The Pibroch 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 Scotland and other countries as a way of celebrating Scottish

and Celtic culture and, especially that of the Scottish Highlands. Certain aspects of the games are so well known as to have become emblematic of Scotland, such as the bagpipes, the kilt, and the heavy events, especially the caber toss. 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 Cowal Highland Gathering, better known as the Cowal Games, held in Dunoon,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 Olympic Games. 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 Braemar).

[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, Clan 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 Highland Clearances.

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 24

th began the celebration

of Robert Burns’ 256th birthday and the 37

th Annual Burns’ Nicht Supper

by St. Andrew’s Society of Baltimore. 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 dinner as it was deemed a success, especially on the fact, we concluded by 9 PM. Additionally, I was ably assisted by my Co-Chair Henry McDonald. Here’s to the 38

th Annual

Burns’ Nicht Supper on January 23, 2016.

Ernie Brandt To the haggis. . “Pay the piper”

Nick McIntosh and our lads talk to the haggis

Marion Glasby ponders . . .“Robbie sure is a handsome lad.”

Davie Bohannon Presents a toast to the lassies

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President’s Wee Word With the warmer weather comes increased activity both inside and out. The Baltimore Saint Patrick’s Day Parade is past and now we are getting ready for the various festivals and highland games held around the state. The big one for which your Society has been a participant for over 40 years is the Colonial Highland Gathering at Fair Hill, MD (http://fairhillscottishgames.org/). It is held on the third Saturday in May (5/16) and is organized by the Scottish Games Association of Delaware. Besides bagpipe band competitions there are the individual competitions in piping, fiddling, highland dancing, and athletics. Professional musical performances are held throughout the day on the entertainment stage. Mid-afternoon, your Society will 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 (http://www.cssm.org/) takes place on Saturday, April 25

th and is held at Jefferson Patterson State Park and

Museum in St. Leonard, Calvert County, MD. We will not have a tent there, but will have a tent at the Frederick Celtic Festival (http://www.frederickcelticfestival.com/) hosted by the St. Andrew’s Society of Mid-Maryland on Saturday May 9

th

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 your Scottish clansmen. The Declaration of Arbroath 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 as an independent, sovereign state and defending Scotland's right to use military action when unjustly attacked. Two things make the Declaration of Arbroath the most important document in Scottish history. First it set the will and the wishes of the people above the King. Though they were bound to him 'both by law and by his 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 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.

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 right to freedom and a duty to defend it with his life. The natural qualifications put upon this by a medieval baron are irrelevant, as are the reservations which slave-owning Americans placed upon their declaration of independence. The truth once spoken cannot be checked, the seed once planted controls its own growth, and the liberty which men secure for themselves must be given by them to others, or it will be taken as they took it. Freedom is a hardy plant and must flower in equality and brotherhood. (John Prebble) The U.S. Congress declared APRIL 6

th as TARTAN DAY

(http://www.tartanday.org/history) so celebrate by first attending the Tartan Ball on Saturday April 18

th and then

by wearing your kilt to the Kirkin’ o’ the Tartan at the Cathedral of Mary our Queen on North Charles Street on the next day, Sunday April 19

th. Show up is 10:30am,

the service begins at 11, and 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 54

th President

Ph: 410-437-0848 email: hglasby@comcast.net

Trivia Question

Robert the Bruce I died in 1329 after a lengthy illness. Upon his death, his heart was extracted which James Douglas placed in a silver casket to be worn on a chain around his neck. The body was interred at ______? a. Dunfermline Abbey

b. Iona Abbey

c. Pjuscarden Abbey

d. Paisley Abbey Answer to trivia question on page 7

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After the Declaration of Arbroath . . . . Then there was the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton The Treaty of Edinburgh–Northampton was a peace treaty, signed in 1328 between the Kingdoms of England and Scotland. It brought an end to the First War of Scottish Independence, which had begun with the English invasion of Scotland in 1296. The treaty was signed in Edinburgh by Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland, on 17 March 1328, and was ratified by the English at Northampton on 1 May. The cause of the Wars of Scottish Independence was ultimately the uncertainty over the succession of the crown following the death of Alexander III in 1286. Edward I of England initially supported the claim of John Balliol, who was crowned King of Scots in 1292, but eventually pressed his own claim to sovereignty over Scotland. After Balliol's removal and exile, Robert the Bruce broke from the English camp and took up his own rival claim to the crown, by leading a resistance to Edward. Robert declared himself King, after killing his chief rival and cousin, and was crowned in 1306. He decisively defeated the English, under Edward, at Bannockburn in 1314. Peace talks were held between 1321 and 1324. Little progress was made, as the English refused to recognize Robert the Bruce as King of Scots, although a truce was agreed in 1323, to last thirteen years.

