| The wait is over! Scotland-Tartan Week 2012 is here. Get your diary ready; you can rest on Sunday!
Already the festivities have begun: Saturday saw 7,920 runners finish the New York Road Runner's Annual Scotland Run - Congratulations!
Please join us at 12:30pm on Friday April 13th as we hold a Tartan Day Observance to celebrate the importance and relevance of Scotland-Tartan Week in America; details below.
Please visit the ASF's website often for news & updates and please 'like' us on Facebook so we can keep you informed! We hope to see you this week.
Kind Regards, Camilla Hellman MBE, Development Director American-Scottish Foundation®
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Life & Legacy of Andrew Carnegie
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 - TOMORROW!
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The ASF & the Museum of American Finance invite you to a Panel Discussion (6:00pm) followed by Reception (7:00pm).
The Discussion will spotlight Carnegie's love of Scotland and explore his involvement and impact on topics from Philanthropy to Business, Education and Finance.
Panelists include: Vartan Gregorian, President, Carnegie Corporation of New York (Introduction); Peter Krass, Award-winning author of Carnegie (Moderator); Ellen Condliffe Lagemann, Levy Institute Research Professor, Bard College; Martyn Evans, Chief Executive, Carnegie UK Trust; Anthony Marx, President, New York Public Library.
ANDREW CARNEGIE FORGING PHILANTHROPY display opens at the Museum of American Finance on April 10 through October 2012.
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Song of Return & Phamie Gow
Wednesday 11 April, 9:30pm Joe's Pub**With pre-show VIP event at the Butter Restaurant, 7.30pm
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SONG OF RETURN bites the Big Apple! From Glasgow, Scotland: This band has achieved wide acclaim for its live shows and first album "Limits": Unsettling dark sounds matched against light to dark vocals, sweeping harmonies & carved melodies.
"Huge stadium sized sound... moody and intense... extremely accomplished." BBC Radio Scotland Multi-talented, instrumentalist, singer-songwriter and composer, PHAMIE GOW has been described as being one of, 'Scotland's most unique talents' and 'a star of the highest order'.
"She's cool, sharp and plays the harp" Edinburgh Evening News TICKETS: Click here for tickets ($15) for the Joe's Pub gig.  For VIP tickets for the Joe's Pub gig - including pre-event with the artists at the stunning Butter Restaurant, incl. drinks & hors d'oeuvres, ($75) please click the image above to buy tickets via paypal on our website.
A portion from ticket sales for this event will be donated to Nordoff Robbins Scotland for its ongoing work in music therapy. To find out more and donate, please click here. |
Whisky Live
Wednesday 11 April, from 5:30pm
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 Whisky Live New York returns to the spectacular Pier Sixty on April 11th, 2012 creating a magnificent evening of great whisky, fine food and wonderful entertainment in the heart of New York. Reserve your tickets through ASF and receive a 20% discount! In addition, Whisky Live will make a donation to ASF for every ticket sold - helping the Foundation's program of work.
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Tartan Day Observance
Friday 13 April, 12:30pm
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Join us at Dag Hammerskjold Plaza (between 1st and 2nd Avenue & 47th Street), as the American-Scottish Foundation® (Scottish Coalition NY State Representatives and NY Tartan Day Founding Committee Members) observe this historic date with readings by Gerda Stevenson (appearing in Federer Versus Murray at 59E59 Theater) and music by Mike Ogletree. (formerly of Simple Minds)
Piper Andy Hamilton (New York Metro Pipe Band) will play 'Farewell to the Creeks', 'A Border Ballad' and 'Scotland the Brave'.
The Declaration of Arbroath was signed on April 6th, 1320. Some 678 years later, in 1998, Senate Resolution 155 was passed, designating April 6 as National Tartan Day "to recognize the outstanding achievements and contributions made by Scottish Americans to the United States".
No Tickets required - this is a FREE event.
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Tartan Day Parade
& Post Parade Reception at the Warwick Hotel
Saturday 14 April, from 2:00pm
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The 14th Annual Tartan Day Parade! March with us as we to take to Sixth Avenue for the Tartan Day Parade. The Parade, of which ASF is a founding partner, caps off a great week of events celebrating Scotland-Tartan Week.This year we are delighted to welcome back John Nisbet who runs Piper's Cove in Kearny, New Jersey with his band of Pipers (bused in to NYC especially for the occasion!)
