My eye caught the following in the excellent Rampant Scotland newsletter today and thought it might interest those of you near enough to go:

The Douglas County Scottish Society of Douglas County, Oregon will be presenting its annual Celtic Highland Games and Clan Gathering on August 17th, 18th & 19th at Riverbend Park in Winston, Oregon. In order to promote the games, a series of larger than life plywood figures have been placed throughout the county. Although the figures represent a number of "Great Scots", there is the added embellishment of the faces being of various well-known members of the Douglas County Scottish Society! An Edged Weapons Contest is another unusual feature of these games, which also stages the Oregon State Championships. This year's headliners providing entertainment include the Southern Oregon Scottish Bagpipe Band, Molly's Revenge Celtic music band, Golden Bough Celtic music trio, Oregon State Defense Force Pipeband and Mountain Aire folk music duet playing fiddle, guitars, flute, bodhran and other acoustic instruments. For more on the society and their Highland Games, see www.dcscots.org.
What really caught my eye was the accompanying photo of the said plywood figures:


Wonder what those larger than life kilties are doing to increase kilt wearing in that part of Oregon?