JOIN US AND MARCH IN THE
TARTAN DAY PARADE 2012
On Saturday April 14th ... The New York Tartan Day Parade will cap off a great ten days of events that the ASF and others will be undertaking during Scotland-Tartan Week 2012.
To register to march with the ASF, click here and be in touch with us.
The American-Scottish Foundation® is proud to be one of the three founder members of The National Tartan Day New York Committee and to have been involved with Tartan Week and the Tartan Day Parade from the outset.
SONG OF RETURN
The winner of the BIG APPLE TARTAN CLEF AWARD for the Best New Band from Scotland will be playing a series of showcases during Tartan Week.
Click here to learn more of our involvement with this exciting group.
Presented by ASF in association with Creative Scotland and Nordoff Robbins, Song of Return will be performing with Scotland's Phamie Gow on these dates:
Wednesday, April 11
Joe's Pub
425 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 1003
www.joespub.com
Saturday, April 14
Mercury Lounge
217 E Houston Street, New York, NY 10002
www.mercuryloungenyc.com
The American-Scottish Foundation® is also grateful for the support of:
New York Metro Pipe Band to lead ASF up Sixth Avenue
Founded in January 2010 by friends from several area pipe bands, in only it's second year the band traveled to Glasgow and won the World Pipe Band Championship in Grade 3b. The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association has just promoted NY Metro to Grade 2, the penultimate level, skipping 3a altogether. Having come this far in only two years, the band is well on it's way to ensuring that New York City will have a top tier, Grade 1 bagpipe band within the decade.
NY Metro's goal is to provide a platform for the best pipers and drummers in the New York Metro area to compete at the highest possible level on the world stage. Led by Pipe Major Michael Mahoney and Lead Drummer Adrian Mordaunt, NY Metro is committed to advancing our cultural heritage through musical excellence.
The American-Scottish Foundation® & the NY Metro Pipe Band are partnering to further their mutual vision of promoting the Great Highland Bagpipe by exploring financial and youth development programs.
Look for NY Metro, wearing the Ancient Red Gordon tartan, as they lead the American-Scottish Foundation® in this year's Tartan Day Parade.
About the National Tartan Day New York Committee
The National Tartan Day New York Committee was formed in 2002 by the Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York, the New York Caledonian Club, and The American-Scottish Foundation®
to organize New York City's Tartan Day Parade, help perpetuate Tartan Day and coordinate Tartan Week activities. Other organizations such as the Clan Campbell Society and the Tartan Army are recent additions to the Committee. The Committee is a non-profit 501(c)3 corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York.
About Tartan Day
In 1998, the US Congress designated April 6th as national "Tartan Day,” to celebrate the contributions to America by Scottish-Americans. The date is the anniversary of the Declaration of Arbroath (1320), one of the first documents in the world to declare a right to freedom.