WESTFIELD – Organizers and volunteers from the Glasgow Lands Scottish Festival gathered at the Westfield Athenaeum on Dec. 13 to award two local nonprofit organizations $21,500 each from the proceeds of the Festival. The Glasgow Lands Scottish Festival takes place on the third Saturday in July in Look Park, and is the second largest Scottish festival in New England.
Peter Langmore, coordinator, said the Glasgow Lands Scottish Festival in Blandford started 30 years ago this year. He said two of the original organizers, including himself were present, and introduced Julie Pike, who begins the ceremony at every festival with a traditional Scottish ballad. He said the festival remained in Blandford for five years and took place at Stanley Park for five more years before moving to Look Park in Northampton.
