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TEXAS CELEBRATES NATIONAL
TARTAN DAY APRIL
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(Click on the following links for event details in these Texas Cities!!)
Austin * Corpus Christi
* Dallas * Houston *
Huntsville * Iraq
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Midland
* Odessa
* San
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On April 6 join us to celebrate National
Tartan Day, the day officially recognized by the United States Congress to honor the many contributions that Scots-Americans have
made to the character and development of the United States.
Informational
flyer click here
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Tartans
of Texas Displays
Sam
Houston Memorial Museum
&
Houston
City Hall Visitor's Center
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Houston
City Hall Visitor's Center at 901 Bagby - Three Display Cases in honor
of Tartan Day are on exhibit throughout the months of April & May!!
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Scottish Tartans of
Texas Texas Heroes of Scottish
Descent
Texas Scottish Connections
Sam
Houston Memorial Museum in
Huntsville
- a permanent display features clan tartans of all the active clan societies in the
Scottish Clans of Texas, including the U.S. Tartan and the first kilt ever
made in the official state Bluebonnet Tartan
of Texas.
Click
here for photos of the exhibit!
The
tartan banners for the display were donated by Houston
Traditional Kiltmakers of
Paisley
,
Scotland
in honor of National Tartan Day 2007!
Special thanks to our Tartan Display
sponsor!!
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If you are celebrating in
your area - Please let us know!
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April 6th is
the day for Tartan!
Come on
Texans - Show off
your Tartan!!
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Join
others in a "Tartan Invasion"
Now this involves
actually having fun while wearing Tartan! It can
happen when as few as two or three gentlemen in kilts get together at
a pub, restaurant or hockey game!!! You can do
it! Just check below for a contact in your area - or let us know
where you are and we'll help
you organize your own!
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Austin * Corpus Christi
* Dallas * Houston *
Huntsville * Midland
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Odessa
* San
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For the kids...
  
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BAGPIPES ON TARTAN
DAY 2007
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Bill
Jones - Christ Presbyterian, 1620 Common Street, New Braunfels, Texas
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James
Patrick Jones -Comal Country Church, 9380 FM 306, New Braunfels, at
noon on Tartan Day to kick off our Good Friday devotional service
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Ken
Liechti - State Capital in Austin, Texas |
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Jimmy
Mitchell - 7th inning stretch in Frisco, Texas |
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Mark
Perkins - Hilltop Lakes, Texas |
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Clifton
Wigington - Houston City Hall 2007
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SPECIAL
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| Austin |
April 6 -
National
Tartan Day at the
Texas
State
Capital in
Austin
on April 6th,
2008. Begins at 11:15am on the Capitol steps. Silver Thistle
Pipes & Drums, Tastes of
Scotland
, Scottish Country Dancing! Official reading of the National Tartan
Day Proclamation at Noon in the Rotunda! Free to the public!
(click
here for flyer)
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For
more info contact Anne Marshall acmars@austin.rr.com.
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| Corpus
Christi |
Celtic
Menagerie will
be dancing in honor of Tartan Day at Texas A&M University.
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| Dallas |
March 2-4 - North
Texas Irish Festival - Scottish
Village! Watch for the Tartan Rrrabbit,
spreading information about Tartan Day in Texas!
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April 6 - "A Scottish Ceilidh"
will be presented by The
Scottish Society of Dallas from 1:00pm until 5:00pm at the Winfrey
Point House, White Rock Lake. The afternoon event will be filled with the
sounds of bagpipes, drums and Celtic music; demonstrations of Highland
dancing; traditional Scottish country dancing; and more. Representatives
of various Scottish clans will be on hand to share with you something of
their clan customs and heritage.
Instructional walk-throughs for Scottish Country Dancing
will be provided, so don't be shy: try your hand it!
Bring a blanket and picnic lunch and
enjoy the
beauty of White Rock Lake on spring afternoon!
Rain or Shine - musical performances will
be held inside! Free to all!
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For more information, including a
location map, visit:
www.scotsindallas.
org
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April 11th - Frisco
RoughRiders (click for
details) celebrate Tartan Day - Wear your kilt and enjoy the
game!! Jimmie Mitchell
will be playing pipes for the 7th inning stretch!!
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Contact:
Eric Rowley
erowley@ridersbaseball.com
tel: 972-334-1907
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| Houston |
March 15 - Scottish organizations join
together to march in the St.
Patrick's Day Parade in downtown Houston. Definitely a place to
watch for the Tartan Rrrabbit!
