that many MacFarlanes still live in the area). The treasurer of the society indicated that if the Clan MacFarlane Worldwide does decide to come back to their festival next year, they will give our organization more publicity and hopefully at- tract more MacFarlanes to our booth.

With Bill Donald, treasurer of the Highland Society of NB at Miramichi.

All in all, it was a wonderful weekend, organized by some amazing people, and I hope our organization will attend/support the event in 2019.

-Andrea

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© Clan MacFarlane Worldwide, Inc., 2018 Volume 9, Issue 8 11 3 August 25 August Glengarry Highland Games Queechee Games Hosts: John and Barb Duff Hosts: David McGaw Location: Maxville, Ontario, Canada Location: Quechee Polo Field, https://glengarryhighlandgames.com 45 Deweys Mills Rd., Hartford, VT http://quecheegames.com 4 August St. Andrews Highland Games 1 September - 2 September Hosts: Andrew and Jenna McFarland The Virginia Scottish Games Location: Historic Greenmeade Park Host: Charly MacFarland Livonia, Michigan Location: 5089 Old Tavern Rd http://www.highlandgames.com The Plains, VA http://www.vascottishgames.org/ 4 August - 5 August Monterey Scottish Games and Celtic 1 September - 2 September Festival Scottish Highland Gathering and Games Hosts: Don and Laurie Jackson Hosts: Don and Laurie Jackson Location: Monterey County Fairgrounds Location: Alameda County Fairgrounds Monterey, California Pleasanton, CA http://www.montereyscotgames.com/ http://www.thescottishgames.com/

10 August - 12 August 7 September - 9 September Fergus Scottish Festival and High- Longs Peak Scottish-Irish Highland land Games Festival Hosts: John and Barb Duff Hosts: Steve and Marie Robb Location: Fergus, Ontario, Canada Location: 1209 Manford Ave. https://fergusscottishfestival.com Estes Park, CO http://www.scotfest.com/ 18 August - 19 August Bitterroot Celtic Games and Gathering 15 September - 16 September Hosts: Steve and Marie Robb Tulsa Scotsfest Location: Hamilton, Montana - Daly Man- Hosts: Steve and Marie Robb sion Location: 21101 E. 101s St http://www.bcgg.org Broken Arrow, OK https://okscotfest.com/

A full calendar of upcoming Festivals and Games can be found at Clan MacFarlane Worldwide © Clan MacFarlane Worldwide, Inc., 2018 Volume 9, Issue 8 12

15 September - 16 September 20 October - 21 October Niagara Celtic Festival Stone Mountain Highland Games Host: Barb Duff Hosts: Jim MacFarlane or Bill Lennox Location: Krull Park, 6108 Lake Rd. Location: Stone Mountain Park Olcott, NY Atlanta, GA http://www.niagaraceltic.com/ http://www.smhg.org/

9 November 22 September Scottish Gathering and Highland Games Ligonier Highland Games Host: Steve and Marie Robb Hosts: Steve and Marie Robb Location: 423 S. Main St. Location: 2574 US 30 Salado, TX Ligonier, PA https://saladomuseum.org/ http://www.ligonierhighlandgames.org/

29 September St. Louis Scottish Games & Cultural Fes- tival Host: Eric Funkhouser Location: Spirit Airpark, West Drive Chesterfield, MO http://stlouis-scottishgames.com/

A full calendar of upcoming Festivals and Games can be found at Clan MacFarlane Worldwide

© Clan MacFarlane Worldwide, Inc., 2018 Volume 9, Issue 8 14 Your Master Schedule for Events in Estes Park, Rocky Mountain National Park and for Clan MacFarlane Worldwide Activities TH THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 : Birding with a Naturalist: Fall, Rocky Mountain Conservancy, 7:00 a.m. to 11:00, $45 Estes Park Farmer’s Market, Bond Park, MacGregor Avenue, 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Journey to the Top! A Trail Ridge Road Bus Adventure, Rocky Mountain Conservancy, 9:00 to 3:30, $75 Adult, $45 Child. Sprague Lake Stroll (1-mile walk), Sprague Lake Picnic Area, 9:30 – 11:00 a.m. (free) Clan MacFarlane Worldwide sets up tent – located outside Clan Tent, 11:00 a.m. Elk Expeditions, Rocky Mountain Conservancy, 5:00 – dusk (7ish), $50 Tattoo Estes, Stanley Park Fairgrounds Arena, 7:30 p.m. (requires tickets)– Our President and VP and spouses honored. CMW is attending as a group event.

