Calendar of Events during the 2011 International Gathering Year
Please take
the time to see what events we having coming up during the 2011
Gathering.
While we conduct due diligence to ensure accuracy, the events and
information listed below are subject to change or cancellation
without notice. Whenever possible, timely notice will be given.
Neither the IGC-2011 Organizing Committee nor the FSCNS accept
liability or responsibility for any of the activities listed, nor
for participants to the events.
Should you have any questions or wish to add an event, please email
info@igc2011.ca or visit www.igc2011.ca.
Updated: May 9th, 2011. (1530 hours)
APRIL 2011
Date:
April 29th
Time: 7 p.m.
Event:
Scots Heritage & Music Evening
Location: Beacon
United Church, 25 Beacon St., Yarmouth
Contact: John Fyfe, 902-742-8976
Date:
April 30th
Time: 7 p.m.
Event: Latha
Cuimhneachadh nam Bard (Re: Allan “the Ridge” MacDonald)
Location: St. F.X.,
Antigonish
Contact: Dept Celtic
Studies, 902-867-2300,
mnewton@stfx.ca
MAY 2011
Date:
May 4th, 11th, 18th & 25th
Time: 12 p.m. to 1
p.m.
Event: "Scots Wha Hae" Evening
Location: 405 Main
St., Yarmouth
Contact: Bernie
Firth, 902-742-4095
Date:
May 14th
Time: 9 a.m. to 4
p.m.
Event: Fèis An Dùin
(Gaelic Fest)
Location: Citadel
High School, Halifax
Contact: Melissa Shaw
or Beth Anne MacEachen, 902-491-4444,
gaelic@staff.ednet.ns.ca
Date:
May 14th
Time: 1 p.m. to 3
p.m.
Event: Clan MacLean
Atlantic SGM
Location: 36 Arthur
St., Forrester Hall, Room 226, Truro
Contact: George
MacLean, 902-864-0518,
caper52@eastlink.ca
Date:
May 14th
Time: 8 p.m. to 12
a.m.
Event: Dartmouth
Dist. Pipes Band Fundraiser and Silent Auction
Location: Garrison
Brewing, 1149 Marginal Rd., Halifax. Tickets: $25 pp.
Contact: Arlene
White, 902-462-8890,
arlenewhite@eastlink.ca
Date:
May 21st
Time: 11 a.m. to 3:30
p.m.
Event: Clan Ramsay
Association AGM
Location: 46 Main
St., Stewiacke
Contact: Wayne
Turner, 902-864-9683,
w.turner@ns.sympatico.ca
Date:
May 21st
Time: 1 p.m.
Event: Hector Grand
Re-Opening
Location: Heritage
Quay, Pictou
Contact: Darlene
MacDonald, 902-485-4371. URL:
www.shiphector.ca
Date:
May 21st and May 29th
Time: N/A. 30-45
minutes, as required
Event: Scotland’s
Living History with James Finnie (21st “Speed Bonnie Boat”, 29th
“Braveheart: the Man, the Myth, the Truth)
Location: Sugar Moon
Farm, Alex MacDonald Road, Earltown
Contact: Quita Gray,
1-866-81-MAPLE. URL:
www.sugarmoon.ca
Date:
May 27th
Time: 7 p.m.
Event:
Scottish Heritage Evening
Location: 25 Beacon
St., Yarmouth
Contact: John Fyfe,
902-742-8976
Date:
May 28th
Time: All Day (RSVP
by May 22nd)
Event: An Là Mór
(Gaelic Gathering)
Location: Port
Hawkesbury
Contact: Caroline
Cameron, 902-258-5768,
comhairlenagaidhlig@gmail.com
Date:
May 29th
Time: 11 a.m.
Event: Kirkin' o' the
Tartans
Location: 27 Parade
St., Yarmouth
Contact: Bernie
Firth, 902-742-4095
JUNE 2011
Date:
June 5th
Time: 10:30 a.m. to 2
p.m.
Event: Clan Lamont
Memorial Service
Location: Fultz
House, Lower Sackville
Contact: Jean Watson,
902-864-1994
URL:
www.clanlamont.ca
Date:
June 5th
Time: 2 p.m.
Event: Clan Donald
Kirkin' Ceremony
Location: Covenanter
Church, 1989 Grand Pré Road, Grand Pré
Contact: Barry MacDonald, 902-678-7669,
bmacdonald@scotsns.ca
Date:
June 11th
Time: 10 a.m. to 5
p.m.
