OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE SCOTTISH ST. ANDREW SOCIETY OF GREATER ST. LOUIS WINTER 2016 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE ANNOUNCEMENTS Chris Fulton Hello SSAS Members ty organizations and expanding our visibility throughout NEW MEMBERS and Friends, the St. Louis area. Please reach out and connect with oth- Since the Fall issue, the er members you may not have seen in a while, plan an following are new members I hope everyone had a outing, tell others about us, and ask them to come along. to our Society: wonderful holiday season having spent time with This Spring we would love to see you, your families and Christopher & friends and family. friends the weekend of April 8-10 at Missouri Tartan Karolyn Alexander Day Festivities in Washington, MO; and at the 2nd an- James & Susan Campbell, Jr. We started 2016 with a nual Kilted 5K Run/Walk sponsored by SPAE, the Scot- Stuart Hartzell Alexander & big bang with our annual tish Partnership for Arts and Education, on April 23 at Margaret Mackie Robert Burns Dinner. McCluer North High School in Florissant. This is just Ariel Martin This was such a wonder- the beginning… we are planning to be present at the James McCaughan ful event—the Clayton numerous ethnic festivals throughout the summer and ballroom at the Frontenac could certainly use volunteers to help staff our informa- Hilton was filled with everyone dressed in their finery tion booth. and the entertainment, as always, was stellar. This event leaves me breathless every year and really feeling my We would love to see you at our monthly socials on the Scottish Heritage. 2nd Thursday of each month at the Scottish Arms. We are also working on a few social events like Trivia nights I want to thank everyone who helped plan and execute at local pubs and maybe even a whisky tasting or two. HELP!! this event: the Burns committee; the presenters; the pip- We must have volunteers ers and dancers; the Sisters of the Haggis. I find myself Keep your eyes on the website and the Thistle Times for to staff our booth at the already anticipating the 2017 event. details and list of upcoming events. upcoming Tartan Day Festivities. Call or email In keeping with Leap Year, your Society will leap forward Thank you for your continued support. Suzie Jack (314-497-4251; working more closely with the other Scottish communi- Chris Fulton [email protected]) or Chris Fulton (314-777-0855; [email protected]). IT’S THE YEAR OF “HELP YOUR EDITOR” Steve Nichols, Editor The Thistle Times is a newsletter about and for the so- Your participation in Scottish related activities... ciety and the membership. As such, I feel more articles Diane McCullough regularly contributes articles SAVE THE DATE of and about individual members would have appeal to about the events of the Scottish Partnership for Arts other society members. and Education (SPAE). Some of the ladies are mem- bers of the Daughters of the British Empire. It would Here are a few ideas to consider: be interesting to learn about some of its activities, projects, etc. Tell your family story... April 8-10, 2016 We’ve had articles about a member’s family story Missouri Tartan Day Please send me your articles at: of emigration to the United States and another Festivities [email protected] member’s history of her clan. A few years ago Herb Washington, MO McLain wrote a four part series of the arrival or his forebears to the New World and their migration to Missouri. Joan Strachan wrote about Clan Strachan April 23, 2016 and its royal connection in the Winter 2013 issue. SPAE’s 2nd Annual Kilted 5K Run/Walk Pictures and accounts of your visits to Scotland... and other reaches of the Commonwealth: Iona Bald- win wrote about her visit to Australia including Cam- perdown to see the first ever statue of Robert Burns. z Michael McIntyre wrote about “My Visits Home” that showed pictures of him and his son in the homeland of their clan.
