The Pibroch Official Journal St. Andrew’s Society of Baltimore standrewsbaltimore.org April - May 2014 * Volume 208 Issue 3 * Stuart Blair Editor Scotts Pay Tribute to Irish Brothers . St. Patrick’s Day Parade Submitted by Col. Al Schudel The Kiltie Band of York and St. Andrew’s Society of Baltimore turned out and filtered into the lower part of Emmanuel Church. There our ladies were busy laying out donuts and juices with other goodies. This went on from 12:00 until 1:00. When a whistle blast sound sent The St. Andrew’s men to line up for a drill outside. Then flags were passed out and we joined the Kiltie Band at the starting point at 2:00 o’clock. St. Andrew’s men lined up to escort the Kiltie Band with 16 of our men the Schudel Clan of 5 carrying our Banner. The Kiltie Band of 22 Pipers and 12 drummers joined us and off we marched. The crowd was huge and enthusiastic all the way and the pipes and drummers were wonderful, and keeping us in step all the way. The end of the Parade we and the Kilties traded Hip- Hip-Hoorays. We boarded our Buses for the return trip to the Church. Thanks to our lassies, the Scottish Bangers, Chips and Beer were waiting for us. Marion, Babs, Kay, and Carol . Love you all “ ’n aire do litrichean mór/beag is sràcan” President’s Wee Word A Birthday Night with . With the warmer weather . Oor Robbie comes increased activity both inside and out. Our It was January 25, 1759 in the village of Alloway, two Stated Meetings resumed in miles south of Ayr Scotland where Robert burns was March with the next to be born in a wee cottage. On Saturday January 25, 2014 th held on Thursday, May 8 . the Members Saint Andrew’s Society of Baltimore and The Baltimore Saint Patrick’s their guest celebrated the 255th birthday of the “peasant Day Parade is past and now poet” at the historic Maryland Club in Baltimore. 129 we are getting ready for the various festivals and attended the festive evening with poems and speeches, highland games held around good food and laughter. The sound of the pipes filled the state. The big one for the great rooms as the guests were dinning on the which your Society has been traditional delicious Scottish supper. As always there a participant for over 40 years is the Colonial Highland was the ceremonial address to the haggis that was Gathering at Fair Hill, MD (http://fairhillscottishgames.org/). It delivered to the celebrants in style and emotion by our is held on the third Saturday in May (5/17) and is organized by own Nicholas McIntosh. A motivational request from the Scottish Games Association of Delaware. This year will the President Herb Glasby who emphasized the have multiple Grade 2 Bands competing so the Massed Bands importance of participation in Society Events and that event at Mid-Day will be especially glorious. Besides bagpipe band competitions there are the individual competitions in the success of our society is driven by the membership piping, fiddling, highland dancing, and athletics. Professional and those who get involved. A nostalgic evening was musical performances are held throughout the day on the enjoyed by all and as the guest retired for the evening entertainment stage. Included in the day’s festivities are the thoughts of Robert Burns and the man that he was sheep dog demonstrations, re-enactors, sheep-to-sweater will remain in our hearts as we look forward to the 256th demonstrations, and a clan tent area for visiting with your birthday celebration. kinsmen. Mid-afternoon, your Society will host a Haggis Parade, with the Bard’s Address to the Haggis provided prior to its being served to those in attendance. It’s truly a fun time for the whole family and I hope to see you there. I will also have a tent at the Southern Maryland Celtic Festival (http://www.cssm.org/) on Saturday, April 26th which is held at Jefferson Patterson State Park and Museum in St. Leonard, Calvert County, MD. Similarly, I will have a tent at the Frederick Celtic Festival (http://www.frederickcelticfestival.com/) hosted by the St. th Andrew’s Society of Mid-Maryland on Saturday May 10 at the Mt. Airy Fire Dept. Fairgrounds in Mt. Airy, MD. So get some sun and have some fun, be about, and enjoy your Scottish heritage this spring with your clansmen. th The U.S. Congress declared APRIL 6 as TARTAN DAY (http://www.tartanday.org/history) so celebrate all weekend by first attending the Tartan Ball on Saturday April 5th and then by wearing your kilt to Kirk the next day. Another glorious event will be the Kirkin’ o’ the Tartan at the Cathedral of Mary our Queen on North Charles Street on Sunday April 27th. Show up is 10am and the