2023 Calendar of Events
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| JAN 07 | Annual General
Meeting 4pm Meeting followed by 6pm Dinner (click her for info) |
Nicholson's Back
Stage Event Center Downtown Cincinnati |
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| Various | Ohio Scottish Arts School classes | See website | WWW |
| JAN 28 | Rabbie Burns
Scottish Supper 6-9pm |
RSVP Event Center Loveland,OH |
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| TBA | Dine for Dancers: Support the OVSS dance scholarship fund and indoor competition | Grand
Finale Glendale, OH |
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TBA |
Caledonian Society scholarship fundraiser |
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| MAR 11 | St.
Patrick's Day Parade 12 Noon |
Downtown Cincinnati, OH |
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| TBA | OVSS Indoor Highland Dance Competition |
Waldorf School Cincinnati, OH |
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| APR 15 | Caledonian Pipes &
Drums Tartan Ceilidh 5:30pm |
7440
Mason-Montgomery
Road
Mason, OH |
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| APR 06 | National Tartan Day | WWW | |
| TBA | Society Spring
Meeting Whiskey ans Wine at the Works |
20 Grear Millitzer Pl. Loveland, OH |
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| MAY 20-21 | Smokey Mountain Scottish Festival & Games | Townsend Visitor
Center Townsend, TN |
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| MAY 26-28 | Alma Highland Festival & Gathering of the Clans | Bahlke Field, Alma College; Alma , MI | WWW |
| TBA |
Glasgow, Kentucky
Highland Games |
Barren River Lake
State Resort Park Lucas, KY |
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| JUN 03- JUL 23 | Kentucky Highland
Renaissance Festival (Weekends Only) |
Eminence, KY | WWW |
| JUN 17 |
Celtic Fest Ohio |
Waynesville, OH | WWW |
| JUN 23-24 | Ohio Scottish Games | Cuyahoga County
Fairgrounds Berea, OH |
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| JUN 24-JUN 30 | Ohio Scottish Arts School |
Baldwin-Wallace Univ. Berea, OH |
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| JUL 06-09 | Grandfather Mountain Highland Games | MacRae Meadows
Linville , NC |
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| JUL 14-16 | Cincinnati Celtic Festival | Downtown Cincinnati | WWW |
| TBA | Annual Founders' Day Corn Roast |
Area 22, Group Picnic Area at Mt. Airy Forest | WWW |
| TBA | Columbus (Indiana)
Scottish Festival |
Bartholomew County
Fairgrounds Columbus , IN |
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| OCT 20-22 | Stone Mountain Highland Games & Scottish Festival | Stone Mountain Park
Stone Mountain , GA |
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TBA |
Society
Fall Meeting Movie Night |
RJ Cinema Distillery & Taproom | WWW |
| TBA |
Saint Andrew's Tartan Ball |
Netherland Plaza Cincinnati, OH |
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| NOV 30 | Saint Andrew's Day |
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| WED Evenings | Scottish Country Dancing [FLYER] | Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church 5950 Montgomery Road Cincinnati, OH |
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- Burns Night -
Author of "Auld Lang Syne" and many other songs
commonly sung even today, coiner of the phrase
"Wad some power the giftie gie us tae see
oursel's as ithers see us", Robert Burns is the
National Poet of the Scottish culture. Born
January 25th, 1759, his birthday is celebrated
annually by Scots all over the world in various
forms from the very formal to the more casual.
The Society follows the latter tradition each
January on the Friday closest to his birthday
with food and drink, song, poetry, dancing and
the ubiquitous (for Scots) bagpipes. Come join
us.
- Corn Roast -
Every August, just for fun, members and friends
gather for a day of burgers, hot dogs, sausages,
and corn, piping, country dancing and summertime
companionship. We provide the grillables, corn,
and soft drinks, tea and coffee.
- St. Andrew's Day
- St. Andrew is the patron Saint of many
countries, including Scotland. He is perhaps
more personal to Scots since tradition has it
that late in the Roman era of Britain,
(according to Catholic tradition), an angel
appeared to St. Regulus, or Rule, and directed
him to disperse the bones of Andrew "in the four
corners of the earth". In the course of this
mission, St. Regulus and St. Theneva arrived in
Scotland where a miraculously revived St. Andrew
appeared. The three saints then erected the
church of St. Andrew. His bones were kept there
until the Reformation, at which time they
disappeared.
- St. Andrew's
Night - St. Andrew's Night is celebrated
with much pomp and circumstance. The setting is
reminiscent of a castle "great hall", with Clan
Banners and Crests suspended over colorful
kilted gentlemen and beautifully gowned ladies.
The evening begins after a cocktail hour, with
entry of the officers, each accompanied by a
piper, banner bearer and armed escort. Dinner
follows, after which the annual Caledonian
Scholarship and a Scholastic Excellence Award is
presented to local students, and contributors to
the Society and the community are recognized.
Guests spend the remainder of the evening in
modern and Scottish country dancing and enjoying
performances of The Caledonian Pipes, Drums and
Dancers, and the Royal Scottish Country Dance
Society. Formal kilted attire and dresses are
preferred, but coat and tie is acceptable.
- Society Meetings
- Annual Meeting - The purpose of this meeting is solely to elect trustees and officers and to conduct the business of the Society.
- Spring and Fall
Meetings - These are primarily social
gatherings and members may bring guests. The
format is usually a cocktail hour followed
by dinner, after which a short program of
entertainment or piping is usually offered.
As a rule business is restricted to election
of new members.