To register, please email asfevents@wwbcny.com or call 212 605 0338 x4. Details of meeting point etc. will be given on registration. Join the ASF and Friends directly following the Tartan Day Parade for drinks and Hors d'oeuvres at the beautiful Warwick Hotel (conveniently situated at the end of the Parade route). To buy tickets via Paypal on the ASF site, click here. |
Scocha & Prydein at Stout
Saturday 14 April, from 4:30pm at Stout | |
Open bar from 4:30pm to 7:00pm. With SCOCHA and PRYDEIN on stage. At Stout, 133 West 33rd Street, Manhattan (half-block from Penn Station).
Tickets: $40 in advance, $45 at the door (if available)
Book online at www.tartanweek.com
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Song of Return & Phamie Gow
Saturday 14 April, 7:30pm Mercury Lounge | |
 SONG OF RETURN & PHAMIE GOW's second Scotland-Tartan Week gig in New York City...
Phamie Gow will be piped in by members of the New York Metro Pipe Band (having piped up the Avenue of Americas in the Tartan Day Parade earlier in the day!) Phamie will also be joined by guest musicians: Edwin Gael Garcia (bass), Eric Nicolas (guitar), Michael Weisberger (saxophones) and Yayo Serka (percussion/drums) for a set unique to this night only. Don't miss your chance to see this fantastic line up, and finish off your Scotland-Tartan Week in style. TICKETS:
Click here for tickets ($15) for the Mercury Lounge gig.
A portion from ticket sales for this event will be donated to Nordoff Robbins Scotland for its ongoing work in music therapy. To find out more and donate, please click here.
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SCOTTISH AGENCIES
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SUPPORT BROOKLYN THEATER STUDENT'S VISIT TO SCOTLAND....
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The ASF - through the Lord Malcolm Douglas Hamilton Bursaries and Education - is proud to be supporting the Uncommon Charter High School (UCHS) in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, in their goal of attending the National Theatre of Scotland's Youth Exchange Festival this July.
The Foundation is making a donation to help get talented local high school students to Scotland so that they can engage in what will be a fantastic exchange of artistic and cultural ideas. To learn more & to discover how your donation could help, please click here. P.S. The ASF is thrilled to have students from this project march with them in the Tartan Day Parade!
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ASF MEMBERSHIP 2012
| Membership is the lifeblood of our organisation. We are very fortunate to have an active and enthusiastic membership base. Your subscription enables us to fulfill our mission of strengthening ties between individuals, institutions and businesses of Scotland and the United States.
The Foundation champions the extraordinary and creative relationship for mutual benefit, with an extensive program of projects and events - a bridge between the two great countries.
Please consider joining the ASF, or renewing your membership for 2012 if you have not already done so. And please invite your friends to join too!
Memberships are now available online here. |
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SCOTTISH PLAYS AT 59E59 THEATERS (midtown)
| It's the Year of creative Scotland and Scotland is exporting a selection of her finest Theatre offerings to New York for Scotland-Tartan Week. ASF Members & friends can receive ticket discounts!
Experience theater by Scottish writers and performers in the Big Apple on limited engagements only...
59E59 Theaters hosts two great pieces:
, presented by The Tron Theatre, Glasgow APR 4 - APR 29 (varied times). 'SHEER PERFECTION - A MAGNIFICENT PLAY!' Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman
by Gerda Stevenson, presented by Communicado Theatre Company APR 4 - APR 22 (varied times). 'HILARIOUS AND HEARTBREAKING!' The Herald, Scotland
More info and tickets for both of these shows visit or call 212.279.4200. Quote 'SCOTS' when you book to receive a special ASF $5 ticket discount!
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SCOTTISH THEATER IN LOWER MANHATTAN
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Matthew McVarish's TO KILL A KELPIE ('AN EXTREMELY SATISFYING NIGHT OF THEATRE' UK Theatrenet) plays two engagements in the city during Scotland-Tartan Week, and also offers ASF member's discounts!
Theatre 80
APR 6 - APR 8 (varied times)
St. Luke's Theatre
APR 10 & 11 (varied times)
For Theatre 80 insert discount code 'TARTAN' ($3 discount) for St Luke's Theatre, insert 'KETART17' ($17 tickets).
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