Event: United Council
of Scots in Atlantic Canada Spring General Meeting
Location:
Charlottetown, PEI
Contact: Dan Taylor,
506-457-0310,
info@scotsatlantic.ca
Date:
June 18th
Time: 7 p.m.
Event: Highland Dance
Extravaganza
Sponsors: MacKenzie
School of Dance
Location: Mariner's
Centre, Yarmouth
Contact: Michelle
MacKenzie, 902-742-3797 or Bernie Firth, 902-742-4095
Date:
June 24th
Time: 1 p.m.
Event: IGC Kilted
Golf Tournament, Texas Scramble, $80 per team, meal included. Prizes
for wearing the Tartan.
Location: Annapolis
Royal Golf Club
Contact: Jacqui
Shepherd, 902-532-2064,
info@annapolisroyalgolf.com
URL:
www.annapolisroyalgolf.com
Date:
June 24th
Time: 7 p.m.
Event:
Heritage: Bannockburn (1314)
Location: 25 Beacon
Street, Yarmouth
Contact: John Fyfe,
902-742-8976
Date:
June 25th
Event: 1st Annual
Tartan Foot Race
Location: Annapolis
Royal
Status Alert:
Canceled (4/29/11)
Date:
June 25th
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Event: IGC Scottish
Street Parade
Location: Sinclair
Inn, Lower St. George, Annapolis Royal
Contact: Jean Watson,
902-864-1994
Date:
June 25th
Time: 11:45 a.m. ($10
pp. suggested)
Event: Symposium on
Charles Fort
Location: RCL #21
Port Royal Branch, 66 Victoria Street, Annapolis Royal
Contact: Jamie
MacLeod, 902-532-5196 (RCL) or Donna Butler,
dlbutler@scotns.ca
Date:
June 25th
Time: 1:30 p.m. to
4:30 p.m.
Event: Heritage &
Cultural Activities
Location: Fort Anne
Natl. Hist. Site
Contact: Donna Lee
Butler, dlbutler@scotsns.ca or Lillian Stewart, 902-532-2321,
lillian.stewart@pc.gc.ca
Date:
June 25th
Time: 7 p.m.
Event: "Ciad Mile
Fàilte" Reception
Location: Historic
Gardens, Annapolis Royal (pay event, approx. $20 pp.)
Contact: Trish Fry,
902-532-7018,
admin@historicgardens.com
URL:
www.historicgardens.com
Date:
June 26th
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Event:
Kirkin' o' the Tartans
Location: St. Luke's
Church, 346 St. George St., Annapolis Royal
Contact: Donna Lee
Butler, dlbutler@scotsns.ca
Date:
June 26th
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Event: Tree-Planting
Ceremony
Location: O'Dell
House Museum, 136 St. George St., Annapolis Royal
Contact: Ryan
Scranton, 902-532-7754,
historic@ns.aliantzinc.ca
Date:
June 29th to July 2nd
Time: N/A (5 days)
Event: The Celts in
the Americas, 2011
Location: St. F.X.,
Antigonish
Contact: Dr. Michael
Newton, 902-867-2300,
mnewton@stfx.ca
JULY 2011
Date:
July 1st
Time: 9 a.m. to 4
p.m.
Event: 60th Pugwash
Gathering of the Clans Festival & Regatta
Location: Waterfront,
Pugwash
Contact: Lisa Betts,
902-243-2946,
pugwashgoc@gmail.com
Date:
July 3rd to 7th
Time: N/A
Event: ScotDance
Canada National Dancing Championship Series
Location: Keating Centre, Antigonish
Contact: Brenda
MacKay, 902-396-6975,
sdccs2011@bellaliant.net or Janice MacQuarrie, 902-863-6376
Date:
July 4th to 8th
Time: N/A (5 days)
Event: FSCNS Art Show
Location: Main Street, Antigonish
Contact: Jerry
MacGillivray, 902-863-3749
Date:
July 5th
Time: T.B.A.
Event: Clan Chisholm
AGM
Location: Community
Hall, 2752 Ohio East Road, St. Andrew's (Antigonish)
Contact: Loyola
MacDonald, 902-863-2872
Date:
July 8th
Time: 11:30 a..m.
Event: Clan’s Day
(Mayor's Reception)
Location: Halifax
City Hall, Halifax
Contact: Jean Watson,
902-864-1994, jwatson@scotsns.ca
Date:
July 8th
Time: 6 p.m. to 10
p.m.