The Scottish St. Andrew Society of Greater St. Louis | www.stlstandrews.org 44TH ANNUAL ROBERT BURNS DINNER MARY MORISON Steve Nichols, Editor (photos courtesy of Janey Brewen) by Robert Burns This year’s account of our joyous dinner will begin with a big thank you to the Burns committee, rather than tacking it on at the end. I want to be sure you O Mary, at thy window be, know who deserves credit for such a great production. It is the wish’d, Karen Kraft guided the committee that includes Iona the trysted hour! Baldwin, Liz Belcastro, Denise Duffy, Rose Sarno, and Those smiles and glances let me see, Grace Teall. A big change this year was of course the That makes the miser’s venue—same hotel different rooms. I heard many fa- treasure poor: vorable comments about both rooms: generous space How blythely wad for the cocktail hour and the dinner and program, and I bide the stoure1, in my opinion, a nicer configuration of both rooms. A weary slave frae sun to sun, And I also want to recognize the work done by our Could I the rich reward secure, president—Chris Fulton alone is due the credit for the The lovely Mary Morison. display boards. Who would have thunk Michael Jack- son was a Burns fan?! And have you ordered your shirt 2 Yestreen when to the yet? I have. Thanks to Treasurer David Hoffman, for trembling string researching vendors. The dance gaed thro’ the lighted ha’3 To thee my fancy took its wing, After oiling ourselves at the cocktail hour it was on to I sat, but neither the show . . . President Chris Fulton formally welcomed heard nor saw: the revelers and MC Don Withrow laid down some Tho’ this was fair, house rules, before Allyn Hinton, Andy Davis, Mike and that was braw4, Gibbs, and Robert Lanning from SAMS Post 1821 pre- And yon the toast sented the colors. With the flags firmly in place, Suzie of a’ the town, Jack, Paul Frazier, and Chris Brennan toasted respec- I sigh’d, and said amang tively the President, the Queen, and Scotland. After them a’, each toast Pam Davis and Diane McCullough led us in Barb Cook and Stephen Butler “Ye are na Mary Morison.” singing the national anthems and Flower of Scotland. Perhaps it was the plaintive refrain of Flower of Scot- tributed to each table, we settled down to the delicious O Mary, canst thou land that quieted the crowd for Chaplain Millie Slack. wreck his peace, meal of salad, chicken, mashies, and Brussels sprouts. Millie always delivers a calming, sincere invocation in- Wha for thy sake The apple crisp cheesecake and molten chocolate lava wad gladly die? stilling a moment of quiet introspection, before leading cake were alternated between the diners. Intermission Or canst thou break us in Burns’ Selkirk grace. then gave us time to prepare ourselves for the festivities that heart of his, to come. Whase only faut is loving thee? It’s become custom that Matt Pantaleoni pipes in the If love for love thou wilt na gie haggis lovingly prepared by the Ladies of the Haggis. Don Withrow resumed the program introducing Sandy At least be pity to me shown: The hotel chefs always enjoy their role, and Chef Jerry Brown and her award winning Dance Caledonia. Mad- A thought ungentle canna be James Jester was no exception. Once haggis was dis- eleine Docherty, Morag Docherty, Colleen Rose, Meira The thought o’ Mary Morison.
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2 44TH ANNUAL ROBERT BURNS DINNER (CONT’D.) WHAT DO YOU KNOW Steve Nichols, Editor (photos courtesy of Janey Brewen) ABOUT BAGPIPES? Sondov-Gold, Tracy Blevens, Jennifer Sarti, Sophie Lo- ban, Anya Loban and Rhiannon Landis demonstrated The bagpipes are in a class of musical instruments known as Highland dancing at its best. Besides their expert tech- aerophones that use enclosed nical execution, the vigor and stamina the girls bring reeds fed from a constant to their art is much to be admired. Madeleine Docherty reservoir of air contained in a bag. The bag in modern pipes has been dancing and competing for 20 years now. In is usually Goretx or another between their sets we were treated to a sword dance by synthetic material, but skins of Sandy’s newest students sister and brother Mikala and local animals, such as goats, sheep or cows, were formerly Wilson Brewer. used. The bag is kept full of air by the piper blowing into Stephen Modesitt, buoyant and full of hope, charm- Ode to a Haggis: the blowpipe (or blowstick). Courtney Stirrat and Anna Duffy By exerting pressure between ingly toasted the lassies. But Elizabeth did not let him his arm and body on the bag, off too easily with her repartee. But the piper regulates