Welcome to the Online Clann Tartan Newsletter for September 2009

It's coming up to that time of the year again!

Upcoming events

Gaffneyis Got Talent

We are putting together such a list of in-house talent. If you wish take advantage of this free advertising, please let David know that you want to be on the list, along with what you make or can help others make.

Thanks.

David
baethan1630@yahoo.com or 612-378-1973

Road Trip

One proposal for a future trip was to head south to meet with a group from Texas. Lisa Gillstrom McCanna has the details on the Texas group. This is only one possibility, if you know of other likely events that should be considered, please get the details, including dates and location to staff. staff@clanntartan.org Staff needs to get any proposals so they can decide on feasibility and worth before bringing it to the board. The board then needs to decide on the financial aspect. Please get any ideas to staff as soon as possible, be sure to include as much pertinent information as is available.

Another possibliity is a trip to St Augustine Florida in either January for a muster type event with a local reinactor group http://www.floridalivinghistory.org/ or in early March to participate in a battle reinactment of Searls raid. http://www.getaway4florida.com/events/calendar/moreinfo.php?Event_ID=23117 The reinactment is a brief Saturday afternoon event so we would have lots of time to study the rich historical past of the area. If this sound interesting and you want to consider going, please contact David Vavreck.

Discover the Manual

A lot of valuable information is in the current Clann Tartan Manual.

Wanted!

Deadline for articles to go in October's newsletter will be the 15th of September.

Board Minutes

I. Minutes
Approved at meeting

II. Reports
A. Vice President
Not present.
B. Treasurer
June revenue was $1050 from MSFHG in May and Twig in June. Show expenses were $216.94 and total overall expenses were $425.32. For the current fiscal year, expenses exceed revenue by $2,070.63, which is on track for June 30th. Cash on hand is $6,220.11. Still have not received payment for Ramble from last February, working with promoter to resolve.
C. Secretary
Has assembled a committee for the cookbook revision. Will begin meeting soon.
D. Quartermaster
Rotted leather on armor has been replaced. Received buckle catalog and passed it on to Mike. Our bandoliers need work - David and Mike are addressing this. Marty has the bucket we left behind at MSHFG as well as the large cast iron pot. John O’Duggan straightened our bent tent stakes and uprights. We need to order some 69 ball or lead/lead-free pewter for molds. Trooper 4 is missing.
E. Camp Rep
None.
F. Company Rep
Not present - no report.

III. Guild Reports
Sword Guild - a place has been found to practice once equipment arrives. David requested the purchase of a book on highland swordsmanship. The request was approved
Tactical went well. We need to fell four more trees to have all the timber for the first house. The next work weekend will probably be in August, and then the last one of the season in October.

IV. Events
A. Drill
July drill will be on 7/25.
B. Perham
No updates.
C. Renaissance Festival
Laura has volunteered her van for storage overnight.
D. Aberdeen
Julie will call Sean about transportation.
E. Hudson
No updates.
F Big Island
We are responsible for nine demos this year.
G. Mankato
No news.
H. Melton Bridge
Mia will send Russ a birthday card.

V. Old Business
A. Garage
We have been having security problems. The owner has declined to renew our lease, which expires in mid-September. Bruce is continuing to keep an eye out for other possibilities. We will be contacting our members in Baldwin regarding possible use of a pole barn.
B. Web site
No news.
C. Newsletter
Doing better.
D. Minutes getting out
Needs improvement.

VI. New business
A. Keith’s offer
Keith Chesney has offered to trade a large cast iron skillet for a Clann membership. The board approved the trade.
B. Library
Julie will contact Sarah regarding updating the inventory. Betsy will ask her roommate if she would be interested in cataloging. We should add a notice to the newsletter informing members that Clann has a library.
David has acquired a copy of the Articles of Militarie Discipline.
David also has a copy of James Kuehl’s coat pattern and will make copies for the library.
C. Affordability
Betsy brought up the issue of whether or not everyone can afford dues. Betsy and Anthea will discuss an announcement to be placed in the newsletter asking anyone with financial difficulties to contact their camp or company rep.

