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15th July 10, 06:11 AM
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I went to Stone Mountain once back in 1996 and I really enjoyed it.
It's so very interesting for a West Coast Highland Games veteran to see how differently things are done back East.
About the OP's issues with trying to match up the information that the Games people provide with information available online, I've run into that several times with various Games out here.
Thing is, Games websites tend to be run by people who have been going to those Games for years, local people. The trouble comes when:
1) they continue to use the old name for a venue, the name of which has been changed at some point. Sure, all the locals still call it by the old name, but only the new name shows up on maps, Google, etc.
2) they use a name for a venue which has never been the official name, but rather a local nickname or some such. This local name likewise doesn't appear on maps, Google, etc.
With one local Games here, not only did the Games website call the Park the Games was always held at by the wrong name (a local nickname which did not appear on any map) but the address given for the Park's location was actually the address of the offices of the local Parks and Recreation Department, downtown, miles away from the park itself!
Both problems had gone unnoticed for years because the same locals went to the Games every year and no one had ever checked the website information for accuracy.
I alerted the organisers about it but I don't know if they ever did anything. It wasn't a problem in their eyes.
Another local Games likewise stated that their Games were held at such-and-such a park, Googling it revealing that no such-named park existed.
Turns out that it's a huge park, which is called one name on all the maps, but locals have different local nicknames for the various sections of the park, which do not appear on any map. It's one of these local names that appeared on all the Games literature and on their website.
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