Texas Scottish Heritage; the Celtic Chorus;
Houston Highland Games & more!! Parade starts at noon!
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for more info: email sbeaton@txscot.com
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April 4 - 10:20 a.m.-Front apron of St.
Thomas’ Episcopal Church, 4900 Jackwood- Catch a glimpse of World
Champion Pipers, Drummers, and Dancers performing, as they kickoff
“Tartan Days”—culminating in Houston’s 44th Annual Scottish
Festival Music and Dance Spectacular on Friday, April 18, at 8:00 p.m. at
Toyota Center.
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April 5 - Scottish
Aires Radio Broadcast with Pete Little - highlighting
Tartan Day and Scottish Heritage in Texas
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April 6 - Celebrate Tartan Day with
HHGA - Please join the Houston Highland Games Assoc. on Sunday, April 6
for a leisurely kilted pub crawl around
Rice
Village
. At 4:00 pm we begin our tartan adventure at the Kelvin Arms www.kelvinarms.
com and sometime later, we will venture onward to Brian O'Neills www.brianoneills.
com
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Contact: Carol Robertson
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April 6 - Tartan
Day @ McClellan's in Kingwood!! details to come - stay tuned!!
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April 11 - 10:00
am -1:00pm - Houston City Hall on Bagby –With a proclamation
by Houston Mayor Bill White in honor of “Tartan Days of Texas,” and
special guest appearances and musical performances including Five-Time
World Champion St. Thomas’ Episcopal Pipe Band and their world-renowned
Highland dancers –this will be an event not to be missed! During the
month of April, the Houston’s Visitor’s Center will feature a special
display dedicated to Scottish Heritage!
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for more info: email sbeaton@txscot.com
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April 18 - Saint
Thomas Episcopal School - Spring Extravaganza! 8:00 p.m. Toyota
Center- Houston’s 44th annual Scottish Festival Spectacular featuring
“More than 300 pipers, drummers and
dancers.” The theme of this year’s original production is Legend of
the Glen –providing a blend of traditional Scottish favorites and
contemporary pieces that integrate drums, guitar, piano, flutes and
vocals. Headlining the performance is the Five-Time World Champion Pipe
Band of St. Thomas’ Episcopal and their world-class dancers, including
the current
U.S.
and North American Highland dancing champion, who reigns fourth in the
world. .
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Further information is available at
713-666-3111, www.scottishfestival.net
and www.stespb.com
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KPFT-FM 90.1FM |
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| Huntsville |
Sam Houston Memorial Museum in Huntsville
- a permanent
display featuring the clan tartans of the Scottish Clans of
Texas!
Tartan
banners were donated by Houston
Traditional Kiltmakers of Scotland in honor of Tartan Day!
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for info info@txscot.com
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| Iraq |
Hello
from Iraq !
My
name is Mike Wallace and I am the Battalion Executive Officer for 2nd
Battalion, 142nd Infantry. We are members of the Texas Army National
Guard currently serving in Iraq . We are planning our own National
Tartan Day celebration here and I have some Muckleroys, MacElraths,
Stewarts, McDonalds and other Scots with me in my unit who are very
excited about it. Since our Scottish Ancestors have contributed so
much to Texas History, We're planning on wearing our kilts and eating some
haggis, and if I can find (or make) a caber we'll do the caber toss.
Please
check back for updates & Photos!!!!
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| Midland |
March 10-11 - 5th Annual Scottish - Irish
Faire in Midland, TX
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www.chspb.org
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Pam Cotte
4612 W. Illinois
Midland, TX 79701
Cell Phone: (432) 559-5155
Home Phone: (432) 262-6169
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| Odessa |
For more info., contact: Roy Raney heroesaroundtheworld@hotmail.com
or celtfestexas@hotmail.com
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www.celtfestexas.org
myspace.com/celtfestexas
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| San
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April
4
- 6:00 pm - The Scottish Society of
San Antonio
and the San Antonio Highland Games Association will be
hosting our Tartan Ceremony at the
Alamo
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is free to all that attend. The Alamo
holds special meaning to all Texans, but it is where so many of Celtic
heritage gave their all for
Texas
liberty. Over 100 of the 186 that died that day were of Celtic
heritage.
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Email:
lbuchanan3@satx.rr.com
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April
5-6 - San
Antonio Highland Games Saturday-Sunday, 5 & 6 April 08 at the
Helotes Festival (Cornyval) Grounds, 12210 Leslie Road off Bandera at Loop
1604.
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For more information on
National Tartan Day visit
www.tartanday.org
or www.tartanday.gov.uk
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