THE THISTLEDOWN

VOLUME 30, ISSUE NUMBER 2 SPRING 2013

Scottish Society of Tidewater, Inc.

Tartan Day Ceilidh 2013

We are lucky to have so many talented musicians join us in celebration each year.

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SST President Skip Hunter presents Baird Scholarship checks to Emily Brubaker, center, and Connie Smith. Jason Wilson, not pictured,

also received Baird Scholarship support.

Skip Hunter presented The Thistle Award to Tom Chenowith, left. He also pre-sented Donna Looney with The Celtic Cross award. They were recognized for their tireless energy and dedicated service to the SST. Tom and Donna are true assets

to our Society. Thank you for all you do!

Cory Roy, a new piper with the Tidewater Pipes & Drums, provided some traditional

tunes. Clan MacGregor got pretty lucky by winning a couple of door prizes. Thanks to everyone who

donated such wonderful items. Your generosity is greatly appreciated.

T he Scottish Society of Tidewater exists to promote the preservation and study of Scottish cul-ture, including music, language, art, history, folk-lore, dance, literature, athletics, and all other things distinctively Scottish among interested persons in the Hampton Roads, Virginia area and to cooperate with like-minded persons, groups and organizations here and abroad.

A meeting is held on the first Wednesday of each month at the Church of Ascension Community Cen-ter, 4853 Princess Anne Rd., Virginia Beach, VA 23462-4446. Social time begins at 7:00pm, and the meeting starts at 7:30pm. Anyone interested in Scottish culture and history is invited to attend.

About the Scottish Society of Tidewater, Inc.

301 E. Randall Ave., Norfolk, VA 23503 www.tidewaterscots.org

SST Executive Board President: Skip Hunter jwhunter2@cox.net

Vice President: Manny Willis mannyandrobin@cox.net

Secretary: Marcey Hunter marcey9@cox.net

Treasurer: Ruth Fraser RHFraser@vbgov.com

Board of Directors: Stacy Apelt sapelt@cox.net Tom Chenowith cgbosn@centurylink.net Donna Looney loontoon@msn.com Nancy McKay nancymck1@gmail.com John Miles jjmusmc03@yahoo.com Connie Smith caus10smith@hotmail.com

SST Committees Webmaster: Scott MacGregor mcgregr@exis.net Membership: Marcey Hunter marcey9@cox.net Program:

The SST Board of Directors Newsletter Editor: Marcey Hunter marcey9@cox.net

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A Few Words from the President Fellow SST Members, It has been an honor to serve you

and represent the Tidewater Virginia Scottish Community as President of the Scottish Society of Tidewater. Over the past year, I have truly en-joyed the friendship and fellowship I have shared with all of you.

Together, through hard work and dedication, we shared a multitude of successes in advancing the goals and aims of the SST. This past year we raised almost $2,000 for the Baird Scholarship Fund putting this pro-gram in a position to eventually offer much more significant financial support to those who aspire to learn and further the Scottish Culture. This year we also grew our membership roster welcoming many new friends into the SST. For the third year in a row our annual Tartan Day Ceilidh was a resounding success with another nearly sold out night and great press coverage of the event! None of these things would have been possible without the participa-tion and support of the entire SST membership and the tire-less efforts of the SST Board and our many volunteers.

I offer my sincere and deepest gratitude to the SST Board, Manny Willis, Ruth Fraser, Marcey Hunter, Stacy Apelt, Donna Looney, Tom Chenoweth, Connie Smith, John Miles and Nancy McKay; all of you made my tenure as President an exceptionally enjoyable and rewarding experience.

Going forward for next year we have some fantastic pro-grams planned and some new events added to our schedule including the formal Sponsorship of the Portsmouth Scottish Hogmanay Walk!

As many of you may have heard, I am scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan this summer. As I have during my previous deployments I will eagerly look forward to the SST Newsletter to read and see all the wonderful events and things that the SST supports! I look forward to sharing a dram with each of you upon my return!

Chi mi a’rist sibh (See you all again soon)! Josiah “Skip” Hunter

CALL FOR NEWSLETTER CONTRIBUTIONS Want to contribute to the newsletter?

