The Caledonian

April-May-June 2013 Published by The Caledonian Society of Hawaii ______

Movie in May in Manoa

Saturday, May 11 6:15 PM The original pipe music Manoa Public Library was composed by Malcolm 2716 Woodlawn Drive Arnold, who also wrote the Honolulu music for The Bridge on the River Kwai. The film was Tunes of Glory, a 1960 generally well received by military movie set in the critics. The screenplay featuring and was nominated for an , will be shown at our Academy Award. next event on Saturday, May 11. Cost is $2 for members, $3 In ’s Tunes of for non-members. Reservations Glory, the incomparable not required. Alec Guinness inhabits the role of Jock Sinclair— a The library gates and parking whiskey-drinking, self- area will open at 6:15 pm for made commanding officer anyone who wants to bring in of a peacetime Scottish an individual sack supper. (This battalion. Sinclair is a is not a pot-luck event.) The lifetime military man, who movie will begin at 7 p.m. The expects respect and loyalty gates will close for security from his men. But when from 7:15 pm until the movie is over. Popcorn Basil Barrow (John Mills, winner of the Best and lemonade will be available during the movie. Actor award at the 1960 Venice Film Festival)— an educated, by-the-book scion of a traditionally Wikipedia says: Tunes of Glory is a 1960 military family—enters the scene as Sinclair’s British film directed by Ronald Neame, based on replacement, the two men become locked in a the novel and screenplay by James Kennaway. fierce battle for control of the battalion and the The film is a "dark psychological drama" hearts and minds of its men. Based on the novel centering on events in a Scottish Highland by James Kennaway and featuring flawless regimental barracks in the period following performances by Guinness and Mills, Tunes of World War II. It stars Alec Guinness and John Glory uses the rigidly stratified hierarchy of Mills, and features Dennis Price, , John military life as a jumping-off point to examine Fraser, , Duncan MacRae and the institutional contradictions and class . Writer Kennaway served with divisions of English society, resulting in an the Gordon Highlanders, and the title refers to unexpectedly moving drama. the bagpiping that accompanies every important action of the regiment. This movie was suggested by Bill & Helen Wynn 2

From the Craig

Many thanks to our organizers, Susan MacKinnon, Jeannie Ferrier, and the nine members who volunteered at the Highland Festival April 6th to 7th. The Caledonian Society displays cultural items to help fulfill our educational mission, and sells items like our book, The Story of Scots in Hawaii. Also, this is always a time to recruit new members. We were fortunate to have an impressive group of new members join, whose names are listed in Member News. Welcome to all.

I encourage members to attend our upcoming Annual Meeting and musical program by Lisa Gomes on June 29. This year it is a luncheon at the Oahu Country Club, where we held our Burns Supper in 2012 and 2013. Elections to the Council (Board of Directors) will take place at this time. If anyone is interested in serving on the Council, please feel free to contact me at 538-7707.

Finally, remember our May Movie Night at the Manoa Library, which we have found to be a comfortable venue for us all (more information is in this newsletter). Slainte, Bruce McEwan, Chieftain

Celtic Pipes and Drums Lillian & Bruce Festival in action

The Caledonian New Look The new look of this issue of The Caledonian is the result of a different pair of hands at the computer. Susan MacKinnon, in addition to her other Society tasks, is learning newletter publication. Many thanks to our previous production editor, Tina Yap, who wants time to focus on her piping and her show dogs. (See Tina with the Celtic Pipes & Drums above.)

Save These Dates for Scottish Activities

Sat., May 11: Movie: Tunes of Glory at Manoa Public Library. 6:15 p.m. Sat., May 18: Scottish Dancers & Pipers. Hawaii State Library Centennial Celebration 9:30 a.m. Sat., June 29: Society AGM with fiddler Lisa Gomes at The Oahu Country Club. 11:00 a.m. June 30: Due date for annual Caledonian Society Renewals. Renewal form at www.scotsinhawaii.org

3 A Scottish Musical Meeting

The Annual General Meeting of The Caledonian Society of Hawaii (AGM) is set for Saturday, June 29 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the downstairs Makai Room of the scenic Oahu Country Club, 150 Country Club Road, overlooking Honolulu from Nuuanu Valley.

