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Exhibitions:

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Sunday -
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Schedules...

Event Details:             
...(site map at bottom of page)

Friday, May 16
7am - 5pm - Set-up begins at the Farm & Ranch Club
2-6pm - Welcome Table at Host Hotel
(Patron, Clan & Vendor packets available)
7pm - Kickoff Ceilidh at The Tilted Kilt
  (Hwy 6 N @ Piping Rock)
  Just north of Westheimer
 
Saturday, May 17
7 - 9am - Gates open for Vendor and Clan/Society set-up
7:45am - Check In: Solo Piping, Drumming Competitors
8:30am - Solo Competition begins: Grade V, Grade IV Sr & Jr, Grade III
9:00am - Solo Competition begins: Drumming
9:30am - Highland Dance Registration (Primary, Beginner & Novice)
- Solo Competition begins: Grade II
10:00am - LOESCHER & KENNETH (AMECParagon Stage)
- Houston Highlanders
(Ceilidh Stage)
- Highland Dance Competition Starts ::
   (Primary, Beginner & Novice)
- Band Draw
10:45am - RSCDancers (Ceilidh Stage)
11:00am - JIGGERNAUT (AMECParagon Stage)
- Sheepherding Demonstration
- Solo Competition begins: Grade I
11:30am - Gaelic Chorus (Ceilidh Stage)
- Children's Athletics Registration
12 Noon - Opening Ceremony
1:00pm - ED MILLER (AMECParagon Stage)
- Kristen Jensen (Ceilidh Stage)
- Highland Dance Registration (Intermediate & Premier)
- Grade I competition resumes
- Children's Athletics Games begin
1:30pm - Sheepherding Demonstration
- Highland Dance Competition Starts ::
  (Intermediate & Premier)
- Band MSR Competition
- Workshop (Boardroom) : Learning Gaelic - Jonquele Jones
1:45pm - Sia Beaton (Ceilidh Stage)
2:00pm - NEEDFIRE (AMECParagon Stage)
2:30pm - Simply Scottish (Ceilidh Stage)
- Band QMM Competition
- Workshop (Boardroom) : Genealogy Methods & Resources; Genetic Genealogy (DNA) - Melvyn Douglass
3:00pm - LOESCHER & KENNETH (AMECParagon Stage)
3:15pm - Hugh Morrison + Friends (Ceilidh Stage)
3:30pm - Miniband Competition
- Workshop (Boardroom) : Appreciation of Robert Burns - Jack Hume
4:00pm - JIGGERNAUT (AMECParagon Stage)
- Celtic Chorus of Houston + Good Time Dancers (Ceilidh Stage)
4:45pm - KIDS Dancers (Ceilidh Stage)
5:00pm - ED MILLER (AMECParagon Stage)
5:30pm - Simply Scottish (Ceilidh Stage)
6:00pm - Awards Ceremony/Closing Ceremony
7:00pm - NEEDFIRE (AMECParagon Stage)
8:00pm - Gates Close
Sunday, May 18
8-9am - Gates open for Vendor and Clan/Society set-up
9:00am - Gates open to the public
- Check In/Warm Up: Professional Piping
9:30am - Kirkin' o' the Tartan Service (Ceilidh Stage)
Minister: Rev. Ross Asher, Sword and Shield Ministries
Piper: William T. Jones, Bagpipe Instructor, Canyon Lake
Flowers of the Forest: Melvyn Douglass, FSA Scot


- Professional Piobaireachd
10:00am

- JIGGERNAUT (AMECParagon Stage)

10:30am - Professional Light Music
10:45am - Fair & Forty (Ceilidh Stage)
11:00am - ED MILLER (AMECParagon Stage)
- Sheepherding Demonstration
- Highland Dance Registration (all)
11:30am - Rovers Return (Ceilidh Stage)
- Highland Dance Competition Starts (all)
- Children's Athletics Registration
12 Noon

- LOESCHER & KENNETH (AMECParagon Stage)

12:15pm - Ed Miller (Ceilidh Stage)
1:00pm - NEEDFIRE (AMECParagon Stage)
- RSC Dancers (Ceilidh Stage)
- Children's Athletics Games begin
1:30pm - Sheepherding Demonstration
- Workshop (Boardroom) : Learning Gaelic - Jonquele Jones
1:45pm - Comhlan Oganta (Ceilidh Stage)
2:00pm - ED MILLER (AMECParagon Stage)
2:30pm - Constant Billy (Ceilidh Stage)
- Workshop (Boardroom) : Genealogy Methods & Resources - Melvyn Douglass
3:00pm - JIGGERNAUT (AMECParagon Stage)
3:15pm - Celtic Voyage (Ceilidh Stage)
3:30pm - Workshop (Boardroom) : Appreciation of Robert Burns - Jack Hume
4:00pm - LOESCHER & KENNETH (AMECParagon Stage)
- KIDS Dancers (Ceilidh Stage)
5:00pm - NEEDFIRE (AMECParagon Stage)
6:00pm - Gates Close

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