I am looking for a few good ideas. Some suggestions: Book and/or music reviews

Photos, both old and new (do you have a vintage SST photo to share? We would love to see it!)

Gathering & Games information Poetry/Fiction

Recipes Please e-mail Marcey at marcey9@cox.net Remember: This is YOUR newsletter!

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T his is a reminder that the SST Annual Meeting / Elections will be held on May 1, 2013 at our usual meeting place, the Church of the Ascension.

The offices of the President, the Vice President, the Treasurer and the Secretary will be up for re-election, as are three (3) Board positions.

President Skip Hunter, who is not running for reelection, is serving as the Chair of the Nominations Com-mittee.

The slate of candidates is as follows: President - Stacy Apelt

Vice President - Manny Willis Treasurer - Ruth Fraser

Secretary - Marcey Hunter Board of Directors - Tom Chenowith, Donna Looney, and George Phillips

Nominations will be taken from the floor if you are interested in running for one of these positions, or if you

would like to nominate someone. You MUST be a member in good standing to participate in the election (i.e., your dues are current). You

may pay your dues on the night of the meeting. Following the Annual Meeting, we will show the classic comedy, “Whisky Galore,” followed by a wee single

malt tasting and an informal Gaelic lesson of whisky terms. Contact Skip for more information at jwhunter2@cox.net.

Reminder...Annual Meeting, Election to be held May 1

Flowers of the Forest

Chris Apelt Norfolk, Virginia Son of Stacy &

Judith Apelt

William Airth Virginia Beach, Virginia

Father of Alan Airth

D. Keith Baker 4613 Peek Trail

Chesapeake, VA 23321 757-484-1531

rebelstand@cox.net Clan McKenzie

Loretta Broyles

1837 Ocean Hwy. North Hertford, NC 27944

252-264-2262 mgbroyles@earthlink.net

CEUD MILE FAILTE! "One Hundred Thousand Welcomes"

to New SST Members!

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This and That Have news to share? Contact Marcey Hunter at 480-4217 or

marcey9@cox.net Please continue to keep Don and Ruth Fraser in your thoughts and prayers. Don is at the VA Palliative

Care facility. He welcomes visitors, so let Ruth know if you would like to pay a visit. It was wonderful to see Gerry McDowell at our Tartan Day Ceilidh looking absolutely fabulous! She’s

had some health issues of late so it was a real treat to see her. The Hampton Roads Hurling Club is preparing for their first “official” competition and will be traveling

to Charleston, SC to take part in the First Annual Holy City Cup Gaelic Athletics Competition. Good luck, guys!

Skip Hunter’s deployment date has been moved up to late June. He will be in Afghanistan for about 10 months. Thank you for your service to our country, and stay safe!

Betsy Kennedy has a new website highlighting her incredible art work and calligraphy. Check it out at www.betsyriverskennedy.com

Donna Looney will soon be undertaking a pilgrimage to Galicia, Spain to walk the El Camino de Santi-ago or “The Way of St. James.” This is a solo trip for her, and one that we expect will be very meaning-ful. We want photos and a full report when you get back, Donna! Hope it’s everything you want it to be.

At the Tartan Day Ceilidh, the SST awarded the Baird Scholarship to three recipients. Connie Smith will use her scholarship to help pay for a week of Gaelic Song and Language Immersion at the Gaelic College of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia this summer. Emily Brubaker will use her scholarship to help

offset costs to attend the 2013 United States Inter-Regional Highland Dance Competition in Scottsdale, AZ. And Jason Wilson will use his scholarship to help pay for a week of Gaelic Song and Language

Immersion at the Gaelic College of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia this summer. In fact, he and Connie and several other Gaelic students will be making this trip together. Congratulations and good luck to all the

recipients! We are proud of you!

Put your tartan scraps to good use! by Lynnette Fitch Brash

I made a Tartan Month wreath this April for our front door using scraps of family tartan, red ribbon, and black velvet left over from our wedding. From that project, I got the idea of a nice present I could make for “Whisky Don” Fraser from the entire SST - a Scottish tartan wreath representing all (or at least some!) of our clan tartans!

