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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Loch Ness Monster, Tartan Heart Festival, Hi-Ex, Eden Court Theatre, Inverness Highland Games, Legavrik. Excerpt:Eden Court Theatre Eden Court Theatre is a large theatre, cinema and arts venue situated in Inverness , Scotland . The theatre has recently undergone a complete refurbishment and major extension, adding a second theatre, two dedicated cinema screens, two performance/dance studios, improved dressing room and green room facilities and additional office space. The theatre's restaurant and bar facilities have also been totally overhauled and improved. History The Eden Court Theatre was formally opened on 15 April 1976 by Alexander Cruickshank MBE, an actor best known for his portrayal of Dr Cameron in BBC's long-running series "Dr Finlay's Casebook". It was built on a site next to the Ness river and incorporated the gothic Bishop's Palace residence (from which it took its name) into a new building designed by architects Law Dunbar and Naismith. The theatre was at that time a revolution to Inverness , and the wider Highland Region. It provided modern theatre performance space for the first time since the early '30s. Inverness had previously had a number of theatres including the Theatre Royal, previously situated on Bank street which burnt down in 1934 and the Empire Theatre on Academy Street. This theatre had originally opened as The Central Hall Picture House in 1912, but after the Theatre Royal burnt down, it was converted to a fully functioning theatre and reopened as the Empire around 1934. The building was designed by A. Ross ... Read more

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Chapters: Scottish Highland Dance, Idlewild and Soak Zone, Pipe Band, Highland Games Competitors, Highlander Challenge World Championships, Scottish Games in North Carolina, the Gathering 2009, World Highland Games Championships, Cowal Highland Gathering, Kentucky Scottish Weekend, College of Piping, Weight Throw, Caber Toss, Inverness Highland Games, Crieff Highland Games, Sheaf Toss, Stone Put, Frederick Celtic Festival, Bc Highland Games, Weight Over the Bar, Glengarry Highland Games, Clach-Ultaich. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 114. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The term Highland dance or Highland dancing is used today to refer to a style of athletic solo dancing which developed in the Highlands of Scotland. It is strongly influenced by Irish dance, which was brought to the Highlands by Gaelic settlers from Ireland. Highland dance evolved into its current form during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in the context of competitions at public events (namely Highland games), where it is often performed to the accompaniment of Highland bagpipe music. Highland dancers wear specialized shoes called ghillies. Highland dance has been subject to many influences from outside the Highlands. For example, it has been heavily influenced by the urban aesthetics of the patrons and judges of dance competitions since the nineteenth century. Highland dance should not be confused with Scottish country dance. Nowadays, Highland dancing, which can be seen at nearly every modern day Highland games event, is a highly competitive and technical dance form which requires many hours of practice and training over a period of several years to perfect. In terms of its technical requirements and the training required for its performance, Highland dancing has much in common with ballet. It takes a ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1794094 ... Read more

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The kilt is a knee-length garment with pleats at the rear,originating in the traditional dress of men and boys in theScottish Highlands of the 16th century. Since the 19thcentury it has been associated with the wider culture ofScotland in general, or with Celtic (and more specificallyGaelic) heritage elsewhere. It is most often made ofwoollen cloth in a tartan pattern. Though the Scottish kiltis most often worn mainly on formal occasions or atHighland Games and sports events, it has also been adaptedas an item of fashionable informal, and formal, maleclothing in recent years. ... Read more

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Chapters: Ottawa Valley, Glengarry Highland Games. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 23. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Eastern Ontario (census population 1,603,625 in 2006) is a subregion of Southern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario which lies in a wedge-shaped area between the Ottawa River and St. Lawrence River. It shares water boundaries with Quebec to the north and New York State to the east and south, as well as a small land boundary with the Vaudreuil-Soulanges region of Quebec to the east. It includes the census divisions of Prescott and Russell, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Lanark, Renfrew, Leeds and Grenville, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington, and Ottawa. Some sources may also include Hastings, Prince Edward, and sometimes even Northumberland in the definition of Eastern Ontario, but others classify them as Central Ontario. Strictly speaking, Eastern Ontario refers to the part of the province that lies east of where Lake Ontario narrows into the St. Lawrence River. The physical features of Eastern Ontario are described in the . Downtown OttawaFrench explorers and fur traders were the first Europeans to pass through this region. Samuel de Champlain, explorer, traversed the Ottawa River in 1615 on his way westward to the Great Lakes. By far the largest city in the region is the recently amalgamated city of Ottawa, capital of Canada, which accounts for roughly 60% of Eastern Ontario's population. Kingston, itself once capital of the Province of Canada, is the other major city in the region outide of the National Capital Region. Much of the remainder of the region relies on agriculture and tourism. Heavier reliance on recreation and tourism exists in the more rugged Renfrew county in the northwest of Eastern Ontario. Of all Ontario's regions, parts of Eastern On...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=921638 ... Read more

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Kapitel: Old Course, Susie Stoddart, Ba'game, the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, Highland Games, St Andrews Links, Schottische Partie, Scotch Cup 1965, Scottish Rugby Union, Schottische Hockeynationalmannschaft Der Damen, Baumstammwerfen. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Highland games are events held throughout the year in Scotland and other countries as a way of celebrating Scottish and Celtic culture and heritage, especially that of the Scottish Highlands. Certain aspects of the games are so well known as to have become emblematic of Scotland, such as the bagpipes, the kilt, and the heavy events, especially the caber toss. While centred on competitions in piping and drumming, dancing, and Scottish heavy athletics, the games also include entertainment and exhibits related to other aspects of Scottish and Gaelic culture. The Cowal Highland Gathering, better known as the cowal Games, held in Dunoon, Scotland every August, is the largest Highland games in Scotland, attracting around 3,500 competitors and somewhere in the region of 15-20,000 spectators from around the globe. Worldwide, however, it is dwarfed by two gatherings in the United States: the 50,000 that attend Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina and the even larger gathering-the largest in the Northern Hemisphere-that has taken place every year since 1865 hosted by the Caledonian Club of San Francisco. This event is currently held Labor Day weekend in Pleasanton, California. Highland games are claimed to have influenced Baron Pierre de Coubertin when he was planning the revival of the Olympic Games. De Coubertin saw a display of Highland games at the Paris Exhibition of 1889. The origin of human games and sports predates recorded history. An example of a possible early games venue is at Fetteresso, although that location is technically a few miles south of the Scottish Highlands. It is reported in numerous books and Highland games programs, tha...http://booksllc.net/?l=de ... Read more

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Title: The Highland Games makes everyone Scottish.(Off the Clock)(31st New Hampshire Highland Games)(scottish cultural celebrations)
Author: Cindy Kibbe
Publication: New Hampshire Business Review (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 28Issue: 19Page: 51(1)

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This pack presents six copies of the title "The Highland Games", which supports stage 8 of the "Storyworlds" guided reading series. The stories presented are more complex than those in the earlier stages of the series, introducing a range of genres and grammatical features. ... Read more