Sponsored by the Scottish American Center EVENTS NEWS If you do not receive the SNIM directly via email and would like to, or you know someone who would like to receive the SNIM, please visit the Scottish American Center website to subscribe. For local organizations recurring monthly events, please visit the SNIM webpages . EVENTS Old Blind Dogs with The Roe Family Singers The Twin Cities Scottish Club has acquired discount tickets to the April 28th performance of "Old Blind Dogs with The Roe Family Singers" at the Cedar Cultural Center! http://www.thecedar.org/ events/2011/04/28/old-blind- dogs-roe-family-singers Scottish roots revivalists Old Blind Dogs are renowned for their impassioned live shows, and this show at the Cedar promises to present the fiery folk fusionists at their best. Let Jonny Hardie (fiddle, guitar and vocals), Aaron Jones (bouzouki, guitar, vocals), Ali Hutton (Border pipes, whistles, vocals) and Fraser Stone (drums, percussion) take you to the Highlands and beyond, as they showcase songs from their brand new album Wherever Yet May Be (Compass Records), and dish up a selection of old favorites drawn from the past two decades. Local faves The Roe Family Singers will open, bringing a hillbilly perspective to proceedings. Ticket prices are $18.00, and the Cedar Cultural Center is offering a 20% discount to our Club! However, in order to obtain the discount, you MUST purchase tickets over the phone directly from the Cedar Cultural Center. You must call them at 612.338.2674 ext 2 to order, and tell the Cedar employee that you are a Twin Cities Scottish Club member. They’ll immediately apply the 20% discount on tickets. (If TCSC members purchase tickets on-line, They are unable to offer the 20% - this is for phone orders only.) Your tickets will be held at the Cedar will-call and can be picked up the evening of the show. Act FAST to take advantage of this great offer! Please feel free to share this information with your family and friends, so they too can receive the discount! 416 Cedar Ave S | Minneapolis, MN British Isles Family History Days The Minnesota Genealogical Society & The Irish Genealogical Society International proudly present “British Isles Family History Days”, Irish, Scottish, English, and Welsh Genealogy Featuring David E. Rencher, AG, CG, FUGA, FIGRS Chief Genealogical Officer, FamilySearch.org Friday, April 29, 2011 An Evening with David Rencher Coffee, dessert, and presentation. "The Sun Never Sets on the Data Empire" Saturday, April 30, 2011 Irish, Scottish, English, and Welsh Genealogy Two plenary sessions presented by David Rencher Twelve Breakout Sessions Vendors and Exhibitors Events will take place at Hennepin Technical College, Eden Prairie, MN 9000 Brooklyn Boulevard | Brooklyn Park, MN Minnesota Scottish Fair Kick-Off Party! Join us for a MN Scottish Fair kick-off party and help us welcome our newest sponsor, Merlins Rest, to the fair family! Meet us at Merlin's on April 30th at 6:00pm. Print this below poster and bring it with you to the Kick-Off party to enter a raffle for a MN Scottish Fair prize! KickoffParty See you there! Try to get there at 6:00. Papa John and the Hot Club start playing at 8:00 and the place could fill up! 3601 East Lake Street | Minneapolis, MN New Pearl Buttons Performance April 30th-- Related but not (altogether) Scottish: Sherry's Civil War band, the New Pearl Buttons, will play for a free Civil War presentation at the Washington County Courthouse (a.k.a the Stillwater Courthouse) on April 30th from 1:30-3:30 p.m. This dramatic presentation from members of The First Minnesota Regiment re-enactors and musicians will be entertaining and educational to audience members of all ages. April 2011 marks the sesquicentennial (150th) anniversary of the beginning of the American Civil War. More information and directions: http://www.sherryladig.com 14949 62nd Street North | Stillwater, MN Cape Breton Step Dancing Mini-Class The MN Scottish Fair is coming up and we are so lucky to have wonderful music to sing, listen, and DANCE to! Maybe you want to Pas De Basque to the music the whole time but if you want a little change, there will be a Cape Breton Step Dance Class before! Cape Breton Step Dancing is done mostly in Nova Scotia. It started in Scotland and recently started making a comeback to Scotland. Cape Breton Step Dancing is a hard shoe percussive form of dance for ALL ages and abilities and the music is beyond awesome! There will be a mini-class at Tapesty on Monday May 2nd 6:50 - 7:20 PM. I will teach the very basics and the more advanced for those who want it. I have learned, danced, or taught in Scotland, Massachusetts, Philadelphia, and of course, YouTube University. This is not through RSCDS this is through Jamie's mission for Everyone Can DANCE so there will be a small fee to cover costs probably $3 - $5 depending on the number of people. Please RSVP to Jamie: [email protected] Thanks! ~Jamie Berg 3748 Minnehaha Ave | Minneapolis, MN MaiFest Head over to The Glockenspiel for their MaiFest - German-Style festival celebrating the arrival of Spring! Festivities start at 11:00am. 2:00 Ceremonial Keg Tapping 1:00-3:00 Rythum Pups 4:00-8:00 Alpensterne Band Traditional dancers, door prizes, contests, etc The St. Andrew’s/Scottish American Center will be hosting the usual Meat Raffle starting at Noon! 605 West 7th | St. Paul, MN Laura MacKenzie at the St. Croix Festival Theatre Mother's Day Matinee Concert! 