A Thought That Just Won't Go Away.

**ABG0819** · 24th February 14, 02:08 PM

A friend of mine and I are of the opinion that North Carolina needs another Celtic/Scottish Festival/Games. Before everyone goes off telling me about Grandfather Mountian and Loch Norman and Scotland County ect. ect. Hear me out. I live in near Goldsboro, NC in the eastern part of NC. The closest festival to our location is nearly a two hour drive, and with my wife owning her own business it's hard to get out of town for an entire weekend.

So here is my questions. Has anyone been intimatly involved with starting a festival/large scale event? And would anyone in the eastern part of NC...let's say from Raleigh east be interested in forming a Scottish Society to help support such an event. Any ideas would be greatly appriciated.

Graham

**creagdhubh** · 24th February 14, 02:53 PM

Perhaps you can contact the Scottish Society of Wilmington, North Carolina. I belonged to that group whilst I was on active-duty and stationed at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina. I spent 5 years living in Eastern North Carolina and really fell in love with the area. My wife, a Camp Lejeune Marine as well, are planning our second vacation together in Chapel Hill, Raleigh, Jacksonville/Camp Lejeune, and the Outer Banks this July.

http://www.wilmingtonscots.org/

Best of luck!

**creagdhubh** · 24th February 14, 02:56 PM

Here's another good link that may be of some assistance:

http://shsenc.org/

**ASinclair** · 24th February 14, 07:50 PM

Great idea, Graham! This is my first year as North Carolina commissioner for my clan association, and when I was looking at the games in our state (to decide which ones to convene at), I noticed there don't seem to be any in the eastern half. I will be convening, this year, for Clan Sinclair at Loch Norman (it's big), Triad (it's my hometown), Grandfather Mountain (duh), and Scotland County (an awesome historic venue for a 1-day event). If you can get a games going over your way, I'd definitely want to convene there for my clan association. I think the links Kyle provided would be a good starting place for you. Good luck!

**ABG0819** · 24th February 14, 07:59 PM

Thanks for the links. We defiantly want to start by talking to standing groups especially those that are in our extended area.

**ASinclair** · 24th February 14, 08:09 PM

BTW, are you planning to do the kilted run in Raleigh this Saturday?

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...-2014-a-81707/

You can register online up thru this Wednesday. It's only $5.