From babsfayth at aol.com Mon Jan 21 00:10:41 2008 From: babsfayth at aol.com (Barbara Humphrey) Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 23:10:41 -0600 Subject: [Scottish News] Special Edition: Scottish Community loses a long time leader Message-ID: <000001c85beb$fa361670$6401a8c0@APFS1> Hello Everyone, Thanks to Liz Michaelson who noticed his obiturary in today's (Sunday's) StarTribune we forward to you the sad news of the death of Rod Larson. Rod served many years as chaplain to St. Andrew's Society of Minnesota and together with his wife Maxine were stalwart leaders and supporters in our community. For many years, in addition to his chaplain duties, Rob coordinated the Kirkin' o' the Tartans for St. Andrew's. Maxine served SAS as president, Executive Secretary and in countless unnamed jobs. The sincere condolences of our entire community to Max and to their family. Babs Below reprinted from the Minneapolis StarTribune: Click here to View and Sign Guest Book View/Sign Guestbook _____ Rodney M. (Rod) Larson Larson, Rodney M. (Rod) Rod has been called to serve our Father after serving mankind for most of his 74 years. He died Sunday, Jan. 13 after almost a year struggling with the treatments for esophageal cancer. Rod was born in Fosston, MN to Marvin E. and Evelyn Eklund Larson and lived most of his life in Ham Lake, MN. He received a Bachelor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Minnesota and continued working on his Master's and Ph.D. in Mathematics at the U. of M. Rod served in the U.S. Air Force from 1962 to 1965 in the First Aerospace Control Squadron under NORAD in Colorado Springs. He worked on the initial system for tracking orbiting satellites, for which he was awarded the Air Force Commendation Medal. He worked for Minneapolis Honeywell for 28 years and received the H.W. Sweatt Award for technical excellence. Rod began his Masonic career and was raised as a Master Mason by Anoka Lodge No. 30 in 1976. He served as Master in 1981 and as Master of Cass Lodge No. 243 for the 2005-2006 year. He served the Grand Lodge as chairman of the Research and Education Committee in addition to many other committees. He held offices in many Masonic organizations. He was elected Grand Master of Masons of Minnesota in 1994. He was elevated to a 33rd degree Mason. Rod is survived by his wife, Maxine and two daughters, Annette M. Sharon (Garry) Peru, VT, and Janine C. Mattfield (Dan) and children Jordan and Holly Grand Rapids, MN. Other survivors are brother, William E. Larson (Bobbi), Ham Lake and children; sister, Yvonne M. Jackson (Melvin), Swanville and children; sister-in-law, Mary Jane Archibald Diaz, Pharr, TX and children; sister-in-law, Karen Archibald Kretlow (Robert), Coon Rapids, MN and children; niece- in-law, Sherrie Zetterval Mertz (John), Shakopee, MN and children. Rod was preceded in death by his parents; by brother-in-law, Tony Diaz, and sister-in-law, Ethel Archibald. Visitation at Thurston-Lindberg Funeral Home, W. Main St. and Branch Av. in Anoka at 6 p.m. with Masonic and public services at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, 23 January. Visitation also on 26 January at Koop Funeral Home, 32 Main St. E. in Crosby, MN at 1:00 p.m. with services at 2 p.m. Interment will be at the Bay Lake Cemetery following the services in Crosby. No floral offerings, please, instead make contributions to Anoka Masonic Lodge No. 30, elevator fund. Thurston-Lindberg Chapel 763-421-0220 logologo Published in the Star Tribune from 1/16/2008 - 1/20/2008. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://tartandaymn.org/pipermail/news_tartandaymn.org/attachments/20080120/844daaa6/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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(Lavery) Macdonald Macdonald, Ellen J. (nee Lavery) age 87 of Bloomington, passed away 1/13/08 of Pneumonia. Ellen was born in Glasgow, Scotland on 12/29/20. Preceded in death by husband, James; and son, Douglas; parents; three brothers; and one sister. Survived by daughter, Norma; and many loving relatives in Scotland, England and Australia. Ellen was one of the founding members of the Twin Cities Scottish Club, and the cofounder of the first Scottish Fair in the Twin Cities. Memorial service will be held Jan. 27 at 2 PM at MN Masonic Home Chapel, 11501 Masonic Home Dr. (115th & Normandale), Bloomington, MN. No flowers please, memorials preferred to family. Published in the Star Tribune on 1/20/2008. Guest Book . Flowers . Charities -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This is a good year to begin a new job, get married, launch a product or make a fresh start. Ventures begun now may not yield fast returns, but opportunities will come for people who are well prepared and resourceful. The best way for you to succeed is to be patient, let things develop slowly, and make the most of every opening you can find. People born in an Earth Rat (2008 is an Earth Rat year, the last Earth Rat year was 1948-49)) are said to be logical realists, shrewd, charming, ambitious, and inventive. Well, that doesn?t make RATS sound so badly, now does it? So ? Bring on the Year of the Rat! And bring on the Events of the Scottish Community for February: TABLE OF CONTENTS A. COMING EVENTS - For details scroll down the page 1. February 1, 2008, Friday, Sixth annual Eilean Dubh concert at Olivet Congregational, St. Paul 7:30 p.m. $10 at the door 2. February 1, 2, and 3, 2008 The Groundhog?s True Shadow 3. February 2, 2008, Saturday, Clann Tartan Annual General Meeting, and Board Elections. 4. February 2, 2008, Saturday, Up-Helly-Aa fire festival, Brooklyn Park, MN 5. February 7, 2008, Scottish Music Night at Merlin?s Rest starting at 8:30 p.m. 6. February 9 and 10, 2008, Saturday & Sunday, Clann Tartan, Big Island Rendezvous in Albert Lea. 7. February 16 - 17, 2008, 25th Annual A Scottish Ramble, Landmark Center, Saint Paul MN 8. February 16 ? 17, 2008, Minnesota Police Pipe Band, A Scottish Ramble. 