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| Minnesota Tartan Day | |
| This is the year you and your family members want to be sure to plan to take part in the Tartan Day celebration planned for the steps of the state capitol Saturday, March 31 starting at 3:00 p.m. If you've never been with us before, this is the year! March 31, 2012 |
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| St. Andrew's Society: Come and march with us at the Tartan Day celebration at the Capitol on March 31! | |
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St. Andrew's Society Meat Raffles |
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Meat raffles will continue at the Glockenspiel through April. The dates in April are Saturday, April 7 and Saturday, April 21. The fun starts at 3 pm and goes to about 6. Please stop by and take a chance on winning some great meat prizes from Deutschland Meats and support a great cause, the Minnesota St. Andrew's Society at the same time. The final raffle will take place on May 5th, which is Maifest at the Glockenspiel as well. |
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| A Ceilidh Celebration in honor of National Tartan Day | |
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In honor of National Tartan Day, the Duluth Scottish Heritage Association and Carmody's Irish Pub, 308 E. Superior Street, Duluth, MN., invite you to A Ceilidh Celebration on Friday, April 13th, 2012 from 6 - 9 pm, featuring Scottish and Irish Music and Merriment. Kilts and other Scottish and Irish Attire encouraged (but not required)! Some of the musicians that are planning on attending are, Iain MacGillivray, Retired Pipe Major David Bouschor, Retired Royal Canadian Regiment Pipe Major Hugh Macpherson, Scottish folk singers, Chris Cheney and Berit Allison. All who play or sing are welcome to participate. This is a very casual event, come and enjoy. |
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| Scottish Genealogy Interest Group | |
Hello All – Save April 14th for Scottish Genealogy! |
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| The Elders at the Hopkins Center for the Arts | |
| The Kansas City-based group, The Elders, return to Hopkins Center for the Arts to close out the Take Five Tuesday series with their high energy, rocking take on the Celtic musical tradition. Visit The Elders' website. Tuesday, April 17, 2012, 7pm Tickets: $26 http://www.hopkinsartscenter.com/performances.html#tuesday Hopkins Center for the Arts | 1111 Mainstreet | Hopkins, MN 55343 | 952.979.1100 |
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Group of the Year 'The Outside Track' come to The Celtic Junction |
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Acclaimed international Celtic band, The Outside Track, are celebrating picking up the ‘Group of the Year’ award at both the Live Ireland Music Awards 2012 and the TIR Irish Music Awards. The band were crowned on January 1st, and celebrated double success as their lead singer and Saint Paul resident, Norah Rendell was also awarded the accolade of ‘Vocalist of the Year’. |
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| Duluth Scottish Heritage Association annual meeting | |
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The DSHA annual meeting and election of officers will be held April 29th at 1:30 PM at Glen Avon Presbyterian Church , 2105 Woodland Ave. Glen Avon Presbyterian Church | 2105 Woodland Avenue | Duluth, MN 55803 |
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| Congratulations to Ross Sutter for being awarded the 2011 Education Sally Award! | |
| For nearly 30 years, Ross Sutter has impacted Minnesota through his work with schools and cultural organizations. His school residencies are a lively excursion into diverse cultures, with an emphasis on student involvement. His influence has spread out from his home on Minneapolis’ Nicollet Island to communities large and small throughout Minnesota as well as elsewhere in the U.S. and in Europe. Sutter plays an array of folk instruments—guitar, bodhran, button accordion, dulcimer, bones—but is perhaps best known for his singular baritone voice, performing renditions of Irish, Scottish, Scandinavian, and American traditional and popular songs. Sutter nurtures a passion for the arts in schools and cultural organizations with his engaging performances and long-term residencies. Sutter has performed on radio, television and at festivals, and works regularly in schools teaching the songs and folk dances that he has collected over the years. His rapport with children is extraordinary, but he also possesses the unique ability to thoroughly entertain the adults in the audience as well. His work is featured on the recordings Walking on Air, Up the Raw, Crossing the Shannon, Hunger No More, Songs By Heart, Over the Water, Ye Banks and Braes, and on his popular children’s CD, Mama Will You Buy Me a Banana? http://www.ordway.org/sallyawards/ |
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| Don Cogswell to be given 10th Annual Tartan Day Lifetime Achievement Award | |
| By a near unanimous vote, members of the Minnesota Tartan Day Cooperative planning group chose Don Cogswell to receive the tenth annual Lifetime Achievement Award. The award will be presented during the Tartan Day celebration on the steps of the state capitol on Saturday, March 31 beginning at 3:00 p.m. Don Cogswell is perhaps best known as the person who single-handedly saved the Minnesota Scottish Fair and Highland Games for the Scottish community of Minnesota. The number of hours to say nothing of personal dollars Don has poured into the MSFHG is incalculable, his devotion has been unwavering. Our debt to Don is beyond measure because without him and his dedication, there simply would be no Scottish Fair in Minnesota. Don's involvement in the Scottish community did not begin with the Scottish Fair. He served for many years as president of the Minnesota Celtic and Scottish Dance Association. He made sure we had Highland Dancers for several of the early years of our Tartan Day celebrations. In some circles he is better known as Kira Cogswell's dad. Kira was for many years a champion Highland Dancer and is now the proud mom of Don and his wife Karyl's grandchildren. For those looking for a way to thank Don for his contributions to the Scottish community may we suggest a donation to the Minnesota Scottish Fair and Highland Games. You may send your check made out to MSFHG to Liz Michaelson, 4827 Acorn Ridge Road, Minnetonka, MN 55345. In the memo line put - Don Cogswell and you will receive a receipt. Past recipients of the Tartan Day Lifetime Achievement Award include: George McCracken, Florence Hart, John and Ardis Ivory, David Sinclair Bouschor, Barbara Fayth Humphrey, Elizabeth Rose Michaelson, Macalester Pipe Band, Barbara Reyelts, and Johan Hart. |
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YOUR SHOW OF SUPPORT BEGINS HERE! |
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The Minnesota Scottish Fair & Highland Games (MSFHG) is organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes, to promote and preserve Scottish traditions, and heritage through education, competitions, and public display, with a goal to establish and maintain a Scottish Cultural Center. Support the Cultural Center today with your secure SSL on-line purchase: http://www.mnscottishfair.org/MNSFHG_shirts.htm |
| Discount tickets for the MN Scottish Fair & Highland Games | |
We have obtained some discount tickets for the MN Scottish Fair and Highland Games 2012! The event will be held on May 19, 2012 at the Dakota County Fairgrounds in Farmington, MN. |
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The SNIM is sponsored by the Scottish American Center. We welcome news from all variety of Celts. Please send news, announcements, questions and concerns to scottishamericancenter@yahoo.com. |
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