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Events - Local and Northern California Sacramento Valley Scottish Games and Festival (Woodland) KVRM Annual Celtic Festival & Marketplace (Grass Valley) Dixon Scottish Games and Gathering Loch Lomond Games and Celtic Gathering Pleasanton Scottish Highland Gathering and Games Monterey Highland Games and Celtic Festival
Music
Gáirín gives you the music of the people who brought their songs along with their hopes and dreams through time - from Medieval to Renaissance to today - across the waves and the rails and winding trails - to AmeriKay and The West, where we make our home. Gáirín keeps the voices of Celtic music alive, but also brings you new music that is inspired by our shared Celtic past.
Jimi McRae (aka Jimi The Piper) from Borders, Scotland plays Highland, Lowland, Border, Arabic & Electronic pipes. Scotland's best kept musical secret Scotland's Premier Celtic Band Cape Breton’s modern sharer of ancient Gaelic songs, stories and spirit using a variety of instruments from the bagpipes and fiddle to Indian tabla. Based on the Isle of Skye, The Peatbog Faeries have released four albums and have played to audiences all over the world. Tribal Celtic bagpipes, drums, didgeridoos & bronze age Irish horn.
Pipe Bands, etc. Nevada's Sierra Highlanders Pipe Band was founded in 1961 by John "Scotty" Sneddon who served with the Gordon Highlanders in World War I and, soon after, became pipe major of the 1st Highland Light Infantry. The Reno-based pipe band continues a Nevada tradition dating back to 1865 and Virginia City's Bonanza Period with the state's first celebration of the birthday of Scotland's Poet Laureate Robert Burns. Reno & District Firefighters Pipe Band Reno & District Firefighters Pipe Band was established in 2003 by SFC Mike Connell. The 19-member Pipe Band practices weekly and is committed to actively performing and competing in front of more than 175,000 fans in many different Nevada and California venue sites. Desert Skye was originally Clark County Celts and was created by Fred Marshe, Tony Bakerink, and Mason McNinch III back in the early part of 1999. With over 10,000 members Dunsire is the largest bagpipe related forum in the world. There you can read posts by many of the foremost pipers in the world, and representatives from hundreds of pipe bands including our two local bands.
Genealogy Cyndi's ListWhat is Cyndi's List?
The official government source of genealogical data for Scotland. Locate immigration info and ship manifests of ancestors who came through Ellis Island after 1890. Access a free database of family trees posted by other researchers. Also, links to myriad commercial services to look up census images, ship and immigration info, and US births, deaths, and marriages.
Featuring comprehensive and exclusive
British and Irish record In the National Archives of Scotland (NAS) you will find records created by the Scottish government from the 12th century until the present day, along with private records created by businesses, landed estates, families, courts, churches and other corporate bodies. Some of these are important sources for family history. The genealogy sites above have links to a variety of other websites which may prove useful to the family history researcher.
Scottish Ice Dancers Sinead and John Kerr are the three-time British Ice Dance Champions from Scotland.
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Scottish and Celtic Organizations The Sierra Nevada Celtic Society encompasses members from the Sierra Nevada mountain region of California and Nevada. It is based in Reno, Nevada. Anyone with an interest in the Celtic culture is welcome to join. National Jacobite Highlanders' Army An interesting site, this one. A wee bit slow to load (on my computer at least!), but likely worth the wait. The Mother Lode Scots of Amador County in the Gold Rush/Mother Lode area of Northern California was organized in 1979 to provide an association for Scots and descendents of Scots who have been migrating from Scotland for the past 300 years. The Mother Lode Scots, like their counterparts the world over, enjoy participating in Scottish celebrations, where they have an opportunity to wear the kilt, or just display a bit of their clan tartan. Celtic League, American Branch Founded in New York City in 1974. Our aim is to provide a link among all Americans of Celtic descent or sympathies who seek a deeper appreciation of their glorious legacy, and the need to strengthen the cultural and national identities of the Celtic peoples. The mission of the Las Vegas Celtic Society is to support and promote:
St. Andrew's Society of Southern Nevada
We are dedicated to all things Scottish. We gather to
promote the Art, Culture, Dance, Our mission is to make a difference! Join us and become a member or start a chapter of your own. Experience how good it feels to give back to your Community and help others. Our children are our future. They need role models, they need to know about their rich Celtic heritage, and they need to know there are real life heroes. Southern Nevada Coalition of Celtic Organizations The Southern Nevada Coalition of Celtic Organizations is simply about harnessing the energy of these many voices. By sharing information and building strong relationships, we can insure that the voice of the Southern Nevada Celtic Community is heard loud and clear. The Society wishes to perpetuate Celtic traditions of music, dance, language, and costume. The Sons and Daughters of Erin is an Irish heritage organization which was created in 1969. The purpose of this chapter is charitable, educational, historic, and patriotic.