2:00pm Laura MacKenzie with Gary Rue (guitar and vocals) www.festivaltheatre.org/index.htm 210 N. Washington St. | St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin | 715-483-3387 RSCDS Performs at the Festival of Nations The RSCDS Twin Cities Branch will be appearing on the main stage at the Festival of Nations at RiverCentre in downtown St. Paul. Our performance will be between noon and 1pm. Come check out the many wonderful performances of ethnic dance and enjoy the food booths, cultural displays, and vendors while you are at it. Bring your mom! For more information about RSCDS Twin Cities, see http://www.rscds-twincities.org 175 Kellogg Blvd W | St Paul, MN 55102 The Paul McKenna Band at the Celtic Junction Mark your calendars for the Paul McKenna Band (Scots Trad Music Awards 2009: Best Up and Coming Act) on Mya 13th at the Celtic Junction! www.paulmckennaband.com 836 Prior Avenue | St. Paul, Minnesota Minnesota Scottish Fair & Highland Games Mark your calendar for the MN Scottish Fair & Highland Games of 2011! May 14th, 2011, 9:00 am – 5:30 pm at the Dakota Country Fairgrounds. Dakota County Fair Grounds www.mnscottishfair.org General admission tickets $15 Seniors 65+ $10 Children 6 – 15 $5 Children 5 & under FREE On site parking is FREE Back this year by popular demand, Highland Reign perfoming alongside Double Fiddles and many more! Ceilidh 5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at the McCracken Pub . Check out our promo here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFnvBeKmBz4 We're always looking for more volunteers! Please contact Don Cogswell if you are interested in helping us at [email protected] . 4008 220th Street West | Farmington MN 55024 RSCDS at the Scottish Fair What better time to give Scottish country dancing a try than at the Scottish Fair? We will be offering free mini classes for adults and children throughout the day at the Dance Tent (perfect preparation for the ceilidh later that night at the McCracken pub!). If you prefer to watch, rather than do, we'll also be performing with Night Scotsman. Check the published program for exact times. For more information about RSCDS Twin Cities, see http://www.rscds-twincities.org THE TCSC NEEDS YOUR HELP! On May 14th, the TCSC has two events that it is sponsoring at the Minnesota Highland Games and Scottish Fair. We are having our annual TCSC "Taste of Scotland" food booth (a fund raiser for the Club), and we are running the Family tent again this year. Both will take place all day, at the Dakota County Fairgrounds, at the address listed above. If you can volunteer for a two (2) hour shift in the food booth or Family tent, please call or email Norma Macdonald 952-888-2800 OR [email protected]. If you can volunteer for a total of a four (4) hour shift, you will qualify for a free admission ticket to the Fair (while supplies last). TWIN CITIES SCOTTISH CLUB - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM) Please mark your calendars to attend the TCSC Annual General Meeting (AGM) on May 21st from 1pm to 4pm, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in St. Paul. Please join us for a potluck lunch (please bring a dish (savory/salad) to share with your TCSC friends). It's always fun to enjoy good food and catch up with each other after a LONG Winter! Dessert, courtesy of our friends at Walker's Shortbread (Thanks Walkers Shortbread!) and drinks (Red Rose Tea and Cameron's Coffee, water and juice boxes) will be provided, along with plates, cups, silverware and napkins. We will conduct our AGM after lunch. We really need all of you to attend our AGM, as we will be voting in new Club Officers. If you are interested in running for office, please contact me at [email protected] or 952-888-2800. Officer positions to be voted on are: Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary and Entertainment Committee Chair. (I am happy to report that we currently have individuals interested in all of these positions!) We will also be voting on financial support/gifts to other Scottish organizations within the Twin Cities from the Twin Cities Scottish Club.