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Make Your Plans for the Founder’s Day Cornroast and Family Picnic, on August 25th!!! ISSUE 16 / SUMMER ’12 Bill Parsons, Editor 6504 Shadewater Drive Hilliard, OH 43026 513-476-1112 [email protected] THE NEWSLETTER OF THE CALEDONIAN SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI In This Issue: Nature Smiles on KSW 1 MOTHER NATURE SMILES on KSW!!!! Cornroast Aug 25th 2 *Schedule of Events 2 ust in case you did not attend the 30th Annual Kentucky Scottish Scotch Ice Cream? 3 JWeekend on the 12th of May, here CSHD 3 is what you missed. First off, a perfectly Cinti Highld Dancers 3 grand sunny day (our largest crowd Nessie Banned in WI 4 over the last three years); secondly, *Resource List 4 the athletics, Scottish country dancing, highland dancing, clogging, Seven Assessment KSW? 5 Nations, Mother Grove, the Border Scottish Unicorns 5 Collies, British Cars, Clans, and Pipe Glasgow Boys ’n Girls 6-11 Bands. This year we had a new group *Email PDF Issue only* called “Pictus” perform and we added a welly toss for the children. Colours Glasgow Girls 8* were posted by the Losantiville Scots on FIlm-BRAVE 12* Highlanders. Out of the Sporran 13* Food and drink. For the first time, the Park served beer and wine in the “Ole Scottish Pub”. Food vendors PAY YOUR DUES! included barbecue, meat pies, fish and Don’t forget to pay your current chips, gourmet ice cream, and bakery dues. You will not be able to vote goods galore. at the AGM unless your dues are Twelve vendors. From kilts to current. bagpipes. Cancel that trip to Scotland, The Caledonian Society of Cincinnati, it was all here in one place. Mike Brooks, Secretary Of course, we missed our good 4028 Grove Ave friend Alex Beaton who is under Cincinnati, OH 45212-4036 going care at his home in Tennessee. If you have any questions please Volunteers sold Alex’s CDs and contact Mike at: contributions toward his care were 739-3326 or made by many generous attendees. [email protected] Finally our board members who spent a year of planning to put it all together deserve a big hand. Plus, to Issue Deadlines our many supporters who gave us their If you have something you want to monetary support, our humble thanks. put in The Gazette, your materials Again, in case you missed coming, must be received by: you may have missed the best weekend Fall September 1st ever. n Winter December 1st *We offer many thanks to Jesse and Billie We solicit any and Andrews. Jesse is the current President of all articles about the KSW, and was key in leading the group to Scottish Culture and their success. Both were indispensable to the event’s success. The Society owes 1 Organizations them our deepest gratitude! CORN ROAST he Society will be hosting its annual Founder’s will perform rock & roll from 7 to 9, so feel free to Day Corn Roast & Family Picnic, once again at the make a full day of it and stay for the concert. Tbeautiful Keehner Park in West Chester on Saturday, So please mark your calendars now and join us, August 25th. Start time is 3:00 and will be grilling, even if it’s a hot day we’ll have two shady picnic areas, piping, drinking, eating, playing and drinking till it’s all plus there always seems to be a nice breeze (enough gone. This is the biggest fundraiser the Society holds, so to keep you cool, not enough to lift a kilt!) in that area. please come out and support the society and help put the Bring the whole family and a few friends. fun back in fundraiser. Cost is only $10, for adults, $5 for Let us know if you are coming, so we can purchase kids 12 – 6 (5 & under are free) the society supplies the food accordingly, you can also send in your payment to burgers, corn and soft drinks. Please bring a covered dish (or pay at the door): to share and any alcoholic beverages you fancy. Do you There will be Piping, Drumming and Highland Mike Brooks, The Caledonian Society, wanna party? dancing, plus family friendly and kid’s Highland games 4028 Grove Ave (including the kilted kid parade). Plus this year is THE Cincinnati, OH 45212-4036 Do you REMatch ‘Tug-O-WAR’ BETWEEN THE SOCIETY AND You may call him at 513-574-2969 for further wanna “beat” THE PIPE baND. If you remember last year’s pull, the information. competition was dominated by the Society officers, as the Band? Do the pipe band contested that they were all wearing dress The Cornroast is at Keehner Park, 7211 Barrett Road, you wanna ghillie brogues, which are lacking in traction. This year West Chester, OH. there may be some equipment changes. Take I-75 N, to Union Center Blvd., Go