the airflow all’s well that ends well, and we through the chanter, the pipe that produces the melody toasted together. After thanking that the piper plays with both the Modesitts, Liz Belcastro joined hands. The drones are the set Don on stage to raffle the bottle of of tubes, usually extending over the piper’s shoulder, Scotch on each table. Our many and they create the constant thanks of Rob Whitesell and Major background sound. The Brands for providing this generous instrument we are familiar with is the Scottish Great Highland table prize. Don Withrow then in- Bagpipe, but many different vited Robert Sarno to the podium kinds are found the world over to deliver the Immortal Memory. from Scandinavia and Spain in Bob’s quiet manner and personal Europe to northern Africa and the Persian Gulf. interpretation of the Bard’s work brought yet another dimension to Universally recognized as the the centerpiece of the evening. the musical instrument of Scotland, bagpipes are in fact Mikala and Wilson Brewer performing the sword dance much older, likely dating back For our final entertainment, Don to 1,300 BC, and possibly Withrow summoned the St. Louis sioned for the 2007 unveiling of the memorial to Scot- first used in eastern Asia. Caledonian Pipe Band led by pipe major John Haack Mentioned in the book of tish soldiers who died in Flanders. After the spirited and drum sergeant Charles Cablish. In the middle of Daniel in the Bilble, bagpipes set of pipe and drum, we end the official program with make themselves known—er, the sets, the band played the beautiful tune “On the all joining hands and singing Auld Lang Syne—yet an- heard—in Greek poetry. Nero, Road to Passchendaele” by Alan Brydon, commis- the despised 1st century other established custom. Roman emperor, didn’t play the fiddle while Rome Thanks again to Karen and her committee for the burned—it hadn’t yet been invented, but he was known memorable evening. to play the bagpipes. The Romans probably brought the bagpipes to Britain, and they are mentioned in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, written about 1380. The pipes makes their appearance in Scottish literature around 1450. By the 16th century pipes were a military instrument in the Highlands, announcing a call to arms and used for clan gatherings, often as a way of lamenting the dead. The piper held a special place in the clan and society at large.
When Scottish regiments became integral in the British army, the popularity of the bagpipes spread worldwide, often displacing local versions. Pipes were heard in World War I and on the Normandy beachheads in the Second St. Louis Caledonian Pipe Bad World War.
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3 CHAPLAIN’S MESSAGE BOARD Chaplain Millie Slack MEMBERS One of the important aspects of the Christian faith for than twenty years which meets to walk each Wednesday me is understanding the church as community. The early in the Missouri Botanical Garden, weather permitting. church, following Jesus’ example, formed a community We represent different points of view and occupations; PRESIDENT in which members cared for and supported one another, two of the group are parents, and one of those is a Chris Fulton particularly the most vulnerable among them—widows, grandparent—two have only four-legged children! Yet orphans, aged persons, and those suffering illness and somehow we have formed a community in which we VICE-PRESIDENT sorrow. This set the standard for the church today and have been able to share problems and concerns and joys Helen Lesslie Jack reminds us that we are to be that kind of community. and hopes—we have formed a community. We need also to remember that this is in no way a closed TREASURER community, but one that is always open and welcoming Christ’s followers are called to go into the world to help David Hoffman to the stranger among us. build community wherever we can. In an age of mostly impersonal communication it may be difficult for many SECRETARY It is also true that we can find a measure of community people to find community. Let us find ways to reach out Karen Kraft in other settings. Whether it is retired folks who to others in the organizations of which we are a part and gather for coffee at McDonald’s on any given morning, in our daily interactions with the people we meet in life. ATTORNEY the young moms who meet and walk together with Allan Stewart children in strollers (getting exercise as well as being an informal support group for each other), or any one THISTLE TIMES EDITOR of the hundreds of organized and impromptu