CALENDAR OF EVENTS WHAT’S ON in
WHAT’S COMING UP
APRIL and MAY
April 10 and 11 - Highland Dan cing Championshi ps at Gold Coast Sports and Leisure Centre April 17 - Best of British presented by Queensland Pops Orchestra www.qpac.com.au
June 12 and 13 - Clydesdale Spectacular at Boonah . www.ticketbo.com.au/clydiespectacular
April 24 - Braw Scots Dinner and Ceilidh hosted by Clan Campbell. Contact Billon 3402 2594 or Bob at macnjan@powerup.com.au. April 25 - Scots Who Have Served will march in the Townsville Anzac Day Parade. May 21 - A Night in Scotland hosted by Order of St John Priory of Queensland at Southport Yacht Club Gold Coast. Contact Shane Hough on 0400 657 372 or sjhough@onthenet.com.au May 23 - The Gathering at Ipswich celebrating all Celtic cultures. Get your tickets early at www.gatheringfestival.com.au/ tickets.
Small Pipe learning and playing held at Milton on the first Tuesday of each month from 7pm. Contact Malcolm on 3820 2902 or Ken on 3279 4093. Gaelic classes are held each month in Brisbane. Visit www.facebook.com/BrisbaneGaelic for details. Townsville and Thuringowah Pipe Band rehearse at the Thuringowah Sound Shell on Wednesday nights from 6.30pm. New members welcome.
NEW SOUTH WALES IN 2021 Apr il 2 to 3 Maclean H ighl and www.macleanhighlandgathering.com.au .
June 11 to 13 - Townsville Tartan Weekend including Heavy Games competition, music workshops, Clansmen Ceilidh and Tartan Day parade. Contact mlg7@optusnet.com.au.
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May 1 and 2 - Glen Innes Celtic Festival celebrating Ireland and the Isle of Man
July 10 - Mackay Scottish Bluewater Fling - a celebration of Scottish music, song and dance D
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August 19 - 22 - Scots in the Bush at Boondooma Homestead www.boondoomahomestead.org.au August - Toow oomba Caledonian Society and Pipe Band 150th anniversary celebrations October 9 - Celtic Spectacular presented by Queensland Pops Orchestra at QPAC Concert Hall, Brisbane. www.qpac.com.au
Are you heading to THE GATHERING in Ipswich on May 23? Are you interested in the coal mining industries in IPSWICH and SCOTLAND? Get a signed copy of FAR ACROSS THE SEA the true story of a young man who left the coal mines of Ayrshire to work underground in Ipswich.
This book is based on real people, places and events and is part of a series.
Read excerpts here: www.scottishbooks.webs.com
SCOTTISH TUNES AND CONVERSATION ON THE RADIO Join Ron Tannock every Thursday night from 7pm to 9.30pm and every second Saturday from 9am to noon for the Sounds of Ireland (and Scotland), on Burnett River Radio 91.5FM broadcasting to Gayndah and Central Burnett region. Colin Nightingale hosts Acoustic Harvest every second Thursday night at 8pm on bayFM100.3. Enjoy ‘A wee bit o’ Scotland on Thursday’ on 4EBFM98.1 from 2.15pm to 4.30pm. Scottish Program on Global Digital Radio (4EB) each Sunday from 2pm to 3pm. Triple T 103.9 Townsville Community Radio’s Scottish Program each Sunday from 3pm to 5pm with Don MacDonald. 12
Scots News Magazine April/May 2021