East turn Rock-n-Roll? This will be a fun social gathering, so feel free to bring left onto Cincinnati/Dayton Road, turn right to West Plan on the along any family or friends. Plus, if you are so inclined Chester Road, turn left onto Barret Road turn right into bring that instrument you’ve been practicing on the side Keehner Park—And look for Scots. n Cornroast... (tin whistle, fiddle, accordion, bodran or whatever), maybe contact Jesse! we can have an impromptu jam session. Story by Vice-President Robert Reid. For more Also, that evening at Keelner Park they are having a information contact Secretary Jesse Andrews. WEAR your free concert at the Amphitheater. American Graffiti Band Society T-Shirts! The 2012 Caledonian Calendar July 12-15 Grandfather Mt. NC Scottish Games www.gmhg.org July 28 Cinti. Mid-Summer Highland Dance Compt. www.cincyhighlanddancers.webs.com Aug 25 Founders Cornroast, Keehner Pk, WChester www.caledoniansociety.org Sep 8-9 Columbus Highland Games, Columbus IN www.scottishfestival.org Sep 22 Ligonier Highland Games, Ligonier PA www.4fallfestivals.com/highland-games.htm Oct 27 W. Kentucky Highland Festival, Murray KY www.wkyhighlandfestival.com Nov 17 *St. Andrew’s Ball, Makatewha C.C., Cinti. www.caledoniansociety.org 2 *St. Andrew’s will be held a week before Thanksgiving in 2012 On a Different Note: An update the Cincinnati Caledonian Pipes & Drums he pipe band had a successful trip up to Cleveland for the Ohio Scottish Games. Winning the Grade 5 Competition that had 11 bands competing. This was the EUSPBA Ohio Valley Branch TChampionship; we also were awarded the Conway-Campbell Celtic Award. We had a strong band, led by PM Karen May, with 12 pipers, 3 tenors, 4 snares and a bass, I believe half of which this was either their first or second competition, the first being the Alma Highland games which we placed 3rd. Please look for the band at some upcoming events including the Dublin Irish Festival, Society Corn Roast and the Ren Fest, (weekends of Sept 8th and Oct. 6th) Celebrating 100 years, 2012 marks the pipe band’s 100th year of existence in Cincinnati; we will be celebrating this with a party for all past members on Sept 2nd. More information to come, so if you have played in the pipe band in the past, please keep an eye on our website for more information. n The Society Says For more Cincinnati Caledonian Pipe & Drum Band information, contact Robert Reid CONGRATS! at 444-4920 or [email protected] The Perfect Wear I Scream, You Scream For... for Celtic Festivals SCOTCH ICE CREAM? *** Ingredients: 4 egg yolks 1/4 cup Scotch whiskey (Kentuckians Bourbon if you want) 1/4 cup sugar, plus 1/4 cup 1 1/2 cups heavy cream 1 vanilla bean split, seeds scraped 3 ounces chopped semisweet chocolate 1/4 cup mini chocolate chips T-Shirts Total Time: 1 hr 25 min Cook: 10 min Prep: 30 min Yield: 1 pint $16 Inactive: 45 min Level: Easy Includes postage! Directions AVAILABLE SIZES: L, XL, XXL Whisk together egg yolks, whiskey and 1/4 cup sugar in a medium ***Indicate address, sizes, bowl. Set aside. 4 colo shirt quantity , style and TOTAL In a large saucepan, whisk together cream, vanilla bean, vanilla seeds and 1/4 cup of sugar. Simmer over low heat until the to Mike Brooks or CALL! chocolate is melted. Temper egg yolk mixture by slowly adding hot cream mixture to the egg yolk mixture, with a ladle, a little at a time. Once egg yolk mixture is thoroughly warmed add to the saucepan with the warm cream mixture. Stir until thickened and Contact or send payment to: remove from the heat. Mike Brooks, Strain mixture into a bowl over ice. Place the bowl into the The Caledonian Society, refrigerator for at least 45 minutes. Once cooled, fold in the 4028 Grove Ave chocolate chips. Spin in an ice cream maker for 20 minutes until it NOW, B4 n Cincinnati, OH 45212-4036 reaches a soft-serve consistency. (Increase for larger batches.) 513-574-2969 they’re Make checks payable to: Remember Saint Andrew’s Ball this year Caledonian Society of Cincinnati gone! is the weekend BEFORE Thanksgiving, so 3 make your plans accordingly. I Knew They Had A Recall But... ‘Loch Ness Monster’ ordered to leave AUGUST 25th @ 300pm Kinnear Park, West Chester Wisconsin river CALL JESSE FOR DETAILS— he Loch Ness Monster has finally 513-574-2969 surfaced—in Wisconsin’s Chippewa TRiver. And state officials want it to go. See the Article & To be clear, the object in question is actually a sculpture meant to resemble Enclosed Flyer, Fill it Out & “Nessie,” the mythological creature supposedly Send it In TODAY!!! navigating a deep body of water in Scotland.