9. February 23, 2008, Cedar Cultural Center, Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas 8pm $18 advance, $20 day of show 10. February 23, 2008, Saturday, Rogers Palooza, 7:00 p.m. Benefit Cross Food Shelf, featuring Rattle and Hum, U2 cover band. 11. March 1 and 2, 2008, Saturday and Sunday, Minnesota Police Pipe Band, Rince na Chroi Concert, From the Stage to Your Heart. Check the MPPB web site for details: www.mppb.org calendar page. PRINT THE FOREGOING SECTION AND POST IT ON YOUR REFRIGERATOR DOOR. B. AWAY GAMES 1. List of all Games and other great information from Ray Erwin www.usscots.com C. ONGOING EVENTS - As always, check with the contact before you go. 1. Clann Tartan, Night at the Pub is the 3rd Friday of every month, 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. Merlin?s Rest 2. Clann Tartan hosts Scottish Country Dancing weekly. 3. Clann Tartan Sword Guild meets inside the 2nd Thursday at Corcoran Community Center 4. Wear a Kilt, get a FREE PINT 5. Royal Scottish Country Dance Society ? It's Fall/Winter! They're dancing! D. FUTURE DATES - Additional Information in Future Issues. Mark your calendars now. 1. April 5, 2008, Tartan Day celebration, State Capitol with Ceilidh in the evening. Big plans coming ? See News. 2. April 13, 2008, DSHA Annual Meeting 1:30 PM at Glen Avon Presbyterian Church, 2105 Woodland Ave, Duluth. The Pipe Band will play and the Highlaand Dancers will present a few numbers. 3 May 17, 2008, 5th Annual Minnesota Scottish Fair & Highland Games 4. June 28, 2008, Summer Dance Competition, DSHA, Fitger's Complex, Duluth MN 5. December 3, 2008, Kirkin? o? the Tartans, Episcopal Church of the Epiphany E. ANNOUNCEMENTS - Details below 1. Scotch Connoisseurs take note of special auction of rare bottlings 2. 2009 ? Scotland is calling us home - Scottish Homecoming Launched 3. Rabbie Burns and Clarinda take Center Stage 4. Scottish Research Web Sites 5. TARTAN DAY BUTTON COLLECTORS Take note 6. Rampant Scotland, the largest directory of Scottish Links - still the best F. NEWS - Details below 1. Flowers of the Forest 2. News of Tartan Day Plans 3. News of the Scottish American Center 4. Opt In for a Scottish American Center Mailing List 5. MINNESOTA POLICE PIPE BAND DRUMMERS BEAT THE COMPETITION 6. News from Minnesota Scottish Celtic Dance Association 7. News from A Scottish Ramble 8. News from Duluth Scottish Heritage Association 9. News from Twin Cities Scottish Club 10. St. Andrew's Society of Minnesota News 11. The Gaelic Council of Nova Scotia Receives Grant. 12. News from the Minnesota Coalition of Scottish Clans 13. Merlin's Rest update A. COMING EVENTS ? DETAILS 1 February 1, 2008, Friday, 7:30 p.m. Sixth annual Eilean Dubh concert at Olivet Congregational, St. Paul, with the usual suspects---and Audrey McClellan will read from her new book, Rosie's Ceilidh! This year's theme is "From Scotland to the Far-Flung Islands", and the music features tunes and songs from the Shetlands, Cape Breton, America, etc ---places the Scots emigrated to and left a musical legacy. We have the lovely Laura MacKenzie as well as a stellar new fiddler for Dunquin, Nathan Gourley; they are both stars on the local and international scene, and not to be missed! St. Andrew?s Society of Minnesota sponsors this lovely event. (Editor?s note: This Eilean girl will be there ? Mark you calendar now!) 2. February 2, 2008, Saturday, Clann Tartan Annual General Meeting, and Board Elections. Clann Tartan annual Members Meeting and Board elections. After this day, we will have a new President, and perhaps some others... 3. February 1, 2, and 3, 2008 The Groundhog?s True Shadow From Nancy Antenucci, member, Clan Donald Experience the Celtic origins of Groundhog Day told thru the striking shadow puppetry of Dan Palno and Celtic storytelling of Nancy Antenucci. This hour long show with live music will ignite creative fires for all ages over 6 years old. Dreamland Arts Studio is located in the Midway (www.dreamlandarts.com ). Showtimes are Friday February 1 at 7:30 p.m. with a reception following to meet the artists, Saturday February 2 at 11:00 a.m. and Sunday February 3 at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are $12 per adult and $7 per child ($2 off for Midway neighbors) and can be reserved by calling Dreamland Arts at 651-645-5506. 4. February 2, 2008, Sunday, Up-Helly-Aa fire festival, Brooklyn Park, MN Since an article appeared in the Star Tribune in 1995, the Lerwick family of Brooklyn Park, MN has been celebrating their own little fire festival around the end of January no matter how cold it is. You can say it is about family roots and heritage and such but it?s really just about having a party with flames and stuff. We build a ship and parade it down the street with torches and bagpipes and then burn it in the backyard. Then we have an open house and Ceilidh and there are murmurings of a LAN party in the youth house this year. We eat and play music and dance and just have some old fashioned fun. If you are interested in attending this year contact one of the Lerwick clan at: fernetta at comcast.net , laral8415 at comcast.net , Pmlerwick at comcast.net to get the secret handshake (joke) To find out more about Up-Helly-Aa go to the official City of Lerwick Up-Helly-Aa site at http://www.uphellyaa.org/ 5. February 7, 2008, Scottish Music Night at Merlin?s Rest starting at 8:30 p.m. There will be another Scottish music session on Thursday February 7th at Merlin's Rest starting at 8:30 p.m. and going until 10:15 or so. Musicians with melody instruments are welcome to join. We'll play Scottish standard repertoire and perhaps a few Cape Breton tunes. Sheet music OK if you feel more comfortable not playing "by ear". The first one last month was a great success, and great fun. (Listeners are welcome, too.) 6. February 9 and 10, 2008, Saturday & Sunday, Clann Tartan, Big Island Redevouz in Albert Lea. We will be at the Big Island Rendezvous in Albert Lea - no, we're not crazy - we're in the shopping mall! We'll be providing publicity for the BI Festival in October, and teaching people about life in Scotland in the 1600s. (We'll also be celebrating my birthday with a totally non-period but extremely delicious Dairy Queen Cake, so says Mary McKinley, president forever, Clann Tartan.) 