THE THIRTEENTH ANNUAL MAY 3, 2014 - BRIDGEPORT, WV The Scottish Heritage Society of North Central West Virginia P.O. Box 1177 Bridgeport, WV 26330 (304) 534-3737 www.scots-westvirginia.com We are proud sponsors of the Thirteenth Annual Scottish Festival and Celtic Gathering The Thirteenth Annual OUR LOCAL APPROACH TO BANKING GOES BEYOND KEEPING DECISIONS RIGHT HERE IN TOWN. From Supporting our schools and local arts to humanitarian causes, BB&T has a long tradition of taking an active role in the communities where we do business. Good corporate citizens? Perhaps, but to use it is just part of being a good neighbor. BB&T is a proud sponsor of the Eleventh Annual Scottish Festival and Celtic Gathering Clarksburg Main Financial Center, 100 S. Fourth Street, Clarksburg, WV 26301 304-624-5521 Meadowbrook Mall Financial Center, 2015 Meadowbrook Mall Road, Bridgeport, WV 26330 304-842-7313 Salem Financial Center, 200 Railroad Street, Salem, WV 26426 304-782-1081 Valley Hills Financial Center, 405 W. Main Street, Bridgeport, WV 26330 LOST CREEK 304-842-6277 WEST MILFORD NUTTER FORT MEMBER FDIC BRIDGEPORT ARMORY ROAD Official bank of the NCWV Scottish Heritage Society SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 1 PM – 4 PM Professional Piping Competition Friday, May 2 1:15 PM Herding Demonstration – Karen Thompson Border 7:30 PM Ceilidh at Via Veneto – cash bar. Reservations required Collies – Main Field 1:30 PM Ladies Haggis Hurl Contest – Clan Area (signup at At Bridgeport City Park Saturday, May 3 Clan Stewart) 8:00 AM Registration for piping and athletic events begins 1:45 PM Agility/Rally Demonstration – Scottish Breed Dog Exhibit 8:30 AM Amateur Heavy Athletic competitions begin on the Main 2 PM – 4 PM Children’s Games – Activities Field Field 2 PM Scottish Fiddle Competition – Piping Area A Solo piping competition begins in piping areas A, B, C, 2:10 PM IONA– Main Stage and D 2:15 PM Meet the Breed – Scottish Breed Dog Exhibit 9:00 AM WV HIGHLAND DANCERS – Main Stage 2:30 PM Scottish Country Dancing workshop – Activities Field 9-11:30 AM Children’s Games - Activities Field Puppet Show 9 AM-4 PM Children’s Craft-Learn to Weave –Activities Field Gaelic Workshop – Activities Tent 9:45 AM REVENGE OF THE CHANTY WRASSLERS – Main Stage 2:45 PM Herding Demonstration – Karen Thompson Border Collies – Registration begins for Primary, Beginner, and Novice Main Field Dancing 3:00 PM Men’s Bonnie Knees Contest – Clan Area (sign up at Clan 10 AM-5 PM Scottish Breed Dog, Spinning/Weaving Exhibits Anderson) 10:00AM Primary, Beginner, and Novice Dancing Competition begins Scottish Country Dancers – Activities Field Herding Demonstration – Karen Thompson Border Collies – 3:30 PM Scottish Breed Dogs Costume/Stupid Dog Tricks Contests Main Field 3:35 PM THE AMERICAN ROGUES – Main Stage Longbow Demonstration – Outside activities field 4:00 PM Children’s Tug O’ War – Activities Field Beginning & Intermediate Penny Whistle Workshop IONA - Clan Meeting at Honored Clan Activities Tent 4:30 PM Athlete’s Beer Keg Toss Bring a tin (penny) whistle and learn simple tunes & technique 5:00 PM Awards Presentation, Final massed Band performance – Main Puppet Show Field 10:30 AM THE AMERICAN ROGUES– Main Stage 10:45 AM Scottish Country Dancers – Activity Field At the Bridgeport High School Auditorium Agility/Rally Demonstration – Scottish Breed Dog Exhibit 8:00 PM THE BEST OF SCOTLAND IN CONCERT – The West 11:00 AM Gaelic Workshop – Activities Tent Virginia Highland Dancers, Revenge of the Chanty Wrasslers, 11:15 AM IONA– Main Stage IONA, and The American Rogues 12 NOON OPENING CEREMONIES with Massed Bands, Parade of the Clans, and Scottish Breed Dogs at Main Field In Clarksburg,WV on Sunday, May 4 12:30 PM Registration begins for Intermediate and Premier Dancing 10:35AM Grand procession of flags, banners, dignitaries, and bagpipes 12:45 PM REVENGE