Heartland Highland Cattle Association
Events
2010 HHCA Festival Events with Highland cattle displays and Highland Field Days:
MORE INFO ON ANY EVENT: CONTACT highlandcattle@centurytel.net
Saturday, April 10, 2010 Tartan Day Celebration at Dr. Alan Cameron's Scotland Farm of Louisiana in Minden, LA. Festival begins at 10:00 AM with featured entertainer Alex Beaten performing. Form more info about the festival, check out the website at www.scottishsocietyla.typepad.com or www.scotlandfarm.com or contact Alan Cameron at 318.377.3121 or email alancambet@aol.com
Saturday, April 24, 2010 Highlands in the Burg 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Johnson Co. Fairgrounds 4.5 miles west on US 50 , Warrensburg, MO for more info 816.456.4405
Saturday, May 29, 2010 Illinois Highland Field Day 1:00 - 4:00 PM located at Thompson Highland Farm, Pocahontas, IL. There will be a speaker and information on Highland cattle. For more info and directions, contact Tom & Theresa Thompson at 618.669.2236 or email tomteesa55@yahoo.com or highlandcattle@centurytel.net
June 11, 12, 13, 2010 KC Scottish Highland Games and Celtic Festival, E.H. Young Park, Riverside, MO for info www.kcscottishgames.org Highland cattle on display.
Sunday, July 4th, 2010 Third Annual Highland Field Day and Picnic. 1:00 - 4:00 PM Lightening Ridge Farm, Willow Springs, MO for more info and directions contact David & Ruth Embury 417.469.2411 or email lighteningridgefarm@socket.net or email highlandcattle@centurytel.net
September, 10 & 11, 2010 8th Annual Southwest MO Celtic Heritage Festival and Highland Games. Old City Park and Fairgrounds, Buffalo, MO for more info 417.345.2852 or www.swmocelticfestival.com or email highlandcattle@centurytel.net Highland cattle on display and Highland beef consession stand.
October 1, 2, 3, 2010 Ozark Fall FarmFest Ozark Empire Fairgrounds, Springfield, MO. For more info contact HHCA Secretary 417.345.0575 or email highlandcattle@centurytel.net
October 16 & 17, 2010 Heritage Days at Harry S. Truman's Visitor's Center, Warsaw, MO for more info contact Steve Hanson 660.438.6968 or cell 660.723.9527 or email highlandcattle@centurytel.net
November 4, 5, 6, 2010 Small Farm Today Conference, Columbia, MO for more info email highlandcattle@centurytel.net
2009 Pictures from yearly Events
April 4th, 2009 Tartan Day Celebration at Dr. Cameron's Scotland Farms of LA at Minden, LA
The day was filled with music, activities, eating Highland beef, and fun.
Border Collie herding of the Highland steers
people gathering around for the amateur Highland athlete games
Greg Roberts, HHCA Board of Director talking to people about Highland cattle at the Tartan Day Celebration
HHCA booth, selling Highland beef sticks and other Highland items
Traditional Hayride through the farm's pasture with attendees able to view the Highlands grazing on the hillside
After four years, the HHCA was invited back to the Lyons College 30th annual Scottish Festival and Highland Games. What a great weekend. Greg Roberts and Gloria Asmussen spent Friday and Saturday, April 16 & 17 at the festival. Displaying two Highland yearling animals was very enjoyable as people thanked us for bringing the Heiland Coos back to the festival. Was a great place to network with perspective Highland breeders as there were numerous questions of where can we find these beautiful animals.
The sounds of Bagpipes were around all day as the bagpipe competition was near our Highland booth
Festival attendees purchasing Highland items and asking questions about the Highland's on display.
Many vendors and Clan tents at the Lyons College Scottish Festival.
Saturday, April 25th was spent displaying two Highland yearlings at the Highlands in the Burg Festival in Warrensburg, MO at the Johnson Co. Fairgrounds.
A cool and windy day, it was so nice to be housed in the cattle barn with stalls already there. Lots of interest from attendees asking about the Highland cattle. This was a girls day out as Gloria Asmussen, Jennifer Sutton, and Kathy Kesler ventured to the festival.
