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Public Forum: (Video) NQ Scots help Ayr to celebrate 100 years

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      CommentAuthorFraser
    • CommentTimeJul 11th 2010 edited
     
    THE Burdekin Theatre Forecourt was filled with Scottish music and dancing this weekend when the Ayr and Lower Burdekin Caledonian Association launched its centenary celebrations.

    The North Queensland Scots Pipe Band opened the celebrations at 10am on Saturday (July 10) with a variety of traditional and contemporary music.

    The Burdekin Celtic Dancers will followed up with a display of highland dancing.

    After the entertainment, an exhibition of photos and other memorabilia was open at the Ayr Library.

    Burdekin Library Services manager John Scott said the display had been put together by the Caledonian association to highlight the group’s role in the Burdekin district over the past 100 years.

    Mr Scott said the Ayr and Lower Burdekin Caledonian Association was formed by a group of Scotsmen on June 4, 1910. The first chief was David Edwards, senior vice chief was William Conley and junior vice chief was Alexander Young.

    Twenty men attended that foundation meeting at the Delta Hotel. Within two months the membership had almost trebled and, by 1912, it had grown to 123 men (women were not accepted back then).

    Current member Bill Christie, said the new association quickly set about celebrating all of the important functions in the Scottish social calendar such as Robert Burns night, annual reunion, St Andrew’s night, Hogmanay and New Year’s Day highland gathering and sports.

    “The annual reunion, or installation of the new chief, became one of the most important functions of the year and there were always pipers, drummers and dancers present,” Mr Christie said.

    The Caledonian association display will be at the Ayr Library until Saturday, July 24.

    Coinciding with International Happiness Day, one of the spectators was moved by the music so much she made a quick video of one of the contemporary pieces being performed. Thank you to Marianna Hoefle!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0HxpH9dxxI

    Admin Note: this youtube video has embedding disabled so you will have to copy paste the url. :)

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