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The Official Journal St. Andrew’s Society of Baltimore P.O. BOX 4114 Timonium, MD 21094-4114

Highland Games . . . .The Origin

Highland games are events held throughout the year in and other countries as a way of celebrating Scottish and Celtic culture and, especially that of the . Certain aspects of the games are so well known as to have become emblematic of Scotland, such as the , the , and the heavy events, especially the . While centred on competitions in piping and drumming, dancing, and Scottish heavy athletics, the games also include entertainment and exhibits related to other aspects of Scottish and Gaelic culture.

The Highland Gathering, better known as the Cowal Games, held in ,Scotland, every August, is the largest Highland games in the world, attracting around 3,500 competitors and somewhere in the region of 23,000 spectators[1] from around the globe. Worldwide, however, it is exceeded in terms of spectators by two gatherings in the United States: the estimated 30,000 that attend Grandfather Mountain in North Carolinaand the even larger[ gathering—the largest in the Northern Hemisphere—that has taken place every year since 1865 hosted by the Caledonian Club of San Francisco. This event is currently held on Labor Day weekend inPleasanton, California.

The games are claimed to have influenced Baron Pierre de Coubertin when he was planning the revival of the . De Coubertin saw a display of Highland games at the Paris Exhibition of 1889.

The origin of human games and sports predates recorded history. An example of a possible early games venue is at Fetteresso, although that location is technically a few miles south of the Scottish Highlands. It is reported in numerous Highland games programs, that King Malcolm III of Scotland, in the 11th century, summoned contestants to a foot race to the summit of Craig Choinnich (overlooking ).[2] King Malcolm created this foot race in order to find the fastest runner in the land to be his royal messenger. Some have seen this apocryphal event to be the origin of today's modern Highland games.[3]

There is a document from 1703 summoning the clan of the Laird of Grant, . They were to arrive wearing Highland coats and "also with gun, sword, pistol and dirk".[ From this letter, it is believed that the competitions would have included feats of arms. However, the modern Highland games are largely a Victorian invention, developed after the . The Pibroch Official Journal St. Andrew’s Society of Baltimore standrewsbaltimore.org

April - May 2015 * Volume 209 Issue 3 * Stuart Blair Editor

Burns Nicht Supper 2015 “Happy 256th Birthday Robbie” Submitted by Bill Kommalan, Chair

It was a cold winter’s night, but inside the Maryland Club, fires were burning brightly with warmth and coziness. As the reception progressed, lassies and ladies exuded an air of conviviality and friendship that carried throughout the evening. Some of the general feelings were furnished by the imbibing of single malt whiskey. At the sound of the Pipes, Piper Ernie Brandt called everyone to their tables. President Herb Glasby and Lady Marion were piped to the Burns’ table to light a candle to welcome our renowned guest in spirit, Scotland’s Poet Robert Burns. And so, on Saturday, January 24th began the celebration of Robert Burns’ 256th birthday and th the 37 Annual Burns’ Nicht Supper Ernie Brandt Nick McIntosh and our lads talk to the haggis by St. Andrew’s Society of Baltimore. To the haggis. . “Pay the piper”

Chair Bill Kommalan welcomed everyone to the supper and after the appropriate toasts and signing of the National Anthems, and the invocation by Rev. Ernest Smart, he then ordered the Maryland Club to “Bring on the Soup”. Later, with the assist of Piper Ernie Brandt, the call went out to “Bring on the Haggis”, whereas, Nick McIntosh recited Burns’ Address to a Haggis. Stonie Maxwell recited the Selkirk Grace and then the call went out to “Bring on the Meat (and salmon)”. The meal was sumptuous and filling.

With only a few moments to kick back, the evening’s program started with a piping rendition by Ernie Brandt, followed by Ernest Smart’s Toast to Burns’ Immortal Memory. Every one chuckled with Dave Bohannon’s Toast to the Lassies and Meredith Bohannon’s response Toast to the Ladies. After a recitation of a Burns poem, Herb & Marion were asked to extinguish the candle on the Robert’s table and with a signing of Auld Lange Syne, led by Andy McCombe; the program was brought to a close. For the enjoyment of everyone attending, Alex Mark Cox continued the evening by playing and singing Celtic songs.

With the fires burning down, everyone began the trip home to await next year’s annual celebration. I am thankful for the assistance of everyone who participated and attended the Davie Bohannon Marion Glasby ponders . . dinner as it was deemed a success, especially on the fact, we concluded by 9 PM. Additionally, I was ably assisted by Presents a toast to the lassies .“Robbie sure is a handsome lad.” my Co-Chair Henry McDonald. Here’s to the 38th Annual Burns’ Nicht Supper on January 23, 2016.