[1] Edward II

claimed he adhered to this truce, but he allowed English privateers to attack Flemish vessels trading with Scotland. For example, privateers seized the Flemish vesselPelarym, worth £2,000, and massacred all the Scots on board.

[citation needed] Robert the Bruce

demanded justice, but in vain, and so he renewed the Auld Alliance between Scotland and France, which was concluded 26 April 1326, at Corbeil. In 1327, the Scots invaded northern England and defeated the English at Stanhope in Weardale in County Durham. Before this, Bruce invaded Ulsterin Ireland. The treaty lasted only five years. It was unpopular with many English nobles, who viewed it as humiliating. In 1333 it was overturned by Edward III, after he had begun his personal reign, and the Second War of Scottish Independence continued until a lasting peace was established in 1357. In 1328 the Bruce was an old man and he was slowly dying. He had been at war with England for more than twenty years. The Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton would finally seal the peace. The terms of the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton were agreed. The English finally recognized King Robert I as King of Scots and acknowledged the independence of Scotland.

The Almoner’s Report Rev. Dr. George Gray Toole

When we hear them "Greetin" "Greetin" was a familiar word in the Scottish home as I grew up. It means crying. When a little girl was crying it was said, "The wee lass is greetin." Or as a young boy if I was about to cry about something that was not serious, I heard, "There nae greetin aboot that!" Crying gets our attention. It expresses regret, pain, disappointment, even happiness. Many of us grew up with the admonition, "Men don't cry." We know that is untrue. There are tears that never surface but remain deep inside. It takes skill to detect these unshed tears (a life-long process.)

Our response to those who are "greetin", whether the tears surface or not, is important. First, we have to recognize their presence. Then we have to find out why the person is crying, express our understanding, and offer our support to them.

There is always within the St. Andrew's Society family someone who is "greetin". Let's acknowledge the reason for their tears, and offer our support, whether those tears are seen or sensed.

We recognize the distress and then the relief and joy of Past President Greg W. Scott after a heart attack and then successful cardiac surgery. He is at home recovering. Thomas W. Harroll, Sr. is being married and many present will be shedding tears of joy. Let them hear from you!

Yours aye, George Tears I come when pain Becomes too much to take. I come when you're sad, Or your heart starts to break. I might come when you panic, I might come when you're mad. I'll show up here and there, When enough is what you've had.

I fill your eyes with moisture, I roll down your cheek. Sometimes I mean joyous, Sometimes I mean weak. You long for a brighter day. Tears are words the heart can't express.

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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 scotsrob2@aol.com) 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

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

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Hospitality Jack Gordon, MD

Our meeting on March 12

th at the Legion was

successful and enjoyable. Logan Metesh, our speaker from the NRA Firearms Museum, certainly delighted many of us with his knowledge of history coupled with the development of gunpowder and guns and the influence of our Scots ancestor. The Q and A at the end was even more fun. Couple that with a delightful and filling dinner and I think we all went home having enjoyed ourselves immensely. The large number of ladies and guests was also great to see. I encourage everyone to keep it up on May 14

th.

We have Pratt Street and the Pratt library and a lot of other related items, but who was Pratt? Or, who was Lombard or Green or Paca or many others who gave their names to the streets of Baltimore. Chris Kaltenbach, features writer for the Baltimore Sun, will delight us with all that info when he discusses his new book, The Streets of Baltimore. He will let you know how and after whom some streets were named and be able to answer your particular street question. Looking forward to seeing all of you, your ladies and guests on May 14

th.

Aye, Jack Gordon Hospitality Chair

St. Andrew’s Society of Baltimore

62nd Annual Tartan Ball Boumi Temple

Nottingham, MD Saturday April 18, 2015

Celebrate our Scottish Heritage with dinner, dancing and the tradition of haggis and the Grand March

$64 per person Reservations:

Paul H. Douglas paulhdouglas@verizon.net or call 410-560-9026

Nick McIntosh nick.mcintosh.sr@gmail.com or call 301-343-4668

"Albannach Cuideachd" Membership The members of this venerable Society come from all areas and all walks of life... Membership is open to men who were born in Scotland or have at least one ancestor of Scottish blood. Greg Scott Membership Vice President 52

nd President

“Ceud Mile Failte” A Hundred Thousand Welcomes Mark George Chapman 68 Beecham Court Owings Mills, MD 21117 Ph: 443-805-3321 Work: 410-513-8715 Joined: 3/10/2015 Email: mgc847@gmail.com Investment Banker Ronald N. Esler 415 26

th Ave. NE, Apt 110

Hickory, NC 28601-2793 Military: U.S. Coast Guard PH: 443-309-1654 Rejoined 3/10/2015 Email: ronald.esler@me.com Retired Clan: Bell Benjamin S. Harris II 730 Cockeys Mill Road Reisterstown, MD 21136 Military: U.S. Army Ph: 410-526-4552 Joined: 3/10/2015 Email: bharristwo@verizon.net Retired Clan: Malcolm

