Presenting the 6th Annual
Iron Thistle
"Scottish Heritage Festival and Highland Games"
Hooray! - The Festival is here at last, "This Weekend ".
Come out and have fun watching over 50 Athletes compete in the traditional Scottish Games.
While you're there visit over 25 Vendors and over 14 Clan Tents.
Bring your kids to the Great Kids Area and them ride the Celtic Train.
We will have 5 Celtic Bands, 3 Pipe Bands, 5 Celtic Dance Groups, along with Pipers and several Music Workshops.
If you want to find if your "Surname" could be "Celtic" (Scottish, Irish, Welsh or English) come out and spend some time visiting the Clan Tents and you can attend our Genealogy Workshop on both Saturday and Sunday.
April 27, 28 & 29, 2012
(Friday, Saturday & Sunday --- This Weekend)
Kirkpatrick Family Farm, 1001 Garth Brooks Blvd., Yukon, OK. 73099
West on I-40, turn North on Hwy 92 (Garth Brooks Blvd.), go 1/2 mi., just north of Vandament Ave.
Friday - April 27th
"Celtic Music Concert,
Fire Ceremony & Introductions to the Clans"
Festival grounds open to the public at 5:00pm
Fire Ceremony begins at 5:30pm
Paid Celtic Music Concert 6:30 - 9:00pm
Saturday - April 28th
"Scottish Heritage Festival and Highland Games"
Festival Hours to the Public: 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. Picture from the March 2011 Festival
Sunday - April 29th
"Scottish Heritage Festival and Highland Games"
Festival Hours to the Public: 10:00 am to 5:00pm
Festival Hours and Admission Charge
Friday - April 27th
Free admission to the festival site. Gate opens at 5:00pm
Fire Ceremony begins at 5:30
and stay for the Celtic Music Concert which is from 6:30 - 9:00 pm. The Concert Charge is $8 per person.
"Scotland Rising and "On The Doss will be our Feature Entertainers.
Saturday & Sunday, April 28th & 29th
General Admission - Festival Hours to the public: 10:00am - 6:00pm on Saturday and 10:00am - 5:00pm on Sunday.
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Gate Fee Charge Each Day
10 yrs & Above -- $5
& FREE for Children 9 yrs & Younger.
Host Hotel for the Festival
Located at: 1351 Canadian Court, Yukon, Oklahoma, 73099,
Telephone: 1-405-350-6400 or email Traci, at: Yarbrough@hilton.com.
Special Rate: $79.00, single to quad occupancy per room, with Hot Breakfast.
A total of 29 rooms have been blocked for guests attending the Iron Thistle Festival.
You need to contact the hotel as soon as possible to reserve your room at this special festival rate.
This Special Festival Rate, is only available through March 10th.
To receive the Special Rate, when you call to register at the hotel,
tell them you're with the "Iron Thistle Festival" or "Scottish Festival" being held in Yukon.
Note: Click on Hampton Inn Yukon, for the hotel website.
Athletics & Entertainment Schedules:
(Click on the following .pdf files for the Saturday and Sunday schedules.)
Athletic & Entertainment Schedules
The following are just a few of the scheduled entertainers for this weekend. Come out and enjoy all of the festivities, bands, dancers, food, vendors, pipers and of course our expanded Kids Area for this weekend.
Scotland Rising Featuring Bryan Blaylock & John Imes
Think this is your Gran Dad’s old pipe band?! Think Again!
Combining stellar artistic skills, raw talent, and a liberal dose of Celtic humor, along with a love of all things Scottish, these lads will make you get up and stomp and roar along with them as you swell with pride to the energy that fills you – maybe even bringing a tear to your eye – all during a single performance!
This is a band you will want to experience time and again.
Scotland Rising consists of Jimmy Mitchell and John Imes on the Great Highland Bagpipes with Daniel Dossey and Bryan Blaylock on Percussion.
As The Crow Flies
As The Crow Flies features Allison Taylor on fiddle and vocals. When she isn't playing Celtic Music, Allison, from Oklahoma City, can also be found performing with the Enid Symphony Orchestra and with various quartets and trios in the OKC metro. Matt McCoy is the groups’ utility player, featured on tin whistle, flute, and magic spoons. He makes his home in Norman where he's completing a PHD in Music Education at the University of Oklahoma. Dave Cooper, of Edmond, backs the band on Bodhran and harmonica, along with Malia Bennett, from Oklahoma City, on guitar and piano. When they're not playing festivals like the Iron Thistle or the Bricktown St. Patrick's Day Block Party, As the Crow Flies can often be found performing at Sean Cumming's Irish Pub in OKC.
Flowers of Edinburgh
The Flowers of Edinburgh is a family band from Oklahoma City, but their ancestry reaches back to Scotland and Ireland. The group features 20-year-old sisters Laura and Rachel Bennett on fiddles, their mother, Malia Bennett, on guitar, and Dave Cooper on Bodhran. Regular performers at Sean Cummings Irish Pub in Oklahoma City, the band has performed at the North Texas Irish Festival. and in festivals throughout Oklahoma, including the Oklahoma Scottish Festival in Tulsa; Oklahoma Celtic Music and Heritage Festival; Iron Thistle Scottish Festival in Yukon; the annual Bricktown St. Patrick's Day Block Party in Oklahoma City; and Global Oklahoma at Rose State College in Midwest City.
A Celtic Pub Band…with a twist!
The idea of Black Oak Shillelagh was conceived by Roger Graham and Rebecca Grotts. Both already members of a Celtic pub band called On The Doss, Roger and Rebecca decided that they wanted to form a second band that would be available for performance opportunities at festivals and faires as well as in Irish pubs and bars, and invited Kevin Fitzgerald (a fellow festival performer and musician) to join them.