If you have any bits of unused tartan -- no matter how small and irregular in size -- and wish them to be included on Whisky Don's SST wreath, just get it to me! The more tartans on the wreath, the better. My only request is that you not send any generic plaids; I know Don does not care for those. You can either give your tartan remnants to me at the SST May meeting, or pop the tartan in an envelope and send it to me at home. Make sure to give me your name and the name of your tartan, so I can put that on a card for Don.

Lynnette Fitch Brash 4702 Post Oak Drive Va Beach, VA 23464

I will make it and then deliver it to Don the second week of May from all of us. I will also be sure to get a picture to post here to show everyone how it turned out! Thanks so much! Lynnette

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At Your Service MUSIC

Newport News Police Pipe & Drum Corps

Tom Crouch waylon23703@aol.com http://newportnewspolicepipe.homestead.com

Pipers For Hire Rob Lockwood piobmor@juno.com

http://www.roblockwood.com

Scottish Gaelic Song Performances Edward Brash brash99@hotmail.com

Connie Smith caus10smith@hotmail.com

CELTIC DANCE

Scottish Highland Dancing Scottish Dance Theatre of Virginia

Eleanor Unger SDTOFVA@aol.com

Scottish Highland Dancing Scottish Ceilidh (Social) Dancing, &

Scottish Step Dancing Lynnette Fitch Brash l.fitch.brash@gmail.com

Southside Ceili(dh) Class & Irish Ceili Dancing

Lisa Hunt lhunt23@cox.net

MISC.

Kilts, Alterations Christine Lawler vakilter@juno.com

Photography - British Isles Manny Willis mannyandrobin@gmail.com

Photography - Scotland

Linda Lucas ljlucas@cox.net

Scottish Gaelic Lessons Scots Gaelic Society of Tidewater

Marcey Hunter marcey9@cox.net

Travel in Scotland Highland Ways

Arthur & Anne Korff 757-596-6063 acorff32@mycidco.com

Scotch Whisky Tasting

Mike Lawler william.lawler@verizon.net

M any of you may remember that for several years, we had the pleasure of knowing a special young man named Jose Her-nandez. Jose was fascinated with Scotland and the Loch Ness Monster, and, through the Make-a-Wish Foundation, he and is fam-ily traveled to Scotland, and the Scottish Society of Tidewater adopted Jose as our “Nessie Ambassador.” The Hernandez family attended several of our events, including the Tartan Day Ceilidh, and we all became very fond of them. Sadly, Jose lost his struggle against cancer in 2009. He was an extraordinary young man whose strength and bravery were inspirational, and we all miss him.

To help raise funds for the fight against childhood cancer, Jose’s father Javier started the, “Yes Way, Jose!” team in conjunction with the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. St. Baldrick’s is a volunteer organization that is committed to finding a cure for childhood can-cers.

Scott MacGregor and his grandson WESS joined the efforts by volunteering to be a “Shavees,” to help raise money for “Yes Way, Jose!” Scott, WESS and many others came together on Saturday, March 9 in Virginia Beach for this wonderful event. Enjoy the “before” and “after” pictures! It’s not too late to donate toward this effort. Contact Scott at mcgregr@verizon.net . Or you can donate online at http://www.stbaldricks.org/participants/mypage/585044/2013/

The Fight Against Childhood Cancer continues...

Before... After...

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St. Patrick’s Day 2013

Tom Chenowith, left, and Manny Willis led the SST at the Ocean View St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

Nessie’s looking quite grand these days.

Top ‘o the Morning to John McGlynn, far left, Donna Looney (who had just run the half marathon in Virginia Beach!) and Skip Hunter.

The Newport News Police Pipes and Drums.

Connie Smith and her four-legged friend Shelby, followed by the Clan MacGregor.

Members of the Hampton Roads Hurling Club braved the rainy weather and enjoyed a wee stroll in Ocean View.

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Tidewater Pipes and Drums.

John “JJ” Johnson prepares to step off at Northside MS.

Photo courtesy of Lynnette Fitch Brash

Shelby & Friend at the Hunter’s pub after the parade.

On St. Patrick’s Day, the legendary Chieftains performed at the Harrison Opera House in Norfolk. Here they are joined by Tidewater Pipes and Drums. What an amazing show!