John A. Hill Sandy 524 S. Clinton St. Baltimore, MD 21224 Joined: 3/10/2015 Ph: 410-375-9424 Business Development Email: johnahill77@gmail.com Clan: MacDonald Robert Stuart Helen 627 Budleigh Circle Timonium, MD 21093 Ph: 410-560-0483 Joined: 3/10/2015 Email: Occ: Textile Designer Clan: Stuart

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Scottish Immigrant

John Kane (August 19, 1860 – August 10, 1934)

American painter . . . celebrated for his skill in Naïve art. He was the first self-taught American painter in the 20th century to be recognized by a museum. When, on his third attempt, his work was admitted to the 1927Carnegie International Exhibition, he attracted considerable attention from the media, which initially suspected that his success was a prank. He inadvertently paved the way for other self-taught artists, from Grandma Moses to Outsider Art. Today Kane is remembered for his landscape paintings of industrial Pittsburgh, many of which are held by major museums such as the Art, Carnegie, Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He was born John Cain to Irish parents in West Calder, Scotland on August 19, 1860. His father died when he was age 10, leaving behind a widow and 7 children. His father was employed as a grave digger in West Calder, it is said that he dug a grave on Friday and filled it on Monday. The young Kane quit school to work in the shale mines. He actually worked at Young's Parrafin Works and was so struck with the malleability of the hot parrafin moulds that he made a mask of his own face for his mother Biddy. Naturally he burned his face, but not too seriously. After his mother remarried, he immigrated to the United States at age 19, following his stepfather and older brother Patrick, who had preceded him to America and were working in Braddock, Pennsylvania, just south of Pittsburgh. He first worked for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad at McKeesport as a gandy dancer, one who stamps down stones between the railroad ties. Next he worked a stint in the steel industry at the National Tube Company in McKeesport, but soon left for a job in Connellsville at the coke ovens of Henry Clay Frick. In the mid-1880s Kane moved on to mine coal in Alabama, Tennessee, and Kentucky, but he returned 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 tracks, an engine running without its lights struck down Kane, severing his left leg 5 inches below the knee. He was fitted with an artificial limb, and his disability landed him a new job with the B&O as a watchman. He was a watchman for eight years.

He left his watchman job to paint steel railroad cars at 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 on his lunch hour to "fill in the colors". His sketched landscapes disappeared after lunch beneath the standard, solid color of the railroad car paint. For a short time he tried to earn money by enlarging and tinting photographs for working-class families. Kane had married Maggie Halloran in 1897 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in downtown Pittsburgh. The death of an infant son in 1904 led him into a vortex of drinking and depression, which caused long periods of wandering, during which he worked as an itinerant house painter and carpenter. In Akron, Ohio in 1910 he first began to do pictorial paintings on discarded boards from construction sites. By the end of World War I, Kane was again in Pittsburgh, where he spent the remainder of his life. He remained separated from his wife and children. In both 1925 and 1926 he submitted paintings to the Carnegie Internationals sponsored by the Carnegie Museum of Art, but the works were rejected. The next year, however, Kane found a champion in painter–juror Andrew Dasburg, who persuaded the jury to accept Kane’s Scene in the Scottish Highlands (Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh). The story of the untrained 67-year-old painter's success was trumpeted by the newspapers. The publicity around the show came to the notice of Kane's wife, who was living in West Virginia, and with whom he'd lost contact for over ten years. They reconciled and remained together during the last years of his life. When it was discovered that he had painted over discarded photographic images, purely for financial reasons, he was hounded by newspapers and unsuccessful artists who claimed him a sham. Kane continued to paint his primitive landscapes and self-portraits, including his famous Self-portrait (1929) in the collection of MoMA, New York. He had his first New York one-man show in 1931. John Kane died of tuberculosis on August 10, 1934 and is interred at Pittsburgh's Roman Catholic Calvary Cemetery.

A John Kane quote _______

“The public interest is best served

by the free exchange of ideas.”

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Scottish Humor

Alisdair Biggar, a Scotsman, applied to join to

the New York City police force.

The inspector glared at him and asked, 'How

would you disperse a large, unruly crowd?'