groups Dear God, Your Son Jesus teaches us what it means to live in Steve Nichols in our society, these groups fill a human need for community with one another. May we follow his teaching and community. I’ve been part of a “walking club” for more reach out to others on our journey in life. In his name, Amen. HISTORIAN/WEBMASTER Dave Hill SOME SCOTTISH FIRSTS IN THE U.S. Steve Nichols, Editor MEMBERSHIP Scots have made their mark around the world, including and Indian War, General Forbes captured the French Rev. Michael McIntyre our homeland, where many have made important Fort Duquesne, and founded Pittsburgh, renaming the contributions. Here are a few: settlement after the British prime minister Pitt. BURNS DINNER COORDINATOR Karen Kraft Father of the Inventor of basketball American Navy James Naismith (1861-1939): Born in Ontario,Culross he ACTIVITIES CHAIR John Paul Jones (1747- completed a theology degree but then trained as a Suzie Jack 1792): Born John Paul physical education instructor. Challenged with devising near Kirkcudbright, he an indoor game MEMBER-AT-LARGE went to sea at age 12 and to quell the Chris Brennan worked on slave ships in boredom of Steve Butler the West Indies. He fled to unruly students Barb Cook America after killing one at the Springfield, of his crew, supposedly Mass YMCA, CHAPLAIN in self-defense over a he dreamed Rev. Millie Slack pay dispute. Via Masonic up the game connections with of basketball, PAST PRESIDENT American revolutionaries, originally played Don Withrow he became the first officer to enlist in the nascent navy with a football! in 1775 under the name of Jones. Commanding the Most of his career Alfred and the President he captured nine British ships he taught PE at the University of Kansas and coached a in 1776. In the epic 1779 battle with HMS Serapis Jones’ notably unsuccessful basketball team. mast was shot down. When asked if he had struck his colors to surrender, he First store Santa Claus famously replied: I have James Edgar: Born in not yet begun to fight! Edinburgh he migrated to Massachusetts and Founder of Pittsburgh owned the Boston Store in John Forbes (1719- Brockton. From 1890 he 1759): Born in Fife, encouraged the Yuletide Forbes studied medicine spirit by strolling around the in Edinburgh before store dressed as Santa Claus. joining the army. Fighting in the French
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PLAID PROFICIENCY MAKING A TARTAN Steve Nichols, Editor; adapted from Scottish Miscellany by Jonathan Green, and other resources The word tartan is possibly derived from the Old French With Tartan Day soon upon us, I thought it worthwhile 15th century word tiretiane to brush up on my personal knowledge about all things denoting a strong, coarse plaid and tartan. We all should, especially those of us fabric, and later evolving who are going to staff our booth at the Tartan Day to tertiane. Festivities in Washington, MO on April 9th.
Whatever the etymology, tartan cloth is woven by the Let’s start with some basics. At its simplest the word weft thread passing over tartan simply describes the pattern in fabric of two threads, then under two crisscrossing horizontal and vertical bands in multiple threads of the warp, thus colors. But tartan can also mean the cloth bearing this forming the visible diagonal pattern. The pattern that is repeated is called the “sett”. lines where different colors This patterned cloth was originally called breacan, cross that in turn gives the appearance of new colors meaning “many colors” in Gaelic. In time tartan cloth blended from the originals. and breacan combined to mean the distinctive pattern Unlike a check, a tartan always on a certain type of cloth, and now we use the word has a square where the two “tartan”. By the way, the original “kilts” were simply colors of thread cross, forming large tartan cloths that were hand pleated and folded. a speckled blend to the two. This are called a great kilt, or breacan mor ; a feile mor Clear? is a belted kilt. See this website to learn how to do this: But to start at the beginning: www.lindaclifford.com/GreatKiltWrap.html shorn wool is spun into yarn which is then dyed. In the In North America we often use tartan and plaid olden days vegetable dyes interchangeably, but in Scotland plaid refers specifically made from plants in the to a tartan cloth slung over the shoulder. Plaid is derived surrounding glen were used These imparted soft, muted from the Gaelic word “plaide” meaning blanket. colors. Modern dyes provide more crisp and bold colorings. A weaver in a particular glen or