BOS began rehearsals in September, 2010, and was invited almost immediately to fill an open slot at Sean Cummings Irish Pub in Oklahoma City, providing traditional Celtic music during the evening dining hours. A very short while later at Global Oklahoma (an international cultural festival held annually at Rose State College in OKC), Black Oak made its festival debut, and the band has been off and running ever since.
Black Oak Shillelagh has performed at bars and pubs, weddings, St. Patrick's Day activities, Scottish Festivals, and Renaissance Faires, providing stage entertainment and dance music in the Celtic style. Our repertoire includes traditional Irish and Scottish ballads and songs, jigs and reels and other Celtic tunes for dancing, and music of modern Irish artists such as Christy Moore. We often throw in a few songs from the sea and from places where the Irish immigrated, and we add new material on an ongoing basis, often by request.
Email: BlackOakShillelagh@gmail.com Website: http://www.blackoakshillelagh.com/
Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/Black.Oak.Shillelagh
Kevin Fitzgerald, Roger Graham, and Rebecca Grotts perform Irish and Scottish pub music and more Guitar, fiddle, whistle and bodhran, and fine vocals, with a Celtic flair.
Emerald Flame!
Catch some Celtic fire
Three area musicians – Lee Agnew, Ruth Coates, and Carol Saunders Young – have combined their talents, their love of Celtic music, and their years of performing experience, into a new ensemble: “Emerald Flame.” Their repertoire includes lively dance tunes, plaintive ballads, humorous novelty pieces, and lush vocal harmonies.
Lee and Ruth began rehearsing regularly together as soon as she moved back to Oklahoma. They performed as a duo for a few events, but realized that they would have even more fun if they had a third member – specifically, someone like Carol. Fortunately, Carol was available, and the three members have had a marvelous time rehearsing and developing their sound.
Venues where Emerald Flame has performed include the Oklahoma City Bricktown St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations, the Oklahoma Celtic Heritage Festival in Stillwater, the Iron Thistle Scottish Festival in Yukon, and the Norman Medieval Fair. They are actively seeking engagements for festivals, coffeehouses, clubs, and other large and small gatherings of people who enjoy traditional folk and Celtic music.
Contact: Lee Agnew 405-416-0668 langew1@cox.net
DANCE GROUPS
The Oklahoma Academy of Irish Dance performance troupe has been seen at events across the state including Medieval Fair, Festival of the Arts, and Arts Festival OK. The troupe consists of dancers ages 5 and up who have been performing together for 3 years. Members of the troupe attend competitions across the country and always come home with several awards. The troupe hopes to continue to grow and entertain audiences across the state.
Other Entertainment for this weekend will be:
- On The Doss - featuring Roger Graham and friends.
- Blacksheep Ceili Dancers - with the Black Oak Shillelagh band.
- All About Irish - under the direction of Diana Rogers
- Jean Hill's Irish Dancers
- Dustin Cooper - on the Hammered Ducimer
with Friends of the Wild Celts.
Music Workshop Available - Schedule pending
Daniel Dossey - Drum Workshop John Imes - Piping Workshop
Rebecca Grotts - Fiddle Workshop All About Irish - Dance Workshop
Genealogy Workshop:
Schedule sessions at 10am & 2pm on Saturday and 2pm on Sunday.
Additional session are being scheduled for Saturday and possibly Sunday.
La Nell Shores
Oklahoma Genealogist, on the Board of Oklahoma Genealogy Society, teaches computer genealogy & ancestral
research. Also a member of various lineage societies including DAR, UDC, and Daughter’s of the War of 1812 and
Daughter’s of the Indian Wars.
Athletics Competition, Vendor Space, Clan Space & Festival Program Advertising
2012 Application & Registration Forms
(Click on the appropriate Application or Registration Form.)
Athletics Competition Registration: "Iron Thistle Athletic Registration"
Clan Space Registration: "Iron Thistle Clan Registration"
Vendor Space Registration: "Iron Thistle Vendor Registration"
Program Advertising Application: "Iron Thistle Program Advertising Application"
Mail Athletics Application Forms to the Festival & Games Chairman:
Jonathan Irvin,
c/o Iron Thistle Festival
2632 S.W. 97th
Oklahoma City, OK 73159
(or call: 405-834-1876 or Email: Deakion@yahoo.com, for more information)
Or the Assistant Festival Chairman
Josh Morgan,
c/o Iron Thistle Festival
11501 SW 15th street #2023
Yukon, OK 73099
(or call: 405-255-5709 or Email: joshuamorgan1977@gmail.com for more information)
Mail Vendor Space Registration Forms to the Vendor Festival Chairman:
United Scottish Clans of Oklahoma, Inc.
c/o Dale German
P.O. Box 50414
Midwest City, OK 73140-5414
(Email: uscoitvendor@gmail.com) for more information)
Mail Clan Space Registration Forms to the Clan Chief:
United Scottish Clans of Oklahoma, Inc.
c/o Laura Brueggen
P.O. Box 50414
Midwest City, OK 73140-5414
(or Email Laura at: uscoironthistleclans@yahoo.com )
Mail Program Advertising Application Forms to the Advertising & Publicity Chairman:
United Scottish Clans of Oklahoma, Inc.
c/o Laura Brueggen
P.O. Box 50414
Midwest City, OK 73140-5414
(or Email Laura at: uscoadvertising@yahoo.com )
Music & Entertainment Chairman:
Roger Graham
(Email: celticgraham@sbcglobal.net
