See www.parenfaire.com for details on the annual Celtic Fling & Highland Games. Mount Hope Estate & Winery, in northern Lancaster County PA. Clans and Societies set up for free with four participant passes given to each. Please pass the word on to your colleagues, and thanks in advance. Annual Celtic Fling & Highland Games One Of North America's Largest! Scottish & Irish Festival Celebrates Music, Craft & Culture Of Celtic Lands The forty acres that are the annual site of the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire have undergone their annual early-summer transformation. Instead of a 16th village in England, they are now little "colonies" of Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Cornwall. It's all well and good, for the take-over is part of the 7th annual Celtic Fling & Highland Games, June 25-26, at Mount Hope Estate & Winery, in northern Lancaster County PA. Why such a major fuss over all things Celtic? Consider-there are 30-million Irish-Americans but only 6-million people living in Ireland. The numbers for Scottish-Americans are similar, as they are for the Welsh, the Cornish, and others of Celtic origin. They came to America at its birth. They kept coming in the 19th and 20th centuries, and in 2005 there's no reason to think or hope they'll stop. And thank Heavens, for the Celtic peoples are among those who handcrafted America. Life here is infused with Celtic music, foods, and traditions. Indeed the world's largest Saint Patrick's Day parade is in New York City, as just one example. The Fling's The Thing To Make Celtic Hearts Sing >From the opening of the gates at 11 AM to the last notes of the 7 PM final concert, the powerfully exuberant celebration of the music, dance and unbridled energy and spirit of the Celtic nations each festival day features over 50 musical sets, competitions and lore. The abundance of Celtic music alone is enough to fill a two-day slate to the brim, so it's a good thing the Fling's producers have developed a two-day pass, discounted, via their Virtual Box Office at their parenfaire.com website. Back for 2005 is the internationally acclaimed Eileen Ivers. She plays two violins, a standard acoustic and an electric. The Washington Post says of her recent concert with the National Symphony, "She may be the world's fastest fiddler, but she also is a versatile musician, at home in a variety of idioms and alert to the links between the popular music of Ireland and America." Anyone who's ever seen Eileen and her Immigrant Soul band in concert will readily admit that they present one of the best shows ever seen. Also back by wildly popular acclaim is the group known as Brother. Every Brother appearance at Flings past has been directly attributable to patrons by the thousands rising to their feet to chant, dance, and explode with Celtic delight. This is Celtic Rock music at its best, and wildest. Then there are the Glengarry Bhoys, perennial Celtic Fling favorites. Their years of determined touring and consistent output have cemented their status at the top of the independent music scene. In the United States and Canada they are a major act on the Celtic festival circuit as well as their club shows, which draw the size of crowds usually associated with the major pop acts of today. Definitely not to be missed. An Endless Musical & Cultural Feast The musical list is long, from Celtic Rock to Celtic Traditional, all of the entertainers listed among the very best of North America-Canada's Tartan Terrors with their almost Saturday Night Live music and dance look at their own Scottish roots.The Wild Geese Band from Pittsburgh, taking traditional Irish Pub music and translating it into an electrified feel-good concert experience.California's Celtic Spring, an entire family of musicians and dancers so adept at celebrating their Celtic heritage that you'll fall in love, over and over.Crooner and balladeer Charlie Zahm, mesmerizing all with his Irish sea shanties and folk tunes. And there are the lovely, touching musical chords of the groups UnCommon Ground, Keltish, and Darcy Nair. There's more than Celtic music, too. Try not to laugh while witnessing the outrageous comedy of Seamus Kennedy. And there are Irish storytellers, Irish history discussions presented by the women of the Celtic Theatre Company of NJ, and an entire area set aside for numerous varieties of Celtic canines, including the enormous Irish Wolfhounds! Everybody Dance Now! Imagine 800 Irish dancers in the first-ever Feis (fesh) on Saturday. Under the auspices of the worldwide board that officiates Irish Dance competition, the Celtic Fling Feis will see dancers-girls and boys, women and men-from all over North America, and perhaps Europe, compete in jigs, reels, and every manner of Irish dance possible. This Feis is particularly important, as the North American championships are just ahead. Not to be outdone,100s of dancers are signed up for the annual official Highland Dance Competition, moderated by the Scottish Official Board of Highland Dancing, the worldwide governing body of Highland dancing. On Sunday, Scottish Dancers from Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Connecticut and Canada take to the stage to compete in their ancient and graceful art. Bring On The Bands! The bagpipes brought to North America by the first Welsh, Cornish, Irish and Scottish settlers were, of course, emblematic of the hearts they brought with them, too, for