President’s Wee Word Second, the manifesto affirmed the nation's independence in a way no battle could, and justified it

with a truth that is beyond nation and race. Man has a With the warmer weather right to freedom and a duty to defend it with his life. comes increased activity The natural qualifications put upon this by a medieval both inside and out. The baron are irrelevant, as are the reservations which slave- Baltimore Saint Patrick’s owning Americans placed upon their declaration of Day Parade is past and independence. The truth once spoken cannot be now we are getting ready checked, the seed once planted controls its own growth, for the various festivals and and the liberty which men secure for themselves must highland games held be given by them to others, or it will be taken as they around the state. The big took it. Freedom is a hardy plant and must flower in one for which your Society equality and brotherhood. () has been a participant for over 40 years is the th The U.S. Congress declared APRIL 6 as DAY Colonial Highland Gathering at Fair Hill, MD (http://www.tartanday.org/history) so celebrate by first (http://fairhillscottishgames.org/). th attending the Tartan Ball on Saturday April 18 and then It is held on the third Saturday in May (5/16) and is by wearing your kilt to the Kirkin’ o’ the Tartan at the organized by the Scottish Games Association of Cathedral of Mary our Queen on North Charles Street on Delaware. Besides bagpipe band competitions there are th the next day, Sunday April 19 . Show up is 10:30am, the individual competitions in piping, fiddling, highland the service begins at 11, and the attire is Daywear. dancing, and athletics. Professional musical Show your ancestral colors and join your Society performances are held throughout the day on the brothers in the camaraderie of the events this spring. entertainment stage. Mid-afternoon, your Society will See you there…. host a Haggis Parade, with the Bard’s Address to the

Haggis provided prior to its being served. It’s truly a fun time for the whole family and I hope to see you there.

The Southern Maryland Celtic Festival Yours aye, (http://www.cssm.org/) takes place on Saturday, April

25th and is held at Jefferson Patterson State Park and Herb Glasby, III Museum in St. Leonard, Calvert County, MD. We will th 54 President not have a tent there, but will have a tent at the Ph: 410-437-0848 Frederick Celtic Festival email: [email protected] (http://www.frederickcelticfestival.com/) hosted by the St. Andrew’s Society of Mid-Maryland on Saturday May 9th at the Mt. Airy Fire Dept. Fairgrounds in Mt. Airy, MD. It’s time to forget about the snow and cold of this past winter and be about enjoying the sun and outdoors with Trivia Question your Scottish clansmen.

The Declaration of Arbroath is a declaration of Scottish Robert the Bruce I died in 1329 after a lengthy independence made in 1320. It is in the form of a letter illness. Upon his death, his heart was extracted submitted to Pope John XXII, dated 6 April 1320, which James Douglas placed in a silver casket to intended to confirm Scotland's status as an independent, be worn on a chain around his neck. The body sovereign state and defending Scotland's right to use was interred at ______? military action when unjustly attacked.

a. Dunfermline Abbey Two things make the Declaration of Arbroath the most important document in Scottish history. First it set the b. Abbey will and the wishes of the people above the King. c. Pjuscarden Abbey Though they were bound to him 'both by law and by his d. Paisley Abbey merits' it was so that their freedom might be maintained. If he betrayed them he would be removed and replaced. This remarkable obligation placed upon a feudal Answer to trivia question on page 7 monarch by his feudal subjects may be explained in part by the fact that Bruce was still a heather king to many of them, still a wild claimant ruling upon sufferance and success. But the roots of his kingship were Celtic, and a Celtic tradition was here invoked.

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After the Declaration of Arbroath . . . . The Almoner’s Report Then there was the Treaty of -Northampton Rev. Dr. George Gray Toole

