Clan Information
Please check back in a few weeks for a complete listing of participating Clans. If you and your Clan are interested in
participating in the 2009 Oklahoma Celtic Music and Heritage Festival, please download the document linked below for
an application. You may also contact the Clan Chair, Norman Hixenbaugh at namron65@att.net for further information.
participating in the 2009 Oklahoma Celtic Music and Heritage Festival, please download the document linked below for
an application. You may also contact the Clan Chair, Norman Hixenbaugh at namron65@att.net for further information.
| Clan Application |
Activities
Scottish Athletes Battle for the Sword
OKC VS Tulsa as the Scottish athletes battle to see who will take
home the McLeod Sword. Fierce competition will wage to see
who is better from Caber to Hammer Throw. The presentation at
the end of the day will come from Norm Hixenbaugh of Clan
McLeod, Dennis Scott of Clan Scott, & Scotsman's Sharp Edges.
Sponsors:
Scotsman Sharp Edges: www.scotsmanssharpedges.com/
USCO Athletics: www.uscoscots.org/Atletics.htm
Video Links:
Our Scottish Athletes in action!
Jonathan Irwin of OKC throwing 3 twelve a clocks in a row!!
OKC VS Tulsa as the Scottish athletes battle to see who will take
home the McLeod Sword. Fierce competition will wage to see
who is better from Caber to Hammer Throw. The presentation at
the end of the day will come from Norm Hixenbaugh of Clan
McLeod, Dennis Scott of Clan Scott, & Scotsman's Sharp Edges.
Sponsors:
Scotsman Sharp Edges: www.scotsmanssharpedges.com/
USCO Athletics: www.uscoscots.org/Atletics.htm
Video Links:
Our Scottish Athletes in action!
Jonathan Irwin of OKC throwing 3 twelve a clocks in a row!!
Information and Photos coming soon...
Sheep Dog Trials
Horses and Cattle
Children's Area
And So Much More!
Sheep Dog Trials
Horses and Cattle
Children's Area
And So Much More!
| Vikings are Coming! Vikings are Coming! Who would have thought the Irish and Scots would look forward to an invasion of Vikings! Vikings came to the British Isles and left their cultural mark on the Celtic Nations. They invaded, they colonized and left DNA markers on the Celtic Nations. York and Dublin became Viking trade Centers. The Orkneys in the northern regions of Scotland is known for the fiddle music that bares the mark of the Vikings! From knot work to language to place names they are still with us. Our Cultural heritage is laced with Viking blood and beliefs. The Viking encampment to set up at the Oklahoma Celtic Music and Heritage Festival will serve as a living history display with bowl making, shoe work and weaponry that were part of the everyday life of the Vikings. It will be a nomadic camp with cooking, and daily living with children, wives and husbands surviving in an invaded land. Glomesdal, www.glomesdal.com, is a Viking era reenactment group centered in Oklahoma and Arkansas. They pursue living history and the arts and crafts of the Viking period from 793 to 1066 (Lindisfarne to Hastings). They recreate this era to further our own understanding and appreciation of the challenges that were faced. They also seek to educate others in the realities of life in the time period. |
Celtic Livestock
The Drum horse was the horse who went into battle prior to the
knights. With the beating of the drums, the attacking army would put
their adversaries on notice that they were approaching. Later in the
19th and 20th Century, they were used as parade horses for the
Queen’s Army in Scotland and England. The riders would “steer”
their horses by attaching the reins to the toes of their boots. The
rider, also called the Drummer, would then have his hands free for
the beating of the drums. Drum Horses are a mixture of Gypsy
vanner, Shire and/or Clydesdale. They must be 1/8 GV to qualify as
Drum Horses. They were bred with the GV for their temperament and
smaller bodies. The Shires and the Clydesdales gave them power,
but the GV gave them beauty and refinement.
Meet Big Sky Orion, (also known as SHREK) who is a three year old
Stallion, 1/8 GV, 5/8 Shire and ¼ Clydesdale. He is feathered, and has
a wavy, almost dredd-locked mane, that will be French braided down
in his Celtic colors. He weighs about 1455 pounds. He is the largest
of the Drum breed having more Standard Draft than GV.
Also meet Rock’s Fancy Pants, a yearling GV filly. She will be about
16HH tall at maturity and we plan to use her in dressage, western
pleasure, and then cart train her for trail courses.
We will be exhibiting with history charts, breeding charts (lineage)
and costumes for both breeds in the arena. Both horses are well
acquainted with having lots of people petting them (Shrek is our
resident HAM) and people can have their pictures taken with them.
