Learn Gaelic! Newsletter 2009-01.pdf · Learn Gaelic! Richard Ferguson continues to teach a weekly...
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New Newsletter Editor!
After about 5 years we are getting a new newsletter editor! Thanks to Donzetta
O'Dunn we have had a spiffy looking newsletter with loads of great content for
the past 5 years. Donzetta, we appreciate your efforts and hope we can count
on you for other great things in the future! Now, on to our new newsletter John
McGregor. Thanks John for volunteering to put the newsletter together!!! It's
great to have volunteers!!!
To the Celts, time was circular rather than linear. This is reflected in their
commencing each day, and each festival, at dusk rather than dawn, a
custom comparable with that of the Jewish Sabbath. It is also reflected in
their year beginning with the festival of Samhain on 31 October, when
nature appears to be dying down. Tellingly, the first month of the Celtic
year is Samonios, ‘Seed Fall’: in other words, from death and darkness
springs life and light.
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.
Wish List
We need forks and spoons for our project at Soar Into Spring. If you have any old forks and
spoons please call Jude to arrange a pick-up. We will be needing volunteers to help with
Soar Into Spring as well. Soar Into Spring is a City of Flagstaff event celebrating spring and
all things related to wind. NACHS will be hosting an area for kids to plant some seeds and
make a wind chime. The date for Soar Into Spring will be April 25 and the event usually
runs from about 11 to 4. If you are interested in volunteering call Jude at... 928-556-3161.
Silent Auction Items Needed
If you know a business who might donate a certificate for a service, meal, or something of
the sort we are looking for silent auction donations for the Robert Burns Supper, A Highland
Tea with Diana Gabaldon, Shenanigans, and Tartan Day. Or, if you have something you
would like to donate call Jude to discuss it...928-556-3161.
Greetings, fellow pipers,
While I consider myself a relatively new piper (I haven't completed my 7 years yet), I
have had the experience of having people tell me how much it meant to them to hear
the pipes played, whether it was for a special event, or just because I played
unannounced in a public place and someone was touched. Last week I heard a story
about how one of us deeply touched a good friend of mine, who lives here in the
Central California Coast, and I wanted to pass on the good news.
My friend is Ron Veillette, a local firefighter and fellow parishioner at my church. This
past summer, his brother Jim died unexpectantly in a motorcycle accident. The Sunday
before Thanksgiving, Ron, I, our wives and Ron's daughter Paige had dinner together.
We had not had an opportunity to visit since Jim's death, and I asked him how he was
doing. Ron proceeded to tell us how wonderful Jim's memorial service was, how a friend
of Jim's spoke movingly about how giving Jim was, particularly to the youth in his
hometown. Ron then said that this friend announced that his son, who appeared to be 8
or 9, would play Amazing Grace on the pipes, and added that it was not easy for his son
to play in front of people, but that the occasion was not one for being comfortable. Ron
recounted how well the young piper played. As Ron spoke, I thought of one young piper
that I had met last summer at camp - we both had Aaron as our instructor. I then
asked Ron where his brother lived, and he answered, "Williams, AZ". At that point, I
told him that Strider was the piper. Ron replied, "Yeah, that was his name!"
So Strider, your playing meant a great deal to Jim's brother. Keep up the good work!
What we do is more important than we often realize.
I hope everyone has a great Christmas, Channukah, and New Years
Ed Gallagher
Paso Robles, CA
New Officers
For 2009 our officers are:
President…Jude McKenzie
Vice President…Barb RippleCo-Secretaries…John and Jacquie McGregorTreasurer…Mike Casey
Thank you for your service! It takes dedicated folks to make it happen.
The Northern Arizona Celtic Heritage Society
(dedicated to presenting, promoting, and preserving Celtic culture)
presents:
A ROBERT BURNS SUPPERAn evening of traditional food, entertainment poetry, bagpiping celebrating
the life of Scotland’s most famous poet!!! Music by the KNOCKABOUTS!
Feb. 7, 2009 from 5 to 9
Cocktail Hour from 5 to 6
Entertainment starts at 6
The Kilted Cat
2600 W. Kiltie Ln.
Tickets available at:
Arizona Music Pro
or Jude McKenzie 928-556-3161
Adults-$30.00 Children-$15.00
TICKETS MUST BE PURCHASED BY Jan. 31
Thanks to Flagstaff Cultural Partners, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the
Arizona Commission on the Arts for their continued support!
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, followed by a reading
by Diana Gabaldon!!! New this year… a no host bar featuring Glenfiddich Single Malt
Scotch Whisky! AND… BOOKMAN’S will be at the tea selling Diana’s books!
HAT CONTEST…wear your “best” hat and you may win a prize!!!!!
March 7, 2009 from 2 to 5
The Kilted Cat
2600 W. Kiltie Ln.
Tickets available at:
Arizona Music Pro
Or call Jude McKenzie 928-556-3161
Tickets $25.00 each
TICKETS MUST BE PURCHASED BY Feb. 28Thanks to Flagstaff Cultural Partners, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Arizona Commission on the Arts for
their continued support!
Celtic Music radio program on KJZA 89.5 FM
& 90.1
- Hosted by NACH's own David McNabb
- Live on Saturdays, 6-7 pm
- Broadcast repeated on Sundays, 1-2 pm
Good Job!Our annual Celtic Holiday Party was a success in many ways. Not only did we
have fun but we collected 53 pounds of food for the Northern Arizona Food Bank.
Thanks to everyone who contributed!
MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
Please print this form, complete and return to NACHS
! _____ Individual Membership, with email newsletter $ 10 $ __________
! _____ Individual Membership, with paper newsletter $ 15 $ __________
! _____ Family Membership, with email newsletter $ 15 $ __________
! _____ Family Membership, with paper newsletter $ 20 $ __________
! _____ Life Membership, with both newsletter formats $ 150 $ __________
Total enclosed: $ __________
Name ____________________________________________
Address __________________________________________
___________________________________________
Phone ___________________________________________
E-Mail __________________________________________
Yes, Include me on the volunteer list! ____________
Please make checks payable to “NACHS” and mail to:
Northern Arizona Celtic Heritage Society
PO Box 187
Flagstaff, AZ 86002
Directory of Celtic Arts
For Lessons:
Bagpipe , Flagstaff
Jim Thomson: 928.522.8797
Bodhran
Ron Barton: 928.774.7261
Fiddle
Kari Barton: 928.600.1365
Irish Dance
Sharon Judd: 602.253.1978
For Performance and Music:
AZ Highlanders Pipe Band, or to hire bagpipers
Jim Thomson: 928.522.8797
The Knockabouts
John McGregor: 928.814.2480
Cans for Bands Project:
Don't forget to save those aluminum cans
for our "Cans for Bands" project! Call Jim
Thomson at 522-8797 to arrange a drop-
off at his shop (Thomson and Son
Bagpipes, 555 Blackbird Roost #7).