A delicious buffet luncheon including your choice of sandwich meats, breads, and various salads will begin at 11:30 a.m., followed by the business of the Society. After the meeting, we will be treated to a lively lecture/demonstration by local fiddler Lisa Gomes. She will explain and demonstrate several Scottish Fiddle Styles.

The cost for lunch is $20 for members and $25 for guests. Advance reservations are required no later than Wednesday, June 19th. Reserve with Jeannie Ferrier by phone at 593-0966 or by e-mail at [email protected]. Please let Jeannie know also if you need a ride to this event or would be willing to transport someone else. She will do her best to put riders in contact with drivers from comparable areas.

Reserve now using the reservation form below. Mail the form along with your check payable to The Caledonian Society to P.O. Box 4164, Honolulu, HI 96812- 4164.

Lisa Gomes’ fiddle music is well known locally. This will be a rare chance to learn about and hear surprising differences in Scottish fiddle styles. These may include the Shetland style, East or North East style, West Coast style, Borders style and Cape Breton style. All these styles were partly developed by historical fiddle masters of the areas such as Neil Gow and Scott Skinner and are now played by contemporary Scottish fiddlers such as Aly Bain and Alasdair Fraser, whose names and music have become well-known recently. For a quick preview, Google “Scottish Fiddle: Fiddling Around the World”.

The business of The Society, as always, includes the elections of some Council members for two-year terms. This governing Council meets monthly to oversee the events, funds, and plans of the Society and to enjoy each other’s company. Nominating committee chair this year is Mary Fraser, 734-3539 or [email protected]. Contact her if you would like to serve a term on the Council for the fun of it or nominate someone else. Also bring your program ideas for the coming Society year. Some ideas from the AGM always find their way onto future schedules. Annual Meeting Reservation Form Name(s) of persons attending (please print) Member $20 Guest $25 Total ______Phone ______Email ______

Need a ride? ______Provide a ride? ______From what area? ______

4 An Evening Scottish Breakfast—February 23

The cooks: Bruce McEwan, Wendy & Dick Sherman, Watching the demonstration with Jackie Phillips

Princess Ka‘iulani Tribute—April 4th

RSCDS at the Royal Mausoleum

Pipers with Dancers from Scotland Jacob Ka‘io and Hamish Burgess

5 The Games—April 6th to 7th

Festival Banner MC’s Kalani, Anuhea & Ian

Highland Performers Doug & Walt Herring with Hamish Burgess

Jeannie Ferrier at Caledonian table Caber Toss

Highland Dancers Hawaiian Dancers

6 Genealogy Program Needs Volunteers

Would you like to know more about your own family tree? Would you like to learn about some online sources of family information and what these sources might look like? Maybe here is your chance to meet some of your ancestors.

Member Donald Reynolds, amateur genealogist, has volunteered to introduce us to the resources of Ancestry.com at a program being scheduled for early October, 2013 (TBD). Don is asking for volunteers to submit basic family information to him now, to give him time to do research over the summer. Then at the program in the fall he will present to everyone what he found and how he found it. This should be useful both to the volunteer descendent and to the rest of us who may want to try our own searches.

If you would like to have your own family tree research started, please send all the information you have to Don by June 15. (See information box below.) Send it either by post to Donald Reynolds, 665 Paopua Loop, Kailua, HI 96734, or by e-mail to donaldreynolds@ hawaiiantel.net. There is no charge for Don’s services or for the information he finds, which will be in the form of a tree made online with ancestry.com

If many people offer information, Donald may have to select just a few family trees for this program. He might, for instance, select families to discuss on the basis of the different kinds of searches that may be required and print out family charts for those family trees that are most interesting. Remember that if he chooses your family tree, the information it contains will be part of a program presented openly to the other Society members. Ancestry.com is a membership service, which provides access to many kinds of materials. If this October program proves popular, a future program may survey other kinds of genealogical research sources, many of them free.

Genealogical information to send; the more details the better.

1. Volunteer’s complete name and any nicknames, birth date, place of birth, maiden names if a married woman, dates of marriages and names of spouses. Names of siblings are helpful. Details about how one served in the Armed Forces during a war are important.

