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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.
Sunny, with a high of 72 and low of 36 degrees. Mist during the morning, sunny for the afternoon, clear during the evening,
Half a million for the “Gathering place” and now the Davenport House? Where is the city coming up with all this money when we still have ongoing problems (WWTP, Rec center, dam etc.). Wonder how much the duct tape solutions have cost the taxpayers?
Lawn care , downed trees and maintenance might be expensive. I see the Great Outdoors company there often mowing. We will have to account for that
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Thank you for your years of dedicated service to the Saline Police Department officer 👮♂️ Belknap. I wish you best of luck in all matters of life!
This is outstanding news for the Saline Community!
Best burger goes to Droptop pizza. No doubt about it . Dan’s is not what it used to be and the food is not award worthy. Need some new judges.
It's a voting thing, not a judging thing.
Dan's burger has never treated me wrong. And I like the DropTop burger too.I would never put down someone else's burger, though. I might say someone else has a better one.
Like, I like the Jet's Pizza. But to me, that's a DropTop prize.
These awards are voted by the PEOPLE...not a committee of judges. The people of Saline and Saline area voted for these businesses. I have never had a bad meal at Dan's Downtown Tavern and if something wasn't right I know that it would be corrected. Plus I have had Drop Tops pizza and I found it to be quite good.
No Data center
While I have some empathy for the family I would bet the proverbial farm that their ancestors would not like it to be rezoned. Disappearing farm land is a national problem not just local.
Agreed. It’s their land and can do as they wish but it’s just a bummer