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The skies are turning tartan over the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds, 5055 Ann Arbor-Saline Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48103, where the Michigan Celtic Festival will take place on Friday and Saturday.
Sixty brawny athletes will compete in the Highland Games that owe their roots to Highland warriors who competed with everyday implements, building strength for battle. Highland Games usually include caber toss, hammer throw, stone put, sheaf toss, and more.
Pint-size Celts will enjoy their own games in the Wee Folks area, starting at noon and ending with a parade led by a piper. Celtic crafts and carnival-style games are in Building E, where youngsters can paint a shield, make a crown or a beaded bracelet, do printmaking, or create a treasure map.
Outside, Tim Hoerauf and his team from Fellowship Baptist Church in Saline will provide games such as Topple the Dragon, Ring Hook, and Aberdeen Castle; unicorn ring toss, and archery, with small prizes. The cheerleading team from Tecumseh High School will be on hand to help.
Four-legged athletes will compete in the Celtic 500" Corgi Races, starting at 2 p.m., with heats every 15 minutes until a champion is crowned – and that victor will face off in a Little Legs Challenge against the winner of the 2024 Oktoberfest Wiener Dog Races.
Dancers will compete in Highland Dance; and the Detroit Fight Club, Ann Arbor Sword Club, and Society for Creative Anachronism will show how people of old settled arguments.
On Friday evening, the English game of cricket is on hand; and on Saturday, the Michigan Hurling Club will teach festivalgoers the basics and let people try their hand at hitting the sliotar with the hurley.
On both evenings, people can head to the arena and try tossing a caber, playing cornhole or enjoy a game of kubb, a Viking lawn game involving knocking down opponents’ cubes with batons while defending your own cubes.
The Festival also includes several Celtic bands, five pipe and drum bands, clans, merchant booths, ironworks, leatherworks, glassblowing, woodcarving, a huge selection of food and drink, and much more!
Gates open at 5 p.m., on Friday, July 11, and at 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 12.
For complete information, visit https://www.mi-celtic.org.
And yet we need a lazy river, gathering places and other unnecessary things??? The city can’t supply us with clean water and now maybe no water at all. How does this even make any sense? City Government continues to fail Saline taxpayers! Maybe we need to hire more consultants and spend even more money 🤪.
Not a great situation and not mad at the City. City administrators have done their job. Well 7 was introduced and under construction to meet the needs of the City.
You obviously think the city bears no responsibility ever for anything! That’s ok. You can continue to point fingers, deny accountability and make excuses but what I know is that when I pay my water bill it’s made out to “The City of Saline” so as far as I’m concerned the buck ultimately stops there!
Heavy rain, with a high of 82 and low of 65 degrees. Overcast in the morning, cloudy during the afternoon, thundery outbreaks in nearby in the evening, overcast overnight.
So has the rec center been included in reducing water usage? How about the 4 car wash businesses?
I would like to hear more about that point. Seems very valid . I assume they are clear to use as much as they wish while we are told to use less.
The rec center sent out emails asking members to take either brief showers or wait until they get home.
Look into the negative environmental impact and how this will increase our utility bills. Farm land is precious especially considering how much has already been sold and developed into non agricultural land. This is blatantly wrong for everyone. Saline Township MUST VOTE THIS DOWN. IT’s NOT ALWAYS ABOUT THE MONEY!
Things like the data center are minimal impact and the least of our worries regarding loss of farmland. Just over seven months into 2025, farmers are literally dumping their crops because there is no one to sell them to. Why?
It’s not worth it. We must not allow the data center