Election Time! Celtic Holiday Party

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1 Celtic Holiday Party Mark your calendars for the annual Celtic Holiday Party. This year the party will be on December 3 starting at 6pm at the McKenzie s home (3393 S. Carol Dr.). Please bring an hors d oeuvres to share AND some non-perishable food items for the food bank. Knockabouts Adopt-A-Family For the second year, the Knockabouts will be involved with the Salvation Army as part of their Adopt-A-Family program for the holidays. Last year we raised over $700 in food, clothing, toys and gift cards for one family! Many of NACHS members contributed as well as NACHS as an organization. If you would like to contibute please contact us at info@knockabouts.org or give me a call at We have the details for the family if that helps you know what they need. Thanks so much for your generosity. Election Time! Don t forget that it s election time! If you would like to get involved in a position or just to vote come to the December meeting (Dec. 7) at 6pm at the Adult Center.

2 December 3 Celtic Holiday Party, 6PM, Jude & Richards House December 5 Irish Christmas In American, 7:30, Orpheum December 6 Gaelic Class, Thorpe Park Adult Center, 6:30 December 7 NACHS Meeting, Thorpe Park Adult Center, 6 PM December 13 Gaelic Class, Thorpe Park Adult Center, 6:30 December 20 Gaelic Class, Thorpe Park Adult Center, 6:30 December 27 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. Celtic Social Hour Don t miss the opportunity for some Celtic socializing before the Teada concert! NACHS members will meet at Uptown Billiards for a social hour (and some holiday goodies) on Sunday Dec. 5 at 6pm. Canvas Kilt for SALE Looking for a Canvas Kilt??? We have one for sale!!! Waist-37, Length-21 This kilt came from Buzz Kidder and it s a nice shade of navy. If interested call Jude at Hogmanay Happening Join NACHS for a Hogmanay Happening! The party will start at the McKenzie s home (3393 S. Carol Dr.) at 7ish. We ll have drinks and hors doeuvres and fellowship galore. At about 9:15 to party will migrate downtown for the 10pm pinecone drop! Now, that s the way to end one year and start another! If anyone would like to bring a goodie to share that would be encouraged.

3 Sunday, December 5, 2010 at 7:30pm An Irish Christmas in America with Teada and special guests Living Traditions Presentations Production The Orpheum Theater 15 W. Aspen Ave. Flagstaff, AZ $13 students, $21 to FFOTM, NACHS, seniors, $23 advance, $25 at the door Produced by Oisín Mac Diarmada of award-winning lrish group Téada, the atmospheric Irish Christmas in America show once again features top Irish singer & accordion-player Séamus Begley in the 2010 touring line-up. After an incredible reaction from audiences during the 2009 tour, Séamus Begley from West Kerry, rejoins a host of top musicians and dancers on stage for an engaging performance rich in history, humour and boundless energy. The magic of the Irish harp and uilleann pipes from leading exponents Gráinne Hambly and Tommy Martin augments the rhythmic pulse of Brian Cunningham s stunning old-style Irish dance. This family-friendly performance features evocatively-sung Irish ballads and holiday carols, lively fiddle tunes and thrilling Irish dancing. Narration brings to life ancient customs and stories, while evocative photographic images provide a backdrop of rich historical context. Friday, March 18, 2011 at 7:30pm Slide Ireland Living Traditions Presentations Production The Orpheum Theater 15 W. Aspen Ave. Flagstaff, AZ $13 students, $21 to FFOTM, NACHS, seniors, $23 advance, $25 at the door The New Year's Eve standard, Auld Lang Syne, was "written" by the Scots poet Robert Burns, whom NACHS will commemorate on February 2, 2011 with our own Burns Supper. The word "written" is in quotes because the poem/song was not completely original, as Burns pointed out when he sent a copy to the Scots Musical Museum in 1788: "The following song, an old song, of the olden times and which has never been in print, nor even in manuscript until I took it down from an old man". Indeed, a song published more than 70 years earlier called Old Lang Syne is similar to Burns' poem and may have been inspired by the same "old song". Regardless of the source of Burns' inspiration, he is clearly the one responsible for it's popularity and it quickly became a Scots' custom to sing it at hogmanay. The song spread to the rest of the British Isles and eventually made its' way to America when it arrived with immigrants, and with the help of Canadian band leader, Guy Lombardo, is now the most popular New Year's Eve tune.

4 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 5, 2011 from 2 to 5 The Kilted Cat 2600 W. Kiltie Ln.! Tickets available at: Animas Trading Co. Arizona Music Pro Or call Jude McKenzie Tickets $30.00 each TICKETS MUST BE PURCHASED BY Feb. 5 Thanks to Flagstaff Cultural Partners, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Arizona Commission on the Arts for their continued support!

5 The Northern Arizona Celtic Heritage Society (dedicated to presenting, promoting, and preserving Celtic culture) presents: A ROBERT BURNS SUPPER An evening of traditional food, entertainment poetry, bagpiping celebrating the life of Scotland s most famous poet!!! Feb. 5, 2011 from 5 to 9 Cocktail Hour from 5 to 6 Entertainment starts at 6 The Kilted Cat 2600 W. Kiltie Ln. Tickets available at: Animas Trading Co. Arizona Music Pro or Jude McKenzie Adults-$30.00 Children-$15.00 TICKETS MUST BE PURCHASED BY Jan. 31 Thanks to Flagstaff Cultural Partners, the Flagstaff Community Foundation, and Coconino County for their continued support!

6 Directory of Celtic Arts For Lessons: Bodhran Ron Barton: Fiddle & Irish Dance Kari Barton: Irish Whistle John McGregor Flute Jacquie McGregor For Performance: Bagpipers Jude McKenzie The Knockabouts John McGregor Pure Dead Brilliant Rebecca Cooke