Both are very kind horses and love the attention.
For hundreds of years, the nomadic people known as gypsies have
traveled the roads of Europe and the U.K. in beautifully carved and
decorated living wagons. To maintain this wandering way of life, they
created an extraordinary breed of horse. These horses had enough
endurance and strength to pull a heavy wagon all day, the ability to
subsist on whatever grazing it could find on the side of the road, and
an extremely calm temperament since a moment's panic could quite
literally result in the destruction of its master's home. The result,
after hundreds of years of selective breeding, is a beautiful, powerful
and supremely gentle animal-the Gypsy Cob." The appreciation of
these horses has been growing in the U.S., spurred by the
importation of a number of Gypsy Cobs during the last few years.
Gypsies, traveling in their caravans or vardos, have been known by a
variety of names, including Travelers, Roma or Romany. The names
for their horses reflect this - Gypsy Vanners, Travelers Horses, Irish
Cobs, Tinkers - but the name most commonly used in the U.K. is
Gypsy Cob..." We feel it is simpler just to call them Gypsy Horses.
from www.gypsycobsocietyofamerica.com
Join the folks from Chinkapin Ranch out of Osage County whose
foundation stock of Gypsy Cobs are from some of the best bloodlines
in the world. Their stallion Leo is a son of the Lion King and the
mares lines go back to the Conners family in Ireland and the
Roadsweepers from the UK. We have 6 young horses that are for
sale and are bringing at least three to the Celtic Fest. Come by and
meet Jagger whose is a two year old colt and two yearling fillies,
Fable and Titania.
The Drum horse was the horse who went into battle prior to the
knights. With the beating of the drums, the attacking army would put
their adversaries on notice that they were approaching. Later in the
19th and 20th Century, they were used as parade horses for the
Queen’s Army in Scotland and England. The riders would “steer”
their horses by attaching the reins to the toes of their boots. The
rider, also called the Drummer, would then have his hands free for
the beating of the drums. Drum Horses are a mixture of Gypsy
vanner, Shire and/or Clydesdale. They must be 1/8 GV to qualify as
Drum Horses. They were bred with the GV for their temperament and
smaller bodies. The Shires and the Clydesdales gave them power,
but the GV gave them beauty and refinement.
Meet Big Sky Orion, (also known as SHREK) who is a three year old
Stallion, 1/8 GV, 5/8 Shire and ¼ Clydesdale. He is feathered, and has
a wavy, almost dredd-locked mane, that will be French braided down
in his Celtic colors. He weighs about 1455 pounds. He is the largest
of the Drum breed having more Standard Draft than GV.
Also meet Rock’s Fancy Pants, a yearling GV filly. She will be about
16HH tall at maturity and we plan to use her in dressage, western
pleasure, and then cart train her for trail courses.
We will be exhibiting with history charts, breeding charts (lineage)
and costumes for both breeds in the arena. Both horses are well
acquainted with having lots of people petting them (Shrek is our
resident HAM) and people can have their pictures taken with them.
Both are very kind horses and love the attention.
For hundreds of years, the nomadic people known as gypsies have
traveled the roads of Europe and the U.K. in beautifully carved and
decorated living wagons. To maintain this wandering way of life, they
created an extraordinary breed of horse. These horses had enough
endurance and strength to pull a heavy wagon all day, the ability to
subsist on whatever grazing it could find on the side of the road, and
an extremely calm temperament since a moment's panic could quite
literally result in the destruction of its master's home. The result,
after hundreds of years of selective breeding, is a beautiful, powerful
and supremely gentle animal-the Gypsy Cob." The appreciation of
these horses has been growing in the U.S., spurred by the
importation of a number of Gypsy Cobs during the last few years.
Gypsies, traveling in their caravans or vardos, have been known by a
variety of names, including Travelers, Roma or Romany. The names
for their horses reflect this - Gypsy Vanners, Travelers Horses, Irish
Cobs, Tinkers - but the name most commonly used in the U.K. is
Gypsy Cob..." We feel it is simpler just to call them Gypsy Horses.
from www.gypsycobsocietyofamerica.com
Join the folks from Chinkapin Ranch out of Osage County whose
foundation stock of Gypsy Cobs are from some of the best bloodlines
in the world. Their stallion Leo is a son of the Lion King and the
mares lines go back to the Conners family in Ireland and the
Roadsweepers from the UK. We have 6 young horses that are for
sale and are bringing at least three to the Celtic Fest. Come by and
meet Jagger whose is a two year old colt and two yearling fillies,
Fable and Titania.
