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Members' Corner
Christmas Potluck & Gift Exchange
As is the Society's custom in December (the 20th), we
held our annual Christmas potluck and gift exchange. The turn out was
overwhelming! Santa came with gifts for 23 children, the most ever. We
ended up putting at least one small card table up, in between the larger
round tables that we traditionally use. And the food... What can you
say?!? It was plentiful and delicious! The officers are already
discussing how to ensure that we have room enough next year to
accomodate a gathering of equal size. We thank you all for coming and
we wish a Merry Christmas to each and every member...and may 2010 be
a good year for all of us!
Santa dropped by our December potluck meeting...right on schedule!
(Foto by Fischer.)
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Society Directory Biographies
Members...don't forget to fill out your biographical
data form (for our forthcoming, member directory) and get it turned
into Jim and Carla MacIntosh. Jim and Carla are doing a beautiful job
of compling this book for the benefit of all. The goal is to have a
hard copy of the finished product at each meeting, so that members
may use it to more readily identify other members whom they may not
know. In addition to a brief bio about the members, one or more pictures
can be included on each page along with images of appropriate clan
crests, etc. If you need, or would like, an electronic copy of the form
click here
and we'll get one sent to you by return email.
Trinity Hall Has "Landed" in Allen!
The folks at
Trinity Hall Pub
(Mockingbird and Central Expressway;
Mockingbird Station) opened a second location in Allen, in late 2009.
The new property is located in its own, free-standing
building, on the west side of US-75, south of the Allen Outlet mall.
The address is: 305 Central Expressway N., Allen, TX, 75013. Check 'em
out if you're up that way.
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Other Society Activites
John and Margaret pose with "Grape Man" at the 2009 GrapeFest, in
downtown Grapevine. Grape Man is one of several "characters"
provided by the folks at
SilverLily Productions.
(Photo by Lilli Erickson-Siler, SilverLily Productions.)
Workin' the crowd at GrapeFest (Sep/2009). Jennifer (left - fr the
West Lothian delegation)
and John, help a guest look up a tartan based on her surname, or that
of an ancestor in her family. Discussions with attendees at these
events often begin with a "wee bit o'tartan research" using our trusty
"Tartan For Me"
book, which lists upperward of 20,000 names and associates each with
one or more tartans from Scotland, Ireland and/or Wales. (Photo by
Anna Lightbody,
West Lothian Council.)
Society members pose in front of Thomas The Tank
Engine on March 28th, 2009, in Grapevine. It was a cold and
windy day -- almost downright Scottish -- but a good time
was had by all!
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New to our Tartan Day line up in 2009: Double Portion
and the K3 Sisters perform for our guests. They were
great and we're hoping they'll grace our stage in the years
ahead!
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A very familiar face at our Tartan Day Ceilidhs, Brooke Sim
prepares to show us all how it's done!
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Miss Fiona's youngest students showing us what they've
learned accompanined by live pipe music no less!
(Tartan Day, 2009)
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