Gaelic Immersion Weekend

An Comunn Gàidhealach Ameireaganach is pleased to be jointly sponsoring its 15th Annual Scottish Gaelic Immersion Weekend with the

Northern Arizona Celtic Heritage Society. This is an exciting experiment in conducting the event together with a local organization, and

we're looking forward to an excellent event. This will be the first ACGA Immersion Weekend ever held in Arizona. The dates are April

19-22, 2012.

The immersion weekend is a unique opportunity for learners of Scottish Gaelic to come together with more advanced and native speakers

in both a classroom setting and informal gatherings. Whether you are a new learner with no experience or an advanced speaker, the

immersion weekend will provide opportunities to speak Gaelic in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.

We'll likely have informal afternoon, or at least evening events on arrival day, Thursday, April 19th. We'll have a full schedule of classes,

workshops, and special events all day on Friday and Saturday, and morning sessions on Sunday, April 22. Extracurricular activities will

include a cèilidh on Saturday evening.

Registration information can be found at: http://www.acgamerica.org/events-1/immersion-weekend/2012-iw-info

Contact Richard Ferguson at fergusdubh@yahoo.com or by telephone at 928-774-8083 with any questions that you may have. One may

also drop by the Adult Center at Thorpe Park any Monday evening between 6:30 and 8:00 PM for the weekly Scots Gaelic Study Group

sponsored by the Northern Arizona Celtic Heritage Society.

Baked Goods Needed

We need baked goods to have for our silent auction for the Tea with Diana Gabaldon

on March 31. If you have a special something you would be willing to bake and

donate please call Jude at 928.556.3161.

Check out this movie

The movie is called Turning Green. It’s a story about 2 American brothers

of Irish decent who go to live with their three matronly aunties in Ireland.

They have rough encounters and a not so easy life but they do adapt in a

quirky way. Not recommended for kids.

March 5th Gaelic Class, Thorpe Park Adult Center,6:30

March 6th NACHS meeting, Thorpe Park Adult Center, 6:00

March 11th Gaelic Class, Thorpe Park Adult Center, 6.30

March 17th Happy St.Patrick's Day!

March 19th Gaelic clas, Thorpe Park Adult Center, 6:30

March 26th Gaelic Class, Thorpe Park Adult Center,6:30

Learn Gaelic!

Richard Ferguson continues to teach a weekly conversational Scottish Gaelic class for

beginning and intermediate speakers, using the Teach Yourself Gaelic materials. In the

classes, students can also pick up Scottish cultural and historical information! Best of all, the

classes are FREE! Join Richard Mondays, 6:30-8:00pm at the Flagstaff Adult Center, 245

Thorpe Rd.

With the support and cooperation of the Northern Arizona Celtic Heritage Society, Riordan Mansion State

Historic Park will host a festive, fun filled evening, Saturday, March 17th, celebrating St. Patrick's Day.

The Riordan families were Flagstaff's most prominent Irish citizens in the town's early years and music

filled the 13,000 square foot home daily. The two Riordan Steinway pianos and three 'wind-up' record

players provide significant visual evidence of the role music played in their lives.

The ballroom, separating the two residences, will be filled with vintage, yet mostly recognizable Irish

melodies served up by long time Riordan docent and music historian, Erik Larson. Larson will not only

feature a generous sampling of Irish music but share interesting and little known facts about the songs and

artists. In addition to the music, there will be whiskey tasting, wheat weaving and numerous Irish

refreshments.

The event is a fundraiser to support the park and keep it open for its thousands of annual visitors. While

many view the park as an adult attraction, it is also a valuable teaching tool for school children who receive

a hands-on history lesson through outreach and on-site tours.

Thank You NACHS

On behalf of Wee McGregor, John and Jacquie would like to

thank NACHS for the wonderful baby shower last month. The

food was terrific and the gifts will all be put to good use. We

really appreciate everything you did nor us and are very

gratful to be part of such a caring group. Can't wait to let

everyone know if it's a boy or girl!

Merchandise from Celtic Regions on eBay

By Bic Waterman, the Virtual Visitor

Today’s computer technology makes artifacts and knowledge of the Celtic regions readily

available to huge numbers of people around the globe. NACHS’s traveling Educational

Outreach Display contains many authentic items from abroad, each carefully scrutinized and

researched before purchase.

The on-line auction website called eBay (www.ebay.com) is a great way to have fun looking for

Celticana. Once on the eBay site, an easy way to find Celtic merchandise is to enter the name of

a particular region, then hit “Search”. Using the name of a specific item can also be helpful. For

example, entering “Ireland” recently yielded more than 80,000 results, including a few Kathy

Ireland publicity posters! Entering specific items narrowed the field, like “Guinness beer

posters”. In addition, more items can be found by adding a region by its adjective form, such as

“Asturian”, “Breton”, “Cornish”, etc.

Postage stamps, antique and modern post cards, flags, stickers, and posters are common to most

regions. Following is a potpourri of other Celtic items available to the highest bidder:

[Note the increase in the number of items in each category, from 2005 to the beginning of

January 2012.]

Asturias (21 items in 2005; 350 today): lace hankies, fluorite and barite mineral samples, and a

signed photograph of Alfonso de Bourbon, Price of Asturias and son of the King of Spain: $925.

Brittany (47 items in 2005, after entering “Brittany France”, to avoid Brittany Spears; today,

380 items): dolls, jewelry, oil paintings.