2. Complete names and all the above information for both parents if known. Include dates of death and places of burial if these relatives have passed. Include what is generally known about these relatives’ ethnicities and the places where the relatives lived and perhaps migrated from. Do you know what these people did to make a living? Are there any family stories that might be helpful or interesting?

3. Names and all the above information for four grandparents and eight great-grandparents if known.

4. Please do NOT send any Social Security numbers. 7 Member News

April Birthdays Dr. Eric Ako, Dee Anderson, Erika Anuhea Brady, Genevieve Cran, Virginia Hench, Scott MacKinnon, James Marsh, Moana McGlaughlin-Tregaskis, Jean Parcels. Long time Society member Bill Wynn turned 91 on April 7th. “Just another number” he says!

May Birthdays Stephen Craven, Stuart Donachie, Ching Hsin Duncan, Russell Fraser, Walter Killough, Ian Stuart Laing, Beth MacNeill, Cliff Poteet, Irene Robertson.

June Birthdays Lesley Brey, Hamish Burgess, Alice Herring, Pauline Labrie, Robert McCallum, Eleanor Nordyke, Wendy Sherman.

Please Welcome New Members Dr. Eric Ako, Helen Baskett, John & Theresa Bell, Erika Anuhea Brady, KC Collins, Kathleen Elliott-Pahinui, Sharon Geary, Donna Jinbo, Robert Kakalia, Ron Kelly, Teresa Morinaga, Beth MacNeill, Julia Putes, Brenda Reichel, Veronica Boyd See, Lee Shellko, Leavitt E. Thomas, Rose Mary Thompson.

Former Chieftain Don Munro was in an accident recently, broke some bones & caught pneumonia too. He is home recuperating and will have to have surgery in May as well. Get well soon, Don!

Former Chieftain Larry Phillips had a work related injury to his hand recently & is recovering nicely, except for boredom. Enjoy the time off, Larry.

SERG Recipient The 2013 SERG Award has been granted to Colleen Patton, a UH-Manoa graduate student in linguistics. She has enrolled in two short immersion courses in the Gaelic language at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, the Gaelic college on the Isle of Skye, in July and August of this year. There she will conduct an academic research project involving the participants in those two courses and members of the college staff. Her research in Scotland will supplement her course work and contribute to the portfolio she needs to compile toward her MA in Linguistics. Colleen is studying in the Language Conservation and Documentation track of the Linguistics program at UH. She speaks enthusiastically both about her future in working with endangered languages, such as Scots Gaelic, and about this opportunity to learn more about Scotland, which is part of her family’s Celtic heritage. She says she has been fascinated with Scottish and Irish Gaelic tradition since she was a child.

The Society committee members who interviewed Colleen were impressed not only with the academic quality and completeness of her application but also with her personal enthusiasm and poise. “In Colleen we have another great awardee we can be very proud of,” says Chieftain McEwan. “Everyone can look forward to meeting her next fall when Colleen will report to the Society about her experiences on Skye, her introduction to the Gaelic, and her research there, made possible by the $2,000 SERG grant.”

For more information about the SERG grants, see our website www.scotsinhawaii.org. 8

Council Contacts

Officers Chieftain Bruce McEwan 538-7707 [email protected] Vice Chieftain Susan MacKinnon 591-9398 [email protected] Secretary Larry Phillips 621-6622 [email protected] Membership Secretary Jeannie Ferrier 593-0966 [email protected] St Patrick’s Day Parade Treasurer Janice Chadwick Lillian, Audrey, Jackie, Dee, & Bruce 927-8004 [email protected]

Directors Barbara Coons 521-7022 [email protected] Lillian Cunningham 538-7707 [email protected] Mary Fraser 734-3539 [email protected] Jackie Phillips 621-6622 [email protected] Jim Redmond 262-9145 [email protected] Highland Games Parades Richard Sherman 554-7456 [email protected]

Society Website Ken Barclay [email protected]

The Caledonian Newsletter Susan MacKinnon & Lillian Cunningham Newsletter Mailing Jackie Phillips Tech Support Brian Richardson Editor’s Note: Thank you to Peter Schupp, Larry Phillips, Hamish Burgess & Jeannie Ferrier for pictures from our events in this issue. ______

The Caledonian Society of Hawaii P. O. Box 4164 Honolulu, HI 96812-4164

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