When we hear them "Greetin" The Treaty of Edinburgh–Northampton was a peace treaty, signed in 1328 between the Kingdoms "Greetin" was a familiar of England and Scotland. It brought an end to the First word in the Scottish home War of , which had begun with as I grew up. It means the English invasion of Scotland in 1296. The treaty was crying. When a little girl signed in Edinburgh by Robert the Bruce, King of was crying it was said, Scotland, on 17 March 1328, and was ratified by the "The wee lass is greetin." English at Northampton on 1 May. Or as a young boy if I was

about to cry about The cause of the Wars of Scottish Independence was something that was not ultimately the uncertainty over the succession of serious, I heard, "There the crown following the death of Alexander III in nae greetin aboot that!" 1286. Edward I of England initially supported the claim of John Balliol, who was crowned King of Scots in 1292, Crying gets our attention. It expresses regret, pain, but eventually pressed his own claim to sovereignty over disappointment, even happiness. Many of us grew up Scotland. After Balliol's removal and exile, Robert the with the admonition, "Men don't cry." We know that is Bruce broke from the English camp and took up his own untrue. There are tears that never surface but remain rival claim to the crown, by leading a resistance to deep inside. It takes skill to detect these unshed tears (a Edward. Robert declared himself King, after killing his life-long process.) chief rival and cousin, and was crowned in 1306. He decisively defeated the English, under Edward, Our response to those who are "greetin", whether the at Bannockburn in 1314. tears surface or not, is important. First, we have to recognize their presence. Then we have to find out why Peace talks were held between 1321 and 1324. Little the person is crying, express our understanding, and progress was made, as the English refused to recognize offer our support to them. Robert the Bruce as King of Scots, although a truce was [1] agreed in 1323, to last thirteen years. Edward II There is always within the St. Andrew's Society family claimed he adhered to this truce, but he allowed someone who is "greetin". Let's acknowledge the reason English privateers to attack Flemish vessels trading for their tears, and offer our support, whether those tears with Scotland. For example, privateers seized the are seen or sensed. Flemish vesselPelarym, worth £2,000, and massacred all the Scots on board.[citation needed] Robert the Bruce We recognize the distress and then the relief and joy of demanded justice, but in vain, and so he renewed Past President Greg W. Scott after a heart attack and the between Scotland and France, which then successful cardiac surgery. He is at home was concluded 26 April 1326, at Corbeil. In 1327, the recovering. Thomas W. Harroll, Sr. is being married and Scots invaded northern England and defeated the many present will be shedding tears of joy. Let them English at Stanhope in Weardale in County Durham. hear from you! Before this, Bruce invaded Ulsterin . Yours aye, George The treaty lasted only five years. It was unpopular with many English nobles, who viewed it as humiliating. In Tears 1333 it was overturned by Edward III, after he had begun I come when pain his personal reign, and the Second War of Scottish Becomes too much to take. Independence continued until a lasting peace was I come when you're sad, established in 1357. Or your heart starts to break. I might come when you panic, In 1328 the Bruce was an old man and he was slowly I might come when you're mad. dying. He had been at war with England for more than I'll show up here and there, twenty years. The Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton When enough is what you've had. would finally seal the peace. I fill your eyes with moisture,

I roll down your cheek. The terms of the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton were Sometimes I mean joyous, agreed. The English finally recognized King Robert I as Sometimes I mean weak. King of Scots and acknowledged the independence of You long for a brighter day. Scotland. Tears are words the heart can't express. - 3 -

Escort to the Colors St. Patrick’s Day Parade SASB Escort To the Colors

“E.T.C.,” the Escort to the Colors is the unofficial “face” of the St. Andrew’s Society of Baltimore.

We welcome your joining us in the fun and camaraderie we share, so please contact Bob Kennick: (410-654-1021 [email protected]) Al Schudel (410-435-7725)

St. Patrick’s Day Parade * Sunday 15 March 2015

Heavy winds from start to finish. Waiting in the cold for signal to start. One stop only to rest the flagman marchers. In 2005- 23 marched, 2013-20 marched, in 2015-13 marched.

The buses were not available in the right place, so we had 5 more blocks to walk to get on the Bus. Thank God to Mary Jane and Jack Gordon who hauled Al Schudel the rest of the way. Guys and Dolls: Schudel, Isaac, Wilson, Pennell, Bohannon, Alcorn, Hinson, Gordon, Miller, Pippen, Lyons, Blair. Staying inside: Kerr, Glasby. Marching Banner: Mary Jane & Brenda, Working inside Carol, Babs, Marion.

