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In This Issue: New England St Clan MacLeod Society USA 01420 MA Fitchburg, Street 31 Summer VP MacLeod, A. Dr. Donald Region England New USA MacLeod Clan New England Regional Newsletter Greetings from the Regional VP invite you to visit our website, at http://www.macl at website, our to visit you invite clansfolk England New fellow Your Welcome to all new CMS members! I wish all of our members a great holiday season, and look forward to seeing you in person in the new year. Dr. Donald MacLeod VP for the New England Region Clan MacLeod USA In this issue: New England St. Andrews Societies ........................................... 2 (shown here at the “tentless tent” at Loon Mountain Loon at tent” “tentless the at here (shown CMS at New Hampshire Highland Games .................................. 3 National Tartan Day Petition ...................................................... 4 MacLeod news from around New England ................................ 5 Recent Scottish Events ............................................................... 6 Celtic Colours ...................................................................... 6 eodnewengland.org! eodnewengland.org! Royal Scottish Country Dance Society Annual Concert ...... 7 Clan MacLeod Parliament 2010 ................................................. 7 Other Upcoming Local/USA events .......................................... 10 Strathspey and Reel Society of New Hampshire .............. 10 Christmas Walk and CMS Meeting, Alexandria VA .......... 10 How I Came to Parliament ...................................................... 11 Patterns for Fabric Hose .......................................................... 16 From your Newsletter volunteers ............................................ 19 If your year-end charitable giving plans have room for MacLeod considerations, please check our web page for some suggestions http://www.macleodnewengland.org/macleodcharities.html . ) Page 20 October 2009 Clan MacLeod Society USA Clan MacLeod Society USA New England Regional Newsletter New England Regional Newsletter From your Newsletter volunteers Our aim is to publish the newsletter twice a year. In each issue, we’ll include items of regional and general interest. We are very interested in your feedback on the purpose, content, and format of the newsletter. It would also be great if you’d volunteer to help with any of the activities mentioned. Welcome to our new members We’ve had some GREAT help with the newsletter this year! HUGE th Clan MacLeod Society New England thanks to Scott MacLeod for the lovely piece on his parents’ 50 wedding anniversary in the last issue, and this time we have an article from Audrey Name City and State MacLeod Pfeiffer. You too are invited to share what you know of your DORI L DEAN NORTHAMPTON, MA heritage and the MacLeod “family” today. Articles on family history, JAMES E FOSTER NORTHAMPTON, MA memorable relatives, travels, or Scottish events are all welcome. TUCKER MACLEOD PRINCETON, MA Remember that weddings, graduations, and other life milestones, especially CAROLINE MACLEOD SAWYER FOXBORO, MA with pictures, are of interest to fellow clansfolk. Let us know! We’d also MARILYN CHRISTINE PRATT E BRIDGEWATER, MA like to dedicate a bit of free space to MacLeods who want to give away or RORY MACLEOD WAKEFIELD, RI sell personal property that is of interest to clansfolk, in a “MacLeod to ROBERT J. HOAGLAND BARRINGTON, RI MacLeod Marketplace”. REBECCA L. GIFFORD BARRINGTON, RI NEIL H THOMPSON BRISTOL, RI Please keep in mind that there is no funding for the newsletter, just a JOYCE ANN MACLEOD WARWICK, RI handful of us who feel strongly about it chipping in to make it happen; but BRUCE RIDER No. PROVIDENCE, RI we can't do this indefinitely. To save on postage, paper and production ROBERT B. THOMPSON JR No. PROVIDENCE. RI costs, we'd much rather send the NL by e-mail, but we have only a small percentage of e-mail addresses for CMS members in the New England New England St. Andrews Societies region. So please send your email address to To augment Audrey MacLeod Pfeiffer’s mention [email protected] . In the meantime, we will send of St. Andrews’ Societies on page 5, here’s a list of hard copies to members for whom we do not have email addresses. societies in New England. Each one has its own Email is the quickest, easiest, and most efficient way to distribute the website, and is a good source of information for newsletter. If you’re receiving this newsletter by snail mail but can use events such as Burns dinners, which will happen in email, please send us your email address right away (so you don't forget). January, or Tartan Day activities in April: Otherwise, we will send a hard copy as long as we can but it will be hard to Maine http://www.mainehighlandgames.org keep the newsletter going. Thanks for your interest, cooperation and Massachusetts http://www.st -andrews -of -mass.org support, from your newsletter volunteers: New Hamp shire http://www.standrewsocietynh.org Sarah Piepgrass Veronica McClure 1824 Washington Street 116 Beltran St Rhode Island http://www.standrewsri.org (might be offline) Canton, MA 02021 Malden, MA 02148 Vermont http://www.standrewssocietyofvermont.org (781) 828-3930 (781) 321-0675 Connecticut http:// www.sasct.org (CMS USA Northeast region) [email protected] [email protected] Page 2 October 2009 October 2009 Page 19 Clan MacLeod Society USA Clan MacLeod Society USA New England Regional Newsletter New England Regional Newsletter pictures, go to http://www.flamingokilts.biz/gallery.html ; also visit the “Kilt Hose Cuffs” link for details and more pictures. These are 80% acrylic/ 20% CMS at New Hampshire Highland Games, wool and the gauge looks a bit large to me but maybe that’s necessary to Loon Mountain, 2009 be seen from a distance. However, the idea of separate cuffs to mix and By Veronica McClure match with your hose does tickle my fancy. The New Hampshire Highland Games proved to be quite an adventure Knitting patterns for fancy hose this year. A last-minute occurrence prevented our usually indefatigable RVP Dr. Don MacLeod from going to Loon Mountain, and of course he’s the Designs for Knitting Kilt Hose and Knickerbocker one with the actual tent, tables and chairs, tartan cloths, banners and flags, Stockings by Veronica Gainford is not for the faint- books, magazines, pamphlets, membership leaflets, sale items, etc. – all the hearted, but according to one customer review on things usually found at clan tents at Highland Games. Amazon, “this is one book I’d buy if my house burned down.” See http://www.amazon.com/Designs-Knitting- Your editor Sarah sent an urgent email asking for help and many of you Kilt-Veronica-Gainford/dp/0942018079. rallied to the cause! Dr. Don’s son Don Jr. was able to bring the tent and its contents to Loon, though he was not able to staff the tent, so Friday we at AND NOW – The pièce de résistance least had a physical presence. On Saturday, my intrepid Scottish Country Dance pals Joan Bannerman and Liz Olson, who've come with me to games Scrumptious Hose – Eye-Candy Hose – Knit before, and I made the trek to New Hampshire -- only to discover that there to Order Hose, , no pale legs here! Skye had been a very strong wind the night before (some said mini-tornado) that Highland Outfitters is an American firm run by destroyed the MacLeod tent and several others. Don Jr had cleaned up the Joshua Brown, a MacDonald with roots on Skye, mess already but I asked him to bring back anything in useable condition -- whose daughter is named Skye. The web site which he did: two boxes of miscellaneous items and tartan fabrics. has picture after picture of hose and all sorts of highland attire - casual, formal, military, band - all in good taste with great Our neighbors in the next tent, Clan Chattan, color and variety. How about a family or group chipping in for custom- took us under their wing, lent us a big heavy bench made, custom colored hose for a really special gift? that we used as a table, and each of the three of us http://www.skyehighlandoutfitters.com/Skye_Kilt_Hose.html . had a camp chair. We spread the Raasay tartan fabric over the big bench and one of my dance The hose are not cheap, Castellated hose sashes like a table runner on top and that but they are glorious. The are particularly brightened things up immediately! We put out the few display items from prices simply reflect that rare nowadays, the boxes, including the MacLeod tartan booklet which was a big draw. they are hand-made to but here they 55 people (wow!) are represented by the signatures on the sign-in order. are! sheets, plus there were some who didn’t sign in but stopped by. There were conversations on many topics, and a lot of curiosity about why we This article grew out of my own interest in colorful legs as in the old were sitting in the sun. We began saying “we’re a tentless tent!” which pictures, and was propelled by Ruari’s workshop and wardrobe. I haven’t broke the ice nicely and made people smile. personally used all of the patterns, but they are inspiring. If you have some interesting hose, know of another source or supplier you’d like to share, or Several MacLeods were extremely helpful. Bob MacLeod from Lincoln, just have comments, please send the editors a note and/or photos. NH, the first to respond to the plea for help, stayed at the “tent” for a while with me and made it possible for several of us to leave the tent for a while. Page 18 October 2009 October 2009 Page 3 Clan MacLeod Society USA Clan MacLeod Society USA New England Regional Newsletter New England Regional Newsletter Robert Hoagland from Rhode Island stopped by and helped with the other patterns to see hose and clothes from other times and places. greeting and meeting. The family of the late N.
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