the pipes of yore called when they went into battle, when they danced, when they were born and died. No wonder then that to this day those same pipers make us weep almost on the very first refrain at momentous events just about everywhere in Canada and the US. Imagine then the Fling's annual Bagpipe Band Competition, under the auspices of the Eastern United States Pipe Band Association. Here are hundreds of pipers in ebullient competition, fully clad in Irish or Scottish kilts and all the accoutrements, marching down the field, their measured and emotive strains enwrapping the hearts and souls of all who witness and hear. Thrust, Parry, Toss & Throw! In ancient times, competitive games were held so that kings and tribal chieftans could determine who was most fit to lead troops into battle. Today those same games are held for fun, but no matter, for 'tis still a battle of the mighty as scores of men and women compete for official standings in the Mid-Atlantic Scottish Athletics Association. It's like Nascar without the car, as they tour from one Highland Games event to another, hoping to end the Games season as winners of Scottish Gold in the Association's "Heavy" events categories. Their tossing of the Caber-an 18-foot tree trunk weighing up to 130 pounds-is absolutely hypnotic. As well there are the powerful Weight For Distance where a 28 or 56 pound Ball on a chain is thrown, the 22-pound Scots Hammer Throw, and the "Braemar" Stone Put, much like the shot put of modern-day track & field, but here the stone weighs 20 pounds or more. Then hearken back to the days of flashing steel and pristine honor as the 4th annual Rob Roy Epee Tournament takes to the fencing strips. The Epee is a dueling sword, so it's one touch, one "kill," as men and women, and boys and girls, by the score compete annually in hopes of winning the coveted Rob Roy Trophy, a beautiful Highland Claymore two-handed sword, inscribed to commemorate the championship. Beer, Wine & Celtic Cuisine! Festivals on the grounds of the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire always include the "Shire's" own micro-brewed ales in four hearty flavors from the Swashbuckler Pub & Eaterie, as well as the myriad varieties of wines-sampled for free--straight from the cellars of Mount Hope Estate & Winery, just outside the Castle Gate. And no Celtic celebration would be complete without complimentary samplings of Scotch and Irish whiskey. Scottish and Irish appetites for food will be whetted, too, for the twenty resident Fling kitchens are offering up sumptuous Shepherd's Pie, Scones, Pasties, Corned Beef, Briodies, Meat Pies, Cockaleekie Soup and more, as well as traditional festival favorites such as smoked turkey legs and fish 'n' chips. Hundreds Of Crafts At The End Of The Rainbow The craft marketplace alone makes the Celtic Fling a near-mandatory two-day visit, for not only are all of the 100 resident Renaissance Faire shops open, but more than 50 guest artisans and merchants-all of them specialists in Celtic culture-have erected a city of tents and offer everything from imported Irish wool to Scottish tartans, from original paintings and photographs to books and music CDs. Even canned grocery items are on display "from the old country." May The Road Rise To Meet You At the end of the day you'll have harvested a day full of Celtic experience-cabers and kilts and kindred hearts--the sights and sounds, the taste, smell and feel of everything that is just so moving about the past, the present, and, indeed, the future of Celtic life, no matter what side of the ocean. For no matter where you're from.today you embraced a world peopled with some of the most musical, most merry, most joyous folks on God' s green earth, and they have embraced you right back, welcomed you, made you a part of the family, and you'll always know that the Celtic Fling & Highland Games are all about you and yours. The Celtic Fling & Highland Games run from 11 AM until 7 PM on Saturday and Sunday June 25-26. Admission to the festival is $21.95 for adults and $8.95 for children ages 5 to 11. The grounds of the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire are located on Route 72, half a mile south of PA Turnpike exit 266, 14 miles east of Hershey and 15 miles north of Lancaster. Visit the Virtual Box Office for special discount offers. Thomas Roy Associate Producer PA Renaissance Faire Productions tom@parenfaire.com www.parenfaire.com POB 685, Cornwall PA 17016-0685 717-665-7021 x127 FAX 717-664-3466

Can you tell me if the Boyd family in Scotland was ever connected with the Finlaystone which is now the home of the Clan McMillan Society? Thanks -----Original Message----- From: Rich [mailto:richboyd@speednetllc.com] Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 3:42 PM To: CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Boyd] Penn Scottish Games See www.parenfaire.com for details on the annual Celtic Fling & Highland Games. Mount Hope Estate & Winery, in northern Lancaster County PA. Clans and Societies set up for free with four participant passes given to each. Please pass the word on to your colleagues, and thanks in advance. Annual Celtic Fling & Highland Games One Of North America's Largest! Scottish & Irish Festival Celebrates Music, Craft & Culture Of Celtic Lands The forty acres that are the annual site of the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire have undergone their annual