Scottish American Military Society The
Scottish-American
Military Society
(SAMS) was founded and chartered in North Carolina,
April 12, 1981, as a non-profit organization with the
following purpose:
Apparel, Merchandise and Books Specialising in all subjects related to 'Brave Caledonia'. Scottish books - from all over the country and covering most subjects of interest to Scots at home and abroad. Our Scottish Books section includes books we consider to be connected to Scotland in any way whatsoever. Whether written by great Scottish authors or by foreigners trying to find their own wee piece of Brigadoon while tracing their family in Scotland we have counted them all as Scottish. Scottish Furniture & Collectibles Printed apparel and merchandise Offering bagpipes, jewelry, kilts and casual wear. A full service Highland Outfitter bringing you custom made Kilts and Kilt Accessories at some of the best prices in the United States.
Importers of Fine
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Food & Drink Once
you have experienced Walkers shortbread, nothing else
comes close to the original. Walkers Shortbread is baked from the finest ingredients, with no artificial flavoring, coloring or preservative in sight – just as it has always been. The irresistible range of varieties is beautifully presented in Walkers distinctive tartan packaging, making it a reliably welcome gift.
Includes
description of Scottish malt whiskies and distilleries,
the option to A large collection of information provided by a group of mad whisky enthusiasts. Includes more than 5000 ratings of whiskies. A personal odyssey into the world of fine whisky. The Scotch Malt Whisky Society The Scotch Malt Whisky Society is a private membership club dedicated to the discerning appreciation and consumption of the most rare and unique of single malt whiskies; unfiltered, single cask, single malt Scotch whisky. The Opinionated Beer Page - Scotland Beer Reviews
Gaelic and Scots Language Pittin the mither tongue on the wab! An Comunn Gaidhealach America, Inc. (ACGA) is a volunteer run, nonprofit organization that strives to promote and preserve the Scottish Gaelic language and culture through fostering and supporting Gaelic language study and fluency in spoken and written Gaelic, as well as interest in Gaelic literature, songs, music, art, and history in North America, Scotland and the rest of the world.
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Resources Daily coverage of Scotland's news, sports, business, as well as national and international events.
For everything about
Scotland. Serving the North American Scottish Community and people of Scots descent around the world. The Council of Scottish Clans and Associations, Inc. (COSCA) The Purpose of The Council of Scottish Clans and Associations, Inc. shall be to preserve and promote the customs, traditions, and heritage of the Scottish people educating the public as to Scottish history, literature, music, poetry, art, and architecture. Additionally, the Council shall, through a variety of means, provide service to the various clan and family associations of the Scottish community. The Scottish Coalition is composed of eight national organizations serving the Scottish-American community, principally through research, long-term planning, and as a resource for information and guidance. Its shared vision is that fruitful and mutually supportive relationships can be forged between individuals and organizations in the United States and in Scotland, in order to assure that the unique Scottish identity and heritage shall become better known and more widely celebrated for the benefit of peoples throughout the world. Scottish Heritage USA was founded in 1965 by Ward Melville "to recognize and enhance the original bonds of ancestral and national character among the peoples of Scotland and North America; and to disseminate knowledge of their respective cultural heritages; and in furtherance of such purposes to support the preservation of historic sites, the maintenance of centers of artistic and literary endeavor and such other activities as may be appropriate."
Society members: This page is always a work in progress. I am open to suggestions. Let me know if there is anything you would like to see here.
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