other locale would David Wilkie’s flattering portrait of King George IV use indigenous vegetable dyes to color the yarn, Once the woolen cloth has and all his cloth would be the same pattern. Thus, a 1746, banning the wearing of the tartan and other been woven, the waulking particular tartan was associated with the district where process turns the rough fabric aspects of Gaelic culture. Only the Black Watch tartan into felt. Microscopically woolen the weaver worked. Of course, a certain family or clan (also know as Campbell, Grant hunting, and universal fibers have surface scales. might be predominant in a given district or glen, and or government) was allowed. Black Watch was used by When subjected to water, soap therefore associated with this local tartan. Modern lore regiments raised within Scotland in 1729 to keep the and some kind of agitation, attributes the tightening of the association between a peace in the Highlands. the fibers relax allowing the particular tartan and a particular clan with the visit of microscopic scales to interlock King George IV to Scotland in 1822, the first British with one another forming a Except for mentioning the breacan mor, and the cohesive piece of felt. monarch to do so since 1650. The visit was organized by feile mor I haven’t discussed much about kilts, their Sir Walter Scott whose novel Waverly had spearheaded accessories and other aspects of Highland dress. That’s a In days of yore a waulking the romanticization of the Highlands and its culture. whole other article. session was a group of Subsequently scurrilous entrepreneurs, playing loose women arranging themselves with facts and history, heavily promoted Highland dress For those interested in the integral part Scotland has usually around a table and and by Victorian times clans had latched onto “their” rhythmically beating the new played in the British military, Patrick Mileham’s book cloth initially singing a slow- tartan. The Scottish Regiment’s: 1633-1996 is a good reference. paced song. One person would sing the verse, then others Tartans have been worn by Scots since at least the 13th would join in the chorus. The century. An ancient fragment of tartan cloth was found cloth was gradually shifted to near Falkirk, thought to be 1,700 years old. But the the left and tempo increased. Hallstatt culture flourishing in central Europe between It was unlucky to shift the cloth counter-clockwise, as 400 BC and 100 BC produced tartan-like textiles, some was repeating a song during a recently discovered around Salzburg, Austria. And waulking session. then there is Cherchen Man, a 3,000 year old mummy discovered in the Taklamakan Desert in western China. He was dressed in a red tunic and tartan-like leggings.
The association of the tartan with warriors and military units is well known. A 1631 woodcut shows Scottish soldiers wearing the tartan. But after the failed Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, the British parliament attempted to subjugate the Highland clans by the Dress Act of
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5 EXPLORE ARGYLL & BUTE HUNTER’S CHICKEN Steve Nichols, Editor; adapted from Scotland Magazine, Feb/Mar 2016 and other sources In the summer 2015 Thistle Times issue we visited Then, may I suggest driving south to Kilmartin village from Scottish Traditional Recipes, Carol Wilson & Renfrewshire and Inverclyde. In this article we’ll that has some of Scotland’s most outstanding prehistoric Christopher Trotter explore the modern council area of Argyll and Bute, cairns including the massive bronze age Glebe Cairn. At the second largest of Scotland. Fronting the Atlantic the Nether Largie Cairns remains and ashes from about Here is a simple dish to Ocean on Scotland’s west coast, this area includes much 5,000 years ago are entombed in stone cells. Further make. With creamy mashed of ancient Dál Riata, the Gaelic kingdom colonized southwest are the two Temple Wood Stone Circles. potatoes, a green salad, and a crust of bread, you have a by the Scots invading from Ireland. Much of this heartwarming, comfort food territory was formerly dominated by Clan Lamont. dinner on a cold winter’s night. That clan’s misfortune was to encroach on Campbell Don’t forget the wine! lands following the Scottish Civil War of 1645. Clan Lamont tried to run roughshod over the Campbells, but in retaliation the Campbells seized and destroyed the Lamont strongholds of Toward and Ascog. Over 200 men, women and children were slaughtered, enduring in history as the Dunoon Massacre. Temple Wood Stone Circles