7. February 16 - 17, 2008, 25th Annual A Scottish Ramble, Landmark Center, Saint Paul MN An amazing array of entertainment, cultural events, food, and fun has been put together for this 25th anniversary event by the indefatigable Liz Michaelson and Peggy Lushine. Pipe Bands (MPPB and TC Metro), Highland Dance Competition, Royal Scottish Country Dancing with Thistledown, Ross Sutter, Laura Mackenzie, Katharine Grant, Richard Griffith, Legacy, Clans and Tartans, and Tartan Day, Scotty Roberts and Tam O?Hare, Sword fighting with Terry Wessling and Mike McClellan. And, and ? the food. MSCDA will have their meat pies and bridies, and Irn Bru (I hope); TCSC will have goodies as well. All the Scottish organizations will be there. Great time for you to ask, ?Why should I join ________?? And then you can, right there on the spot. And on Sunday, starting at 12:15 p.m. All the Scottish organizations come together for the Kirkin? o? the Tartans. Bring your piece of Tartan and place it on the platter for the blessing, sing with the MacKinnon sisters Scotland?s great national anthem, Flower of Scotland, thrill to the sight of dozens of tartan banners, flags, kilted laddies and kilt skirted lassies. What an event! Fun on three floors, starting at 10 on Saturday, noon on Sunday and ending at 4:00 p.m. both days. Admission is a modest $5 for adults, $3 for seniors and kids under 12. For all the details check out the web site: www.scottishramble.org NOTHING IS COOLER THAN KILTS IN FEBRUARY! ! See for yourself. Join Us! 8. February 16 ? 17, 2008, Minnesota Police Pipe Band, A Scottish Ramble. Check the www.mppb.org web site or the Ramble web site www.scottishramble.org for their performance and open rehearsals schedule. 9. February 23, 2008, Cedar Cultural Center, Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas The most amazingly beautiful coupling of fiddle and cello playing traditional Scottish dance tunes. EVERYONE in the Scottish community should try and make this show.www.thecedar.org Tel: 612-338-2674 8pm Saturday February 23 $18 advance, $20 day of show 10. February 23, 2008, Saturday, Rogers Palooza, 7:00 p.m. Benefit Cross Food Shelf, featuring Rattle and Hum, U2 cover band. The members of the ?Rogers Professional Group? would like to invite you to join them at Rockwood?s Grill in Otsego on February 23rd, 2008 for a night out on the town! Come spend a night out with some great people & enjoy the amazing sounds of Rattle & Rum (a U2 cover band). Tickets will be ?pre-sold? for we have a limited amount of space with a very limited supply of tickets available at the door so please contact me immediately before it?s too late. The cost of this event is $20 per person with ALL of the profits being donated to the CROSS Food Shelf (http://crossfoodshelf.org/Site.do). If feel compelled to make additional donations, please bring one non-perishable food items with you to the event. The event starts at 7pm on February 23rd & ends approximately at Midnight. Your $20 ticket includes hors d?oeuvres, great music & a great experience for all U2 fans. Please contact me by February 8th if you are interested in partaking in the wonderful event. Dave Muehlbauer Office: (763) 746-9927 Mobile: (612) 384-5638 11. March 1 and 2, 2008, Saturday and Sunday, Minnesota Police Pipe Band, Rince na Chroi Concert, From the Stage to Your Heart. Check the MPPB web site for details: www.mppb.org calendar page. C. ONGOING EVENTS (We have checked these events and to the best of our knowledge, they are "okay." Still, wouldn't hurt to check before you go.) 1. Clann Tartan, Night at the Pub is the 3rd Tuesday of every month. Pub Night has a new location, Merlin?s Rest - where else? Lake Street and 36th Ave South, Minneapolis. Contact Bruce Yodor bruceyoder at juno.com for additional information. 2. Clann Tartan hosts Scottish Country Dancing weekly. Dance regains it's normal schedule of the 1st and 3rd Wednesday now back at the Hiawatha Community Center with construction completed - time is still 7 PM. the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays it's still at St. Christopher's in Roseville - contact Julie at julieyoder at juno.com or Mary at Mairi2 at juno.com for details. 3. Clann Tartan Sword Guild meets the 3rd Thursday at Corcoran Community Center ?inside now since we are officially in winter - contact Marty for information orthodoxdruid at gmail.com and learn how to swing that sword! 4. Wear a Kilt Get a FREE PINT. The last Saturday of every month is Kilt Night! Keegan's Pub (http://www.keeganspub.com/ ) in Minneapolis (owned and operated by our friends, Terry and Virginia Keegan). Wear your kilt and get a FREE pint of Guinness! Woo Hoo! Two of our favorite words in one sentence - Free and pint. 5. Royal Scottish Country Dance Society It's Fall/Winter! They're Dancing! The RSCDS Twin Cities branch holds Scottish country dance classes from 7:30-9:30pm on Monday nights at Tapestry Folkdance Center, 3748 Minnehaha Ave in south Minneapolis. All experience-levels are welcome, and the first six weeks are free! See http://www.rscds-twincities.org/classes.html or contact Lara Friedman-Shedlov: ldfs at bigfoot.com , 612.874.8299 E. ANNOUNCEMENTS ? Details 1. Scotch Connoisseurs take note of special auction of rare bottlings In cataloguing and researching the collection of rare single-malt-whiskies, it was of particular interest to note that a number of the distilleries have now closed and have even been demolished to make way for a supermarket or some other property development. Further information may be obtained at www.scotchwhisky.net/distilleries/ Editor?s note: There followed a long list of individual bottles that would, I am sure, excite the Connoisseurs in our community. The better part of valor, however, seems to be to give you the web site link and let you peruse those of special interest. Link for Scotch Auction: http://www.tcwc.com/387.htm Hmmmm? I just checked that link and we may have missed it. Sorry, although that looked liked wine and not Scotch. Good Luck! 2. 