Join us for a night of fun and dancing at the Crescentwood Site of Corydon Community Centre! Our Ceilidh event promises great music, lively dances, and a fantastic atmosphere. Whether you're a seasoned Scot, a lover of Scottish culture and music, or just looking to have a good time, this event is perfect for everyone. Enjoy the opportunity to experience traditional Celtic and Red River music with the Logan Picton Band and Ceildih dancing in a welcoming community. Grab your friends and family and dance the night away with us! This is a family-friendly event with a junior Address to the Haggis, social food, and a special appearance of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada Regiment Band.

SASOW Members $20

Non-Members $25

Family (at least one parent with children under 18 years) $30

Winter Warmup

Solo Competition

February 18, 2024

Registration Closes in 1 Week

February 11, 2024

Visit www.ppbam.org for more information and registration

Save the tartan, kilt and skates for a later date. Due to ice conditions at the Assiniboine Duck Pond and elsewhere, The Great Canadian Kilt Skate is postponed to a later date. Stay tuned here for the new event date.

The St. Andrew's Society of Winnipeg Board of Managers invites you to the

New Year's Levee

January 1, 2-4 pm

The Fort Garry - Gateway Room

The Board of Managers President: Peter Heavysege

Ist Vice President: Dwight MacAulay CVO

2nd Vice President: Cathern Aastrom

Secretary: Ian Aastrom

Treasurer: James Munro Immediate

Past President - Pam Simmons

Members at large:

Andrew Flook CD, Colin Harris, Chris Lawson, Dougie McLeod, Evelyn Mitchell, Nicole Montminy, Jim Oborne, Richard Rosin, James Skinner

RSVP: Ian Aastrom, Secretary - standrewssocietywpg@gmail.com

Ukrainian Order of St. Andrew Winnipeg Chapter Scottish St. Andrew’s Society of Winnipeg

Ukrainian–Scottish Symposium on The Martyr Patron Saint Andrew

Saint of Scotland and Ukraine

Feast Day Multicultural Presentations

Presenters:

Father Dr. Roman Bozyk, Dean of Theology St. Andrew’s College - “St. Andrew the First-Called Apostle”

Reverend Professor Dr. James Taylor Christie, Dean of Theology, The United Church of Canada - “Saint Andrew –The Saint of Rank and File”

Iconographer Vera Senchuk, Byzantine Iconography, Icon of Saint Andrew - Multi-Media Presentation

Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 6:30 p.m.

St. Andrew’s College - University of Manitoba

Tickets available at Ukrainian Orthodox Churches and St. Andrew’s College @$35.00 and Eventbrite

29 Dysart Road - Parking on Campus

Phone-204 474-8895

e-mail: ST_ANDREWS@UMANITOBA.CA

Includes Wine, Coffee, Tea, and Appetizers

Regular Meeting

Family Friendly Ceilidh. Food, entertainment and more. The Winnipeg Police Pipe Band will perform. Learn Scottish Country Dancing. Social food with a touch of Scottish fare. A junior version of the Address to the Haggis, an adult version of the Address to the Haggis - by Rev. Dr.Jim Christie. Purchase your Scottish items at the Hint 0” Heather booth. More information to come.

Regular Meeting

The Winnipeg Scottish Festival is delighted to announce our contest will be returning on April 1, 2023 at the University of Winnipeg for both band and solo events. It's about time for us to have live pipe band events in Manitoba once again! Entries will be available on their website in early February.

Regular Meeting

All are welcome at the St. Andrew's Society of Winnipeg's Great Canadian Kilt Skate to be held in Assiniboine Park at the Riley Duck Pond on February 26, 2023, from 1 to 3 pm. It's a FREE event.

“You don't have to be Scottish, wear a kilt, a tartan or even plaid to come out for a skate – whether it's 10 minutes or two hours. And we won't ask if you like the bagpipes or have ever tried haggis," said Evelyn Mitchell, past president of the Society and this year's organizer.

Members of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada will join the event, all decked out in their kilt uniforms, regardless of rain or shine, snowfall, blizzard, or whiteout.

"Last year, the temperature was at least -30C, and several of our soldiers joined the event with our kilts, uniforms, and bare legs, carrying flags and socializing with the participants. Despite the cold, it was great fun. We certainly look forward to coming out again this year to join everyone at the Kilt Skate,” said Lieutenant Colonel Jon Baker, Commanding Officer of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada.

If you can't make the event on February 26, please participate in the Home Edition any time before February 26 at any skating surface in the province and post a photo or video of your skate on social media. Please hashtag social media posts with #KiltSkate2023WPG to be included in Winnipeg's entry in the contest to determine the 2023 Great Canadian Kilt Skate Capital of Canada.

The event will begin with a ribbon cutting by Cathy Laver-Wright, who has been doing the Home Edition of the Kilt Skate daily. The Pop-Up Piper will be there, and hot chocolate will be served. The Great Canadian Kilt Skate was started in 2015 by the Scottish Society of Ottawa and is held in several other Canadian cities than Winnipeg, Antigonish, Montreal, Ottawa, Brampton, Toronto, Saskatoon, Calgary, Lethbridge, and Vancouver. It has extended to countries like Australia and the US and is called the Great Kilt Skate. Winnipeg won the title of The Great Canadian Kilt Skate in 2021.

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For more information, please contact: 

Evelyn Mitchell, Event Organizer/Past President - 204-960-1612

Regular Board Meeting

The Burns Supper is back! The Winnipeg Robert Burns Club is hosting the event on January 25 at the Holiday Inn, Pembina Highway.

Immortal Memory to be proposed by Dwight MacAulay CVO, former Chief of Protocol, Province of Manitoba; 2nd Vice President, The St. Andrew's Society of Winnipeg and Honorary Council for Great Britain (Winnipeg). Toast to the Lassies: Gordon Cameron, President, Lord Selkirk Association of Rupert's Land. Response: Alexandra Paul and the Toast to Canada: Colin Harris.  Tickets are $85.00 each available from Colin Harris at amansaman@hotmail.ca

Manitoba Highland Dancers’ Association Closed Competition

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