The Surprising Link Between Tug-Of-War and Malcolm’s Defeat of Macbeth True story, Malcolm III Canmore, was the originator of the Highland Games. What most people do not know is that these gatherings were not just for fun, they were designed as a recruitment and training tool for building armies that were not only strong and […]
Canmore Highland Games Stands Firm in the Winds of Fate
April 30, 2021 Dear Supporters, It goes without saying, 2021 has already been a year unlike any we have seen before. As per our recent announcement, The Three Sisters Scottish Festival Society is currently planning our 30th Canmore Highland Games festival for September 4th & 5th, to be held as a live event. That said, […]
Banada Taverna, Old World Storytelling That Liberate
Banda Taverna from Brazil is one of this year’s staring performers performing in the Don Garen Festival Tent. Since having the opportunity to interview her for an article published in the August issue of The Scottish Banner, I have become a super fan of front woman Mariana Roque. She and I both lived in Ireland around the same […]
If you want to be popular like plaid flannel support Canmore Highland Games
Described by Canadiana Connection magazine as “the uniform of the Canadian Everyman” Plaid Flannel has become a cultural identifier as everyone from our most celebrated artists to our Olympic athletes comfortably don the colourful check pattern shirt as a proud testament to all that is hard working and humble in the true north strong and […]