The Ghillies Gazette - Introductory

The President's Pen

The Ghillies Gazette has a new look and we hope you like it! Our newsletter will be published quarterly (Jan 1st, Apr 1st, Jul 1st, Oct 1st) in email format with links to our website for information on socials, dance of the month, upcoming events and news. This being our first "get the bugs out" email issue, please bear with us. If you have any news, articles, pictures, etc. to publish in the newsletter, please send to Roger LaPrelle. The deadline for submissions is the 10^th of the month preceding publication.

Congratulations to all our high school graduates: Amanda Davis, Matthew Harris, Joel Dunn and Kimmy Winkley. We heard a good time was had by all at your graduation party and dance!

The June Social will be the 14th at 7:30PM at the Ballroom in the Sky. The July "Auld Alliance" Social will be the 13th at 3:00PM at BITS and will be followed by a Potluck dinner.

This weekend is the Texas Scottish Festival and Games in Arlington. It is a fun weekend filled with music, dancing and lots of Scots and "weekend" Scots all having fun. Hope to see you there!

Cynde Jennings

Events

Current and upcoming events are listed in the ASCDS Calendar. If you have events you want publicized, send them in an e-mail to Roger LaPrelle.

Demo Team News

The Teens have been the active demo group lately. It was a pleasure to work with them in preparation for their trip to Houston and the demos there. As a result of the enthusiasm of the teens, there is a change in the demo rehearsal schedule. Adults will meet the first Friday of the month at 7:30 pm. The third Friday will be left free for extra rehearsals when required. The Teens will meet the fourth Friday of the month at 6:30 pm.

Sarah Harriman

Dances of the Month

June

Level 1c - Corn Rigs
Levels 2&3 - Miss Milligan's Strathspey

July

Level 1c - Reel of the 51^st Division
Levels 2&3 - Roaring Jelly

August

Level 1c - St. Andrews Fair
Levels 2&3 - Montgomeries Rant

News from Around the State

San Antonio

The Fifth Annual Bluebonnet Ball was held in San Antonio April 6th. All responses were very positive. We danced 19 dances, some of them twice. Fiddle champion Elke Baker and pianist Liz Donaldson kept our feet going with nearly 4 1/2 hours of exceptional music. It was a pleasure for all to dance with such graceful, handsome, funny, cooperative, and lively people. As always, the young people from Austin showed us what Scottish Country Dancing is all about.

The Bluebonnets also performed the weekend of April 6 at the San Antonio Highland Games in Helotes. Due to the traditional Scottish weather, cold mist and light rain, we were not able to perform as scheduled but did find time between band performances on the big stage. The Sunday performance was also done in the large pavilion. We danced MacPherson's Jig, Trip to Gatlinburg, Sauchie Haugh and Mairi's Wedding. At the end of Mairi's Wedding, Torf joined in with all hands around.

The Bluebonnets meet at Our Lady of the Lake University, at the Cultural Center every Sunday afternoon from 3:00 - 6:00 p.m. We invite all who are interested in having a great time. You can contact Pam Keith at (830) 980-7913 for more information.

Pam Keith, San Antonio Bluebonnets

The Austin SCD Group

If you want to send an announcement to the AustinSCD eGroup, email the message to AustinSCD@yahoogroups.com as if you are addressing the entire group. The message will be sent, exactly as it appears, to everyone in the eGroup, if it is approved by the moderator (Tim Harrison). Most messages are approved.

You can join the eGroup to receive email message announcements of interest to SCDers in the Austin area by sending an email message to AustinSCD-subscribe@yahoogroups.com from the email address at which you want to receive announcements.