2009 ? Scotland is calling us home - Scottish Homecoming Launched Next year marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of Scotland's national poet and cultural icon Robert Burns, whose message of friendship and 'Auld Lang Syne' lives on. And Burns is the inspiration behind a year long celebration of some of Scotland's great contributions to the world. The Scottish First Minister, Alex Salmond formally launched the "Scottish Homecoming" project this week. This is a programme of events which will run throughout 2009, complementing the vast range of world-class attractions already offered in Scotland. From the world's biggest ever Clan Gathering in Edinburgh to Celtic Connections in Glasgow and from the Open Championship at Turnberry to the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival, there's something special for everyone. For more details (though it's early days yet and the programme is still evolving) see http://www.homecomingscotland.com We have known for some time that Scotland was planning a big to do ? now called The Gathering. Those whose roots lead back to Scotland from all over the world are being called home ? Home to Scotland. I invite you to visit the web site: www.thegathering2009.com and learn about the plans for this massive undertaking first hand. In addition to this event planned for Edinburgh, many clans are planning events around the same time, July 25 and 26, 2009. It seems a long way off today, but those months will fly by and we will all be boarding planes, trains, and automobiles to take us to Edinburgh for what promises to be the largest gathering of Scots anywhere on the planet. (Laddies, if you have been thinking about a kilt, now is the time.) 3. Rabbie Burns and Clarinda take Center Stage From Scottish Snippets, January 26, 2008 Clarinda the Musical The premiere production of Clarinda the Musical, written by Mike Gibb with music composed by Kevin Walsh, opened on Burns Night, 25 January in Edinburgh. This new Scottish musical play tells the fascinating story of Nancy Mclehose and Robert Burns and their passionate but largely platonic affair that gave rise to an exchange of letters and inspired Burns to write "Ae Fond Kiss". Burns called Nancy "Clarinda" in his letters - and called himself "Sylvander". Burns met Nancy for the last time in Edinburgh on 6 December 1791. Nancy told him she had decided to join her now prosperous husband in Jamaica. Shortly afterwards Burns sent the immortal love song `Ae Fond Kiss' to Nancy from Dumfries, capturing the pangs of lost love in his words in a way that has echoed over the centuries. Though they never met again, 40 years to the day after she had left Burns, Nancy wrote in her journal that she would never forget that day. The musical play is based on these events and relationship and shows Nancy to be witty, courageous, flirtatious and coy. The production goes on tour in February to Glasgow, Cumberbauld, St Andrews and Aberdeen. For more details, see http://www.clarindathemusical.com 4. Scottish Research Web Sites We are indebted to our good friend, our favorite retired Marine Corps Colonel, Ray Erwin, faithful contributor to these pages, for the following list of sites you will find useful in your Genealogy Research: SCOTLANDS PEOPLE www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk SCOTS ORIGINS www.scotsorigins.com FAMILY SEARCH LDS www.familysearch.org ARCHON www.hmc.gov.uk/archon/archon.htm NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF SCOTLAND www.nas.gov.uk SCOTTISH ARCHIVES NETWORK - SCAN www.scottishdocuments.com/content/default.asp STATISTICAL ACCOUNTS OF SCOTLAND www.edina.ac.uk/StatAcc / GLASGOW CITY ARCHIVES www.glasgowlibraries.org/archives.htm COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION www.cwgc.org GENUKI www.genuki.org.uk www.Ancestry.com often offers a free trial but otherwise a good subscription investment. I have subscribed for many years and gotten a lot of good stuff. Only problem is that they will perpetuate an error that familysearch.org originates. Semper Fidelis, RE 5. TARTAN DAY BUTTON COLLECTORS Take note TARTAN DAY BUTTONS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE SCOTTISH RAMBLE. Keep an eye out for your January/February issue of the Highlander. The annual full page advert for Tartan Day will feature, as it always does, the 2008 Tartan Day button. Congratulations to designer Jack A. Barker, his 8th consecutive Tartan Day button design. The 2008 ? 10 year anniversary Tartan Buttons are available on line at www.tartandaybuttons.com Minnesota's own Jack A. Barker has been designing the National Authorized Tartan Day Button since 2001. We will next have them for sale locally at the Scottish Ramble in February. Babs almost always has a few stashed in her purse, so if you are looking to pick up a couple, and you happen to see her, ask. Chances are you will score a button. 6. Rampant Scotland, the largest directory of Scottish Links - Still the Best Rampant Scotland - the largest directory of Scottish links! http://www.RampantScotland.com Also with 2000+ illustrated feature articles! http://www.RampantScotland.com/features.htm F. NEWS - DETAILS 1. Flowers of the Forest January came and took from us members of our community, directly and indirectly that leaves spaces that will never be filled in quite the same way. Norma MacDonald, current vice president of TCSC, Mother, Ellen Macdonald, died after struggling with pneumonia on Sunday, January 13, 2008. Together with her husband Jim, they were among the founders of the Twin Cities Scottish Club more than 20 years ago. Here is the obituary as it appeared in the Minneapolis StarTribune: Click here to View and Sign Guest Book View/Sign Guestbook _____ Ellen J. (Lavery) Macdonald Macdonald, Ellen J. (nee Lavery) age 87 of Bloomington, passed away 1/13/08 of Pneumonia. Ellen was born in Glasgow, Scotland on 12/29/20. Preceded in death by husband, James; and son, Douglas; parents; three brothers; and one sister. Survived by daughter, Norma; and many loving relatives in Scotland, England and Australia. Ellen was one of the founding members of the Twin Cities Scottish Club, and the cofounder of the first Scottish Fair in the Twin Cities. Memorial service will be held Jan. 27 at 2 PM at MN Masonic Home Chapel, 11501 Masonic Home Dr. (115th & Normandale), Bloomington, MN. No flowers please, memorials preferred to family. Published in the Star Tribune on 1/20/2008. On the same day, Rod Larson, long time member of St. Andrew?s Society of Minnesota, serving as chaplain and Kirkin? o? the Tartan organizer, died after a long illness. Together with his wife Maxine, they were stalwart leaders and supporters in our community. Below reprinted from the Minneapolis StarTribune: Click here to