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San Antonio Highland Games Association – Helotes Festival Grounds

Outing for Two or Four to Highland Games and Celtic Music Festival on March 31 or April 1 (Up to 53% Off)

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Celebration of Scottish & Celtic culture complete with haggis-eating contest, tree throwing & stone putting as well as music & Irish dance

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  • Expires Apr 1, 2012
  • Limit 5 per person. Valid only for option purchased. Must use promotional value in 1 visit. Tickets are non-transferable.
  • See the rules that apply to all deals.

Ancient Greeks celebrated sports such as gymnastics, wrestling, and running around wildly with an open flame. Peek into an equally exciting athletic history with this Groupon.

Choose Between Two Options

  • $10 for two single-day tickets to the Highland Games and Celtic Music Festival on March 31 or April 1 (up to a $20 value)
  • $19 for four single-day tickets (up to a $40 value)

During the Highland Games' caber toss, athletes loft trimmed trees up to 22 feet long in one of the most crowd-pleasing displays of Scotland's unusual athletic tradition. At a safe distance, stone putters hurl rocks weighing up to 28 pounds. A different kind of fortitude takes the stage during the haggis-eating competition, which saddles participants with a full pound of sheep innards.

Meanwhile, four performance stages showcase a lineup of dance troupes, bagpipers, and bands including the Celtic-rock blend of Needfire, the melodic folk nuances of Beth Patterson & Patrick O'Flaherty, and Abby Green, a multitalented, Gaelic-English singer who plays the Irish bouzouki. In the seminar tent, visitors can build Irish singing and Scottish cooking skills, or watch a majestic dog parade that includes terriers, herding dogs, and gun dogs bred for the needs of Scotland's current paintball craze. A living-history exhibit rounds out the festival with live reenactments of Viking war scenes and demonstrations of Scottish weaving techniques. See the full schedule here.

San Antonio Highland Games Association

The San Antonio Highland Games Association's annual Celtic culture and athletics festival traditionally draws thousands of real and would-be Scots in 2011 for an action- and bagpipe-packed weekend each year. Male and female athletes grown bored with sports that don't involve lead hammers or young trees have traveled from as far away as Japan and Sweden to test their mettle in the athletic field’s traditional Scottish strength competitions. The association's founders trace their lineage to numerous Scottish clans, and encourage others to explore their Celtic genealogy with festival workshops.

San Antonio Highland Games Association and Celtic Music Festival

The San Antonio Highland Games Association's annual Celtic culture and athletics festival traditionally draws thousands of real and would-be Scots in 2011 for an action- and bagpipe-packed weekend each year. Male and female athletes grown bored with sports that don't involve lead hammers or young trees have traveled from as far away as Japan and Sweden to test their mettle in the athletic field’s traditional Scottish strength competitions. The association's founders trace their lineage to numerous Scottish clans, and encourage others to explore their Celtic genealogy with festival workshops.

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The Groupon Guide to: Translating Shakespeare

While the works of Shakespeare are undeniable classics of what then passed for the English language, modern audiences find them daunting and often require editions where present-day translations are provided. Here are a few clarified excerpts:

  • "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." Modern Translation: Rose petals being a medieval delicacy, traveling grifters would use actual rose oil to mask the smell of rotting cabbage leaves in order to dupe peasants out of their farthings.

  • "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts." Modern Translation: It is considered socially acceptable to do different voices throughout your work day, and don and lose police hats or construction helmets you happen upon.

  • "'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." Modern Translation: If your doddering husband wanders off at the mall, you’ll both find somebody new. I mean, it’s the mall.

  • "Brevity is the soul of wit." Modern Translation: It’s seriously very important to be brief. It’s bad to not be that. One time I was at the grocery store and asked this old guy I played poker with how he was doing. Well he went on and on about some used car deal that didn’t work out in his favor. I mean, I’m just trying to buy some cereal that tastes like candy. The kind with the bird who can’t believe that the cereal tastes like candy. The point is, never trust a bird about cereal.

  • "Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war." Modern Translation: Are you ready for some football?

What year did football replace Shakespeare?

San Antonio Highland Games Association

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