ETC Coming Events

Cathedral of Mary Our Queen

5200 North Charles Street (1block south of Northern Parkway) Baltimore

Sunday April 19, 2015 Show up 10:30 AM, Service 11:00 AM

Attire: Daywear

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Hospitality Jack Gordon, MD "Albannach Cuideachd"

Membership Our meeting on March 12th at the Legion was successful and enjoyable. The members of this Logan Metesh, our venerable Society come speaker from the NRA from all areas and all walks Firearms Museum, of life... Membership is open certainly delighted many of to men who were born in us with his knowledge of Scotland or have at least history coupled with the one ancestor of Scottish development of gunpowder blood. and guns and the influence of our Scots ancestor. The Q and A at the end was even Greg Scott more fun. Couple that with a delightful and filling dinner Membership Vice President and I think we all went home having enjoyed ourselves 52nd President immensely. The large number of ladies and guests was also great to see. I encourage everyone to keep it up on May 14th. “Ceud Mile Failte”

We have Pratt Street and the Pratt library and a lot of A Hundred Thousand Welcomes other related items, but who was Pratt? Or, who was Lombard or Green or Paca or many others who gave Mark George Chapman their names to the streets of Baltimore. Chris 68 Beecham Court Kaltenbach, features writer for the Baltimore Sun, will Owings Mills, MD 21117 delight us with all that info when he discusses his new Ph: 443-805-3321 book, The Streets of Baltimore. He will let you know how Work: 410-513-8715 Joined: 3/10/2015 and after whom some streets were named and be able Email: [email protected] Investment Banker to answer your particular street question. Looking forward to seeing all of you, your ladies and guests on Ronald N. Esler th May 14th. 415 26 Ave. NE, Apt 110 Hickory, NC 28601-2793 Military: U.S. Coast Guard Aye, PH: 443-309-1654 Rejoined 3/10/2015 Jack Gordon Email: [email protected] Retired Hospitality Chair Clan: Bell

Benjamin S. Harris II 730 Cockeys Mill Road St. Andrew’s Society of Baltimore Reisterstown, MD 21136 Military: U.S. Army 62nd Annual Tartan Ball Ph: 410-526-4552 Joined: 3/10/2015 Email: [email protected] Retired Boumi Temple Clan: Malcolm Nottingham, MD John A. Hill Sandy Saturday April 18, 2015 524 S. Clinton St. Celebrate our Scottish Heritage with dinner, dancing Baltimore, MD 21224 Joined: 3/10/2015 Ph: 410-375-9424 Business Development and the tradition of haggis and the Grand March Email: [email protected] $64 per person Clan: MacDonald

Reservations: Robert Stuart Helen Paul H. Douglas [email protected] or call 627 Budleigh Circle 410-560-9026 Timonium, MD 21093 Ph: 410-560-0483 Joined: 3/10/2015 Nick McIntosh [email protected] or call Email: Occ: Textile Designer 301-343-4668 Clan: Stuart

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He left his watchman job to paint steel railroad cars at Scottish Immigrant the Pressed Steel Car Company in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, on the Ohio just south of downtown Pittsburgh. He began to draw on the side of railroad cars John Kane on his lunch hour to "fill in the colors". His sketched (August 19, 1860 – August 10, 1934) landscapes disappeared after lunch beneath the American painter . . . standard, solid color of the railroad car paint. For a short celebrated for his skill in Naïve art. time he tried to earn money by enlarging and tinting photographs for working-class families.

He was the first self-taught American painter in the 20th Kane had married Maggie Halloran in 1897 at St. Mary's century to be recognized by a museum. When, on his Catholic Church in downtown Pittsburgh. The death of third attempt, his work was admitted to the an infant son in 1904 led him into a vortex of drinking 1927Carnegie International Exhibition, he attracted and depression, which caused long periods of considerable attention from the media, which initially wandering, during which he worked as an itinerant suspected that his success was a prank. He house painter and carpenter. In Akron, Ohio in 1910 he inadvertently paved the way for other self-taught artists, first began to do pictorial paintings on discarded boards from Grandma Moses to Outsider Art. Today Kane is from construction sites. By the end of World War I, Kane remembered for his landscape paintings of was again in Pittsburgh, where he spent the remainder industrial Pittsburgh, many of which are held by major of his life. He remained separated from his wife and museums such as the Art, Carnegie, Whitney Museum children. of American Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In both 1925 and 1926 he submitted paintings to the He was born John Cain to Irish parents in West Carnegie Internationals sponsored by the Carnegie Calder, Scotland on August 19, 1860. His father died Museum of Art, but the works were rejected. The next when he was age 10, leaving behind a widow and 7 year, however, Kane found a champion in painter– children. His father was employed as a grave digger in juror Andrew Dasburg, who persuaded the jury to accept West Calder, it is said that he dug a grave on Friday and Kane’s Scene in the Scottish Highlands (Carnegie filled it on Monday. The young Kane quit school to work Museum, Pittsburgh). The story of the untrained 67-year- in the shale mines. He actually worked at Young's old painter's success was trumpeted by the newspapers. Parrafin Works and was so struck with the malleability of The publicity around the show came to the notice of the hot parrafin moulds that he made a mask of his own Kane's wife, who was living in West Virginia, and with face for his mother Biddy. Naturally he burned his face, whom he'd lost contact for over ten years. They but not too seriously. After his mother remarried, he reconciled and remained together during the last years immigrated to the United States at age 19, following his of his life. stepfather and older brother Patrick, who had preceded him to America and were working in Braddock, When it was discovered that he had painted over Pennsylvania, just south of Pittsburgh. discarded photographic images, purely for financial reasons, he was hounded by newspapers and He first worked for the Baltimore & Ohio unsuccessful artists who claimed him a sham. Kane Railroad at McKeesport as a gandy dancer, one who continued to paint his primitive landscapes and self- stamps down stones between the railroad ties. Next he portraits, including his famous Self-portrait (1929) in the worked a stint in the steel industry at the National Tube collection of MoMA, New York. He had his first New York Company in McKeesport, but soon left for a job in one-man show in 1931. Connellsville at the coke ovens of Henry Clay Frick. John Kane died of tuberculosis on August 10, 1934 and In the mid-1880s Kane moved on to mine coal is interred at Pittsburgh's Roman Catholic Calvary in Alabama, Tennessee, and Kentucky, but he returned Cemetery. to Western Pennsylvania, where he got other mining jobs, in order to be closer to his family.

