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The thunder of hooves, the clash of lances, knights in shining armor—all the drama and excitement of the Contact Jousting Competition comes to the Saline Celtic Festival, Saturday, July 8, at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds north of Saline.
The thrilling contests will be held at 11:30 a.m., 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., in the Jousting Arena, with ‘Knights’ from the all-volunteer The Martial Horse—“home of military horsemanship”—competing, led by Andre Renier, aka “The Chevalier of Chivalry.”
Mounted Martial Equestrian Games include elements from thousands of years of military, law enforcement, and cavalry horse training, including training in Dressage, Jumping, Law Enforcement, Cavalry, and Jousting.
Riders in the Historic Competition, getting underway 5 p.m., Friday, July 7, will demonstrate abilities with swords, old time firearms (blanks), jumping, and horse maneuvers.
The Mounted Law Enforcement Competition is set for Thursday, July 6—not part of the actual festival, but volunteers will be setting up the festival that day. The LE event— with an emphasis on equitation and real world obstacles that help riders and horses prepare for rigors of the mounted patrol—gets underway at 9 .m. and runs into early evening. It is free for spectators; however, bring your own blankets or lawn chairs, and drinks/snacks.
“The Jousting Tournament is one of our biggest draws, always exciting and thrilling to watch,” said Melissa Lee, a member of the Festival Advisory Committee and Field Performers Chair. “And we’re so lucky this year to have three equestrian events—must-see action!”
FAST FESTIVAL FACTS
New location: Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds, 5055 Ann Arbor-Saline Rd.
Friday July 7: 5 p.m.-midnight: adults $8, ages 6-17 $5, at the gate.
Saturday, July 8: 10 a.m.-midnight: $15 advance (advance sales end June 30), $18 at gate; ages 65+ $8 advance, $10 at gate; ages 6-17 $5; free age 5 and under, and active military; group packages available. Ample onsite free parking.
Visit salineceltic.org and also Facebook.
Inquiries, comments, email TheCelticFestival@gmail.com
Volunteers welcome (and get a free pass)! Email salinecelticvolunteers@gmail.com.
No, the motion to approve & adopt was made by Ceo, seconded by Lesch. If you're interested in an unedited/unredacted version of Monday's meeting, the link to the video recording of our budget work session and regular meeting is provided below -
Thank you to those Council members who support the citizens and the Rec Center.
Please note, the rec center now requires 1/3 to almost 1/2 of its operations be funded by the City of Saline taxpayers. Approximately 10% of our City population uses the facility, while 2/3 of the members are non-resident. It’s time the non City residents of the Saline community pays its fair share.
What happened with the funding for the needed repairs at the Recreation Center? With all of the programs and community services provided at the Recreation Center, the nearby communities spending tens of millions of dollars to build new Recreation Centers, and the number of members/high usage for the Center and part
Name all the municipalities of 10,000 people that have their own Rec Center with a pool. I'm generally curious.
Saline Area Schools needs to take over the Rec Center with a Rec creation millage and maybe a short bond issue, too, for improvements.
The mayor and city council love to spend taxpayer dollars frivolously. More and more $$$ into the rec center, that needs to stop. We still don’t have drinkable water and yet the city keeps raising rates. Can’t speak for everyone but I would much rather have clean water than a “lazy river!”
Sorry, Toby Crotty. Do not align to your assessment or thoughts. While nearby communities are spending tens of millions of dollars to build Recreation Centers (because of their value to citizens and communities), Saline is in the fortunate position of already having a very good facility in place which now needs to
You avoided my main point. The rec center is a nice amenity for those that use it. However, it is not a necessity. Clean safe water that we pay exorbitant rates for IS a necessity for EVERYONE!
The unprofessional behavior while in the supposed role of being a journalist when talking to that protester is ridiculous. The incorrect information and “facts” you spewed during the conversation are just par for the course. Thanks for showing up!
I agree with your comments about this journalist. I use the word journalist loosely here, as a journalist should be bringing forth the views of the people they are interviewing, not bringing their obvious bias into every forced conversation.
I understand the right 4 peaceful protests, why expose children to hate and show disrespect to our flag, what is that teaching the children. As a Korean Veteran I oppose anyone disrespecting our countries FLAG, shame on the protesters,