TH FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 : 9:00 – 5:00 p.m. – Highland Games Festival Field open Dog Exhibitions, 9:30 – 4:30 Sprague Lake Stroll (1-mile walk), Sprague Lake Picnic Area, 9:30 – 11:00 a.m. (free) Walk on the Wild Side, 9:30 – 11:00 a.m. (free) RMNP Bear Lake Trailhead Mounted Jousting, 10:00 a.m., Rodeo Arena Albannach, 10:00 a.m., Performance Rock Tent The Gothard Sisters, 10:00 a.m., Celtic Folk Music Tent Strong Man Scottish Challenge Competition 10:00 – 4:00, Scottish Athletics Field. Scott Jeffers, 10:10, Kennedy and Jeffers Music Tent Whisky Tasting for the Beginner, 11:00 Whisky Tasting Tent Seamus, 11:05, Kennedy and Jeffers Music Tent Sligo Rags, 11:15 a.m., Celtic Folk Music Tent Brother Angus, 11:15 a.m., Performance Rock Tent Opening Ceremonies. 12:00 p.m. – CMW Honored Clans (Pres/VP) on the review stand. Tempest, 12:25, Performance Rock Tent Daimh, 12:25 p.m., Celtic Folk Music Tent Pressed Aspen Leaf Card Workshop, Estes Valley Community Center, 12:30-4:30, $45 Scott Jeffers, 12:55, Kennedy and Jeffers Music Tent Whisky Tasting for the Beginner, 1:00 Whisky Tasting Tent Albannach, 1:35, Performance Rock Tent Sligo Rags, 1:35, Celtic Folk Music Tent Seamus, 1:50, Kennedy and Jeffers Music Tent

© Clan MacFarlane Worldwide, Inc., 2018 Volume 9, Issue 8 15 Light Armour Jousting, 2:00 p.m., Rodeo Arena Scott Jeffers, 2:40, Kennedy and Jeffers Music Tent Brother Angus, 2:45, Performance Rock Tent The Gothard Sisters, 2:45 p.m., Celtic Folk Music Tent Heavy Armour Jousting, 3:00 p.m., Rodeo Arena Whisky Tasting for the Master, 3:00 Whisky Tasting Tent Seamus, 3:35, Kennedy and Jeffers Music Tent Tempest, 3:55, Performance Rock Tent Daimh, 3:55, Celtic Folk Music Tent Earthwood Artisans’ Gallery Social with Guest Artist, 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. Elk Expeditions, Rocky Mountain Conservancy, 5:00 – dusk (7ish), $50 CMW Social at the Ram’s Horn Inn, Club Room. Pizza and drinks, 6:30. Sip & Paint, Murphy’s Resort, 7:00 p.m., $45. Tattoo Estes, Stanley Park Fairgrounds Arena, 7:30 p.m. (requires tickets) Estes Folk Celtic Concert, Estes Park Complex, Next to the Stanley Park Arena.

Saturday, September 8th:

9:00 to 5:00, Festival Field Opens Downtown Parade, 9:30 a.m. CMW is an Honored Clan, so we will gather at the front of the Clans and then proceed down the street. Plan to meet with everyone by 9:00 a.m. PLEASE WEAR YOUR Tartan! If you don’t have MacFarlane Tartan, no problem. We would just love to have you join us. We will be throwing candy to the children, and we have a piper this year. One of our favorite events! We will gather at the Big Horn Restaurant at 401 W Elkhorn. BTW – They serve a great breakfast! 12:00 - Noon, Welcoming Ceremonies. Bring your tartans and wear those kilts! We will gather at our tent and then move to the parade field where our Clan as well as our Pres/VP will be honored on the stage. International Mountain Pipe Band Championship, 2:00 p.m. CMW Annual Members’ Meeting (the“ AMM”). Held at the CMW Clan Tent. 2:00 3:00 A Celtic Renewal of Vows. The Rev. Chev’se Anne M. Fraley, SCTJ will be ministering a Celtic Vow Renewal to those of us who would like to take advantage of this charm- ing event. No cost but show up with your significant to participate. (immediately fol- lowing AMM – time might vary) 4:30 Last Post, Western US Pipe Band Association, Parade Field. 6:00 p.m. – CMW gathers on the veranda/balcony at the Stanley Hotel for cocktails. We will then move to the restaurant for a supper. Please

