Thanks to everyone who came out and
made Tartan Day 2012 a very wonderful event.

Our 2013 event is tentatively scheduled for April 6, 2013 ...Tartan Day!
Save the date!!

 

Until then, find us at these area events:

Central New York Scottish Games and Celtic Festival	.........................	Aug 11
Amherst Museum Scottish Festival and Highland Games	.........................	Aug 18
Niagara Celtic Festival and Highland Games	.........................	Sept 15-16
Send an email or visit www.RocScots.org for info on other area events

 

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"Americans of Scottish descent have played a vibrant and influential role in the development of this country. However not until 1997 was this influence recognized by a single-year U.S. Senate Resolution that appeared in the Congressional Record of April 7, 1997. In 1998 National Tartan Day was officially recognized on a permanent basis when the U.S. Senate passed Senate Resolution 155 recognizing April 6th as National Tartan Day. This was followed by companion bill House Resolution 41 which was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on March 9, 2005. The passage of this bill was due to the work of the National Capital Tartan Committee, Inc., and president James Morrison.

Canada has been celebrating "National Tartan Day" since 1993. The idea and motivation for creating a similar American holiday was provided by the Scottish Coalition, a group of nataional Scottish-American cultural organizations."

- Text taken from the National Tartan Day website (www.tartanday.org)

The Senate and House Resolutions were followed on April 4, 2008 by a Presidential Proclamation reiterating April 6th as National Tartan Day. Canada recognized Tartan Day nationally in 2010.

 

Thanks to the pioneering vision of Bill Ritchie and the collaborative
efforts of the Scottish Heritage Society of the Rochester Area, Inc.,
Rochester has a Tartan Day Celebration of its own!

 

2012 will mark the fifth year of this outstanding event,
and we invite you to come be a part of it!

 

 

 

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Entertainment Line-Up

	12:00 - 12:30	The Highlanders
	12:30 - 1:00	Opening Remarks & Calling out the Clans
	1:00 - 1:30	Genessee Valley Pipe Band
	1:30 - 2:00	Pete Nowak Scottish Snare Drum Demonstration In the Stars & Stripes Grill
	1:30 - 2:15	BCW Trio
	2:15 - 2:30	Traditional Address to the Haggis
	2:30 - 3:00	Scottish Country Dance
	3:00 - 3:30	Rochester Scottish Pipes & Drums
	3:30 - 3:45	Rochester Scot of the Year
	3:45 - 4:15	Book & Mike
	4:15 - 4:45	Buffalo Caledonian Pipes & Drums
	4:45 - 5:30	Lochside Celtic
	5:30 - 6:00	Gates Keystone Police Pipes & Drums
	6:00 - 6:10	Closing Remarks
	6:10 ...	Massed Bands

 

 

 

 

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Our Clans

"Cuimhnich air na daoine o’n d’thainig thu."
"Remember the men from whom you have come"

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Clan Barclay	Clan Blair	Clan Fergusson	Clan Gordon

Clan Grant	Clan Gunn	Clan Hall	Clan Henderson

Clan MacFarlane	Clan MacNeil	Clan Sinclair	Turnbull Clan

 

 

 

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Our Sponsors

The Haggis Man is a local institution now, serving the greater Rochester area, and even making the occassional appearance in the Buffalo area. And everywhere he goes people all say "yumm!"

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Vendors

Dark Birthright and Dark Lord Mystery, Romance, and Violence in 17th Century Scotland	"Portraits that ROCK!"
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Mostly Celtic Beadwork A regular at all the area Games, contact mostlycelticbeads@gmail.com for more info	McLean Wholesalers Silver Jewelry, Chokers, Books, Dresses, Bags and More
inFAMOUS Welsh Cookie Co, Look for us under the red dragon banner!	Kiltshop.com Hazel Stewart, Kilt Maker
Let Hansen's pamper your pooch!	The Irish Import Shop All your Irish and Celtic goods right here in Rochester!
	The Celtic Cottage Unique Celtic gifts, clothing, jewelry, collectables and much more

 

 

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