Mission
Statement
The
Caledonian Society of New Orleans' purpose is to study, preserve, teach and present
the culture, history, heraldry, pageantry, music, literature, crafts and all of
the arts of Scotland and the Isles.
To sponsor a Scottish Pipe Band and to grant Scholarships in piping, drumming and dancing that will perpetuate our heritage among the younger generation of Scots in our Society.
CALEDONIAN
SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES
(SCOTLAND, SCOTS, SCOTCH – IRISH) SCOTTISH
country dancing, BAGPIPE bands, HIGHLAND dancing, CELTIC Harp and SCOTTISH FiddleOrchestra
represent some of our regular activities,
while Highland games & Celtic festival participation, Scottish Teas, Robert
Burns Suppers, Kirkin o’ the Tartan services, and National Tartan Day and
“Ceilidh” celebrations, represent some of our regular events, of Scottish
/ Scotch-Irish heritage in southeast Louisiana. 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.
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.
WELCOME TO YOU ALL!!