STAFF MINUTES

Meeting was held Monday, August 3, at Mia McDavid's house. Present were Mia McDavid, Betsy Bolton, Margaret Kirkpatrick, Laura Swenson, and Julie Yoder

Perham -- Julie will gather R.s.v.p.s and plan meals. Mia will act as HCF. Betsy will captain. Laura will haul trailer.

Hudson -- Laura will check with Joe's mom about using their pole barn to store the trailer. If we may, Laura will put the trailer there after Perham and haul it to Hudson. Set up will be Saturday evening, and the show is Sunday until about 4:00. Julie will HCF, Betsy will captain.

Aberdeen -- Julie will check with Sean about their participation, in light of promises made when we contracted the show. Mia can haul, using Laura's van. We will encourage some of the Baldwin boys to attend; maybe they can drive themselves. Julie and Mia volunteered to be responsible adults if necessary.

Melton's Bridge -- ask Mary to take point on this one. We have already received invitation, and do not need HCF. WE will need minimal equipment.

Big Island -- Jaimie has volunteered to cook the lamb(p.s. Jaime is now on the DL, Marty will pinch hit.). Mia will contact Barb Everson about getting one. Mia will contact Perry about set up date -- can we do it on the prior Saturday? If not, we will have to try to get people down in the afternoon on Wednesday to do it.

Mankato -- We will haul the trailer from BI to Jack's, and try to get people to come Wednesday afternoon for set up.

We will try to move our gear from the garage on Saturday, August 29 if we have a place to put it. (Renaissance Festival, previously scheduled for that date, has been canceled.) Only other possible dates are August 22 and September 5.

Sutlery -- Since we do not currently have a sutler, staff has decided we will return the consigned games to McGregor and return goods consigned by members to that member. However, we should continue to work on the cookbook, since Pigasus is eager to buy them. Sutlery is currently at Lisa's.

We discussed fund raisers, both what we have done in the past and what might be doable for us now. Would it be possible to have a booth at a farmers' market and sell baked goods? Betsy will check with her mom about regulations.

Submitted by Julie Yoder

Board & Staff

If you need to contact someone associated with Clann Tartan, here is where you find out how. If you are unsure who to contact, you can always email us at: info@clanntartan.org

Guilds

Contact:
David Vavreck
baethan1630@yahoo.com
612-378-1973

Music

The Yoders have graciously offered to host music once a month. We will meet at their house at 4736 12th Ave S, Minneapolis, from 7 - 9pm the 4th Monday of each month.

To contact the Yoders, call 612-825-4519 or email to Julieyoder@juno.com.

To contact your Music Chair, call David at 612-378-1973 or email to baethan1630@yahoo.com

Thanks, and I look forward to making some noise with y'all!

David

We have a yahoo groups email list for the guild that we use for reminders about the meetings and topical discussions. If you want to be on the email list, request an invitation to join from Bruce at bruceyoder@juno.com.

Gaffneyis Glee Club

Please contact your music chair, me, to express your interest, and to let me know what evenings would work best for you. And if you can host.

I am thinking maybe twice a month, but you can vote on that, too.

I will set it up for the day(s) with the most votes.

And if you have a better name for it than Gaffneyis Glee Club, I am all ears. It does have a nice ring to it, though.

David Vavreck
612-378-1973
baethan1630@yahoo.com

Gaffneyis Recorder Consort

We have seven members already, and are working on a bit more refined style of music than we do in our regular music meetings.

Contact your music chair (David) if you are interested in joining up.

baethan1630@yahoo.com or 612-378-1973

Dance

It is at the corner of 27th Av S and E 44th Street. Both streets are one way. That block of 44th between 28th and 27th Avenues is one way westbound and that block of 27th Av between 44th and 43rd Streets is one way northbound. You must enter turning west onto 44th St from 28th Av and exit from 27th Av onto 43rd St.