View and Sign Guest Book View/Sign Guestbook _____ Rodney M. (Rod) Larson Larson, Rodney M. (Rod) Rod has been called to serve our Father after serving mankind for most of his 74 years. He died Sunday, Jan. 13 after almost a year struggling with the treatments for esophageal cancer. Rod was born in Fosston, MN to Marvin E. and Evelyn Eklund Larson and lived most of his life in Ham Lake, MN. He received a Bachelor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Minnesota and continued working on his Master's and Ph.D. in Mathematics at the U. of M. Rod served in the U.S. Air Force from 1962 to 1965 in the First Aerospace Control Squadron under NORAD in Colorado Springs. He worked on the initial system for tracking orbiting satellites, for which he was awarded the Air Force Commendation Medal. He worked for Minneapolis Honeywell for 28 years and received the H.W. Sweatt Award for technical excellence. Rod began his Masonic career and was raised as a Master Mason by Anoka Lodge No. 30 in 1976. He served as Master in 1981 and as Master of Cass Lodge No. 243 for the 2005-2006 year. He served the Grand Lodge as chairman of the Research and Education Committee in addition to many other committees. He held offices in many Masonic organizations. He was elected Grand Master of Masons of Minnesota in 1994. He was elevated to a 33rd degree Mason. Rod is survived by his wife, Maxine and two daughters, Annette M. Sharon (Garry) Peru, VT, and Janine C. Mattfield (Dan) and children Jordan and Holly Grand Rapids, MN. Other survivors are brother, William E. Larson (Bobbi), Ham Lake and children; sister, Yvonne M. Jackson (Melvin), Swanville and children; sister-in-law, Mary Jane Archibald Diaz, Pharr, TX and children; sister-in-law, Karen Archibald Kretlow (Robert), Coon Rapids, MN and children; niece- in-law, Sherrie Zetterval Mertz (John), Shakopee, MN and children. Rod was preceded in death by his parents; by brother-in-law, Tony Diaz, and sister-in-law, Ethel Archibald. Visitation at Thurston-Lindberg Funeral Home, W. Main St. and Branch Av. in Anoka at 6 p.m. with Masonic and public services at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, 23 January. Visitation also on 26 January at Koop Funeral Home, 32 Main St. E. in Crosby, MN at 1:00 p.m. with services at 2 p.m. Interment will be at the Bay Lake Cemetery following the services in Crosby. No floral offerings, please, instead make contributions to Anoka Masonic Lodge No. 30, elevator fund. Thurston-Lindberg Chapel 763-421-0220 Published in the Star Tribune from 1/16/2008 - 1/20/2008. And on the following Saturday, January 19, 2008. Thomas King, Clan MacDougall/MacDowell, Delegate at large, St. Andrew?s Society of Minnesota and faithful and loyal guest host at the Scottish American Center learned of the death of his Da in California. This is what Tom tells us about his ?Pops.? My Da, Virgil Cordell King, was 90. He passed away in Calimesa, CA, just east of Los Angeles. He was a retired DOT of California employee. He was a veteran of WW2 and Korea, highly decorated: Silver and Bronze Star, and the Purple Heart. He was a Company Commander with the 25th Infantry Division through both conflicts. Originally from Winchester, IL he leaves my Mum, Edith; my sister, Mary Jo; and of course myself and my family, Sherrie, Brandywine and the boys. A bit distant but a good heart and I?ll miss him a bunch. He will be laid to rest February 1st at The Riverside Veteran's Cemetery. We mourn with these dear families as they grieve the loss of their loved ones. 2. News of Tartan Day Plans The Tartan Day Planning Group has come up with some new and innovative ideas for the 2008 celebration of Tartan Day. The 10th Anniversary Celebration will begin with the lining up of clans and organizations, pipe bands, and dancers at the foot of the Mall near the Veterans? Building at 2:00 p.m. on SATURDAY APRIL 5, 2008. The Parade will step off at 2:30 p.m. and proceed to the steps of the capitol where a wonderful program is being planned. Everyone, regardless of your affiliation or lack of affiliation is welcome to participate in the Parade. Details in the March 1st issue of the SNIM. Following the Capitol Steps Celebration we will move our celebration to wonderful Titanic Lounge http://www.kierans.com/TitanicLounge.htm at Kieran?s Pub in downtown Minneapolis, www.kieranspub.com 330-2nd Avenue South, Minneapolis MN 55401 Phone (612) 339-4499 where we will enjoy a wonderful Scottish supper ordered off a special menu of Scottish Favorites Kieran is preparing. Then at 8:00 p.m. a wonderful Celtic Concert by Rising Gael www.risinggael.com for which a ticket of a mere $10 is necessary, folks age 16 and over. AND, those tickets can be purchased in advance at the Tartan Day table at the Scottish Ramble. Get yours early and avoid the hassle. (Yes, they are an Irish Band but they have promised lots and lots of Scottish Music.) We are indebted to Jennifer Peterson, president of Twin Cities Scottish Club for making these great arrangements. She has been ably assisted by Neil Johnson, 1st Veep of St. Andrew?s Society. The schedule will be on the web site www.tartandaymn.org when it has been finalized. 3. News of the Scottish American Center Open Hours The Scottish American Center Winter Hours: Wednesdays between 3:00 - 5:00 p.m., 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Thursdays between 6:00 ? 