In 1891, while he was walking along the B&O railroad A John Kane quote ______tracks, an engine running without its lights struck down Kane, severing his left leg 5 inches below the knee. He “The public interest is best served was fitted with an artificial limb, and his disability landed by the free exchange of ideas.” him a new job with the B&O as a watchman. He was a watchman for eight years.

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Scottish Humor “Stiùradair” (Quartermaster)

Alisdair Biggar, a Scotsman, applied to join to Stuart Blair 410-665-6440 or email: [email protected] the New York City police force.

The inspector glared at him and asked, 'How Do you have these items? If not, we do! Shoulder patch SASB Flashes would you disperse a large, unruly crowd?' Badge BB Cap (choice of colors) Lapel pins Golf Shirt 'Well,' replied Alisdair thoughtfully, 'I'm no too Decals Specialty items by request sure how ye do it here in New York, but in Aberdeen we just pass the hat around, and they March with the ETC soon begin to shuffle off.' Khaki short sleeve Uniform shirt

Book Review Now available Submitted by Don Kerr *Contact quartermaster

for pricing and ordering instructions “The Blackhouse”

Author: Peter May [Scottish author born in has written several BOOK books and 2 award winning TV series.] “Scots in Maryland” History of the St. Andrew’s Society of Baltimore Review 1806 – 2006 A fictional murder mystery that takes place on the Isle of Christopher T. George chronicles the colorful story Lewis in the Outer . The murder bears the work of Scots in Maryland and the growth of the St. of a serial killer on Scotland’s mainland and Fin McLeod; Andrew’s Society of Baltimore the first 200 years. Edinburgh’s Detective Sergeant is sent to the Isle of Lewis to investigate both the crime and becomes ONLY $10 plus shipping involved on his own voyage into his troubled past. As Fin reconnects with the places and people that he grew up with, he feels the desolate beauty of the island and its guarded ancient customs that once asserted a grip on him. Every step toward solving the murder brings Fin Pinroch via Email closer to his childhood friends and the frightful events of Many SASB members will be receiving the newsletter by email. the past that nearly destroyed his life. If you still desire a hard copy of the Pibroch, contact: Stuart Blair 410-665-6440

The description of castles, cottages, fishing villages, Event Pictures On-Line mountains, the island’s shoreline, churches, the people SASB select photographers have been passing the photos of and living conditions is truly interesting as is the many events to the Society’s webmaster, Jim Wallace, who character’s names that are in Gaelic. And to assist the has been posting them on our website: reader there is a glossary of the Gaelic pronunciation of http://standrewsbaltimore.org/. You may find these photos these words in the beginning of the book along with a under the “Photo Albums” section or by going directly to map of the Isle of Lewis that aids the reader. http://standrewsbaltimore.org/photoalbum/index.html.