early-summer transformation. Instead of a 16th village in England, they are now little "colonies" of Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Cornwall. It's all well and good, for the take-over is part of the 7th annual Celtic Fling & Highland Games, June 25-26, at Mount Hope Estate & Winery, in northern Lancaster County PA. Why such a major fuss over all things Celtic? Consider-there are 30-million Irish-Americans but only 6-million people living in Ireland. The numbers for Scottish-Americans are similar, as they are for the Welsh, the Cornish, and others of Celtic origin. They came to America at its birth. They kept coming in the 19th and 20th centuries, and in 2005 there's no reason to think or hope they'll stop. And thank Heavens, for the Celtic peoples are among those who handcrafted America. Life here is infused with Celtic music, foods, and traditions. Indeed the world's largest Saint Patrick's Day parade is in New York City, as just one example. The Fling's The Thing To Make Celtic Hearts Sing >From the opening of the gates at 11 AM to the last notes of the 7 PM final concert, the powerfully exuberant celebration of the music, dance and unbridled energy and spirit of the Celtic nations each festival day features over 50 musical sets, competitions and lore. The abundance of Celtic music alone is enough to fill a two-day slate to the brim, so it's a good thing the Fling's producers have developed a two-day pass, discounted, via their Virtual Box Office at their parenfaire.com website. Back for 2005 is the internationally acclaimed Eileen Ivers. She plays two violins, a standard acoustic and an electric. The Washington Post says of her recent concert with the National Symphony, "She may be the world's fastest fiddler, but she also is a versatile musician, at home in a variety of idioms and alert to the links between the popular music of Ireland and America." Anyone who's ever seen Eileen and her Immigrant Soul band in concert will readily admit that they present one of the best shows ever seen. Also back by wildly popular acclaim is the group known as Brother. Every Brother appearance at Flings past has been directly attributable to patrons by the thousands rising to their feet to chant, dance, and explode with Celtic delight. This is Celtic Rock music at its best, and wildest. Then there are the Glengarry Bhoys, perennial Celtic Fling favorites. Their years of determined touring and consistent output have cemented their status at the top of the independent music scene. In the United States and Canada they are a major act on the Celtic festival circuit as well as their club shows, which draw the size of crowds usually associated with the major pop acts of today. Definitely not to be missed. An Endless Musical & Cultural Feast The musical list is long, from Celtic Rock to Celtic Traditional, all of the entertainers listed among the very best of North America-Canada's Tartan Terrors with their almost Saturday Night Live music and dance look at their own Scottish roots.The Wild Geese Band from Pittsburgh, taking traditional Irish Pub music and translating it into an electrified feel-good concert experience.California's Celtic Spring, an entire family of musicians and dancers so adept at celebrating their Celtic heritage that you'll fall in love, over and over.Crooner and balladeer Charlie Zahm, mesmerizing all with his Irish sea shanties and folk tunes. And there are the lovely, touching musical chords of the groups UnCommon Ground, Keltish, and Darcy Nair. There's more than Celtic music, too. Try not to laugh while witnessing the outrageous comedy of Seamus Kennedy. And there are Irish storytellers, Irish history discussions presented by the women of the Celtic Theatre Company of NJ, and an entire area set aside for numerous varieties of Celtic canines, including the enormous Irish Wolfhounds! Everybody Dance Now! Imagine 800 Irish dancers in the first-ever Feis (fesh) on Saturday. Under the auspices of the worldwide board that officiates Irish Dance competition, the Celtic Fling Feis will see dancers-girls and boys, women and men-from all over North America, and perhaps Europe, compete in jigs, reels, and every manner of Irish dance possible. This Feis is particularly important, as the North American championships are just ahead. Not to be outdone,100s of dancers are signed up for the annual official Highland Dance Competition, moderated by the Scottish Official Board of Highland Dancing, the worldwide governing body of Highland dancing. On Sunday, Scottish Dancers from Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Connecticut and Canada take to the stage to compete in their ancient and graceful art. Bring On The Bands! The bagpipes brought to North America by the first Welsh, Cornish, Irish and Scottish settlers were, of course, emblematic of the hearts they brought with them, too, for the pipes of yore called when they went into battle, when they danced, when they were born and died. No wonder then that to this day those same pipers make us weep almost on the very first refrain at momentous events just about everywhere in Canada and the US. Imagine then the Fling's annual Bagpipe Band Competition, under the auspices of the Eastern United States Pipe Band Association. Here are hundreds of pipers in ebullient competition, fully clad in Irish or Scottish kilts and all the accoutrements, marching down the field, their measured and emotive