XPost: rec.travel.cruises, soc.culture.scottish, rec.travel.europe   
   XPost: rec.music.makers.bagpipe   
   From: micheil@shaw.ca   
      
   On 29 Oct 2006 17:17:07 -0800, "piperut"    
   wrote:   
      
   >A few months ago I posted something on rec.travel.cruises and   
   >soc.culture.scottish about if there was interest in doing a   
   >Transatlantic Crossing and a tour of Scotland in 2008 that would   
   >include the World Bagpipe Championships in Glasgow in August, and the   
   >Edinburgh Tattoo, along with many of the historical sites in Scotland.   
   >After the tour fly home.   
   >   
   >On Reformation Sunday the Presbyterian Churches hold a "Kirkin' of   
   >the Tartan" service.  At the Kirkin'  the clans gather, and people   
   >now bring district, and military tartans to be blessed in the   
      
   >"Kirk".   
   >(Kirk is Gaelic for Chruch.).   
   Kirk is Scots for Church, from Dutch Kerk.   
   The Gaelic for church is Eaglais as in Gleann Eaglais (Gleneagles) -   
   Valley of the Church.   
   The English for Chruch is Crutch   
   The Gaelic for Crutch is Crasg (some people say Croitse.)   
      
      
      
   >Of course there is some controversy as   
   >if they every really blessed the tartan in the churches in Scotland   
   >during the time the wearing of the tartan was banned by the British   
   >Crown, but that is a moot point now.   
   >   
   >This morning I went to the Kirkin' at the First Presbyterian Church in   
   >Salt Lake, and actually represented Clan Buchanan.  While the people   
   >representing the clans were milling around, and making small talk prior   
   >to the service we started talking about going to Scotland, and my plans   
   >to Sail the Ocean to remind people how many of their ancestors arrived   
   >in North America in times of old, and I was working on setting this up   
   >for August of 2008.   
   >   
   >One of the Clan representatives mentioned there is a move afoot to have   
   >the clans return to Scotland in 2009.  I checked a couple of different   
   >clan websites, and there is mention of "Many events throughout   
   >Scotland in 2009 for these event" on those websites.  This is really   
   >preliminary information about the "Return of the Clans to Scotland in   
   >2009."   
   >   
   >I am cross posting this note to rec.travel.cruises,   
   >soc.culture.scottish, rec.travel.europe, soc.culture.celtic, and   
   >rec.music.makers.bagpipe.  The reason for the cross posting this to   
   >these groups is to see if anybody has more information about this plan   
   >for "The Return of the Clans to Scotland in 2009"?   
   >   
   >If anybody does have information about the Return of the clans, please   
   >either post it as a response to this thread, or email it to me.  The   
   >email address on that I post from is not correct in order to keep down   
   >on the amount of spam I receive.  My email address is:   rolandbehunin   
   >at  mail.weber.edu   
   >   
   >Right now, I am not if the original plan to try to do the Transatlantic   
   >Crossing, and a tour of Scotland including the Worlds, the Edinburgh   
   >Tattoo, and many of the historical sites in August of 2008 would be the   
   >best plan, or to hold off a year and do this during the year that it   
   >appears the Scottish Tourist Ministry is attempting to get the clans to   
   >return to Scotland.  If you have any input to this, please either post   
   >it as a response to this tread, or email me at the above address.   
   >   
   >Thank you   
   >   
   >Roland Behunin   
      
      
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