We’ll drive north out of Glasgow, a gateway city for Perhaps by now your’e thinking about rest and dinner. many visitors to Scotland, to explore this beautiful On your way north is Oban, about 28 miles away country side and its villages. Heading up the A82, a with many good hotels and B&Bs in the vicinity. But stop at Loch Lomond, Scotland’s largest, is a must. The consider driving another 20 miles to reach Port Appin. Loch crosses the Highland Boundary Fault and is part Six years ago my wife and I and the Withrows stayed in of Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, the charming Airds Hotel, a small boutique lodging on Scotland’s first national park established in 2002. On the shores of Loch Linnhe (www.airds-hotel.com). If the west shore is the quaint town of Luss, where some of you are going to be in the region a while, the hotel has 2 tsp olive oil the cottages are getaways for Glaswegians. Destination two house-keeping cottages, and you can still enjoy 1 tsp butter weddings are common at the small, enchanting kirk. If the hotel amenities, including the award winning 4 bone-in chicken portions time allows and weather is agreeable, take a boat ride gourmet restaurant. 1 large onion, thinly sliced out on the loch. 14 oz can chopped tomatoes 2/3 C red wine 1 clove garlic, crushed 1 rosemary sprig, finely chopped 4 oz portobello mushrooms, sliced Salt and ground pepper
1. Heat the oil and butter in a Loch Lomond large casserole until foaming, Airds Hotel then brown the chicken for 5 Now consider driving north out of Luss, continuing on minutes. Set aside the chicken. We haven’t talked about whisky yet, but if you continued A82 and about half way up Loch Lomond at the town of last night to the Airds you can backtrack to Oban and 2. In the casserole, sauté the Tarbet turn west on A83. You’ll loop around the head of sample some uisge beatha at its distillery. Or maybe you onion about 3 minutes, then stir Loch Fyne and soon find yourself in the neat and well- paused there for a wee dram before continuing to Port in the tomatoes and wine. Add planned village of Inveraray, a royal burgh since 1648 Appin. In either event, you can take the CalMac ferry the garlic and rosemary, season If you left Glasgow after breakfast, this is a good place to with salt and pepper, and bring out of Oban to the Isle of Mull and visit the Tobermory to a boil. have lunch. You can feast on fish and chips along the main Distillery, established in 1798. There’s even another street, outside if the weather cooperates. After lunch, visit ancient cairn on Mull—the Lochbuie Stone Circle. 3. Return the chicken to the Inveraray Castle, the ancestral home of the Duke of Argyll casserole, spoon the sauce who chief of clan Campbell. The self guided tour is well over it to coat, cover with a tight worth it, as is a stroll through the gardens. fitting lid, and simmer for 30 minutes.
4. Add the mushrooms, stirring to mix into the sauce. Continue to simmer for 10 minutes or until the chicken is tender.
5. If necessary, add salt and Tobermory Distillery pepper. Garnish with sprigs of rosemary. This has been a short, whirlwind tour, but you get the picture. There’s a lot to do in Argyll and Bute. Check out the Trip Advisor website for moreDumfries tour Houseideas. Inveraray Castle Never stop exploring!
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KILTED 5K Steve Nichols, editor. EVENTS Join SPAE on April 23rd for its 2nd Annual Kilted 5K The course has straight-aways and a gentle hill with Run/Walk! Show off your running in conventional all right hand turns beginning and ending at McCluer running gear or wearin’ your Kilt. The Kilted 5K Run/ North High School, 705 Waterford Dr., Florissant, MO 3.10 Walk course is perfect for those who want to enhance 63033. their skills in running — your effort is professionally timed (tag pull). If you are a walker, this is a great way If you haven’t registered online, on site registration 4.14 to start off your Saturday morning with friends, family begins at 8:00 am. The race start time is 9:00 am. Water and your four legged buddies. and granola bars offered at the end of the event. 5.12 St. Andrew Society Social (Every 2nd Thursday of the month) 6:30 –9:30 PM The Scottish Arms 10 S Sarah St St Louis, MO 63108
4.8-10 Missouri Tartan Day Festivities Town and Country Fairgrounds Washington, MO
Fri, Apr. 8, 5-10 pm - Music Sat, Apr. 9, 9:30 am-10 pm Sun, Apr. 10, 10 am-5 pm www.motartanday.com Teen Mentoring
4.23 2nd Annual SPAE 5K Run/Walk
9 am McCluer North High School Florissant, MO
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