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Clan Currie Society to Visit Brodick Highland Games Members of the Clan Currie Society will visit the Brodick Highland Games on Saturday, August 9, 2008. Curries from far and wide are invited to visit with fellow clansmen Robert Currie, president of the Society and Alan Currie, Clan Convener for Scotland.
Robert Currie comes from an old Arran family. His great, great grandfather, Neil Currie of Kilmory left Arran in 1828 to settle in Canada. The Clan Currie Society is an international, non-profit cultural and educational organization, active in preserving and promoting highland heritage at Scottish Games, ethnic festivals, as well as community groups and classrooms. The Society has approx. 3,000 members worldwide. The organization started as a family name society in Glasgow, Scotland in 1959 to further the knowledge and appreciation of the MacMhuirich bardic dynasty. The MacMhuirichs served for over 700 years as professional poets to the Lords of the Isles and later to the MacDonalds of Clanranald. The Red Book of Clanranald, one of Gaelic Scotland’s literary treasures, was penned by successive generations of the MacMhuirich family. In Scotland, the Society has participated in Games and Gatherings in Inverness, Bute, Blairgowrie, and Glenfinnan. The Society made its first visit to the Brodick Highland Games in 1995. The Society hosts the annual National Tartan Day celebration at the Ellis Island Immigration Museum. The Society also produces a number of highly successful concerts featuring Scottish music and Gaelic poetry readings. The Society’s next event will be a concert in Stirling featuring fiddler Calum Pasqua accompanied by Susie Petrov. In 2007, Pasqua was the first American to be invited to compete in the Glenfiddich Scottish Fiddle Competition at Blair Castle where he earned 1st place along with an invitation to return and defend the title this October. Their program is entitled, “Dunkeld’s Genius – The Music of Niel Gow and Gordon Duncan.” The concert will be held on Saturday, October 25 at the Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum. For further information on the Society visit their website at www.clancurrie.org. For further information on the Brodick Highland Games, contact Stewart Clark at +01770 601382. About Highland Games The origins of Highland Games in Scotland can be traced back many hundreds of years. King Malcolm is thought to have begun the Royal Association with Highland Games at Braemar during the 11th Century. Clan Chieftains used the Games to recruit staff – winners of races made excellent couriers while winners of strength events made fine bodyguards and soldiers. Events were developed to test for strength, stamina, accuracy and agility using the elements and materials of their day-to-day life. The caber toss, stone putt, hammer throw, weight lift, sheaf toss, archery, wrestling, foot races up steep hills and Highland Dancing all combined to tax the endurance and strength of the competitors. Home •
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