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Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. St. Andrew's Society of Montreal Wee Weekly News January 13, 2021 This week's features: Celebrate Robert Burns Day with the Scottish Society of Ottawa New Scottish acquisitions at the Atwater Library News from our sister society in Los Angeles Online concert of Scottish Baroque music The January edition of the Scottish Banner now available Celebrate Robert Burns Day online with our friends at the Scottish Society of Ottawa! Gala Burns Supper January 23, 7 p.m. online Put on your Prince Charlies, kilts, gowns, and favourite tartan and enjoy the Scottish Society of Ottawa’s virtual Gala Burns Supper in the comfort of your home. This promises to be an evening of lively and enjoyable entertainment to be sure! Master of Ceremonies: Carl Gauthier ("the voice of the CAF”) Selkirk Grace: The Reverend Karen Dimock Address to the Haggis: Ron Roach (back by popular demand) The Immortal Memory: Graham McTavish (yes, from Outlander!) The Toast to the Lassies and the Reply: Donnell Leahy and Natalie MacMaster   Ceilidh performers include the Pipes and Drums of the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (Duke of Edinburgh’s Own); the Ottawa Highland Dancing Association and the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society (Ottawa Branch); and the Ottawa Valley Fiddlaires. Tickets for the online entertainment cost $15 (plus fees and taxes) and are now on sale. For more information, visit the event website. Announcing new Scottish acquisitions at the Atwater Library Thanks to support from the St. Andrew's Society of Montreal, the Atwater Library has been able to purchase new titles to add to their extensive Scottish collection. The following items are now available: Graham Robb, The Debatable Land Alexander McCall Smith, The Colors of All the Cattle Martin Stewart, The Sacrifice Box Alistair Moffat, The Hidden Ways: Scotland's Forgotten Roads Peter May, The Man With No Face Alexander McCall Smith, The Department of Sensitive Crimes Ian McEwan, Machines Like Me Ali Smith, Spring Damian Barr, You Will Be Safe Here Kaite Welsh, The Wages of Sin James Kelman, Dirt Road Denise Mina, Conviction Sandra Ireland, Bone Deep Peter May, Snakehead Peter May, The Runner Peter May, Fourth Sacrifice Peter May, Chinese Whispers Alasdair Gray, Of Me and Others: 1952-2019 Kaite Welsh, The Unquiet Heart Elizabeth Macneal, The Doll Factory Shetland, Season 5 [DVD] James Crawford (ed.), Bloody Scotland: New Fiction from Scotland's Best Crime Writers David O'Keefe, Seven Days in Hell Ken McGoogan, Flight of the Highlanders T.M. Devine, The Scottish Clearances Alexander McCall Smith, To the Land of Long Lost Friends Alistair MacLeod, To Every Thing There is a Season Lucille H. Campey, After the Hector: The Scottish Pioneers of Nova Scotia and Cape Breton, 1773-1852 Alistair MacLeod, Son of a Highlander Val McDermid, My Scotland M.C. Beaton, Beating About the Bush Douglas Stuart, Shuggie Bain Billy Connolly, Made in Scotland: My Grand Adventures in a Wee Country [eAudiobook read by Gordon Kennedy] How to borrow: The library's touchless takeout library service continues during the winter of 2021. Members can reserve paper books and DVDs online through the catalogue, by email or by phoning 514-935-7344. One of the librarians will notify you of your pickup time—either a Tuesday or Friday between 3:00 and 6:00 p.m.. Not a library member? It is easy to join! The Atwater Library is a "library without borders": everyone is welcome as members and users, regardless of municipal address. The membership fee ranges from $10 for three months up to a maximum of $35 for a full year. People aged 60+ pay only $20 for a full year. To join using a credit card, you can phone the library at 514-935-7344 any weekday between 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Saint Andrew's Society of Los Angeles The St. Andrew's Societies of Montreal and Los Angeles have shared deep ties of friendship for many years. We are thrilled to be able to share with you interesting items from their monthly newsletter. To stay informed about the activities of our brothers and sisters in Los Angeles, subscribe to The Thistle! On Sunday, January 24 at 6 p.m. (Montreal time), the Saint Andrew's Society of Los Angeles will be hosting its own Robert Burns Supper. The festivities will be virtual but will include all the hallowed traditions you are used to: Procession of The Haggis, Address to A Haggis, Toast to The Immortal Memory, Toast to the Lasses and the reply, plus music, entertainment and recitations of Burns' most memorable poems. Plus at the conclusion of the traditional proceedings you can enter a room of your choice to experience Scottish Country Dancing or learn more about those single malts at a virtual tasting event. Tickets for non-members cost $15 USD. For information and registration, please visit the Saint Andrew's Society of Los Angeles website. Online concert of Scottish Baroque music: The Scottish Connection / Le Lien Écossais Eighteenth-century composers and audiences were fascinated by the rhythms and colours of traditional Scottish songs. This intimate concert by the award-winning ensemble Infusion Baroque features arrangements of Scottish folk tunes by Francesco Geminiani and Franz Joseph Haydn. With Meagan Zantingh, mezzo-soprano. The concert premiers on Vimeo on Thursday, January 21, 2021 at 7 p.m.; ticket holders will have unlimited access to the video between January 21 and February 17, 2021. Tickets cost $25/$12 and are available at brownpapertickets.com. Have you subscribed to the Scottish Banner? In this month's issue, you can read about: the links between Robert Burns and Scotland's oldest bank the Canada-Scotland Friendship Group, a nonpartisan parliamentary committee aimed at advancing and strengthening the ties between our two countries the macabre plot to steal—and then return—a relic from Robert Burns's grave ... and much more! To give you a taste of this month's issue, we have updated our website with the January ScotWord puzzle and the "This Month in Scottish History" feature. Upcoming/ongoing events Until February 28, 2021 Great Canadian Kilt Skate: Home Edition More information> January 23, 2021 Scottish Society of Ottawa: Gala Burns Supper More information> We are pleased to introduce Scottish Affairs Canada as one of our partners. Scotland and Canada have enjoyed a special relationship for centuries. Please click on the #ScotlandIsNow logo and find out about some of the connections that bind our two countries together. Banner image: Jeremiah Davison, James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton, 1702–1768, and his family, 1740. National Gallery of Scotland. Founded in 1835, the St. Andrew’s Society of Montreal is a charitable society dedicated to the assistance of Montreal’s Scottish community, to education, and to the preservation of Scottish arts and culture. 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