Photo courtesy of Edward Brash

Our homegrown lads of Glasgow Kiss were invited to perform at the pre-concert party on the Opera House grounds. Despite the chilly weather, it was great fun. GK sounded amazing and got us in the Celtic spirit.

After the Chieftains show, several members of the Scottish and Irish Societies gathered together for a happy photo shoot.

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One of the dancers of the Scottish Dance Theatre

prepares to perform on the targe, an exciting dance

requiring lots of skill.

The Sword Dance is always a crowd pleaser.

Baird Scholarship recipient Connie Smith with her proud Dad.

Clan McKay was well represented.

At right, Skip Hunter with Manny Willis

and founding SST member Geraldine

McDowell.

Ceilidh guests did not mind the long line for traditional Scottish fare. The Church kitchen staff outdid themselves this year. Yummy!

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Among the Ceilidh revelers, from left, Edward Brash, Skip Hunter, Lyn-nette Brash and Donna Looney.

Long-time members of the SST, Dave & Nancy Montgom-ery, came down from Fredericksburg to join in the Tartan

Day celebration. It was great to see you both!

Former SST president Nancy Miller and CG Miller. Looking sharp, as usual!

Robert Stokes was proud of his newly won whisky basket. Enjoy it

good health, Robert & Laurie!

Ahoy, mates! Longtime friends JJ Johnson, left, and Tom Chenowith.

Lots of new folks came to our Tartan Day Ceilidh this year (at left & above). Wonderful to meet new friends!

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Nothing says Tartan Day Ceilidh like lots of dancing!

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J osiah “Skip” Hunter double-

checks the ingredients he needs to prepare the haggis dish at the eve-ning’s special Tartan Day Ceilidh.

“I use two parts boiled beef heart with one part liver and one part lamb,” says Hunter, the cook at the April 6 holiday at Church of the Ascension on Princess Anne Road.

Toasted oats, veggies and a mix of spices are part of his recipe.

“I prefer to round this blend off

with a wee bit of Islay Scotch whis-key,” says Hunter, president of the Scottish Society of Tidewater. “It gives my haggis a smoky flavor like no other.”

Hunter doesn’t make haggis the traditional way – encasing the in-gredients in a sheep’s stomach. He has a work-around for that, which we’ll share later – after an explanation of the holiday itself.

Tartan Day honors Scottish Americans for their achieve-ments. Hunter’s wife, Marcey, is chair-woman of the Tartan Day Ceilidh. Ceilidh, pronounced “kaylee,” is the Gaelic word for “party,” she explains. “Our Tartan Day Ceilidh is celebrated with traditional Scot-tish bagpipes, fid-dling, dancing and a full Scottish-themed

dinner including haggis, shep-herd’s pie and curried chicken,” she says. “Not only is Skip our SST president, he’s an expert in cooking haggis.”

There are safety concerns about serving the ingredients in an animal’s stomach, so Skip Hunter steams the meal for three hours in a sausage casing instead.

The 2001 English edition of the gastronomy encyclopedia “Larousse Gastronomique” de-scribes haggis as “having an ex-cellent nutty texture and a deli-cious savoury flavour” – despite its unappealing appearance.

“I call it my spicy liverwurst meat-loaf,” Hunter says.

Best served with a dram of whis-

key, and “neeps and tatties” – tur-nips and potatoes that are boiled and mashed – haggis is the na-tional dish of Scotland, thanks to poet Robert Burns’ “Address to a Haggis.”

At the local celebration, a piper’s parade presents the dish on a sil-ver tray and participant John McGlynn recites Burns’ poem with flare:

... You powers, who make mankind your care, And dish them out their bill of fare, Old Scotland wants no watery stuff, That splashes in small wooden dishes; But if you wish her grateful prayer, Give her a Hag-gis!

Josiah “Skip” Hunter cooked the haggis for the Ceilidh in a more modern method than inside a

sheep’s stomach - he steamed it for three hours in a sausage casing.

LET'S CEILIDH! National dish of Scotland a highlight during Tartan Day celebration

by Scott Mathews Reprinted from the Virginian-Pilot Beacon, April 14, 2013

At the start of the Tartan Day dinner, the haggis is formally pre-sented on a silver tray in a parade led by a piper. Tartan Day

honors Scottish Americans for their achievements.