Event: Clans Night in
HRM with the Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo
Location: Metro
Centre, Halifax
Contact: Jean Watson,
902-864-1994
Tickets: Box Office,
902-451-1221
URL:
www.nstattoo.ca
Date:
July 8th, 9th and 10th
Time: 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. (Clans Day)
Event: Antigonish
Highland Games
Location: Columbus
Field, Antigonish
Contact: Fiona
MacLean, 902-863-2233,
fmaclean@scotsns.ca
AHGSF Office, 902-863-4275
URL:
www.antigonishhighlandgames.ca
IGC
Event: Friday Evening Program
Time: 6 p.m. (Main
Stage)
Location: Columbus
Field, Antigonish
IGC
Event: Friday Evening Ceilidh
Time: 8 p.m.
(Beverage Tent)
Location: Columbus
Field, Antigonish
IGC
Event: Highland Games Parade
Time: 9 a.m.
Location: Parade
Route, Antigonish
Contact: Danny
Gillis, 902-863-4275
IGC
Event: Clan Lamont Gathering
Contact: Jean Watson,
902-864-1994, jwatson@scotsns.ca
IGC
Event: Clan Graham Gathering
Contact: Ivan Graham,
902-826-2143,
igraham@accesswave.ca
IGC
Event: Clan Sutherland Gathering
Contact: Mary Beth
Sutherland, 902-351-3355,
marybethrj@hotmail.com
Date:
July 16th and 17th
Time: N/A (2 days)
Event:
Gaelic/Scottish Heritage Days
Location: Sherbrooke
Village Museum
Contact: Lynne Hayne,
902-522-2974, haynelm@gov.ns.ca
URL:
www.museum.gov.ns.ca/sv
Date:
July 17th (RESCHEDULED UNTIL
AUTUMN)
Contact: Jean Watson,
902-864-1994 or Halifax Club Office, 902-423-8460
URL:
www.halifaxclub.ns.ca
Date:
July 22nd and 23rd
Time: 10 a.m. to 7
p.m. (both days)
Event: FSCNS Art Show
& Tea ($10)
Location: St.
Matthew's United Church, 1479 Barrington St., Halifax
Sponsors: The Scots
Contact: Jean Watson, 902-864-1994,
jwatson@scotsns.ca
Date:
July 23rd
Time: 12 p.m. to 1
p.m.
Event: Gaelic Made
Simple
Location: Isaak
Walton Killam Library, 405 Main St., Yarmouth
Contact: John Fyfe, 902-742-8976 or Bernie Firth 902-742-4095
URL:
www.westerncounties.ca
Date:
July 24th
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Event: Closing
Ceremonies
Location: St.
Matthew's United Church, 1479 Barrington St., Halifax
Sponsors: The Scots
Contact: Tom Wallace, 902-252-2653,
twallace@scotsns.ca
URL:
www.stmatts.ns.ca
Date:
July 30th
Time: 2:30 p.m.
Event: Open Air
Scottish Concert & Ceilidh (potluck)
Location: T.B.A.
Contact: John Fyfe,
902-742-8976
Date:
July 30th to August 1st
Time: N/A (3 days)
Event: Clan Wallace
Reunion
Location: South Side
Boularderie, CB
Contact: Jeanne
Wallace Douglas, 902-542-9395,
ijdouglas@hotmail.com
Date:
July 31st
Time: T.B.A.
Event: 55th Annual
Broad Cove Scottish Concert
Location: St.
Margaret's of Scotland Church, Broad Cove (Inverness)
Contact: Parish
Office, 902-258-2462
URL:
www.invernessco.com/ceilidhs
AUGUST 2011
Date:
August 4th to 7th
Time: N/A (3 days)
Event: Festival of
the Tartans
Location: Tartan
Field, New Glasgow
Contact: Field
Office, 902-752-4800
URL:
www.festivalofthetartans.ca
Date:
August 5th
Time: 2 p.m. to 8
p.m./9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Event: Clan MacNeil
Gathering (Youth Concert, Dinner & Dance)
Location: Fire Hall, Christmas Island
Sponsors: Clan
MacNeil (Atlantic Prov)
Contact: Mike
MacNeil, 902-622-2109 or Dolena MacKinnon, 902-622-2254
Date:
August 5th and 6th
Time: N/A (2 days)
Event: Pioneer's
Dinner (Friday, 6 p.m.)
Event: Scottish
Gathering (Saturday)
Location: Sugar Moon
Farm, 221 Alex MacDonald Rd., Earltown
Contact: Fran
Sutherland, fsutherland@scotns.ca or Quita Gray,
info@sugarmoon.ca
URL:
www.sugarmoon.ca
Date:
August 6th
Time: 9 a.m. to 5
p.m.