strains enwrapping the hearts and souls of all who witness and hear. Thrust, Parry, Toss & Throw! In ancient times, competitive games were held so that kings and tribal chieftans could determine who was most fit to lead troops into battle. Today those same games are held for fun, but no matter, for 'tis still a battle of the mighty as scores of men and women compete for official standings in the Mid-Atlantic Scottish Athletics Association. It's like Nascar without the car, as they tour from one Highland Games event to another, hoping to end the Games season as winners of Scottish Gold in the Association's "Heavy" events categories. Their tossing of the Caber-an 18-foot tree trunk weighing up to 130 pounds-is absolutely hypnotic. As well there are the powerful Weight For Distance where a 28 or 56 pound Ball on a chain is thrown, the 22-pound Scots Hammer Throw, and the "Braemar" Stone Put, much like the shot put of modern-day track & field, but here the stone weighs 20 pounds or more. Then hearken back to the days of flashing steel and pristine honor as the 4th annual Rob Roy Epee Tournament takes to the fencing strips. The Epee is a dueling sword, so it's one touch, one "kill," as men and women, and boys and girls, by the score compete annually in hopes of winning the coveted Rob Roy Trophy, a beautiful Highland Claymore two-handed sword, inscribed to commemorate the championship. Beer, Wine & Celtic Cuisine! Festivals on the grounds of the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire always include the "Shire's" own micro-brewed ales in four hearty flavors from the Swashbuckler Pub & Eaterie, as well as the myriad varieties of wines-sampled for free--straight from the cellars of Mount Hope Estate & Winery, just outside the Castle Gate. And no Celtic celebration would be complete without complimentary samplings of Scotch and Irish whiskey. Scottish and Irish appetites for food will be whetted, too, for the twenty resident Fling kitchens are offering up sumptuous Shepherd's Pie, Scones, Pasties, Corned Beef, Briodies, Meat Pies, Cockaleekie Soup and more, as well as traditional festival favorites such as smoked turkey legs and fish 'n' chips. Hundreds Of Crafts At The End Of The Rainbow The craft marketplace alone makes the Celtic Fling a near-mandatory two-day visit, for not only are all of the 100 resident Renaissance Faire shops open, but more than 50 guest artisans and merchants-all of them specialists in Celtic culture-have erected a city of tents and offer everything from imported Irish wool to Scottish tartans, from original paintings and photographs to books and music CDs. Even canned grocery items are on display "from the old country." May The Road Rise To Meet You At the end of the day you'll have harvested a day full of Celtic experience-cabers and kilts and kindred hearts--the sights and sounds, the taste, smell and feel of everything that is just so moving about the past, the present, and, indeed, the future of Celtic life, no matter what side of the ocean. For no matter where you're from.today you embraced a world peopled with some of the most musical, most merry, most joyous folks on God' s green earth, and they have embraced you right back, welcomed you, made you a part of the family, and you'll always know that the Celtic Fling & Highland Games are all about you and yours. The Celtic Fling & Highland Games run from 11 AM until 7 PM on Saturday and Sunday June 25-26. Admission to the festival is $21.95 for adults and $8.95 for children ages 5 to 11. The grounds of the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire are located on Route 72, half a mile south of PA Turnpike exit 266, 14 miles east of Hershey and 15 miles north of Lancaster. Visit the Virtual Box Office for special discount offers. Thomas Roy Associate Producer PA Renaissance Faire Productions tom@parenfaire.com www.parenfaire.com POB 685, Cornwall PA 17016-0685 717-665-7021 x127 FAX 717-664-3466 ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees

Excuse my lack of knowledge, but what is the Finleystone? And is it connect to the Finley family? I have Boyds and Finleys married here in the US at about 1750. Jane in Ohio ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen McMillan" <diggingupbones@cfl.rr.com> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 4:21 PM Subject: RE: [Boyd] Penn Scottish Games > Can you tell me if the Boyd family in Scotland was ever connected with the > Finlaystone which is now the home of the Clan McMillan Society? > Thanks > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rich [mailto:richboyd@speednetllc.com] > Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 3:42 PM > To: CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [Boyd] Penn Scottish Games > > > See www.parenfaire.com for details on the annual Celtic Fling & Highland > Games. Mount Hope Estate & Winery, in northern Lancaster County PA. > > Clans and Societies set up for free with four participant passes given to > each. Please pass the word on to your colleagues, and thanks in advance. > > Annual Celtic Fling & Highland Games One Of North America's Largest! > Scottish & Irish Festival Celebrates Music, Craft & Culture Of Celtic Lands > > The forty acres that are the annual site of the Pennsylvania Renaissance > Faire have undergone their annual early-summer transformation. Instead of a > 16th village in England, they are now little "colonies" of