8:00 p.m. Fridays between 3:00 - 6:00 p.m. Saturday between noon and 3:00 p.m. The SAC is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays during the Winter Season. Please call ahead to be sure a Guest Host is on duty. 651-636-1558 or 612-869-7163 or check the web site: www.scottishamericancenter.org We have an URGENT need for new Volunteer Guest Hosts. Guest Hosting at the Scottish American Center is a great opportunity to not only serve the Scottish Community but to plunge into the great books, videos, DVDs, and CDs that have been collected. As a Guest Host, all of this great material is at your fingertips. We have been blessed with a great staff of volunteers, but after almost a year of faithful, weekly service, a few need a break. We could use YOU ? TODAY! How about calling Babs Humphrey at 612-869-7163 or email babsfayth at aol.com and offer to spend one evening (or more) or one Saturday afternoon a month at the Scottish American Center? You will be so glad you did, and so will we. We have a second, upgraded computer system at the SAC courtesy of Don Luther with the help of John Peterson of 3 Celts. We now have a modern computer with a modern system that will take us years into the future, as well as the very serviceable computer that John gave us many months ago. We also have new software and networking gear to get the 2 computers running together. We have also added a couple of speakers to our audio system, to get our tunes into the display area. We have added over 30 additions to the SAC library just in the last 6 to 8 weeks alone. Books, videos, and artifacts, so come in and check 'em out (literally)... (Oh, what?s that? You didn?t know the SAC has a lending library? We sure do. Almost all of the books and other materials in the library are available for ?check out.? There?s a lot going on at the SAC! Come on up and see for yourself. We have an opportunity to claim a larger space if we were to have other Scottish entities interested in chipping in and having shared use of the space. If any are interested, contact Scott McKechnie asap! Thanks to Don Luther?s excellent work updating the SAC web site (take a look it you haven?t been by lately) you can now direct your questions to SAC staff by emailing info at scottishamericancenter.org We are movin? on up! NEW ITEM: Scott McKechnie is meeting this weekend with the powers that be re; Festival of Nations. He has consented to be responsible for that in the name of the Scottish American Center. It has been years since the Scottish Community has had a presence there, outside of the dancing demonstrations, and this is definitely part of the SAC mission to do this kind of community involvement. We will need many volunteers to staff our table for that 4 day event coming up in early May. Scott will be giving a lecture at the Ramble mostly about the Scottish American Center... finances the SAC table don?t you know. Scottish American Center, 151 Silver Lake Road NW, Suite 13, New Brighton MN 55112-3162 4. Opt In for a Scottish American Center Mailing List The staff of the Scottish American Center is well aware that they may often have news they want to pass on to those members of the community who have been participating either as visitors, guest hosts, and generous donors and other interested Scots. Often times there is news for that group that may (or may not) be of interest or pertinent to the entire Minnesota wide community. (And our good border Scots there in Wisconsin.) So, that having been said, we want to develop an email data base specific to the Scottish American Center and issue this invitation to everyone interested in participating to send us their email address along with a simple message ? sign me up for the SAC news list. Send your request to Barbara Humphrey at info at scottishamericancenter.org News of general interest to the entire community will continue to appear in the SNIM on a monthly basis. 5. MINNESOTA POLICE PIPE BAND DRUMMERS BEAT THE COMPETITION January 12, 2008, Minneapolis/St. Paul ? Minnesota Police Pipe Band (MPPB) drummers brought home first and second place medals from the January 12, 2008 Winter Storm Highland piping and drumming competition in Kansas City Missouri. Audrey Stumpf, Chaska resident and a freshman at Pioneer Ridge Freshman Center won the intermediate bass drum contest. Ana Noyola, of Maplewood and a sophomore at Tartan High School won second place honors in the novice tenor division. Sally Gordon, band manager and Minneapolis resident was second in novice bass. Winter Storm is an internationally recognized Highland drumming and piping competition sponsored by the Midwest Highland Arts Fund. The purpose of the organization is to promote the Scottish Highland Arts. The band is next scheduled to appear at the Scottish Ramble in St. Paul on Saturday, 2/16 at noon and Sunday, 2/17 at 4:00 p.m. Both performances will be preceded by open rehearsals to give the public the opportunity to see and hear the band prepare for a performance. Minnesota Police Pipe Band (MPPB), founded in 1963, is active throughout the year in professionally sanctioned contests, averages 30 or more public performances in the metro area and around the State and donates over 400 hours of performance time each year to provide the drama of pipes and drums to charitable organizations. MPPB donates it services for the funerals of Minnesota law enforcement officers and firefighters who have died in the line of duty. The band sponsors an instruction program which provides free lessons for the bass, snare and tenor drums, and for the Great Highland bagpipes. Instruction is available to all, no police or firefighter affiliation is required. Beginning classes are scheduled quarterly and continue through a two-year instruction sequence. A new session is scheduled to begin April 1, 2008. More information about the band is available on the website: www.mppb.org 6. News from Minnesota Scottish Celtic Dance Association Welcome back Kirsty Van Hoven, MSCDA president. CALLING ALL DANCERS: The Scottish Ramble is just around the corner and we would like to have this be a great year for highland dancing. If you are interested in an entry form please contact MSCDA or look at www.mscda.com for registration information. While you are at the Ramble check in with MSCDA's food booth (The place for meat pies, bridies, and Irn Bru) and competition booth for more information about Highland Dancing. If you are not yet a Highland Dancer, find some ghillies (our dancing shoes) and give any one of our qualified teachers a call. MSCDA would also like to congratulate all the dancers who competed in Duluth on the 19th. It was a cozy event (despite the below freezing temps) and lots of great dancing! 7. News from A Scottish Ramble See the information about the Ramble under Coming Events listed above. 