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 [email protected] 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
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