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  • 2026 AGM Announcement

    Hear Ye ….

    Hear Ye ….
    Hear Ye

    The President of the Clan Hay Society – AB hereby decrees that the 2026 Annual General Meeting will be held at:

    COLORADO HIGHLAND GAMES

    Saturday, Sept 26th and Sunday, Sept27th 2026

    Held at the Denver Polo Club in the southern Denver Metro Area located at:

    6359 Airport Road, Sedalia, CO 80135

    More information about the games can be found at their website: https://www.scottishgames.org/


    Our annual CHS-AB meeting will be held on Saturday Sept 26th at the games, and our Saturday evening Banquet will be at the host hotel:


    The Hilton Garden Inn

    1050 Plaza Drive, Highlands Ranch, CO 20126

    (303) 683-4100

    https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/denswgi-hilton-garden-inn-denver-highlands-ranch

    The Hilton Garden Inn is a full-service hotel located 10 miles & 18 minutes from the festival site. There are ample full service, casual and fast-food restaurants located within a mile of the hotel, as well as major shopping centers, stores and other services.


    A block of rooms is being held for our group, details on pricing and reservations to follow!

    We will be holding a Clan Hay Gathering and Cookout for all members, guests and interested parties on Friday afternoon, Sept 25th hosted by Larry & Val Hay, Colorado Conveners and your AGM hosts, at their home at:

    10601 Timberdash Ave, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126
    Located 4 miles from the hotel and 6 miles from the festival site more detail to follow. If you have any questions, or need any further information, please feel free to reach out to Larry or Val Hay (LWHay1@gmail.com)


    There is nothing like sitting down in the great hall with old
    friends to share a wee dram (or 2, or 3, or 4 or 5).
    Among all Scots, we Hays are a unique breed.

  • A Hay – From A Hay To Delgatie Castle

    A Hay – From A Hay To Delgatie Castle via the Clan Hay Pipe Band facebook page.

  • Pictures from the 2016 AGM

    Pictures from the 2016 AGM are up on our facebook page.

    https://www.facebook.com/ClanHayUSA/photos/?tab=album&album_id=815260975283368

    Enjoy!

  • Clan Hay Castles of Scotland

    These are some of the places once or currently occupied by Clan Hay in Scotland.

  • Larry Arested by Red Coats

    Larry getting arrested by red coats at the 2015 AGM.

  • Lochcarron Map of Scotland

    The folks at Lochcarron of Scotland, have created an interactive map that displays the ancestral lands of Scottish clans and including Clan Hay.

    The map allows users to hover over each clan name and discover the clan history, motto, and tartan specific to the clan.

    Check it out over at:

    http://lochcarron.co.uk/clanmap/

  • The Barnyards o Delgaty by George Inglis Fraser

    Scottish Work Songs

    Work songs were commonplace in Scotland for hundreds of years and, whatever the activity, there would be a song to accompany it and match the speed at which it was being undertaken.  These songs also served a social purpose, as they enabled people to relate specific thoughts about their communities and the subjects that were important to them.  Songs sung together also generated a bond between the participants, giving a sense of attachment and of sharing experiences while toiling together.

     

    There are two main categories of work songs – those that were sung while work was being done and those about work that were sung in people’s leisure time.  Songs in the first category include those that were sung while waulking, milking cows, rowing, spinning wool, and churning butter.  The second category of work songs includes bothy ballads, songs about whaling, fishing, mining, and railway and mill work.

     

    Bothy ballads originated in the farming areas of the north east of Scotland, at a time when unmarried farm laborers lived in outbuildings known as bothies.  Conditions in the bothies could be grim and the cattle and horses often had better accommodation than they did.  In the evenings the laborers would sing to entertain themselves.  As well as old songs, they would compose songs about their experiences on the farms.  Often the songs would be critical of the farmer, although a few were praised, and these social commentaries of country life came to be known as bothy ballads.  One such example is ‘The Barnyards o Delgaty’ in which the composer pokes fun at the farm on which he works and the other farm workers.  It is sung here by George Inglis Fraser from Aberdeenshire.  The Delgaty being sung about is our very own Delgaty Castle, the Clay Hay Center in Turriff, Scotland.

  • 2016 Wreath Notice

  • 2015 AGM Photos

    AGM_2015_Photo

    2015 AGM Tent Photo

  • Wreath Laying, Sunday 9/27

    Wreath Notice half pg

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