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THE HISTORY

THE PEOPLE

THE MEANING

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A Map of Glengarry County Ontario
A Map of Glengarry County Ontario Canada

Tradition

A STORY FROM GLENGARRY

A crowdfunding documentary series, following the community of the Glengarry Highland games. Learning how Traditions that are 300 years pass their "due date" have somehow survived in the middle of Eastern Ontario farmland in Glengarry, Canada. 

Glengarry County, Ontario a rural region bordering the province of Quebec along the St.Lawrence river in Canada, is an area steeped in history, hardworking passionate people and ties to the nations founding.  Settled in 1784 by Scottish loyalists and became a destination for Scottish emigrants from the Highland Clearances through the18th and 19th centuries.   

In 1881 the Atlantic Railway established a rail line from Montreal to Ottawa through the region, and one station received the nickname of 'Macs'ville' by the french settlers in the area, due to all the Scots who lived there.

 

In 1948 a wee idea was brought forth by four passionate men from this town of Maxville to put on a display of Scottish heritage. Today this "small" idea has now evolved to become one of the largest gatherings of its kind outside Scotland and the North American Pipe Band Championships™, 

The Glengarry Highland Games.

Learn the Traditions, Bagpipes, Highland Dancing, Heavyweight Events, Music and a return of family.  A way of life, uniquely found in Glengarry, Ontario, Canada.

Headline of first Glengarry Highland games held in 1948. click to enlarge.

Screen grab of the Glengarry News 1948, 1st Glengarry Highland Games.
Dr. D.M. Gamble, John Jamieson and Angus H. McDonell, Glengarry Highland Games.
The Story
Funding

12 O'clock Productions is currently seeking financing and support of the community to reach our goal.

To complete the rest of filming and post prodcution

FINANCING CAMPAIGNS

Pipe Band marching at the Glengarry Highland Games

DEADLINE:
OCTOBER 2021

Initial crowdfunding campaign to see how much interest there is within the community, of this story being told

If initial minimum crowdfunding campaign is not met, all money raised will be donated to the Glengarry Highland Games. 

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Irish Kilts

DEADLINE:
AUGUST 2022

Summer Financing Campaign

We could use everyone's support to capture the history happening this summer and before some of the stories are gone from the region.

Looking to raise $13,000 - $16,000 to capture the weeks surrounding the Glengarry Highland Games and about $10,000 more to finish the film.

Highland Dancers, Glengarry Ontario Canada


2024/26

Completion of filming
& Post Production

We still have a lot of work to complete the series and are always happy to receive support the project and who would be proud to help us get the story of Glengarry County out into the world. 

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Chapter 1 : Glengarry's Games

Why are 25,000 gathering in a farmers field in Eastern Ontario. Witness the Traditions of Glengarry County and the largest gathering of its kind in the world, The Glengarry Highland Games in Maxville, Ontario, Canada.

Chapter 2 : Home: The Maxville Fairgrounds

The fairgrounds are quiet… but the stories echo on. Exploring the Maxville Fairgrounds during the pandemic, guided by some of the local volunteers who’ve kept it ready for generations of Highland Games goers. With the future uncertain and the possibility of another cancellation looming, the fairgrounds stand ready—maintained with care and hope, even in the absence of crowds. As the long-standing site of the Glengarry Highland Games, the fairgrounds carry deep cultural significance—both as a symbol of tradition and as a place of belonging. For the 20,000+ who return each year, this isn’t just a field....It’s home.

Tradition
Tradition: A Story From Glengarry - Crowdfunding Ripomatic
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Tradition: Up the Glens! - The SD&G Highlanders  (est.1868)
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Tradition - Ian to Alexander MacLeod
02:38
Tradition - Glengarry The Way it Was
02:08
Tradition: Old Fiddle New Blood
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SCOTTISH FIDDLE INSTRUMENTAL - Heather Flipsen - Ian MacLeod
02:45

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The Series

A work in progress, which for the past four years 12 O'clock Productions has been following the community of Glengarry as they "revived" their traditions and prepared for the return of their 

Glengarry Highland Games in Maxville.  

https://glengarryhighlandgames.com/

Meet the Organizers, Participants and Spectators.  Learn how these "Scottish" traditions became so prevalent in the region and are evolving and being championed by the next generation of North American highlanders.

 COMMUNITY - PASSION - TRADITION

WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR SUPPORT TO HELP US COMPLETE OUR GOAL.

 

https://gofund.me/7260fe7b

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This Film is not financially affiliated with the Glengarry Highland Games/Kenyon Agricultural Society.

Producer/Diector
Mikey Lalonde Canadian filmmaker

Producer/Director

Mike Lalonde has been championing proud Canadian stories of importance for over a decade, working along award winning teams such as most recent Documentary You Are Here: A Come From Away Story which won ‘Best Documentary Program' at the 2019 Canadian Screen Awards.

 

With family in the area and growing up around his grandfather's farm in Green Valley, he has seen many sides of the county and Games.   

 

But year after staring out at thousands of other people sitting in silence , listening to the haunting drone  ‘Amazing Grace’, he would ask himself… 

 

Why are 20,000 people from around the world in Maxville right now?

A dangerous question to ask...and not an easy one to explain quickly.

 

"Although not affiliated with The Glengarry Highland Games, my journey and passion for this story began long ago, I am just a proud Patron of the Games and now I am looking for other passionate artists, storytellers of Glengarry and the Games community to see if they too believe this is a story of importance that the world should know about?"

Do you have old photographs or videos of Glengarry or the Games?

Are you a videographer or digital artist who is interested in helping out?

Do you have a story about Glengarry or the Games that you think I should know about?

What you think of the story?, we would love to hear from all of you!

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