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Your participation is what makes events successful. Thanks to Stephen Riggs, Dani McGruer, Nicki Keesee and Nancy McPherson for preparing stuff for Tartan Day.

1 Moran Taing Many thanks to Kris Satterwhite for knocking herself out doing up baskets and baked goods for the Highland Tea with Diana Gabaldon. Thanks also to Michael Satterwhite, Dani McGruer, Nicki Keesee, Barbara O Lone and Richard McKenzie for baking, piping, tending bar and selling raffle tickets as well as other jobs. Your participation is what makes events successful. Thanks to Stephen Riggs, Dani McGruer, Nicki Keesee and Nancy McPherson for preparing stuff for Tartan Day. Our Tartan Day event turned into a lovely social hour, what a nice surprise! Huge thanks to Michael Satterwhite and Richard Ferguson for spending so much time and effort in organizing the Gaelic Immersion weekend!!! It was a rare opportunity to be able to partner in an event of this caliber. MEETING NIGHT CHANGED FOR MAY! The May meeting has been changed to May 15. It will still be at the Adult Center from 6 to 8. Come check out the planning for the festival and other events. Make your voice be heard! We love new ideas!!! 4th of July Parade We are looking for anyone who is willing to participate in the 4th of July Parade! The parade is the last big push to advertise the festival and it s a darn good time. The details are just forming now but it looks as though we will need people for the parade at around 8am and expect to be finished about 11 or noon. There may be plans for our usual barbeque too. If you are interested in participating please call Jude at Volunteers Needed! The 15th annual Arizona Highland Celtic Festival is coming soon and we need some great volunteers. If you have some time you would like to share anytime from July 19 through July 23 please call our volunteer hotline at We have all manner of jobs and it might just be the most fun you ve ever had! Movie Review Just watched a silly British movie called Assassin in Love. This movie is set in modern times about a hit man who gets out of the business by hiding in a tiny Welsh village as the village baker. The comedy begins when people get the idea he is a hired killer and believe he will kill with his cakes. Great accents, scenery and spoof on village life. May newsletter stuff

2 May 7th Gaelic Class, Thorpe Park Adult Center, 6.30 May 14th Gaelic Class,Thorpe Park Adult Center, 6:30 May 15th NACHS meeting, Thorpe Park Adult Center, 6:00 Mat 21st Gaelic clas, Thorpe Park Adult Center, 6:30 May 28th 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. Silent Auction We have a few silent auction items left from events that are time sensitive. I am taking any reasonable offer for these items!!! If you are interested please call Jude after May 6th at Teeth Whitening by Dr. Benjamin Stark $350 value Hair Cut Certificate from Julie at The Shop $40 value 1 Chiropractic exam and adjustment from Robert Perry or Bruce Lee $45 value 1 Chiropractic exam and adjustment plus! hour massage from Robert Perry or Bruce Lee and Rebecca Cooke $70 value 1 hour massage from Rebecca Cooke $60 value Knockabouts in concert at the Irish Culture Center June 2nd The Knockabouts will be presenting a concert at the Irish Culture Center in Phoenix on June 2nd. The Knockabouts will be performing a concert of mostly Scottish music and gives the band an opportunity to perform some of thier more "relaxed" music. Contact the ICC for ticket information or John McGregor at You can also get more info by visit wwwknockabouts.org

This June 2003 article by The Virtual Visitor might inspire some readers to visit Yosemite National Park and the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir on their upcoming summer vacation: Today I am standing mid-span

On the west side, over 400 feet below, is the Tuolumne River; to the east is an eight-mile, 120 billion gallon water supply for the City of San Francisco.

Muir becomes a noted naturalist, preservationist, and the first president of the Sierra Club. Michael Maurice O!Shaughnessy is born in Limerick, Ireland in 1864.

