Loch Norman Highland Games

**Kiltedmusiclover** · 4th April 07, 06:56 PM

Well the Highland games are about to start up full steam in the
Carolinas.
Next up is the Loch Norman Games on April 21st and 22nd.
They have one of the largest mass bands of all the games in the south.
Albannach will also be preforming there.
For those who want to participate, they have battle ax and longbow competitions.

I am also checking to see if any other Xmarkers are going to be there.

http://www.ruralhillfarm.org/loch.htm

**sputnik** · 4th April 07, 07:32 PM

the wife and i will be attending saturday

**brandycr** · 4th April 07, 09:37 PM

Would love to get up there thats where dads family is From.He was born in Mecklenberg.Gibson and Bennettsville is named after my ancestors(Ziba GFibson and Mary Bennetts family)both grest Scots.But ....cant so ill be at home but want pictures lots of pictures.

**brandycr** · 4th April 07, 09:37 PM

Messed up faimily name Gibson lol somebody just shoot me lol.

**Tartan Hiker** · 5th April 07, 05:31 AM

My kids and I will be there for the duration. We're planning to camp....KML -- do you have any campground recommendations? I probably need to make reservations soon.

Longbow competition? Yipee!

Bill

**beowulf67** · 5th April 07, 05:39 AM

I'll be there Saturday. I was hoping to compete in the amateur B group in athletics but it looks like they compete on Sunday so I'll just have to go enjoy the festival. Where can all the Xmarkers meet up?

**Barclay** · 5th April 07, 05:43 AM

I'll be there for the duration.

Bill, I'll be camping at the Courtyard by Marriott, if that helps.

**Kiltedmusiclover** · 5th April 07, 07:16 AM

Actually Bill I have not camped at the Loch,
But I know they have camping at the games.
I would contact them to see if you can still get a spot.
here is registration that I found.

http://www.ruralhillfarm.org/pdf/camping.pdf

Here is their contact info for them

http://www.ruralhillfarm.org/contact.htm

**Tartan Hiker** · 6th April 07, 07:51 PM

Thanks, Nelson. The folks at Rural Hill just sent me the link for the campground (I have no idea why I couldn't find it myself...Doh!!). They said that as of today they still had plenty of tent sites avaiable.

They also sent me info on the longbow competition, which is going to be held Saturday at 1:30. For anyone interested this is for longbows only...no recurves. No way will I be abe to pass this up, and I'll be wearing my new t-shirt with the MacQuarrie archer print on the front.

Barclay...we're too tough to sleep at the Marriott, but thanks for spending your money there as I have a few shares of Marriott in my portfolio

**macsim** · 6th April 07, 08:10 PM

I'll be there at the Fraser tent. I believe we'll be doing another Food-sharing thing with Douglas, Wallace and I think Maxwell. Not sure of tent locations yet but Fraser will have a double-tent so we'll definitely be in that section (left side of the field as you walk in the main entrance). Hope everyone can stop by.