OF THE CHANTY WRASSLERS – Main Stage from Harrison County Court House to the 1:00 PM Bodhran Workshop IONA – Activities Tent Sanctuary of First Presbyterian Church Bring a bodhran (Celtic drum) and a tipper to learn basic 10:45 AM Scottish Heritage and Kirkin’ of the Tartans Service rhythms and technique 11:45AM Reception in Westminster Hall Intermediate and Premier Dancing Competition begins Long Bow Demonstration – Outside activities field ALL TIMES SUBJECT TO CHANGE ProudFESTIVAL to be aSPONSORS part of the TwelfthGrants Annual WestScottish Virginia Division Festival of Culture and & History FAMILY PRACTICE Clarksburg-Harrison Cultural Foundation Celtic Gathering Platinum BRIDGEPORT Greater Bridgeport Convention and Visitors Bureau Steptoe and Johnson PHYSICIANS CARE Kevin and Deb Anderson HarrisonPR County Watson Commission 1511 Johnson Avenue Phone: 681-342-3700 Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram Bridgeport, WV 26330 Fax: 304-842-9064 Gold JF Allen PR Watson WBOY Silver Ed & Maria Ward We’re Proud to Support the Have a goodMichael time Hess, at tMDhe Festival! 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Like so many Scottish families, James Lockhart of Lee, born in 1596, was appointed a gentleman of the the Locards came from England where they were Privy Chamber by Charles I and was knighted. In 1646 he was appointed to among those dispossessed of lands by william the the Supreme Court Bench, taking the title of ‘Lord Lee’. A zealous royalist, conqueror. There were lands of Lockards near Pen- he was captured at Alyth in 1651 and conveyed to the Tower of London. rith in the 12th century and later in Annandale, His son, Sir William, was a distinguished soldier who fought on the royalist side where the town of lockerbie is said to be named at the Battle of Worcester in 1651. He then campaigned on the continent, after them. The family finally settled in Ayrshire and where he achieved such prominence that Cardinal Mazarin, successor to Lanarkshire, where they have held land for over 700 years. Cardinal Richelieu, offered to make him a mareschal of France. He died in The earliest paper in the family archives is a charter of 1323. By this the Netherlands in 1675. Sir Symon Locard bound himself and his heirs to pay out of the lands of Lee James Lockhart, who inherited the estates in 1777, also saw service and Cartland an annual rent of £10. Stephen Locard, grandfather of Sir on the Continent where he rose to be a count of the Holy Roman Empire, Symon, founded the village of Stevenston in Ayrshire. His son, Symon, ac- a Knight of the Order of Maria Theresa and a general of that empresses quired lands in Lanarkshire and, like his father, called a village which he imperial forces. The title of Count became extinct when James’s only son, founded , Symons toun(today Symington) after himself. Symon, the 2nd of Charles, died without issue. Although the family seat, Lee Castle, has been Lee, won fame for himself and his family fighting alongside Robert the Bruce sold, the estates are still owned and managed by the present head of the in the struggle for Scottish Independence. He was knighted for his loyal ser- family, Angus Lockhart of the Lee. vice. Sir Symon was among the knights, led by Sir James Douglas, who took Bruces heart on crusade in 1329 to atone for his murder of John Comyn in the church of Grefriars in 1306. The crusade was ended prematurely when Douglas was killed fighting the Moors in Spain, but to commemorate the ad- Over 20 Yrs of Personalized venture and the honour done to the family, their name was changed from Attention Meeting Our Clients’ Needs Locard to Lockheart, which afterwards became Lochhart. The heart within the fetterlock was from then on included in the arms of the family, and the dead is also commemorated in the motto. 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