John McGlynn performed Robert Burns’ “Address to a Haggis” as part of the Tartan

Day Ceilidh at Church of the Ascension.

“I call it my spicy liverwurst meatloaf,” Skip Hunter says.

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Calendar of Upcoming Events May 1

SST Annual Meeting & Monthly Gathering 7 pm social time, 7:30 pm meeting

Come out and elect your slate of officers. Then stick around for an encore viewing of “Whisky Ga-lore!” followed by an informal whisky tasting and

brief Gaelic lesson Church of the Ascension Community Center

4853 Princess Anne Road, Va. Beach Please bring a snack to share and/or a non perish-

able item for the food pantry.

May 5 Kirking of the Tartan

Traditional Scottish blessing & celebration. Full tar-tan/Scottish church service. Bagpipes, drums, &

marching parade. 12:30 p.m. Historic Christ Church

420 Christ Church Road, Weems, VA 22576 804-438-6855

May 18 Joint Picnic with St. Andrews Society of Tidewater

& the Scottish Society of Tidewater At the home of Judith & Stacy Apelt

8076 Moose Ave., Norfolk VA 757-583-5872 sapelt@cox.net

Bring a side dish to share, BYOB The societies will provide burgers, dogs and soft

drinks.

June 5 SST Monthly Meeting

7 pm social time, 7:30 pm meeting Church of the Ascension Community Center

4853 Princess Anne Road, Va. Beach Please bring a snack to share and/or a non perish-

able item for the food pantry. Program TBD

As part of the Virginia Arts Festival, The Battlefield Band played at the Robin Hixon Theater in Norfolk. Many members of the SST were treated to an amazing show in an incredible venue, followed afterwards by a group photo with the band. Norfolk was the last stop on their North Ameri-

can tour, and the band was ready to celebrate after the show. The band and many SST members enjoyed music and merriment at Mo & O’Malleys on Granby St. into the wee hours of the morn.

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Virginia International Tattoo 2013

Members of the 1st Btn. Scots Guards, who returned from Afghanistan in February, March down Granby St. in

downtown Norfolk. Photo courtesy of Lynette Crouch

The pre-show “Tattoo Hullabaloo” was loads of fun and not to be missed next year. Most of the Tattoo performers were happy to give us a sneak peak!

Pictured above, several members of the SST enjoyed the afternoon.

Skip Hunter, goalie for the Hampton Roads Hurling Team, gives a demo to a potential new player at the Hullabaloo.

SST members Donna Looney, second from left, and Lynnette Fitch Brash, far right, performed with members of the Cumascaigh School of Irish Dance at the

Pipe bands from all over the world performed at this year’s Tattoo. This show just gets better every year.

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S ome members of the Scot-tish Diaspora lost money through Stirling Council's deci-sion to cancel a clan gathering event similar to the well-received but financially-challenged Gath-ering 2009 in Edinburgh, the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs will tell MSPs today.

A separately-organised but re-lated Bannockburn 2014 event has subsequently been ex-panded to include a clan village, but many international clans view this as a "watered-down" version of the original plan, the council said in a submission to Holyrood's Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee.

Council convener Malcolm MacGregor will appear before the committee today, alongside representatives from Homecom-ing Scotland, Stirling Council, Bannockburn 2014 and the Na-tional Trust for Scotland.

Mr MacGregor said: "The can-cellation of Clans 2014 was a huge disappointment, both na-tionally and internationally.

"The vast majority of the dias-pora who attend these events

cannot afford to take the time off, or make an expensive visit to Scotland more than occasion-ally.

"They tend to arrange these visits to coincide with clan activi-ties and short notice of major changes of plan has a dispropor-tionately negative effect."

He added: "Some clans which had made travel arrangements and booked accommodation had to cancel them. Some lost money."