3 This June 2003 article by The Virtual Visitor might inspire some readers to visit Yosemite National Park and the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir on their upcoming summer vacation: Today I am standing mid-span on O!Shaughnessy Dam at Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in Yosemite National Park. On the west side, over 400 feet below, is the Tuolumne River; to the east is an eight-mile, 120 billion gallon water supply for the City of San Francisco. Park Ranger Keith Andrews is explaining the parallel roles played by two famous men in the controversial creation of the dam. John Muir is born in Dunbar, Scotland in 1838 and emigrates to the U.S. in Muir becomes a noted naturalist, preservationist, and the first president of the Sierra Club. Michael Maurice O!Shaughnessy is born in Limerick, Ireland in He becomes a noted engineer and builder of public works projects including dams, tunnels, and aqueducts. In 1871, Muir makes his first trek into Hetch Hetchy. This magnificent area, known as the other Yosemite, is located on the western edge of Yosemite National Park. He is enthralled by the abundant waterfalls (Tueeulala and Wapama Falls are both over 1000 feet tall), the rock domes and sheer cliffs, reminiscent of Half Dome and El Capitan, in Yosemite. In 1882, the City of San Francisco, 160 miles to the west, begins searching for inexpensive, abundant water to serve its growing population. The valley of Hetch Hetchy is in the city!s sights. In 1890, the U. S. Government creates Yosemite National Park, including Hetch Hetchy. In this same year, San Francisco Mayor James Phelan proposes damming the valley to create a reserv oir for his city. Bitter political battles ensue for the next 23 years, pitting the needs of millions of people and a growing metropolitan area against the pristine beauty of a remote natural paradise. One of John Muir!s most famous quotes comes during this period: that to dam Hetch Hetchy one may as well dam for water-tanks the peoples! cathedrals and churches, for no holier temple has ever been consecrated by the heart of man. In 1913 President Woodrow Wilson signs the bill allowing for the creation of a dam. In 1914 Michael O!Shaughnessy is appointed Chief Engineer for the construction of the entire complex. John Muir dies in December of that year In 1923, at a cost of 68 people, 100 million dollars, 390,000 cubic yards of concrete, and six million board feet of lumber, the project is completed. The dam is named for Michael Maurice O!Shaughnessy, along with a boulevard and sea wall in San Francisco. Note: the road from Yosemite to Hetch Hetchy is via a safe, paved, well- mahttp://sn105w.snt105.mail.live.com/att/getattachment.aspx?tnail=5&messageid=267d e1-- a ad7359c&aux=10 0 8CEF43910E86EC &maxwidth=220&maxheight=160&size=att&- blob=m3xizwnoiehly2h5ie8nu2hhdw5lc3nlesbeyw0uanbnfgltywdll2pwzwc_3dintained road that leads right to O!Shaughnessy Dam. There is adequate, free parking along with hiking and walking paths.

4 July 17-19, 2012 NAU Campus Instruction by Bua with Randy Gosa Instruction in: Fiddle Flute Whistle Bodhran Guitar Singing Dancing

com June 10, 2012-8:00pm Claire Mann & Aaron

2012-7:30pm Bua Venue TBA September 20, 2012

5 Upcoming Concerts Contact Kari at June 10, :00pm Claire Mann & Aaron Jones Coconino Center for the Arts July 19, :30pm Bua Venue TBA September 20, 2012 Full Set 7:30pm Coconino Center for the Arts October 20, 2012 The Tannahill Weavers 8:00pm Coconino Center for the Arts

6 Flagstaff Recreation Services presents: Soar into Spring Kite Festival Saturday, May 12th 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Foxglenn Park (4200 E Butler) All day $3.00 wristband: Bounce Houses Kiddie Caboose Free: Kite flying Arts and crafts Library Activities Bubble carnival Active games Face painting Balloon Animals Carnival Games

Interesting facts about the ancient Celts Land, People & Language # Celtic culture, and most probably also language, originated in central Europe, around the Alps.

7 Interesting facts about the ancient Celts Land, People & Language # Celtic culture, and most probably also language, originated in central Europe, around the Alps. The earliest major Celtic settlement was found in Hallstatt, Upper Austria. It dates from 1200 BCE. Austria, Switzerland, Southern Germany can be seen as the "Celtic homeland". # Celtic culture spread to most of Western Europe (France, Belgium, Spain, Britain, Ireland), Bohemia and the Danube valley between 600 and 400 BCE. People in those areas spoke a similar language, shared a same religion, similar traditions and beliefs, the same arts and techniques... # There were some minor regional differences between Celtic people. For example, houses in Britain and Ireland were typically round, while those in Gaul were rectangular. # The term "Celt" comes from Greek Keltoi or Galatae (Galatian), and Latin Celtae or Galli (Gaul). We do not known how thet called themselves, but it is likely to have been a word in between those, maybe resembling the modern word "Gael". # Though the Celts did not have their own writing system, Celtic-language inscriptions in Latin or Greek alphabets have been found on Celtic sites. # Contrarily to popular beliefs, Celtic languages were still spoken after the Roman conquest. Saint Jerome ( ) notes that the language of the Anatolian Galatians in his day was still very similar to the language of the Treveri (from the region of Trier and the border of Germany and Luxembourg). # Celtic languages progressively disappeared during the Middle Ages. They only survived in Brittany, Corwall, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and for a time also in Galacia (north-western Spain). Today, only a minority of people can still speak Celtic/Gaelic languages, and they are mostly confined to Wales, Brittany and western Ireland. # Genetic studies have found no common link between the people living in the regions erstwhile belonging the the Celtic culture. This would mean that there hasn't been major waves of migrations from the Alps following the spread of Celtic culture. In other words there is no such thing as a Celtic ethnicity. Nevertheless, most of the ancient Celts must have belonged to the Y-DNA haplogroup R1b1c.

8 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

Moran Taing. History Channel Hillbilly the Real Story

Moran Taing. History Channel Hillbilly the Real Story Moran Taing Thanks to Mike Casey for his help with grant writing! Fingers crossed we will do well. Thanks also to everyone who helped with the Sedona St. Patricks Day parade and the Riordan Mansion St.