We are looking forward to your support in 2005. In 1997 GMHG conducted a survey of the people who attended our event. Our four- day event draws 25,000 to 30,000 people. The typical Games attendee is 34 years of age, earns a median income of $89,834, and is accompanied by family and friends who share an interest in Scottish heritage and culture. The survey indicates 93% of our respondents are from the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic States. 44.6% stated it was their first time attending. 55.5% of our respondents are male, 44% female Our attendees are well educated. 27.4% attended college, 24.81% graduated college, and 36.5% attended graduate school. 20.85% are retired. 64.8% surveyed are of Scottish heritage and have joined one of 133 Scottish Clans or Societies represented at the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games.

During the past decade, the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games was selected twice as one of the Top Ten Events in the Southeastern United States. The readers of the Blue Ridge Country Magazine picked Grandfather Mountain Highland Games as "Best Moment for the Mountains" and "Best Festival" during their choice awards.

A couple of years ago Grandfather Mountain Highland Games was one of a few events nominated in the United States to represent North Carolina in a national Local Legacy exhibition at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.

We will place the your company or corporate logo on 40,000 brochures which are distributed worldwide as a Corporate Sponsor. Your participation will be published with the GMHG CorporateSsponsors: Coke Cola, Ghost Raven, BB&T, Everything Scottish, Great Scot International, Union Jack, The Thistle School of Dance, Duncan Soutar of St. Andrews, Farm Bureau Insurance and Ardbeg on our 2006 brochure.

As a Corporate Sponsor you may choose your level of participation of sponsorship in turn this determines the size of ad for our souvenir program, of which 5,000 copies are printed.

We have a corporate sponsor form on our website with various choices and levels of Corporate Sponsorship for your consideration if you wish to participate in the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games Corporate Sponsorship Program.

Thank you for considering Grandfather Mountain Highland Games as a venue for helping you increase your sales and expand your corporate image internationally. We look forward to hearing from you shortly.

Frank Vance , GMHG Vice-President of Operations