The original Gathering in 2009 was "a life-changing experience" for many people, but Mr Mac-Gregor said the collapse of its organising body with debts of £344,000 cast a cloud over its

success, and he has called for its creditors to be reimbursed by any future Gathering organ-iser. Mr MacGregor said interna-tional clan societies were "surprised and disappointed" to hear that Clans 2014 had been replaced, not by a clan event, but by a battle re-enactment. "Most had anticipated a re-run of Gathering 2009 in Stirling, and the watered-down plans

were not well-received," he said. "As far as the leaders of the

US clan network were con-cerned, 2009 was a magical for-mula that worked and had con-siderable worldwide appeal. What was on offer now did not have the same appeal."

He added: "Given the prob-lems associated with 2014, un-fortunately many American Scots are generally disen-chanted with what is now pro-posed."

Clan chiefs go to war over Bannockburn 2014 plans for Diaspora from HeraldScotland.com, April 24, 2013

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All that's left of Whisky Galore: Remaining bottles of single malt salvaged from film-inspiring WWII shipwreck go up for auction

From the Daily Mail Reporter, 25 April 2013

T wo rare bottles of whisky sal-vaged from a shipwreck which in-spired a book and film are to be auctioned.

The collector's items were part of the cargo on the 8,000-ton cargo ship the SS Politician which sank off the shores of Eriskay in the Outer Hebrides in 1941 and in-spired the book and film Whisky Galore.

The bottles, which have docu-ments of authentication, are to be sold as a pair by Britain's biggest internet-only auction site Scotch Whisky Auctions, based in Glas-gow, with bidding opening on Sat-urday and closing on May 5.

A great deal of interest is ex-pected due to the unusual and leg-endary story behind where they came from.

Scotch Whisky Auctions director Bill Mackintosh said: 'Everybody loves the idea of the wily islanders diving to the bottom of the wreck

and coming back up with bottles of whisky which they would then hide from the customs.

'But it is true that there are only eight which have been authenti-cated recently and these are two of those which were sold at Christie's some time ago.'

The eight bottles surfaced in 1987 when local man Donald MacPhee from South Uist in the Outer Hebrides explored the wreck and found his liquid treasure.

He sold them at auction with Christie's and got £4,000 for his loot.

Two of those bottles were bought by a man in Fraserburgh in Aber-deenshire. He has recently died and his widow decided to sell them along with the neck tags from Christie's and letters of authentica-tion.

The official documents from Christie's state: '2 bottles bottled

by W & A Gilbey with original cork and wax sealed by Christie's in plain glass with shoulder emboss-ing stating, 'Federal law forbids sale or re-use of this bottle'

While the whisky itself is possibly undrinkable, the unique history of these rare bottles is predicted to attract collectors from around the world.

The bottles are expected to sell for somewhere in the region of £2,000 but could go for much more, said Mr Mackintosh.

A total of 28,000 cases of malt whisky were on board at the time when the ship, sailing from Liver-pool to the Jamaican capital of Kingston and New Orleans in the US, crashed.

Islanders salvaged much of the cargo, including many bottles of whisky, but only the eight from 1987 have been authenticated.

Mr. Mackintosh added: 'This lot of two bottles is incredibly scarce and provides a rare opportunity to ob-tain a real piece of Scottish his-tory.'

The auction will go live on Satur-day, April 27, on the website http://www.scotchwhiskyauctions.com/. The auction will close on May 5.

Two rare bottles of whisky salvaged from a shipwreck off Eriskay in 1941 which inspired a book and film Whisky Galore to be auctioned.

Locals sample a bottle of whisky near to where the 8,000-ton cargo ship the SS Politician foundered

off of Eriskay in the Outer Hebrides in 1941.

NOTE: The SST will be showing the comedy classic Whisky Galore directly

following the Annual Meeting on Wednesday, May 1. This will be fol-lowed by an informal whisky tasting and brief Gaelic lesson on whisky

terms.

Scottish Society of Tidewater, Inc. c/o Marcey Hunter 301 E. Randall Ave. Norfolk, VA 23503 www.tidewaterscots.org

Traditional Celtic Music Ensemble, Glasgow Kiss, weaves the melodies of guitar, fiddle and small

pipes into a musical tapestry rich with the history of Scotia and Hibernia. From haunting tunes of

vanquished heroes to the toe-tapping of an Irish jig or Scottish reel, Glasgow Kiss will make your

event special and memorable. For Schedule, http://www.glasgowkiss.org/

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