{"id":7654,"date":"2015-11-08T20:04:33","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T00:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vancouverceilidh.org\/?page_id=7654"},"modified":"2015-11-08T20:04:33","modified_gmt":"2015-11-09T00:04:33","slug":"ceilidh-newsletter-201516-11","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vancouverceilidh.org\/?page_id=7654","title":{"rendered":"Ceilidh Newsletter – 2015\/16 #11"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Well I have had a hectic, busy week and I did not have time to get all I had hoped to do accomplished.\u00a0\u00a0 Nor did I get out to the garden once to help my wonderful wife who slaved away out there for 3 or was it 4 days.\u00a0\u00a0 She managed to clear a lot but of course the wind and the rain yesterday and today have brought down most of the rest of the deciduous leaves but there still seem to be a fair amount of cedar still to drop!!<\/p>\n

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Gairloch<\/p>\n

So what did I do to make the week so busy?\u00a0\u00a0 My brother, who lives in Tasmania and whom I have seen once in the 53+ years we have been in Canada & that was in 1982 at our parents Golden Wedding Anniversary, sent me an e-mail recently and started of with:
\n“There ought to be a lot of time to write letters and emails now but somehow the time disappears!”\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>So true and I have been meaning to reply but have not found the time which is a really sorry and sad state of affairs.\u00a0\u00a0 I will move that up to the next item on my agenda.<\/p>\n

As you know we got home late on Monday evening and the first things I did was to go through my e-mails and complete the newsletter so that it was not too late.\u00a0\u00a0 Still this is the first newsletter for ages that has not managed to be opened by more than 200 subscribers.\u00a0\u00a0 What are you all doing!!!<\/p>\n

Tuesday morning I finished responding to the e-mails that I had received and needed action then it was off to a meeting at the Scottish Cultural Centre.\u00a0\u00a0 After that I went to my office to look after a few clients and prepare the payroll for the staff at the Scottish Centre.\u00a0 I had my class in the West End in the evening so back down to the Centre to drop off the payroll, get changed and rush down to the class.\u00a0\u00a0 Fortunately it was our night for live music as I did not have a lot of time to prepare for the class.\u00a0 It was a fun night with two new dancers joining in so we had 16 and we were able to do quite a few of the dances on the Lady A programme.\u00a0\u00a0 Home for a late supper and bed!<\/p>\n

On Wednesday I should have been out helping Margaret in the garden but I was stuck behind the computer getting my notes put together for the Vancouver Fiddle Orchestra concert and deal with some Demonstration Team matters.\u00a0 Another class at night this time for the St. Andrew’s Ball which was held in the SCC.\u00a0\u00a0 The day flew by yet I was busy all day and did not stop until I got home to watch some tennis on the TV<\/p>\n

Thursday was another day I should have worked in the garden.\u00a0\u00a0 Luckily I have a wonderful wife who was out there working hard all day while I studied some dances for the Tam o’Shanters and the Branch Team; prepared some introductions for the Branch Team performance on Friday, did some accounting work for the USCS; tried to follow up e-mails and phone calls re requests for Demonstration performances; prepared a poster for the Tam O’Shanter Burns Supper and sent out a raft of e-mails reminding people about this event, attended the Branch Team class where we danced through the programmes for the Friday and Saturday nights – I ended up having to dance too – and completed the day with some tennis on the TV.<\/p>\n

Friday was a similar sort of morning with Demonstration Team work then getting ready to join the Tam O’Shanter Dancers for their Demonstration in a seniors Home in the Newton area of Surrey.\u00a0\u00a0 I had to leave after my last dance (there were still 2 dances to go) in order to get to New Westminster in time to meet the sound people etc. for the Demonstration Team’s performance later in the evening.\u00a0 No time to get home so I had brought some dinner with me and had time to eat that, get changed again ready to hand out parking passes for everyone else then we had the walk through, got myself wired up\u00a0with a wireless microphone and the Team was on with the first dance led by our own piper so that got the audience’s attention!\u00a0\u00a0 It was a fund-raiser for a College Foundation with about 200 in attendance.\u00a0\u00a0 We had 3 slots to fill but used the last of the 2nd one and all of the 3rd one for audience participation and we had 6 sets up so it was good.\u00a0\u00a0 I was still hungry when I got home so scoffed off the last of the chicken plus a banana sandwich while watching TV.<\/p>\n

