{"id":53162,"date":"2020-06-23T18:03:14","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T18:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/cortez-celtic-fair-canceled-rescheduled-for-2021\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T10:02:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T10:02:35","slug":"cortez-celtic-fair-canceled-rescheduled-for-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/cortez-celtic-fair-canceled-rescheduled-for-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Cortez Celtic Fair canceled, rescheduled for 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=284429f6-be09-4c67-825b-fe4c296c8b9b&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"The Cortez Celtic Fair has been canceled for this summer because of the coronavirus pandemic.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">The Cortez Celtic Fair has been canceled for this summer because of the coronavirus pandemic.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">The Journal file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>The third annual Cortez Celtic Fair has been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, and rescheduled for 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The summer <a href=\"https:\/\/cortezcelticfair.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">event<\/a>, which celebrates Celtic heritage and raises money for local charities, has previously drawn in over 2,000 Four Corners residents, organizer Randy McKnight said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI take very seriously the safety of the community, and we want to make sure that everyone\u2019s safe,\u201d McKnight said. \u201cThis was in the best interest of everybody, and it was the only responsible thing that we could do this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The fair originated as Celtic Day in 2017 as part of the Montezuma County Fair. The <a href=\"https:\/\/the-journal.com\/articles\/100952\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">following year<\/a>, it expanded to a daylong fair at Parque de Vida, allowing for more space for entertainment and activities \u2014 in addition to being situated in a more central location.<\/p>\n<p>Festivities have included Highland dancing, musical performances and tug of war, disc golf and Highland games such as the caber toss and stone put.<\/p>\n<p>Furry Highland guests including Highland cattle and the people-sized draft horse Gypsy Vanner also have made appearances.<\/p>\n<p>Admission is free, and proceeds from beer and wine sales go toward local charities. This year\u2019s event aimed to raise money for the Pi\u00f1on Project Family Resource Center and the Four Corners Child Advocacy Center. Although the fair won\u2019t take place, McKnight asks that people consider donating to these two organizations.<\/p>\n<p>Next year\u2019s fair is scheduled for June 26, 2021, McKnight said.<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"mwc_shirttail\"><a href=\"mailto:ealvero@the-journal.com\">ealvero@the-journal.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>funds for Pi\u00f1on Project<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[685,21,28,559],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-53162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-coronavirus-covid-19","tag-cortez","tag-headlines","tag-music"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53162"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88231,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53162\/revisions\/88231"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53162"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=53162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}