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The Scottish Society of Indianapolis The Scottish Society of Indianapolis Winter Edition, January-March 2017 2017 Board of Trustees The 2016 State of the Society Address Scottish Society of Indianapolis 11/19/2016 Robin Jarrett, President [email protected] Ladies and Gentlemen, Board of Trustees, Fellow Scots. 317-446-8212 Welcome to you all, I am very pleased to see such a large turnout for one of our most important meetings of the Steven Johnson, Treasurer year. I would like to thank Steven in his execution, [email protected] providing us with such a delightful evening and Rick Blacklidge for the marvelous décor. Finally, thanks to Jim Elisabeth Hedges, Secretary George for the wonderful meal. [email protected] From the Desk of the President Our Society is in a sense much like the country our ancestors came from. Scotland is a wee place comparably Matthew Douglass, Trustee, to the world at large much like our society is a small group in relative terms. Both, however, have Newsletter Editor, VP Whisky made impact greater than their respective size. Our Society has prospered in 2016, due directly to [email protected] the efforts of this small group of people that I’m going to talk about. Andy Thompson, Trustee Before I can talk about what the Society has accomplished materially, I feel the need to portray [email protected] some of the people who are responsible for making these achievements possible. Firstly I need to mention my beautiful wife Deneice, for without her support, love, and counsel it would not be Samuel Lawson, Trustee, possible for me to be your president. The board for 2016 has made my job as president an easy Website task. As we’ve dined on fish and chips, we as a collective group have brainstormed many great [email protected] ideas. Steven and Elisabeth are the best treasurer and secretary a president could ask for. In addition to keeping our finances straight, Steven keeps track of membership, the bylaws, and the schedule for the Society just to name a few of his tasks and accomplishments. Elisabeth, I have no Kristy Byers Stewart, Trustee idea how you make sense of the chaotic gibberish we call a meeting, but in a week I always get a [email protected] concise accounting of what was said and done, Andy, my rock is always there when I need you, Samuel, our Neo and the voice of reason, Armand, who comes up with great content for the Committee Chairpersons Thistle, Carson, our Nationalities Council Liaison is stepping down from the board. I would like to thank Carson on behalf of our Society for his contributions, past, present, and future. Deneice Jarrett, Games Committee Co-Chair I suppose the reoccurring theme so far is the people of the Society, a small group with big ideas [email protected] and great presence. We, as a group representing the Society, were seated at table number one at the 42nd Royal Highlanders Burn’s Dinner last January. We were present as speakers for the Burns Celebration at the Aristocrat, where Mark delivered the “Address to the Haggis”. We hosted our Lise Douglass, Games own “Burns Lite” where Steven gave a most poignant speech “To the Immortal Memory”, and Committee Co-Chair Samuel did the best recounting of the “Tam O’ Shanter” I’ve ever heard. In February we manned a [email protected] table at the IUPUI International Festival when member Dr. Peter Hylton made his last appearance before spiriting off to Northern Scotland to live and teach with his wife Wendy. In March, we Contact SSI: again participated in the St Patrick’s Day Parade in downtown Indianapolis. We continued on through the year, this small group, “Tasting the Water of Life”, learning about Duggerland, parading with the Nationalities Council in the 500 Festival Parade, as well as the 4th of July Parade www.indyscot.org in Carmel. We were represented at Irish Fest, where I dare say we pass off more information about [email protected] our heritage from our 10 x 10 booth, than the Irish do about their heritage with their entire Festival. We learned about “The Bonnie Prince and his Ladies”, The Gordon Highlanders, and about “A Tailor in the Army of Prince Charles”. In July, a group of us represented the Society and Festival at the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games. A number of people recognized who and what we were by our red name tags. We garnered many queries about our group and the Games. It seems people are watching. In August, we had our 1st” Summer Celebration” with over a hundred in attendance, reveling in our Scottish heritage. We hosted a Kilt Night, and attended in force the 1st Annual MidSommer Festival as a member nation of the Latvian Center. We exhibited at the Columbus Games, where we walked in the