8. News from Duluth Scottish Heritage Association The Winter Jig Competition was held on Saturday, January 19, 2008 at Pilgrim Congregational Church, 2310 East 4th Street, Duluth. Ginny Johnson has compiled a list of the winners in first, second, and trophy places. Please click on this link to download the results in a .pdf file. C:\Documents and Settings\Babs\My Documents\Email Newsletter A\WinterJig Results Duluth 08.pdf Thanks Ginny. (Well I don?t know if that is going to work. Fiddle dee dee.) Jill Lucca sends this interesting article: I thought your readers would enjoy reading the latest edition of our area magazine, Woman Today, http://www.thewomantoday.com/?110610 where we have a wonderful story that profiles our Highland Dance instructors and dancing families. I?ve sent copies of this article to those affiliated with dance in Duluth, but welcome your consideration of forwarding the article to those supporters of Highland Dance, and Scottish culture, in the region. I must add that it was nice to see you again at the Burns dinner and I appreciate all your updates on Scottish events in Minnesota. Here are a few more events on our radar: 1) Riverdance on March 4th at 7:30; repeated March 5th at 2 p.m. and again at 7:30 p.m. 2) Natalie McMaster, with the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra, on Sunday, March 30th at 7 p.m. 3) Celtic Woman on April 8th at 7:30 p.m. Best Regards, Jill Lucca / DSHA Highland Dance Committee DSHA held their lovely Burns Night Dinner at the Kitchi Gammi Club. This year?s event was the 32nd in the DSHA history. John Keenan, DSHA piper led the guests from the West Lounge where they had enjoyed delicious hors d?oerves to the Great Hall on the second floor. Beautifully decorated in tartans, candles and heather, the room resembles that which you might find in a great house in Scotland. John Welles was the Toastmaster for the evening while Todd Johnson, president of the Kitchi Gammi Club welcomed diners on behalf of the club. Acting President Alan Mackenzie, looking marvelously fit, and Roger Morris offered a delightful Gaelic Toast; Barbara Humphrey gave the Toast to the Queen, Dr. Daniel McKee the Toast to the (Office of the)President, and Jill Lucca the Toast to the Immortal Memory. The Rev. John Pressler from the First Presbyterian Church the Grace before and after dinner. David Sinclair Bouschor, as always, got the biggest cheer of the evening with his always stirring rendition of the Address to the Haggis. Following dinner a wonderful program of Highland Dancing, singing by the choraliers from East High School, and a wonderfully jubilant dance created by Aeildh Reyelts and danced by Diana Bouschor Dodge, Barbara Reyelts, Ariana Reylelts and Aeildh. Using traditional Highland Dance steps and 50s Rock N Roll attitude, they danced to Rock Around the Clock and brought the house down. Steve Reyelts was the Master of Ceremonies for the Post Dinner entertainment. Among the out-of-town guests were KSTP-TV news anchor Cyndy Brucato and husband Dan Halliday. Scottish Country Dancing led by David and Gloria Bouschor finished the evening. It was a wonderful time. The DSHA web site is www.duluthscots.com 9. News from Twin Cities Scottish Club Don?t forget to check out the Twin Cities Scottish Club Website for information about all of our Upcoming Events, Announcements, Member Registration, and more!! http://twincitiesscottishclub.org 10. News from St. Andrew's Society of Minnesota Don Bruce, 2nd Veep of St. Andrew's sends this months SAS news: Here is the St. Andrews news for February: The St. Andrew's Society Burns Night Dinner was held on Saturday, January 19 at the Minnesota Horse and Hunt Club in Prior Lake. A crowd of over 90 people attended. It was a grand evening, despite the bitter cold weather. A social hour was held and guests got to view and start the bidding on many fine items in the silent auction. Two swords donated by Wells Wright drew some very spirited bidding. Neil Johnson was the emcee for the evening and started it off appropriately with a Rabbie Burns poem entitled "Winter". The entire group sang Flower of Scotland, and then, everyone's favorite Celt, Wild Bill Watkins gave the traditional toast to the immortal memory of Mr. Burns. Bill did a wonderful job and everyone enjoyed his great wit. The haggis was paraded in led by piper Patrick McCormack and Jack Barker Addressed the Haggis with his usual aplomb. Dinner followed and the food was excellent. Dave and Liz Michaelson then favored us with their clever toasts to the lassies and lads respectively. Finally, the first annual Scottish Community Service Award was presented to Barbara Harkey and her family. The award is for a non-Scot who has provided service to the Scottish community. Barbara and her family have, for many years, provided a meal in their home for a Canadian pipe band that comes annually to their home city of Little Canada to march in the parade there. This has become a great tradition, both for the Harkeys and the band. Before the dinner ended, everyone sang a round of Auld Lang Syne. Folks then retired to the lounge for further socializing and to finish off the silent auction bidding. The silent auction brought in over $1300 to be used by the Society for scholarships. Many thanks to all who attended, and to the donors and the bidders at the auction. Also thanks to the members who helped organize the dinner and decorate the dining room. The dining room never looked so beautiful, with special thanks to Joanne Wahl. It was a wonderful, special evening that everyone enjoyed immensely. We are already looking forward to next year's event. We are also looking forward to seeing everyone at the St. Andrew's table at the Ramble. Be sure to stop by up on the second floor and say hello. St. Andrew?s Society web site is up and running with a new address. Check it out, lots of new photos in the galleries. www.standrewssocietymn.org 11. The Gaelic Council of Nova Scotia Receives Grant The Department of Canadian Heritage has awarded Comhairle na G?idhlig (The Gaelic Council of Nova Scotia) $39,000 to make recordings of fluent Gaelic speakers in the province available on the internet. Cainnt mo Mh?thar, a recent project that made video recordings of Gaelic speakers talking about a variety of everyday topics, will form a large part of the completed website. Combined with $8100 awarded earlier by the provincial Office of Gaelic Affairs, funding will allow for the production of a series of proffesionally filmed interviews with Gaelic speaking tradition-bearers in the province. Along with these, the completed