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Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. New Lanark, Lanarkshire. Gordon Brown, Wikimedia. St. Andrew's Society of Montreal Wee Weekly News January 12, 2022 This week's features Announcing the 2022 Kilt Skate: Home edition Burns Supper rescheduled for April 7 Read the Scottish Banner online Gaspé region gets its own tartan New Scottish acquisitions at the Atwater Library Announcing the 8th annual Great Canadian Kilt Skate: Home edition! Until February 28 Again for 2022, we are launching a kilt skate for pandemic times—a stay-in-your-bubble, pan-Canadian event: the Great Canadian Kilt Skate: Home Edition! Everyone, everywhere can join: on your backyard rink, on the outdoor rink at the community centre, on the frozen pond down the road. To participate, simply put on your tartan or kilt, head out on the ice and share your photos and video clips! Be sure to include the #KiltSkate2022MTL hashtag to your social media posts so that you're counted in the contest to see who wins the Kilt Skate Capital of Canada. If you don’t use social media, you can email your photos and videos to us. “Our faces may be masked, but our knees will be bare.” Burns Supper rescheduled for Thursday, April 7 Due to current COVID restrictions, it is no longer possible to hold the Burns Supper on the date we originally planned. However, we are thrilled to announce that we have been able to reschedule the event for Thursday, April 7—the day after Tartan Day! All other details of the Supper will remain the same as originally planned, including our guest of honour Michael Yellowlees who will still be in attendance. If you have already purchased your tickets, you are still on the guest list for the new date. We are looking forward to this annual event that celebrates Robert Burns who came to fame as a poet when he was 27 years old, and whose lifestyle of wine, women and song made him famous all over Scotland. Join us and share a wee dram with friends, enjoy a traditional Scottish meal (with a gourmet flair) and raise your glasses in a toast to the lads and lassies! Tickets and information While the Montreal Burns Supper is postponed, why not celebrate Burns Night online with our friends at the Scottish Society of Ottawa! Their virtual Burns Celebration takes place on Tuesday, January 25 at 6 p.m. and can be viewed free of charge on their Facebook page, their YouTube channel, or their website. This spectacular evening will include traditional Burns celebration speeches, dancing, and brilliant music from performers such as Anna Ludlow, the Broken Bridges, Michael Yellowlees, and the pipes and drums of the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa. For more information, visit the OttScott website! Read the January issue of the Scottish Banner online! In this issue, you can read about: the first-ever Burns Supper, held five years after the poet's death the Scottish thistle—Scotland's national flower Tristan Cameron Harper, a photographer and mountain guide with a passion for Scotland’s incredible outdoors ... and much more! The Scottish Banner is the Scottish community’s largest international newspaper for ex-pat Scots or those with an interest in Scottish culture and tradition. Published monthly in print format or by digital download, the Scottish Banner offers its readers interesting stories on Scottish current affairs, regular feature columnists, history and heritage, genealogy, Scottish club and society news, event listings, piping features, recipes, and much more. We encourage you to subscribe! To give you a taste of the content offered by this fine publication, we are making this month's issue available on our website. Quebec's Gaspé region gets its own tartan Thanks to the efforts of a Matane piper and a kilt maker from Quebec City, the region of Gaspé now has its own tartan officially registered with the Scottish Register of Tartans. The adoption of this tartan honours the Scottish and Celtic roots of the people in the region. We extend our warmest congratulations to all involved! You can read the full story on the CBC website. Announcing new Scottish acquisitions at the Atwater Library Looking to do some reading in the new year? 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: Claire Askew, What You Pay For William Boyd, Trio Chris Brookmyre, Fallen Angel (eAudiobook) George Mackay Brown, The Storm and Other Poems Robert Burns, Rab the Rhymer: Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: A 250th Birthday Celebration [eAudiobook] Kirkland Ciccone, Happiness Is Wasted On Me Ann Cleeves, The Heron's Cry Ajay Close, What We Did in the Dark Alan Cumming, Baggage [physical book and eAudiobook] Diana Gabaldon, Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone Andrew James Greig, Whirligig Ian Hamilton, Bonnie Jack [eBook] Kirstin Innes, Scabby Queen  Kenny MacAskill, Radical Scotland Stuart Macbride, The Coffin Maker's Garden Sally Magnusson, The Ninth Child Peter May, Lockdown Peter May, The Night Gate Alexander McCall Smith, Precious and Grace Alexander McCall Smith, A Promise of Ankles Alexander McCall Smith, The Talented Mr. Varg Charlotte McConaghy, Once There Were Wolves William McIlvanney & Ian Rankin, The Dark Remains William McIlvanney, The Kiln [eBook] Andrew O'Hagan, Mayflies Manda Scott, Into the Fire Manda Scott, A Treachery of Spies Sara Sheridan, Brighton Belle [eBook] The Etruscan Smile [DVD] How to borrow: The library building is currently closed to the public, but staff are providing takeout library service. You can arrange loans of physical books and DVDs through the online catalogue, by phone (514-935-7344) or by email, and make an appointment for pickup. Most pickups will be scheduled for Tuesdays and Fridays from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. A thank-you note from the Atwater Library With the generous support of the St. Andrew's Society and many other donors and volunteers, the Atwater Library is thriving and providing an array of useful services to individuals and community groups. During the pandemic we've conducted a wealth of programming online and expanded our reach to include people throughout the Province of Quebec and beyond. In the past year we've hosted close to 200 English-language educational and cultural events online: information sessions, hands-on workshops, lectures, author readings and discussions. We've emphasized digital literacy and financial literacy for older adults, combining learning and socializing. Our Scottish Collection now numbers over 1,825 books, eBooks, audiobooks and DVDs. The Collection comprises materials by Scots and people of Scottish descent, and about the history and culture of Scotland and the Scottish diaspora—especially Montreal Scots. You can use our online catalogue to see all our titles. To find out what's in our Scottish Collection, simply enter "Scottish Collection" in the search field. We welcome everyone, especially members of the St. Andrew's Society. Heartfelt thanks! Lynn Verge Executive Director, Atwater Library Upcoming/ongoing events Tuesday, January 25 Online event: Robbie Burns Celebration Hosted by the Scottish Society of Ottawa Information> Thursday, February 24 WhiskyFête 2022 Tickets and information> Until February 28 Great Canadian Kilt Skate: Home edition Information> NEW DATE! Thursday, April 7 Burns Supper 2022 Tickets and information> Scotland and Canada have enjoyed a special relationship for centuries. Please visit #ScotlandIsNow and find out about some of the connections that bind our two countries together. 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. Support the St. Andrew's Society Copyright © *|CURRENT_YEAR|* *|LIST:COMPANY|*, All rights reserved. *|IFNOT:ARCHIVE_PAGE|* *|LIST:DESCRIPTION|* Our mailing address is: *|HTML:LIST_ADDRESS_HTML|* *|END:IF|* Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. *|IF:REWARDS|* *|HTML:REWARDS|* *|END:IF|*

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