parade of clans and again sponsored the Best Clan Tent Award. At the Indy International Festival we won 2nd place for Education. The NCI president who presided over the Festival just happened to be wearing a kilt, coincidence I think not. Our small group has broadened our presence across many cultures, peoples, and it seems outside the borders of our city and the State of Indiana. We hosted the 7th Annual Indianapolis Scottish Highland Games and Festival this year. Our games are indeed the greatest way we make an impression in our city. Thousands bore witness to the success of this venture. Lise and Deneice, in the three short years you have served as chairs, have led the committee in creating one of the finest festivals of its kind in the Midwest. The children’s quest is a stroke of genius, what a fantastic way of immersing the wee ones in Scottish Heritage. Our cultural and educational impact on the community is tremendous, and I congratulate you on a job well done. The Society has prospered and grown in all of this. We have added 23 new members this year, bringing us to 124 family, individual, and life memberships. I’m pleased to report that as of today in our three accounts we total nearly 58,000 dollars and that the Society is indeed solvent, and I must note, the games are paid for. This, of course, insures the continuation of our Society and our festival for many years to come. As many of you know, we have entered into a partnership with Indiana University’s School of Liberal Arts to endow a scholarship program to help fund student’s pursuits in Scottish studies. This is perhaps our finest accomplishment to date. The Scottish Foundation of Indianapolis McMath Scholarship will indeed fulfill our charter of education in a way that we couldn’t have even considered just a few years ago. I received three letters from Indiana University, one from the University President, the Dean of the School of Liberal Arts, and the President of the Scholarship Match Fund. (Read from letters). This will be one of our greatest legacies, indeed it will be one of mine and I hope the future will remember what we have created here. Just like our ancestors from a small place across the sea, we the Scottish Society of Indianapolis have made impact through presence and education where ever we have gone. I, as your president, declare 2016 a year of success in Gach ni Albanach and I know we will, as this small band of Scots, endeavor to make a big impression in the years to come. May we stand and hold our glasses high and make a toast to the Scottish Society of Indianapolis and its successes past present and future. Thank you for your confidence in me as we move into another year! Slainte’ Robin Jarrett, FSA Scot Clan Wallace President Scottish Society of Indianapolis The 2016 Indianapolis Highland Games and Festival By Games Co-chairs Lise Douglass and Deneice Jarrett Our 2016 Highland Games were a great success! We had 65 athletes participating, and great attendance at all of our entertainment venues including Celtic music performances and dancers. Mayor Joe Hogsett visited our event and read a proclamation declaring October 8, 2016 “Scottish Heritage Day.” Our pipe bands enchanted the festival goers all through the day by playing and marching around the festival grounds. The clan tents had beautiful displays and information about clan history and current happenings. Many of them had children’s activities. The children loved the free face painting and the Quest for King Louis’ Gold. In exchange for completing the quest, the children received a scroll and an invitation to one of 2 knighting ceremonies performed by His Highness Prince Charles, and chose a prize from King Louis’ Treasure Chest. Our Scottish Society of Indianapolis Tent offered festival goers information about Scottish history, famous Scottish inventors, an opportunity to look up their family clans and tartans. Our whisky tasting events were very popular, and festival goers learned about the history of whisky and the differences in whisky according to region. Our volunteers also helped to complete the festival feel by interacting with our guests in a fun and engaging manner. All of our food venders had traditional Scottish foods to offer. Our Scottish market vendors sold Scottish merchandise from Celtic jewelry, family crest t-shirts, kilts etc. The Indianapolis Scottish Highland Games and Festival October 14, 2017 Please save the date, October 14, 2017 for the eighth annual Indianapolis Scottish Highland Games and Festival. Our next planning meeting (with a pitch-in breakfast) is at 10:00 am, Saturday, February 18, 2017 at the home of Lise and Matthew Douglass, 11564 Senie Lane, Carmel, IN 46032.
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