Ireland, > Scotland, Wales and Cornwall. It's all well and good, for the take-over is > part of the 7th annual Celtic Fling & Highland Games, June 25-26, at Mount > Hope Estate & Winery, in northern Lancaster County PA. > > Why such a major fuss over all things Celtic? Consider-there are 30-million > Irish-Americans but only 6-million people living in Ireland. The numbers for > Scottish-Americans are similar, as they are for the Welsh, the Cornish, and > others of Celtic origin. > They came to America at its birth. They kept coming in the 19th and 20th > centuries, and in 2005 there's no reason to think or hope they'll stop. And > thank Heavens, for the Celtic peoples are among those who handcrafted > America. Life here is infused with Celtic music, foods, and traditions. > Indeed the world's largest Saint Patrick's Day parade is in New York City, > as just one example. > > The Fling's The Thing To Make Celtic Hearts Sing > > >From the opening of the gates at 11 AM to the last notes of the 7 PM final > concert, the powerfully exuberant celebration of the music, dance and > unbridled energy and spirit of the Celtic nations each festival day features > over 50 musical sets, competitions and lore. The abundance of Celtic music > alone is enough to fill a two-day slate to the brim, so it's a good thing > the Fling's producers have developed a two-day pass, discounted, via their > Virtual Box Office at their parenfaire.com website. > > Back for 2005 is the internationally acclaimed Eileen Ivers. She plays two > violins, a standard acoustic and an electric. The Washington Post says of > her recent concert with the National Symphony, "She may be the world's > fastest fiddler, but she also is a versatile musician, at home in a variety > of idioms and alert to the links between the popular music of Ireland and > America." Anyone who's ever seen Eileen and her Immigrant Soul band in > concert will readily admit that they present one of the best shows ever > seen. > > Also back by wildly popular acclaim is the group known as Brother. Every > Brother appearance at Flings past has been directly attributable to patrons > by the thousands rising to their feet to chant, dance, and explode with > Celtic delight. This is Celtic Rock music at its best, and wildest. > > Then there are the Glengarry Bhoys, perennial Celtic Fling favorites. Their > years of determined touring and consistent output have cemented their status > at the top of the independent music scene. In the United States and Canada > they are a major act on the Celtic festival circuit as well as their club > shows, which draw the size of crowds usually associated with the major pop > acts of today. Definitely not to be missed. > > An Endless Musical & Cultural Feast > The musical list is long, from Celtic Rock to Celtic Traditional, all of the > entertainers listed among the very best of North America-Canada's Tartan > Terrors with their almost Saturday Night Live music and dance look at their > own Scottish roots.The Wild Geese Band from Pittsburgh, taking traditional > Irish Pub music and translating it into an electrified feel-good concert > experience.California's Celtic Spring, an entire family of musicians and > dancers so adept at celebrating their Celtic heritage that you'll fall in > love, over and over.Crooner and balladeer Charlie Zahm, mesmerizing all with > his Irish sea shanties and folk tunes. And there are the lovely, touching > musical chords of the groups UnCommon Ground, Keltish, and Darcy Nair. > > There's more than Celtic music, too. Try not to laugh while witnessing the > outrageous comedy of Seamus Kennedy. And there are Irish storytellers, Irish > history discussions presented by the women of the Celtic Theatre Company of > NJ, and an entire area set aside for numerous varieties of Celtic canines, > including the enormous Irish Wolfhounds! > > Everybody Dance Now! > > Imagine 800 Irish dancers in the first-ever Feis (fesh) on Saturday. Under > the auspices of the worldwide board that officiates Irish Dance competition, > the Celtic Fling Feis will see dancers-girls and boys, women and men-from > all over North America, and perhaps Europe, compete in jigs, reels, and > every manner of Irish dance possible. This Feis is particularly important, > as the North American championships are just ahead. > > Not to be outdone,100s of dancers are signed up for the annual official > Highland Dance Competition, moderated by the Scottish Official Board of > Highland Dancing, the worldwide governing body of Highland dancing. On > Sunday, Scottish Dancers from Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New York, > New Jersey, Virginia, Connecticut and Canada take to the stage to compete in > their ancient and graceful art. > > Bring On The Bands! > > The bagpipes brought to North America by the first Welsh, Cornish, Irish and > Scottish settlers were, of course, emblematic of the hearts they brought > with them, too, for the pipes of yore called when they went into battle, > when they danced, when they were born and died. No wonder then that to this > day those same pipers make us weep almost on the very first refrain at > momentous events just about everywhere in Canada and the US. > > Imagine then the Fling's annual Bagpipe Band Competition, under the auspices > of the Eastern United States Pipe Band Association. Here are hundreds of > pipers in ebullient competition, fully clad in Irish or