The 55th Grandfather Mountain Highland Games will be held July 8-11, 2010 at MacRae Meadows on Grandfather Mountain near Linville, NC.

Brawny athletes, delicate dancers, noisy bagpipe band parades, rocking Celtic music and a spectacular highland setting makes this colorful celebration of Scottish culture the best highland games in America.

The Grandfather Games are considered America’s grandest highland games because the spectacular mountain setting is so reminiscent of Scotland. The deep blue peaks of 6,000-foot Grandfather Mountain tower above a grassy green meadow ringed by 172 red, blue, yellow and green striped tents. The color is augmented by thousands of Scots luxuriously costumed in tartan plaids, and the energy is amplified by the sounds of bagpipes and kettle drums echoing across the moor.

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