website will showcase recordings from other sources as well; including two important collections produced by the Highland Village Museum. When completed, this project will give language learners and the general public a good overview of Gaelic Nova Scotia, as related by modern-day tradition-bearers through their native language, and made available around the world free of charge. This project is being made possible with support from the provincial Department of Gaelic Affairs and the Department of Canadian Heritage through the Canadian Culture Online Strategy. For more information contact Shamus MacDonald Phone: 902-863-7462 Email: comhairlenagaidhlig at gmail.com 12. News from the Minnesota Coalition of Scottish Clans From Ellen Long, MCSC Secretary Wow, what a good meeting we had on the 12th. Although we didn?t have the pot-luck things seemed to go well and there was ample time before the meeting to visit with friends and catch up. The cost of buying lunch at the caf? was a little expensive, but the food was generally good. Thank you all for accommodating the changes in order to have our special speaker. We heard lots of positive comments about the seminar Mr. Rice gave on genealogy. It was packed with a lot of information and ?leads?. The talk went a good bit longer than expected, probably because Mr. Rice knew we were extremely interested in the things he had to say. We?ve talked with Mr. Rice about putting together a day long program sometime in the next year or so that we could possibly hold at the Minnesota History center so that some hands on research could be done in conjunction with the seminar. We?ll keep you posted on that as things develop. If you have any comments or suggestions please let us know. If there are other people you feel would be beneficial to hear speak we would also like to know about those opportunities for future MCSC meetings. Those of you who were able to attend received your Scottish Fair packets from Liz. Anyone not attending the meeting should be receiving the packets in the mail soon, if you haven?t already. For those organizations participating in the Scottish Ramble, Liz also handed those packets out during the meeting. One of our members has misplaced their Ramble packet. If you found it or if you could look in your materials from the meeting to see if it was picked up by mistake it would be greatly appreciated. If you have it, please contact us to make arrangements to get it to that member as soon as possible. Thank you. The MCSC table still needs volunteers to fill a few spots. Please send an e-mail to Terry Wessling to volunteer or find out about our needs. ( twessling at comcast.net) Thanks again for a great meeting and such a positive experience. See you at the Ramble! Remember Tartan is encouraged. 13. Merlin's Rest update: An actual report from Himself, Bill Watkins: Merlins Rest, Now open for traditional British Isles style breakfast at weekends, 9:00 a.m. ? 2:00 p.m. There were at least 7 Burns? Night dinners/suppers/celebrtions in Minnesota that we had heard about. And we attended 3 of them. Each has its own unique charm. But, without a doubt, the most raucous, the noisiest, the one that may have been most like a celebration Rabbie himself might have attended was the one celebrated on Friday night, the actual birthday of the bard, January 25 at Merlin?s pub. The place was packed. John McCormack?s Irish group played on in their corner, Patrick McCormack was there with his pipes a bawling out the traditional tunes, Dick Morrison in his grand kilt brought out the haggis, Tim Dickson addressed it in an enthusiastic and humorous fashion, and each attendee was offered a plate of haggis with tatties and neeps compliments of the house. Glasses of single malt were passed by John Dingle for the toasting. Aye, I fear all the glasses had been drained before the toasting began. John Dingle, a Welshman of fine repute and superb voice, was persuaded to sing We?ll Keep a Welcome, a traditional Welsh Chorale piece and the house responded with thunderous applause and cheering. This reporter departed as the featured band arrived and before the toasts to Rabbie were offered so you?ll have to nab one of the MacMillans or Bill himself for a report and the latter part of the evening. COMING NEXT MONTH: Our review of Bill Watkin?s third book in the trilogy, The Once and Future Celt. Stay tuned. AND IN CLOSING Ray Erwin, always up to bat with amusing, educational, interesting, informative, and jolly pieces to gladden our hearts sends this months reward for sticking with us to the end: That "Moving finger writes...." did so well in the last Newsletter. Maybe another one? "Who is Barbara? what is she, That all our swains commend her? Holy, fair, and wise is she: The heaven such grace did lend her, That she might admired be." I use this with any female clerk and get splendid service. Actually it is a sonnet by Shakespeare "Who is Silvia?" and exists in a song. There is more: "Is she kind as she is fair? For beauty lives with kindness. Love doth to her eyes repair, To help him of his blindness. And, being helped, inhabits there. "Then to Silvia let us sing, That Silvia is excelling; She excels each mortal thing Upon the dull earth dwelling: To her let us garlands bring." I learned the first stanza in sophomore class about 1940. I learned a lot in high school* and our graduating class had 30 grads, 1942. Semper Fidelis, Ray Erwin *don't ask! If you have coming events, news, or announcements you would like included in future issues, please send the information to us (babsfayth at aol.com ) and we will publish in the next issue. Our deadline for the first of the month issue is the 27th of the previous month. Please let us know if you would like to be included in the reminder email that we send on the 20th of the month. Please feel free to forward this on to whomever you think might enjoy receiving it. As always, if you do not wish to continue receiving Scottish News in Minnesota, go to www.tartandaymn.org , click on Scottish News in Minnesota, click on subscriptions page, and follow the directions for removing your email address from the mailing list (or adding it if you aren't currently receiving it directly). 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