Cornwall (2110 items in 2005; over 4000 today): post cards, sports posters, antique maps.

Galicia (24 items in 2005, after entering “Galicia, Spain”, to avoid Eastern Europe Galicia; 245

today): fly fishing holiday, oil paintings, posters, maps, books, jewelry.

Ireland (10,834 items in 2005; over 81,000 today): clothing, knitwear, valuable coins, a

Chippendale armchair for $15,000, and Irish pennies for $.99 each.

Isle of Man (1951 items in 2005; 5900 today): many Manx cat figurines, pendants, and other

jewelry, TT Race programs, tickets, photos, and helmets, and a gold coin going for over $20,000.

The Isle of Man is internationally known for its TT motorcycle races.

Scotland (10,043 items in 2005; 47,000 today): books, rugby shirts, dog breed figurines,

Caithness Glass paperweights, and clan memorabilia, and antique furniture.

Wales (6788 items in 2005; 23,000 today): lithographs, books, train memorabilia, celebrating

Wales’ rich railroad heritage, signed photographs of Princess Diana ($33,000), and a rare

Victorian painted stained glass window “Fairy Glen”, for $4500.

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A Highland Tea with Diana Gabaldon!!!

Presented by the Northern Arizona Celtic Heritage Society(dedicated to presenting, promoting and preserving Celtic culture)

A traditional afternoon tea including sandwiches, scones and sweets, a no host bar … followed by a reading by

Diana Gabaldon!!!

Hastings will be selling Ms. Gabaldon’s books.

HAT CONTEST…wear your “best” hat and you may win a prize!!!!! March 31, 2012 from 2 to 5

The Kilted Cat2600 W. Kiltie Ln.!

Tickets available at:

Animas Trading Co.Arizona Music ProOr call Jude McKenzie 928-556-3161

Tickets $30.00 each

TICKETS MUST BE PURCHASED BY March 24

Thanks to the City of Flagstaff, Flagstaff Cultural Partners, the Flagstaff Community Foundation and Coconino County The Arizona Commission on the Arts and the National

Endowment for the Arts for their continued support!

The Tartan

The fighting sheen of it; the yellow, the

green of it;

The black, the red of it, every thread of

it.

The fair have signed for it; the brave

have died for it;

Foemen sought for it; heroes fought for

it;

Honor the name of it; drink to the fame

of it

Friday, April 6, 2012

Uptown Billiards

We’ll start about 6:00 PM with

Fun, Frolic, Games, Good Times and a

Silent Auction

1. St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland, although he was born in Britain, around 385AD. His parents

Calpurnius and Conchessa were Roman citizens living in either Scotland or Wales, according to different

versions of his story.

2. As a boy of 14 he was captured and taken to Ireland where he spent six years in slavery herding sheep.

He returned to Ireland in his 30s as a missionary among the Celtic pagans.

3. Legend has it that he used the native shamrock as a symbol of the holy trinity when preaching and brought

the Latin alphabet to Ireland.

4. Miracles attributed to him include the driving of serpents out of Ireland. However, evidence suggests post-

glacial Ireland never had any snakes in the first place.

5. Wearing green, eating green food and even drinking green beer, is said to commemorate St Patrick's use

of the shamrock - although blue was the original colour of his vestments.

6. St Patrick was said to have proclaimed that everyone should have a drop of the "hard stuff" on his feast

day after chastising an innkeeper who served a short measure of whiskey. In the custom known as

"drowning the shamrock", the shamrock that has been worn on a lapel or hat is put in the last drink of the

evening.

7. Popular Irish toasts on St Patrick's Day, include: may the roof above us never fall in, and may we friends

beneath it never fall out.

8. St. Patrick's Day was first celebrated in America in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1737. Around 34 million

modern Americans claim Irish ancestry.

9. It is believed that St Patrick died on March 17 in 461AD. It is a national holiday in Ireland, and on the island

of Montserrat in the Caribbean, which was founded by Irish refugees. It is a bank holiday in Northern Ireland

and a provincial holiday in the Canadian province of Newfoundland.

10. Dublin has a parade that attracts hundreds of thousands of people, while in Chicago the river is dyed

green for a few hours. The biggest parade is normally held in New York, while the largest celebration in the

southern hemisphere is in Sydney, Australia.

Irish Soda Bread

* 2 cups white flour

* 2 cups whole wheat flour

* 1/2 cup sugar

* 2 tsp. baking soda

* 1 tsp. salt

* 4 tbsp. butter, chilled

* 1 cup raisins

* 1 1/2 cups buttermilk or plain yogurt

1.Heat the oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl, combine the dry ingredients.

2.Cut in the butter until it is pea-sized. Stir in the raisins and buttermilk or yogurt. Turn the dough onto a floured surface, knead 1

minute, and shape into a disk.

3. Cut an "X" in the top and bake on a greased baking sheet for 45 to 50 minutes. Makes one 8-inch-wide loaf.

Directory of Celtic Arts

For Lessons:

Bodhran

Ron Barton: 928.774.7261

Fiddle & Irish Dance

Kari Barton: 928.600.1365

Irish Whistle

John McGregor 928.814.2480

Flute

Jacquie McGregor 928.814.2480

For Performance:

Bagpipers

Jude McKenzie 928.556.3161

The Knockabouts

John McGregor 928.814.2480