'Well,' replied Alisdair thoughtfully, 'I'm no too

sure how ye do it here in New York, but in

Aberdeen we just pass the hat around, and they

soon begin to shuffle off.'

Book Review Submitted by Don Kerr

“The Blackhouse” Author: Peter May [Scottish author born in Glasgow has written several books and 2 award winning TV series.]

Review A fictional murder mystery that takes place on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. The murder bears the work of a serial killer on Scotland’s mainland and Fin McLeod; Edinburgh’s Detective Sergeant is sent to the Isle of Lewis to investigate both the crime and becomes 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 closer to his childhood friends and the frightful events of the past that nearly destroyed his life. The description of castles, cottages, fishing villages, mountains, the island’s shoreline, churches, the people and living conditions is truly interesting as is the character’s names that are in Gaelic. And to assist the reader there is a glossary of the Gaelic pronunciation of these words in the beginning of the book along with a map of the Isle of Lewis that aids the reader. 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 get this book from your local library.

“Stiùradair” (Quartermaster)

Stuart Blair 410-665-6440 or email: thistleman@verizon.net

Do you have these items? If not, we do! Shoulder patch SASB Flashes Badge BB Cap (choice of colors) Lapel pins Golf Shirt Decals Specialty items by request

March with the ETC

Khaki short sleeve Uniform shirt Now available *Contact quartermaster for pricing and ordering instructions

BOOK “Scots in Maryland”

History of the St. Andrew’s Society of Baltimore 1806 – 2006

Christopher T. George chronicles the colorful story of Scots in Maryland and the growth of the St. Andrew’s Society of Baltimore the first 200 years.

ONLY $10 plus shipping

Pinroch via Email Many SASB members will be receiving the newsletter by email. If you still desire a hard copy of the Pibroch, contact: Stuart Blair 410-665-6440

Event Pictures On-Line SASB select photographers have been passing the photos of many events to the Society’s webmaster, Jim Wallace, who has been posting them on our website: http://standrewsbaltimore.org/. You may find these photos under the “Photo Albums” section or by going directly to http://standrewsbaltimore.org/photoalbum/index.html.

Answer to Trivia Question

Dunfermline Abbey

APRIL

Event: Board of Managers Meeting

Date: Tuesday, April 7 Time: 8:00 p.m. Place: St. Andrew's Christian Community Church

Event: Tartan Ball Date: Saturday, April 18

Time: Cocktails @ 6:00 p.m.; Dinner @ 8:00 p.m. Place: Boumi Temple, King Avenue

Attire: Black Tie/Highland Evening Wear Event: Kirkin Cathedral of Mary Our Queen North Charles Street Date: Sunday April 19, 2015

Time: Show up 10:30 AM, service 11:00 AM

Place: Cathedral of Mary our Queen North Charles Street Attire: Daywear

NOTE: Gathering at “Ryan’s Daughter Restaurant” __After Mass and Kirkin

Event: Washington National Cathedral - Kirkin' Conducted by St. Andrew’s Society of Wash., D.C. *attend on your own Date: Sunday, April 19 Time: Show-up on your own / Service @ 4:00 p.m. Place: National Cathedral Massachusetts & Wisconsin Aves. Washington, D.C. Attire: Day Wear Event: Southern Maryland Celtic Festival (attend on your own) Date: April 25 Time: 9 a.m. Place: Jefferson Patterson Park

MAY

Event: Board of Managers Meeting

Date: Tuesday, May 5 Time: 8:00 p.m. Place: St. Andrew's Christian Community Church

Event: 15th Annual Frederick Celtic Festival Sponsored by St. Andrew’s Society of Mid-Maryland Date: Saturday May 9 Time: 9am to 6pm

Evening Celtic Concert 7 – 10pm Place: Mt. Airy Fire Department Carnival Grounds 1003 Twin Arch Road, Mt. Airy, MD 21771 *SASB tent will be set up . . . Members invited

Event: Stated Meeting Date: Thursday, May 14 Time: Bar opens @ 5:30 p.m. Dinner starts @ 6:30 p.m. Place: Towson American Legion

Event: COLONIAL HIGHLAND GAMES Date: Saturday, May 16

Time: Show-Up @ 10:00 a.m. March on @ 1:00 pm Place: Fair Hill, Maryland Attire: Khaki Shirt Note: Pitch-in-Picnic Event: Memorial Day Ceremony Date: Monday, 25 May Time: Show-Up @ 10 am Ceremony @ 11am Place: Korean War Veterans Memorial Boston Street in Canton Attire: Khaki Shirt

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 ---scotsrob2@aol.com --- 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 achowe37@verizon.net 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.