Jennifer and Kathy learned all about displaying Highlands and talking about them. Thanks girls for your help and enthusiasm.
Gloria and Jennifer taking a moment to pose for pictures while some interested youngsters look over the Highlands.
Highland athletics competing at the games. Highlands in the Burg has one of the largest group of athletics participating
in the competition of Highland games in the state of MO. These are sanctioned games and has many world champions.
Authentic dance demonstrations took place all day. Many attendees participated and learned some dance steps.
KC Scottish Festival was held on Saturday and Sunday, June 13 & 14.
The weather was beautiful with a Scottish mist each morning before the festival opened.
Greg and Sybil Roberts, members of the HHCA, helped with the Highland Cattle display featuring two Highlands, a dun colored 8 mo. old Highland bull and a yearling black Highland heifer provided by Red Willow Farm of Tunas, MO
Greg Roberts talking to festival attendees about Highland cattle. Many questions about the breed were answered to onlookers.
Even the young children enjoyed feeding the black Highland heifer
Greg and Sybil promoting HHCA merchandise available at the festival.
Sybil made some very good tasting Celtic bread that sold quickly, but the Highland beef snack sticks were the most popular.
People enjoyed the taste of the beef stick and that it had no fatty after taste.
Janet and Jerry Delcour with their daughter Jerica of Crane, MO displayed their Highland heifers at South Haven Baptist Church in Springfield, MO on Friday, July 3rd. Approx. 1000 adults and children attended this event. This VBS is called Marketplace. Children are grouped into families and do things in groups. They would come by the animal pen and talk about the animals, ask questions, pet and touch them. On the day the Highlands were there, more than one person said the calves and Jasmine, the Highland heifer, were the best thing that had come that week. Many good questions were asked by the children, like if they used their horns for defense or are they boys because they have horns? They had fun touching Jasmine's horns(heifer) and discussing how warm they are. Several came back for repeat visits. Many opportunities for education with children and adults too. Great fun was had.
Jerry Delcour talking about the Highland heifers to young people enjoying this event.
Jerica Delcour grooming Highland heifer while youngsters look on.
Children petting Highland heifer, Jasmine while Janet and Jerica display their Highlands at the Marketplace event.
July 4th was an overcast and humid day for the 2nd annual Highland picnic which was hosted by Dave and Ruth Embury at Lightening Ridge Farm in Willow Springs, MO
But a few rain drops didn't prevent people from attending this annual event. There were Highland enthusiasts attending from as far away as IL, AR, and FL (they are moving to MO).
Each year Dave focuses on something different about his Highland fold. This year he talked about the different breed characteristics he has in his Highland fold.
Dave informs onlookers attending the Highland picnic about the differences in Highland characteristics in his original fold of Highlands, tells them about his first herd sire.
Here Dave is showing the attendees the difference between his original herd sire and this young three year old Silver Highland bull that he is breeding his Highland heifers to.
Not just did the group gather valuable information about Highland cattle at this picnic, but the Highland beef entrees and this dessert made by Dave's wife Ruth, was to die for. She is a great cook.
And not to be outshone, one Highland member brought this delicious pie decorated for the event with a Highland head. Thanks Evelyn.
To end this fun packed day, was the soothing sounds of the Bagpipe played by Ken Bristow, our resident Scotsman.
The Farm Heritage Museum hosted its annual Heritage Days week end event July 24-26 in Greenville, IL. HHCA Vice-President Tom Thompson of Pocahontas, IL took his Highland cow/calf to the event. The cow/calf pair were a big hit. The visitors really enjoyed feeding range cubes to Lady Eve and her daughter Silvie. All the visitors were a big hit with the animals as well. They soaked up the attention that was lavished on them. The event yielded much interest in the Highland breed. This was the first event with Highlands on display.
Tom setting up his display table with his Highland cow in the pen.
White Highland heifer on display
The Highland Gathering held on Saturday, Sept 5th, Labor Day weekend at McIntyre's Retreat owned by Ken & MaryBeth Bristow of West Plains, MO was a great and informative event. Showcasing their Highland cattle fold and networking with new breeders was very beneficial. The gathering provided information on heritage breeds, winter preparation and self survival techniques.
The attendees enjoying the potluck meal at the event. Highland beef was also provided for the meal.