Scottish kilts and > all the accoutrements, marching down the field, their measured and emotive > strains enwrapping the hearts and souls of all who witness and hear. > > Thrust, Parry, Toss & Throw! > > In ancient times, competitive games were held so that kings and tribal > chieftans could determine who was most fit to lead troops into battle. Today > those same games are held for fun, but no matter, for 'tis still a battle of > the mighty as scores of men and women compete for official standings in the > Mid-Atlantic Scottish Athletics Association. It's like Nascar without the > car, as they tour from one Highland Games event to another, hoping to end > the Games season as winners of Scottish Gold in the Association's "Heavy" > events categories. Their tossing of the Caber-an 18-foot tree trunk weighing > up to 130 pounds-is absolutely hypnotic. As well there are the powerful > Weight For Distance where a 28 or 56 pound Ball on a chain is thrown, the > 22-pound Scots Hammer Throw, and the "Braemar" Stone Put, much like the shot > put of modern-day track & field, but here the stone weighs 20 pounds or > more. > > Then hearken back to the days of flashing steel and pristine honor as the > 4th annual > Rob Roy Epee Tournament takes to the fencing strips. The Epee is a dueling > sword, so it's one touch, one "kill," as men and women, and boys and girls, > by the score compete annually in hopes of winning the coveted Rob Roy > Trophy, a beautiful Highland Claymore two-handed sword, inscribed to > commemorate the championship. > > Beer, Wine & Celtic Cuisine! > > Festivals on the grounds of the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire always > include the "Shire's" own micro-brewed ales in four hearty flavors from the > Swashbuckler Pub & Eaterie, as well as the myriad varieties of wines-sampled > for free--straight from the cellars of Mount Hope Estate & Winery, just > outside the Castle Gate. And no Celtic celebration would be complete without > complimentary samplings of Scotch and Irish whiskey. > > Scottish and Irish appetites for food will be whetted, too, for the twenty > resident Fling kitchens are offering up sumptuous Shepherd's Pie, Scones, > Pasties, Corned Beef, Briodies, Meat Pies, Cockaleekie Soup and more, as > well as traditional festival favorites such as smoked turkey legs and fish > 'n' chips. > > Hundreds Of Crafts At The End Of The Rainbow > > The craft marketplace alone makes the Celtic Fling a near-mandatory two-day > visit, for not only are all of the 100 resident Renaissance Faire shops > open, but more than 50 guest artisans and merchants-all of them specialists > in Celtic culture-have erected a city of tents and offer everything from > imported Irish wool to Scottish tartans, from original paintings and > photographs to books and music CDs. Even canned grocery items are on display > "from the old country." > > May The Road Rise To Meet You > > At the end of the day you'll have harvested a day full of Celtic > experience-cabers and kilts and kindred hearts--the sights and sounds, the > taste, smell and feel of everything that is just so moving about the past, > the present, and, indeed, the future of Celtic life, no matter what side o f > the ocean. For no matter where you're from.today you embraced a world > peopled with some of the most musical, most merry, most joyous folks on God' > s green earth, and they have embraced you right back, welcomed you, made you > a part of the family, and you'll always know that the Celtic Fling & > Highland Games are all about you and yours. > > The Celtic Fling & Highland Games run from 11 AM until 7 PM on Saturday and > Sunday June 25-26. Admission to the festival is $21.95 for adults and $8.95 > for children ages 5 to 11. The grounds of the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire > are located on Route 72, half a mile south of PA Turnpike exit 266, 14 miles > east of Hershey and 15 miles north of Lancaster. Visit the Virtual Box > Office for special discount offers. > > Thomas Roy > Associate Producer > PA Renaissance Faire Productions > tom@parenfaire.com > www.parenfaire.com > POB 685, Cornwall PA 17016-0685 > 717-665-7021 x127 > FAX 717-664-3466 > > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees > >

Finlaystone is the Clan McMillan Center in Scotland. It was the home of the Cunninghams at one time and I think I read where it had a Boyd connection. But I am not sure. Hoping someone else can help or tell me where I got that idea. Karen -----Original Message----- From: Jane C. Grezlik [mailto:jcgrezlik@bright.net] Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 5:54 PM To: CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Boyd] Penn Scottish Games Excuse my lack of knowledge, but what is the Finleystone? And is it connect to the Finley family? I have Boyds and Finleys married here in the US at about 1750. Jane in Ohio ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen McMillan" <diggingupbones@cfl.rr.com> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 4:21 PM Subject: RE: [Boyd] Penn Scottish Games > Can you tell me if the Boyd family in Scotland was ever connected with the > Finlaystone which is now the home of the Clan McMillan Society? > Thanks > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rich [mailto:richboyd@speednetllc.com] > Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 3:42 PM > To: CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [Boyd] Penn Scottish Games > > > See www.parenfaire.com for details on the annual Celtic Fling & Highland > Games. Mount Hope Estate & Winery, in northern Lancaster County PA. > > Clans and Societies set up for free with four participant passes given to > each. Please pass the word on to your colleagues, and thanks in advance. > > Annual Celtic Fling & Highland Games One Of North America's Largest! > Scottish & Irish Festival Celebrates Music, Craft & Culture Of Celtic Lands > > The forty acres that are the annual site of the Pennsylvania Renaissance > Faire have undergone their annual early-summer transformation. Instead of a > 16th village in England, they are now little "colonies" of Ireland, > Scotland, Wales and Cornwall. It's all well and good, for the take-over is > part of the 7th annual Celtic Fling & Highland Games, June 25-26, at Mount > Hope Estate & Winery, in northern Lancaster County PA. > > Why such a major fuss over all things Celtic? Consider-there are 30-million > Irish-Americans but only 6-million people living in Ireland. The numbers for > Scottish-Americans are similar, as they are for the Welsh, the Cornish, and > others of Celtic origin. > They came to America at its birth. They kept coming in the 19th and 20th > centuries, and in 2005 there's no reason to think or hope they'll stop. And > thank Heavens, for the Celtic peoples are among those who handcrafted > America. Life here is infused with Celtic music, foods, and traditions. > Indeed the world's largest Saint Patrick's Day parade is in New York City, > as just one example. > > The Fling's The Thing To Make Celtic Hearts Sing > > >From the opening of the gates at 11 AM to the last notes of the 7 PM final > concert, the powerfully exuberant celebration of the music, dance and > unbridled energy and spirit of the Celtic nations each festival day features > over 50 musical sets, competitions and lore. The abundance of Celtic music > alone is enough to fill a two-day slate to the brim, so it's a good thing > the Fling's producers have developed a two-day pass, discounted, via their > Virtual Box Office at their parenfaire.com website. > > Back for 2005 is the internationally acclaimed Eileen Ivers. She plays two > violins, a standard acoustic and an electric. The Washington Post says of > her recent concert with the National Symphony, "She may be the world's > fastest fiddler, but she also is a versatile musician, at home in a variety > of idioms and alert to the links between the popular music of Ireland and > America." Anyone who's ever seen Eileen and her Immigrant Soul band in > concert will readily admit that they present one of the best shows ever > seen. > > Also back by wildly popular acclaim is the group known as Brother. Every > Brother appearance at Flings past has been directly attributable to patrons > by the thousands rising to their feet to chant, dance, and explode with > Celtic delight. This is Celtic Rock music at its best, and wildest. > > Then there are the Glengarry Bhoys, perennial Celtic Fling favorites. Their > years of determined touring and consistent output have cemented their status > at the top of the independent music scene. In the United States and Canada > they are a major act on the Celtic festival circuit as well as their club > shows, which draw the size of crowds usually associated with the major pop > acts of today. Definitely not to be missed. > > An Endless Musical & Cultural Feast > The musical list is long, from Celtic Rock to Celtic Traditional, all of the > entertainers listed among the very best of North America-Canada's Tartan > Terrors with their almost Saturday Night Live music and dance look at their > own Scottish roots.The Wild Geese Band from Pittsburgh, taking traditional > Irish Pub music and translating it into an electrified feel-good concert > experience.California's Celtic Spring, an entire family of musicians and > dancers so adept at celebrating their Celtic heritage that you'll fall in > love, over and over.Crooner and balladeer Charlie Zahm, mesmerizing all with > his Irish sea shanties and folk tunes. And there are the lovely, touching > musical chords of the groups UnCommon Ground, Keltish, and Darcy Nair. > > There's more than Celtic music, too. Try not to laugh while witnessing the > outrageous comedy of Seamus Kennedy. And there are Irish storytellers, Irish > history discussions presented by the women of the Celtic Theatre Company of > NJ, and an entire area set aside for numerous varieties of Celtic canines, > including the enormous Irish Wolfhounds! > > Everybody Dance Now! > > Imagine 800 Irish dancers in the first-ever Feis (fesh) on Saturday. Under > the auspices of the worldwide board that officiates Irish Dance competition, > the Celtic Fling Feis will see dancers-girls and boys, women and men-from > all over North America, and perhaps Europe, compete in jigs, reels, and > every manner of Irish dance possible. This Feis is particularly important, > as the North American championships are just ahead. > > Not to be outdone,100s of dancers are signed up for the annual official > Highland Dance Competition, moderated by the Scottish Official Board of > Highland Dancing, the worldwide governing body of Highland dancing. On > Sunday, Scottish Dancers from Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New York, > New Jersey, Virginia, Connecticut and Canada take to the stage to compete