service begins at 11. The attire is Daywear. Show your ancestral colors and join your Society brothers in the camaraderie of the events this spring. See you there…. Yours aye, Herb Glasby, III th President Herb Glasby and Lady Marion 54 President Celebrating Robbie Burns’ Birthday - 2 - The Declaration of Arbroath . Arbroath Abbey . A Historic View is a declaration of Scottish independence made in 1320. It is in the form of a letter submitted to Pope John XXII, dated 6 April 1320, intended to confirm Scotland's status King William gave the Abbey independence from as an independent, sovereign state and defending its mother church and endowed it generously; including Scotland's right to use military action when unjustly income from 24 parishes, land in every royal burgh and attacked. more. The Abbey's monks were allowed to run a market and build a harbour. King John of England gave the Two things make the Declaration of Arbroath the most Abbey permission to buy and sell goods anywhere important document in Scottish history. in England except London. First it set the will and the wishes of the people Arbroath Abbey was an important place in the early above the King. Though they were bound to him 'both 14th century. Founded in 1178, it was home to the by law and by his merits' it was so that their freedom Monymusk Reliquary, a casket that contained the relics might be maintained. If he betrayed them he would be of St Columba. That casket was carried into battle at removed and replaced. This remarkable obligation Bannockburn to offer saintly support to the Scots. After placed upon a feudal monarch by his feudal subjects the events of 1320, the abbey has come to achieve even may be explained in part by the fact that Bruce was still greater significance as the Declaration has taken on a heather king to many of them, still a wild claimant international significance as an early expression of ruling upon sufferance and success. But the roots of his freedom. This despite the fact that the abbey was kingship were Celtic, and a Celtic tradition was here heavily knocked about after the Scottish Reformation, invoked. and many of its stones taken away and reused for building elsewhere. Second, the manifesto affirmed the nation's independence in a way no battle could, and justified it The Abbey, which was the richest in Scotland, is most with a truth that is beyond nation and race. Man has a famous for its association with the 1320 Declaration of right to freedom and a duty to defend it with his life. Arbroath, believed to have been drafted by The natural qualifications put upon this by a medieval Abbot Bernard, who was the Chancellor of Scotland baron are irrelevant, as are the reservations which slave- under King Robert I. owning Americans placed upon their declaration of independence. The truth once spoken cannot be The Abbey fell into ruin after the Reformation. From checked, the seed once planted controls its own growth, 1590 onward, its stones were raided for buildings in the and the liberty which men secure for themselves must town of Arbroath. This continued until 1815 when steps be given by them to others, or it will be taken as they were taken to preserve the remaining ruins. took it. Freedom is a hardy plant and must flower in equality and brotherhood. (John Prebble) The Declaration is now kept in the National Archives, Scottish Records Office in the City of Edinburgh, Scotland. - 3 - The Almoner’s Report Flowers of the Forrest Rev. Dr. George Gray Toole Kenneth F. Diehl * January 26, 2013, Age 81 * Honorary Member * Member since 1985 "Never apologize for being your best." Jack D. Gourlay * March 14. 2014, Age 82, * Member since 1969 This anonymous quote is right on the mark and a good corrective. How often you and I have heard someone commended for doing A Salute to Jack Gourlay something good and hear them respond, "Oh, it was I trust many members remember Jack & Jeanne nothing!" In fact, what they Gourley. Both attended many Society events, especially did was really something and Burns Night. I recall being told Jack's father was a revealed them at their best. Burns scholar; therefore Jack was too. Debbie & I are pleased to count Jeanne & Jack as good friends. We, in the St. Andrew's Society of Baltimore, do many things that show us at our best and without need for any On Friday, March 14th Jack passed to the land of the apology or false modesty. One of those is remembering, ever young. Jack suffered for many years with a contacting, and supporting our members when they respiratory problem and was not able to attend recent encounter adversity or engage in celebration.