Yesterday was very wet so we slept in a bit longer, I did a bit of work with e-mails, printing things out, going to Staples to guillotine the Burns posters to be used as handouts to prospective ticket buyers, review my notes for the evening \u00a0then I left at 5 to get to Highland United Church.\u00a0\u00a0 It took me 75 minutes to get there so had a bit of a rush to get to meet the new minister, find our where the fire alarms, first aid etc. were located, get the CD player and my wireless microphone hooked up, dance the dance we were doing with the VFO, walk through the other dancers, meet the other guest artists, arrange all for the Grand March and get the show on the road.<\/p>\n

I think, from the comments I heard, that it was another great success.\u00a0 Certainly there were no seats left and there was good response from all for the performances and we had a goodly number of folk up for the 2 sessions of Ceilidh Dancing.\u00a0\u00a0 We started bang on time and may have run about 15 minutes longer than planned but all seemed to have good fun.\u00a0\u00a0 Many thanks to all the performers, Kim Reid, Rosie Carver & Michael Veins; Shot of Scotch, the Branch Demonstration Team and, of course, the Branch Demonstration Team which was under the direction of Dorothy Hargreaves.\u00a0\u00a0 Thanks also to the many volunteers who helped in the kitchen, at the door, bar, etc, and who set up and cleared up.\u00a0\u00a0 Well done one and all.<\/p>\n

Many of the Team went back to Alison’s for a bite and to wind down.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I very much appreciated this time before my drive back to South Surrey.<\/p>\n

Today it was up a bit earlier than usual on a Sunday as many men had been co-opted into the choir for the Remembrance Day service and there was a rehearsal 30 minutes beforehand.\u00a0\u00a0 No time for breakfast so I took my wife to the local caf\u00e9 for brunch on the way home and that brings us up to date.\u00a0\u00a0 Tonight I am joining my son and two grandsons at the soccer match where we hope to cheer on our local team, Vancouver Whitecaps, to victory in the 1\/4 finals of the MLS Cup.\u00a0\u00a0 It is a sell out with 27,000 fans expected.\u00a0\u00a0 My grandson & I will catch the bus and Skytrain into town.<\/p>\n

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The Burnaby club, who are hosting the Lady Aberdeen Tea Dance this Wednesday afternoon want all those that are coming to know that\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cDonations of a plate of food will be gratefully received\u201d.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ian Rankin will be in Vancouver on November 16 as a pre-festival event for the CUFFED Vancouver Crime Fiction Festival. Tickets are available for the Ian Rankin pre-festival event through Tickets Tonight\u00a0https:\/\/www.ticketstonight.ca\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Check\u00a0https:\/\/www.cuffedfestival.com\/<\/a>\u00a0for more information<\/span><\/p>\n

A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blownapart.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dear Scottish community,<\/span><\/p>\n

Please join us for a film screening of the BBC documentary \u201cPipers of the Trenches\u201d on Wednesday November 25th at 7 p.m. West Mall Complex 3210, SFU Burnaby Campus. This event is free and open to the public.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Without glorifying\u00a0war, this British\u00a0Broadcasting\u00a0Corporation film\u00a0shows the\u00a0outstanding bravery\u00a0of the British and\u00a0Commonwealth\u00a0regimental pipers\u00a0who led soldiers\u00a0across no-man\u2019s\u00a0land during World\u00a0War One. The pipes have been played in battle for\u00a0hundreds of years, but trench warfare was new\u00a0as was the accompanying ear-shattering artillery\u00a0barrages. Of the 2500 pipers deployed at the front,\u00a0500 died and 600 were wounded. The film ends\u00a0with Delta Pipe-Major Garth Newlands playing\u00a0his grandfather\u2019s pipes at the Vimy Memorial.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Following the film there will be discussion and viewing of artefacts from the collection of the Regimental Museum of the RHQ Seaforth Highlanders, including pipes that were played in the trenches, with Ray Eagle and curator of the museum Robert John MacDonald.<\/span><\/p>\n

Parking instructions here:\u00a0https:\/\/www.sfu.ca\/fs\/Campus-Facility-Profiles\/Building_Information\/West_Mall_Centre.html<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Centre for Scottish Studies, Simon Fraser University<\/span><\/p>\n

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The next regular Ceilidh Dance is\u00a0Friday, November\u00a027, 2015 (the\u00a0last Friday of\u00a0 the month) which is just before St. Andrew’s Day so lets all wear blue.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I look forward to seeing you there.\u00a0\u00a0 Remember if you have a group of 8 or more and you contact me no later than November 25 then everyone in your group will get a $1 discount.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Flying Truths\u00a0 (including a few repeats)<\/strong><\/p>\n