CURRENT EVENTS:
1776
It is our pleasure to invite you to an amazing
performance of "1776" at the Chalmette
Cultural Arts Center! We are offering special
VIP tickets for the date stated below to
our friends in historic groups. The general
admission price of $15 will grant you reserved
seating in the VIP section. A block of reserved
seating tickets will be held for payment
at the ticket booth the day of the show.
Just tell them you are with a historical
group for the VIP section.
Saturday,
July 1 at 2:00 PM
Chalmette High Cultural Arts Center
2600 Palmisano Boulevard
Chalmette, LA 70043
Please RSVP to Christyn
Elliott by email if you plan to attend and
state the number in your party. I have asked
her to let me know the final numbers by
Thursday, June 30 so that we can reserve
the appropriate number of seats. If you
must cancel, please inform Mrs. Elliott
as soon as possible.
Other
performance dates are:
Thursday, June 29 and Friday, June 30 at
7:00 PM
Sunday, July 2 at 2:00 PM
General admission tickets are available
for those days for $15. Order through Eventbrite
at the St. Bernard Parish School Board website.
Please come celebrate
one of the greatest moments in the journey
of freedom for the American People!
See you at the show!
Charles Cassar, Cultural Arts Director
St. Bernard Parish Schools
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The
Ayrshire (Scotland) Fiddle Orchestra will
be performing in Covington, La., on Wednesday,
July 26, at 5 pm as part of a tour of the
US southern states.
(SEE
HERE FOR DETAILS)
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(Scotland,
Scots, Scotch-Irish)
Just
to name a few activities that represent
some of our regular events of Scottish /
Scotch-Irish heritage in southeast Louisiana:
Scottish
country dancing |
Bagpipe
bands |
Highland
dancing |
Celtic
Harp |
Scottish
Fiddle and Orchestra |
Highland
games |
Celtic
festivals |
Scottish
Teas |
Robert
Burns Suppers |
Kirkin
o’ the Tartan |
National
Tartan Day |
“Ceilidh” |
Our
performances include retirement homes and
schools as well as Trinity Episcopal Church
- Independence Day, N. O. Jazz Fest, New
Orleans Museum of Art (Scottish Treasures
Exhibition, etc.), the NATPE Convention
(Tartan TV), Mardi Gras parades, ie. Rex,
Zulu, Babylon, Thoth and Orpheus (North
Shore) and WWL-TV, Channel 4.
More
to come...
Since Hurricane Katrina, The Caledonian
Society of New Orleans has been moving “forward
together,” creating this website and
reestablishing the variety of activities,
which have made us such a vibrant representative
of Scottish, Scotch-Irish and Scottish-American
culture which makes-up much of America’s
heartland as well as Southern culture.
Come
Join us for all of our activities....
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Highland
Games of Louisiana
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Pipes
and Drums of New Orleans
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Scottish
Dance Societies
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