Greenfield, MA
June 28, 2008
As they had been for the past month, the Weather Channel was forecasting possible thunderstorms and since we ran into a couple of showers on the way to the Fairgrounds on Friday, we thought that we would just set up the tent that night and put out the displays on Saturday morning. When we got there it wasn’t raining and it wasn’t too awfully humid so we went ahead and unloaded the trailer, on the chance that it might be worse in the morning. We also set up our second tent next to us temporarily to save a space for the Macfarlanes (Sam’s clan) who would be coming in Saturday morning. Since the Macfarlane tent is a one-man show, Sam planned on helping him on occasion. More on the Macfarlanes later.
Saturday turned out to be fairly decent, even though they were still forecasting possible thunderstorms. The attendance was down and it certainly showed on Clan Row. It was noon before a lot of the Clans even had one visitor. The low attendance was attributed to the weather forecast, the price of gas and the economy in general or a combination of all three. We are hoping that this doesn’t hold true for our future Games.
Society members Carolyn and Eric Ness came by and visited for a while. Last year we had mentioned that Eric was thinking of making a stained glass mirror of the Clan Crest. Poor Eric took that as a mandate and felt obligated to do it. And do it he did! He hasn’t finished it yet, but the glass is cut and ready to be finished off. He very kindly brought it to the tent for us to see and it certainly is a work of art. A job well done, Eric, and thank you for bringing it.Their son, Will Ness, also a member, came by a little later, excited about his purchases. He had bought a huge Glenfiddich mirror for his brother. Needless to say, Sam was very envious. The only other visitors we had were Jennifer Moore and Beth MacDonald. Our thanks to all for stopping by.
In May, we traveled to the Rhode Island Games. Since there is usually a Colquhoun tent there, we went to help in the Macfarlane tent. They were Honored Clan, and as we said, it is a one-man operation, and we wanted to give our support. Besides, it finally gave Sam a chance to wear his Macfarlane kilt to a Game and Vicki very graciously wore a Macfarlane sash, although when we mentioned this to a friend in Scotland, his reply was that Vicki looks better in Colquhoun Blue than Macfarlane Red. As it turned out, there was no Colquhoun tent there. Norman Bliss, who usually hosts the Colquhoun tent, had a prior commitment in the morning, but stopped by to chat with us for a while in the afternoon.
Our next Game is Glasgow Lands Scottish Festival in Northampton, MA. So far the weather looks promising.
Vicki and Sam Overstreet
New York/New England Representatives
Clan Colquhoun Society of the United Kingdom
US: www.colquhounclan.com
UK: www.clancolquhounsociety.co.uk
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