in > their ancient and graceful art. > > Bring On The Bands! > > The bagpipes brought to North America by the first Welsh, Cornish, Irish and > Scottish settlers were, of course, emblematic of the hearts they brought > with them, too, for the pipes of yore called when they went into battle, > when they danced, when they were born and died. No wonder then that to this > day those same pipers make us weep almost on the very first refrain at > momentous events just about everywhere in Canada and the US. > > Imagine then the Fling's annual Bagpipe Band Competition, under the auspices > of the Eastern United States Pipe Band Association. Here are hundreds of > pipers in ebullient competition, fully clad in Irish or Scottish kilts and > all the accoutrements, marching down the field, their measured and emotive > strains enwrapping the hearts and souls of all who witness and hear. > > Thrust, Parry, Toss & Throw! > > In ancient times, competitive games were held so that kings and tribal > chieftans could determine who was most fit to lead troops into battle. Today > those same games are held for fun, but no matter, for 'tis still a battle of > the mighty as scores of men and women compete for official standings in the > Mid-Atlantic Scottish Athletics Association. It's like Nascar without the > car, as they tour from one Highland Games event to another, hoping to end > the Games season as winners of Scottish Gold in the Association's "Heavy" > events categories. Their tossing of the Caber-an 18-foot tree trunk weighing > up to 130 pounds-is absolutely hypnotic. As well there are the powerful > Weight For Distance where a 28 or 56 pound Ball on a chain is thrown, the > 22-pound Scots Hammer Throw, and the "Braemar" Stone Put, much like the shot > put of modern-day track & field, but here the stone weighs 20 pounds or > more. > > Then hearken back to the days of flashing steel and pristine honor as the > 4th annual > Rob Roy Epee Tournament takes to the fencing strips. The Epee is a dueling > sword, so it's one touch, one "kill," as men and women, and boys and girls, > by the score compete annually in hopes of winning the coveted Rob Roy > Trophy, a beautiful Highland Claymore two-handed sword, inscribed to > commemorate the championship. > > Beer, Wine & Celtic Cuisine! > > Festivals on the grounds of the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire always > include the "Shire's" own micro-brewed ales in four hearty flavors from the > Swashbuckler Pub & Eaterie, as well as the myriad varieties of wines-sampled > for free--straight from the cellars of Mount Hope Estate & Winery, just > outside the Castle Gate. And no Celtic celebration would be complete without > complimentary samplings of Scotch and Irish whiskey. > > Scottish and Irish appetites for food will be whetted, too, for the twenty > resident Fling kitchens are offering up sumptuous Shepherd's Pie, Scones, > Pasties, Corned Beef, Briodies, Meat Pies, Cockaleekie Soup and more, as > well as traditional festival favorites such as smoked turkey legs and fish > 'n' chips. > > Hundreds Of Crafts At The End Of The Rainbow > > The craft marketplace alone makes the Celtic Fling a near-mandatory two-day > visit, for not only are all of the 100 resident Renaissance Faire shops > open, but more than 50 guest artisans and merchants-all of them specialists > in Celtic culture-have erected a city of tents and offer everything from > imported Irish wool to Scottish tartans, from original paintings and > photographs to books and music CDs. Even canned grocery items are on display > "from the old country." > > May The Road Rise To Meet You > > At the end of the day you'll have harvested a day full of Celtic > experience-cabers and kilts and kindred hearts--the sights and sounds, the > taste, smell and feel of everything that is just so moving about the past, > the present, and, indeed, the future of Celtic life, no matter what side o f > the ocean. For no matter where you're from.today you embraced a world > peopled with some of the most musical, most merry, most joyous folks on God' > s green earth, and they have embraced you right back, welcomed you, made you > a part of the family, and you'll always know that the Celtic Fling & > Highland Games are all about you and yours. > > The Celtic Fling & Highland Games run from 11 AM until 7 PM on Saturday and > Sunday June 25-26. Admission to the festival is $21.95 for adults and $8.95 > for children ages 5 to 11. The grounds of the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire > are located on Route 72, half a mile south of PA Turnpike exit 266, 14 miles > east of Hershey and 15 miles north of Lancaster. Visit the Virtual Box > Office for special discount offers. > > Thomas Roy > Associate Producer > PA Renaissance Faire Productions > tom@parenfaire.com > www.parenfaire.com > POB 685, Cornwall PA 17016-0685 > 717-665-7021 x127 > FAX 717-664-3466 > > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees

Karen, I searched through my web site and didn't see a cennection between the Boyds and Finlaystone. Rich Boyd ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen McMillan" <diggingupbones@cfl.rr.com> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 4:21 PM Subject: RE: [Boyd] Penn Scottish Games > Can you tell me if the Boyd family in Scotland was ever connected with the > Finlaystone which is now the home of the Clan McMillan Society? > Thanks