Host Ken Bristow talking with a Highland enthusiasts about his fold of Highlands.
Other people and breeders enjoying the Highlands.
Ken Bristow talking to the group about aspects of his Highland fold and how he works his farm.
The Southwest MO Celtic Heritage Festival and Highland Games on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 11 & 12, 2009 in Buffalo, MO was a great success.
Events took place at theCeilidh on Friday night, Saturday the day was filled with Celtic Entertainment, bagpipers, singers, dancers, Clan tents, vendors, kids realm, celtic foods, and best of all Highland cattle.
A sincere thanks to the members of the HHCA who helped with the Celtic Heritage Festival. Thanks to Sybil Roberts, Janet Melton, Kathleen and Brittany Collins, and Jerry Delcour in the Eat Like Royalty Concession Stand. Thanks to Sherri Bakeman and Jerica Delcour who worked the Celtic Sweets booth. Thanks to Keith Bakeman, Dan Collins and Greg Roberts working the Highland cattle booth promoting the breed.
Keith Bakeman and Greg Roberts talking to people about the Highland breed.
A display of two Irish Wolfhounds at the animal barn
The athletes participating in the Highland games.
On October 2-3-4th, 2009 there were approximately 50,000 people at the Ozark Farm Fest in Springfield, MO which hosted over 750 farm displays and included there were displays of Highland Cattle. The Heartland Highland Cattle Assoc. members who brought their cattle were Hairycow Highlands owned by Jerry Delcour and Janet Melton of Crane, MO and another pen of Highland cattle were displayed by Gary Cheek of Fair Grove, MO. HHCA Secretary Gloria Asmussen spent three days promoting and giving out information and members business cards.
Other members helping promote were Keith and Sherri Bakeman and Greg and Sybil Roberts.
It was nice seeing so many other HHCA members stop by the display and say hello.
Gary Cheek talking to attendees about the two Highland heifers he has on display.
Jerica Delcour holding her ten day old Highland bull calf she brought along to bottle feed at the festival. He was the center of attention during the three days. Everyone wanted to feed him.
Jerry Delcour of Hairycows Farm of Crane, MO talking to attendees about Highland cattle and his bottle fed bull calf.
Heritage Days at Warsaw, MO was a busy two days on Sat. and Sun., Oct. 17-18, 2009
Even though it was rainy and cool, the crowd enjoyed asking questions about the Highland cattle on display there. They also enjoyed sampling the Highland beef snack sticks and summer sausage. Sybil and Greg Roberts with Gloria Asmussen promoted the Highlands on display. Greg worked the cattle pen while Gloria and Sybil sold Highland beef and Celtic sweets as well as promoting the best tasting beef ever.
Greg Roberts demonstrates how docile the black Highland heifer is as he sits on her
Sybil Roberts samples Highland beef to many of the people wanting a taste of the beef snack sticks and summer sausage.
People and children enjoying petting and feeding the Highland heifer and bull at the festival.
Attendees standing the Red Willow Highland Cattle pen listening to information about Highland cattle.
Members of the HHCA spent Nov. 5-6-7, 2009 at the Small Farm Today conference in Columbia, MO promoting Highland cattle at this agricultural event. There were vendors attending with different breeds of cattle, horses, sheep, pigs, and poultry. The HHCA booth always had people around asking questions and surprised to see such magnificent animals. One recurring comment was "I have never seen such a beautiful animal".
A thank you to Jeff Gibson of Columbia, MO and a member of the HHCA, who brought his two red Highland heifers for display. Other members who spent the three days promoting were Vice-president of the HHCA Tom Thompson and his wife Theresa from IL.
Gloria Asmussen, the HHCA Secretary manned the HHCA booth also and provided information to inquiries. People from different states such as IL, IA, KS, NE, WY, WI, AR, IN, DE, and AL attended the conference and inquired about the Highlands. A great event to promote the Highland breed.
Jeff Gibson informing attendees of his Highland heifer Sweet Pea's docility
Tom and Theresa Thompson talking about Highland cattle to onlookers
yellow Highland hide on display and for sale by Jeff Gibson
Highland heifer Sweet Pea wanting to be scratched.