If you are a fan of murder mysteries that don’t contain chapter after chapter of sex, violence and the customary police investigations, than I would strongly suggest you Answer to Trivia Question get this book from your local library. Dunfermline Abbey

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APRIL MAY

Event: Board of Managers Meeting Event: Board of Managers Meeting Date: Tuesday, April 7 Time: 8:00 p.m. Date: Tuesday, May 5 Time: 8:00 p.m. Place: St. Andrew's Christian Community Church Place: St. Andrew's Christian Community Church

Event: Tartan Ball Event: 15th Annual Frederick Celtic Festival Date: Saturday, April 18 Sponsored by St. Andrew’s Society of Mid-Maryland Time: Cocktails @ 6:00 p.m.; Dinner @ 8:00 p.m. Date: Saturday May 9 Time: 9am to 6pm Place: Boumi Temple, King Avenue Evening Celtic Concert 7 – 10pm Attire: Black Tie/Highland Evening Wear Place: Mt. Airy Fire Department Carnival Grounds 1003 Twin Arch Road, Mt. Airy, MD 21771 Event: Kirkin Cathedral of Mary Our Queen *SASB tent will be set up . . . Members invited North Charles Street Date: Sunday April 19, 2015 Event: Stated Meeting Time: Show up 10:30 AM, service 11:00 AM Date: Thursday, May 14 Place: Cathedral of Mary our Queen Time: Bar opens @ 5:30 p.m. North Charles Street Dinner starts @ 6:30 p.m. Attire: Daywear Place: Towson American Legion

NOTE: Gathering at “’s Daughter Restaurant” Event: COLONIAL HIGHLAND GAMES __After Mass and Kirkin Date: Saturday, May 16 Time: Show-Up @ 10:00 a.m. Event: Washington National Cathedral - Kirkin' March on @ 1:00 pm Conducted by St. Andrew’s Society of Wash., D.C. Place: Fair Hill, Maryland *attend on your own Attire: Khaki Shirt Date: Sunday, April 19 Note: Pitch-in-Picnic Time: Show-up on your own / Service @ 4:00 p.m. Place: National Cathedral Event: Memorial Day Ceremony Massachusetts & Wisconsin Aves. Date: Monday, 25 May Washington, D.C. Time: Show-Up @ 10 am Ceremony @ 11am Attire: Day Wear Place: Korean War Veterans Memorial Boston Street in Canton Event: Southern Maryland Celtic Festival Attire: Khaki Shirt (attend on your own) Date: April 25 Time: 9 a.m. Place: Jefferson Patterson Park

ETC "Sign Up" Notification We are restructuring the procedure for signing-up for ETC Events. No longer will we have a "Calling Tree" or "Sign-up Sheets". Instead, it is requested that you use the following procedure. --- When you receive your issue of the "Pibroch", and come to the "Calendar of Events" page, place a mark beside all of the events in which you will be taking part. Then, either send me an e-mail [email protected] --- or call me --- 410-654-1021 --- and leave your name and a list of these dates. This way, you will be spared what some gentlemen in the past; have referred to as "annoying phone calls". I am asking for your complete cooperation in this matter, so that the proper amount of equipment will be available at the event, be it a parade, "Kirkin' " or Memorial Service. -- Thank you.

Yours Aye, Bob Kennick

http://fairhillscottishgames.org/ May 16, 2015 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.

The Scottish Games Association of Delaware, Inc. Present the 55th Annual Colonial Highland Gathering at Fair Hill Race Track, Fair Hill, Maryland

RAIN OR SHINE

Entertainment for the 2015 Fair Hill Scottish Games

Albannach

Searson

Charlie Zahm

Carl Peterson

and Master of Cermonies - Bill Reid

Competitions · Athletics · Dancing · Fiddling · Piping and Drumming

Hope to see you!

St. Andrews Society at the Fairhill Scottish Gathering Gentlemen again this year we will be participating at the games on May the 16th & we need your help. We need people to participate along with colonel Schudel in our color guard. Our first item is the opening ceremonies which will be at 8am. We will need marchers in khaki shirt uniform to hold flags for the national anthems of our associated countries. Our second item for the day will be the color guard that will precede the massed bands at the 1:30pm grand opening of the games. Please arrange to participate in these ceremonies. I will have tickets at our May 14th stated meeting for all participants plus one for your guest but I need to know how many people will participate so please let me know by sending me an email at [email protected] as soon as possible. I need this information no later than April 26th 2015 as this is the last meeting of the board of the games where I can get tickets. We of course will have our tents in the clan are & have a pitch in picnic. So bring food items to be shared with other members. The society will furnish beer & soda for our participants. One Important Item that is a new twist no glass containers or drinking tumblers will be permitted on the grounds. The park rangers will confiscate all glass this includes all bottles & drinking tumblers. So get the message & no glass.