Questions? call Mary at 651-699-6853 or Julie at 612-825-4519

2nd & 4th Tuesdays
Saint Christopher's Episcopal Church, 2300 N Hamline Ave. in St. Paul.

It is at the northeast corner of Highway 36 and Hamline Avenue (Hamline is between Snelling and Lexington). The church is actually encircled by the highway entrance ramp.
The Dance Guild gathers weekly from 7PM-9PM to learn and practice historic Scottish country dances.
For more information call:

Mary at 651-699-6853 or Julie at 612-825-4519

It's a great place to meet people!

We have a yahoo groups email list for the guild that we use for reminders about the meetings and topical discussions. If you want to be on the email list, request an invitation to join from Bruce at bruceyoder@juno.com.

Fiber Guild

Historic Site

Calendar of Events

The following is a list of the dates of the events that are currently on the schedule for this year. The staff has met and decided to keep this running list of events in the newsletter to give you a chance to get an idea of what is going on this season as well as keep you updated to changes in the schedule.

The column titled status will include the following information.

Tentative- this means that an event organizer or Clann has expressed a strong enough interest in doing this event that it warrants reserving space on the calendar for the event.

Pending- this is the next stage of an event. This means that the Contracts Administrator has entered serious discussion about Clann doing an event but we are still not committed to the event. You should however if possible think about whether or not you may be able to attend this event.

Scheduled- this level means that the board and staff have approve the event and we are committed to providing manpower to making the event happen. When an event is assigned this level please let Julie know as soon as possible if you can or can not attend this event.

Canceled- This means that for various reasons an scheduled event has been removed from the current season. We will try and give as much notice as we can prior to canceling an event.

If you have any questions about this, please feel free to contact me regarding this matter

Thanks,
Lisa Gillstrom McCanna

Maps

1st and 3rd Wednesday Dance Lake Hiawatha Neighborhood Center 2701 E 44th St., Minneapolis	Map to St. Paul location St. Christopher's- Dance
Map to Bruce and Julie Yoder's Home Music and Board & Staff Meetings 4736 12th Ave S, Minneapolis 55407	Map to Glenn & Mia's home Hosts for staff meetings 340 Brooks Ave Roseville, MN
Jen O'Rourke Host for Fiber Guild 1638 Arlington Ave Saint Paul, MN 55106

Scottish Day at Hudson Presbyterian Church Sep 12 2009

DIRECTIONS FROM ST PAUL: 94W to exit 2 Hudson WI exit- top of ramp go left (North) on Carmichael road- go 1 mile to stop light at VIne street- take a left onto Vine to First Presbyterian Church on the right hand side of vine street- (just before the church is a blinking stop sign- we are the first drive way past the sign) white church

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Northeast South Dakota Celtic Fair, Aberdeen SD Sep 19-20 2009

Location

Big Island Rendevous is located in Albert Lea, MN - just off Interstate 35 about 98 miles south of the Twin Cities.

Drive Time

Allow about 2 hours from the Twin Cities.

Directions

From Minneapolis or Saint Paul, take I35 South to I90 in Albert Lea.

Take I90 West to the 90 west take exit 157 (one mile)

Turn Left and head South on Bridge Avenue to Hammer Road (about 1 mile).

Turn Right and head East on Hammer Road to the park entrance.

You will be able to drive on-site before and after show hours. Our camp will be located inside the park area.

Maps

Saturday is a public day. We are allowed to remain in camp Saturday night and leave Sunday. Clann equipment will be packed after closing Saturday. Mankato is within day-trip range, but vehicles have to removed before opening.

Directions

The McGowan Farm is located off of Highway 33 South from Highway 90 in Mankato.
Turn South on Highway 33 and follow to Hawkeye/Old Shamrock Lane and follow until the road ends.