© Clan MacFarlane Worldwide, Inc., 2018 Volume 9, Issue 8 16 contact Marie Robb: zzrobb55@hotmail, if you intend to stay for supper. Attendees are responsible for their own food and beverages. 7:30 p.m. Tattoo Estes 7:30 Estes Ceilidh Rock Concerts.

th: Sunday, September 9 9:00 to 5:00, Festival Field Opens 9:00 am. Solo Drumming and Piping Competition 9:00 a.m. Dog Exhibition. Sheep Herding, Disk Dogs and Agility 10:00 – 4:00 U.S./Int’l Scottish Amateur Athletic Competition – Women, Women’s’ under 150, Women’s’ Masters, Men’s’ Masters, Under 200, Men’s’ C 10:00 Dance Exhibition, Irish Dance, Contra Dancers. Brother Angus 10:00. Joust Mounted Games 10:00 – 5:00 Whisky Tasting (Tasting Tent on the festival field) 11:15 Albannach 12:00 - Noon, Welcoming Ceremonies. Bring your tartans and wear those kilts! We will gather at our tent and then move to the parade field where our Clan as well as our Pres/VP will be honored on the stage. This is also the Kirkin of the Tartan when the names of our family members who have recently passed away, will be memorialized during the reading of the “Flowers of the Forest.” 12:25 Tempest 1:35 Brother Angus 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Jousting U.S./Int’l Jousting Championship Competition (Arena) & US/Int’l Competition Scottish Capall (Horse) Dirt Boarding 2:30 – 4:00 Pipe Band Competition 2:45 Albannach 3:55 Tempest 4:30. Closing Ceremonies and Awards – Parade Field

Looking for more information about Estes Park, restaurants, hotels and more? You can download the Visi- tors Guide here: https://www.visitestespark.com/maps-and-info/visitor-guide/

1. No Walmart in Estes, but you can find almost everything you need. The local grocery is a Safeway, so don’t forget your Safeway card for discounts. Don’t have one? The cashiers will give you one when you check out.

2. It is rutting season for the Elk. When traveling at dawn and dusk, be very careful and wary of the Elk on the roads. If an approaching vehicle is flashing their lights, slow down. Hitting an Elk could ruin your vacation.

3. Another tip about the Elk. They will be everywhere! Don’t be surprised to see them during that day munching on flowers in front of the public library! But…. do not approach them. These are animals and you could be terribly hurt if you get too close. Also, DON’T BE THAT GUY WHO STOPS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD TO TAKE A PHOTO! Seriously…. you will get a chance to take that much wanted photo but remember everyone wants to get to their destination. Don’t block traffic!

4. DO travel into the Rocky Mountain National Park. It is just breathtakingly beautiful! Check in at the Administrative offices to see about park passes, events and other activities. You are in one of the more beautiful locations in Colo- rado. Take advantage of it!

5. Visit the Stanley hotel. Walk downtown and enjoy a bag of salt water taffy, find a piece of jewelry, have an ice cream cone. Just slow down and enjoy your time here.

6. If you are not going to join us for the walk downtown during the parade, at least get to Estes early and prepare to watch this fun event. There are big crowds in town just for the parade. Everything from horses, to pipe bands, to all the Clans, and so much more.

7. What to wear? Bring a little bit of everything. Because we are up in the mountains, you can expect wonderful weather to snow to ice to blistering sun…. all this in just a couple of hours. So “be prepared.” Bring a hat! Tuck away a good sweater and gloves and warm socks. And watch the weather report before you leave for Estes. Nor- mally cold at night and warm during the day.

8. There are lots of sales downtown, so if you did forget your gloves, you can certainly buy a good pair downtown.

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