Event: Festival of
the Tartans (Games)
Location: Tartan
Field, New Glasgow
Contact: Field
Office, 902-752-4800 or Troy MacCulloch,
tmacculloch@scotsns.ca
URL:
www.festivalofthetartans.ca
Date:
August 6th
Time: 9 a.m. to 5
p.m.
Event: 50th Highland
Village Concert
Location: Highland
Village, Iona
Contact: Rodney
Chaisson, 1-866-442-3542,
chaissrs@gov.ns.ca
URL:
www.museum.gov.ns.ca/hv
Date:
August 7th
Time: 11 a.m. to 2
p.m.
Event: Clan Cameron
Gathering (Picnic)
Location: Loch Broom
Church, Pictou
Contact: John
Cameron, 403-867-2832,
john.cameron@mnp.ca
URL:
www.clan-cameron.org
Date:
August 7th
Time: 11 a.m.
Event: Kirkin' o' the
Tartans
Location: St.
Andrew's Church, Mountain Road, New Glasgow
Contact: Troy
MacCulloch
URL:
www.festivalofthetartans.ca
Date:
August 13th and 14th
Time: N/A (2 days)
Event: Clan Ramsay
Family Camping & Potluck Gathering
Location: 691
Brooklyn Rd., Middleton
Contact: Elsie
Turner, 902-864-9683,
eturner@scotsns.ca
URL:
www.clanramsayofns.org
Date:
August 14th
Time: 11 a.m. to 2
p.m.
Event: Log-Cabin
Church Ceremony
Location: Loch Broom
Church, Pictou
Contact: Mary Beth
Sutherland, 902-351-3355,
marybethrj@hotmail.com
Date:
August 14th
Time: 9 a.m. to 6
p.m.
Event: The Hector
Festival
Location: Heritage
Quay, Pictou
Contact: Office,
902-485-4371
URL:
www.townofpictou.ca
Date:
August 16th
Time: 11:30 a.m. to
1:30 p.m.
Event: FSCNS Tartan
Tea & Social
Location: Fultz
House, 33 Sackville Dr., Lower Sackville
Contact: Tom Wallace,
902-252-2653
SEPTEMBER 2011
Date:
September 10th
Time: 9 a.m. to 5
p.m.
Event: Pioneer Days
Location: Highland Village, Iona
Contact: Rodney
Chaisson, 1-866-442-3542,
chaissrs@gov.ns.ca
URL:
www.museum.gov.ns.ca/hv
Date:
September 12th
Time: 11 a.m.
Event: Nova Scotia
Charter Day, 390th
Location: Fort Anne
Natl. Hist. Site
Contact: Lillian
Stewart, 902-532-2321,
lillian.stewart@pc.gc.ca
URL:
www.pc.gc.ca
Date:
September 25th
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Event: Kirkin' o’ the
Tartans
Location: First
United Church, Truro
Contact: Merle
Chisholm, 902-897-4165,
merlechisholm@ns.sympatico.ca
Date:
September 30th
Time: 7 p.m. to 7:40
p.m.
Event: Scottish
Heritage Evening
Location: Beacon
United Church, 25 Beacon Street, Yarmouth
Contact: Bernie Firth, 902-742-4095
OCTOBER 2011
Date:
October 1st
Time: 5:30 p.m for
6:30 p.m.
Event: FSCNS Scottish
Dinner-Dance
Location: B-W
Glengarry Inn, Truro
Contact: Frank Logan,
flogan@scotsns.ca or Tom
Wallace, 902-252-2653,
twallace@scotsns.ca
Date:
October 7th to 15th
Time: N/A (9 days)
Event: Celtic Colours
Intl.. Festival
Location: All over
Cape Breton
Contact: Office,
1-877-285-2321,
info@celtic-colours.com
URL:
www.celtic-colours.com
Date:
October 15th
Time: 1:30 p.m. to 6
p.m.
Event: Farewell
Ceilidh (IGC Finale)
Location: Highland
Village, 4119 Highway 223, Iona, Cape Breton
Sponsors: Clan
MacNeil (Atlantic Prov)
Contact: Mike
MacNeil, 902-622-2109 or Dolena MacKinnon, 902-622-2254
URL:
www.museum.gov.ns.ca/hv
NOVEMBER 2011
Date:
November 5th
Time: 1 p.m. to 4
p.m.
Event: FSCNS Annual
General Meeting and Election of Officers (2011-2012)
Location: Knox Hall,
Sackville Drive, Lower Sackville. Dinner at Tom’s Restaurant at
11:30. RSVP.
URL:
www.scotsns.ca
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