Charleston’s first Scottish Games and Highland Gathering was off to a good start
with an assist from Ross Morrison and Guy Soule, athletic judges from the Grandfather
Mountain Highland Games, and the best wishes of Agnes MacRae Morton, co-founder of
the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games. K.C. Stier furnished support to the Games
with tents, storage, dance platforms, etc.
On February 26, 1973, the Scottish Society of Charleston was incorporated to
keep alive Scottish heritage and customs here in the Low Country of South
Carolina with ceilidhs, Burns’ Night Suppers, and Scottish Games, to sponsor a Scottish
pipe band, and to give scholarships in piping, drumming, and dancing.
From this small beginning, the Scottish Society of Charleston has continued to support
what is considered to be one of the best and friendliest Games in the United States,
the result of constant dedication and work by the members of the society.
