Moran Taing
Many thanks to Kris Satterwhite for knocking herself out doing up baskets and baked goods for the Highland Tea with Diana Gabaldon.
Thanks also to Michael Satterwhite, Dani McGruer, Nicki Keesee, Barbara O’Lone and Richard McKenzie for baking, piping, tending
bar and selling raffle tickets as well as other jobs. Your participation is what makes events successful. Thanks to Stephen Riggs, Dani
McGruer, Nicki Keesee and Nancy McPherson for preparing stuff for Tartan Day. Our Tartan Day event turned into a lovely social hour,
what a nice surprise! Huge thanks to Michael Satterwhite and Richard Ferguson for spending so much time and effort in organizing the
Gaelic Immersion weekend!!! It was a rare opportunity to be able to partner in an event of this caliber.
MEETING NIGHT CHANGED FOR MAY!
The May meeting has been changed to May 15. It will still be at the Adult Center from 6 to 8. Come check out the planning for the
festival and other events. Make your voice be heard! We love new ideas!!!
4th of July Parade
We are looking for anyone who is willing to participate in the 4th of July Parade! The parade is the last big push to advertise the
festival and it’s a darn good time. The details are just forming now but it looks as though we will need people for the parade at around
8am and expect to be finished about 11 or noon. There may be plans for our usual barbeque too. If you are interested in participating
…please call Jude at 928-556-3161.
Volunteers Needed!
The 15th annual Arizona Highland Celtic Festival is coming soon and we need some great volunteers. If you have some time you would
like to share anytime from July 19 through July 23 please call our volunteer hotline at 928-853-9499. We have all manner of jobs and it
might just be the most fun you’ve ever had!
Movie Review
Just watched a silly British movie called Assassin in Love. This movie is
set in modern times about a hit man who gets out of the business by “
hiding” in a tiny Welsh village as the village baker. The comedy begins when people get the idea he is a hired killer and believe he will kill with
his cakes. Great accents, scenery and spoof on village life.
May newsletter stuff
May 7th Gaelic Class, Thorpe Park Adult Center, 6.30
May 14th Gaelic Class,Thorpe Park Adult Center, 6:30
May 15th NACHS meeting, Thorpe Park Adult Center, 6:00
Mat 21st Gaelic clas, Thorpe Park Adult Center, 6:30
May 28th Gaelic Class, Thorpe Park Adult Center,6:30
Learn Gaelic!
Richard Ferguson continues to teach a weekly conversational Scottish Gaelic class for beginning and
intermediate speakers, using the Teach Yourself Gaelic materials. In the classes, students can also pick
up Scottish cultural and historical information! Best of all, the classes are FREE! Join Richard Mondays,
6:30-8:00pm at the Flagstaff Adult Center, 245 Thorpe Rd.
Knockabouts in concert at the Irish Culture CenterJune 2nd
The Knockabouts will be presenting a concert at the Irish Culture Center in Phoenix
on June 2nd. The Knockabouts will be performing a concert of mostly Scottish
music and gives the band an opportunity to perform some of thier more "relaxed"
music. Contact the ICC for ticket information. 602-258-0109 or John McGregor at
928-814-2480. You can also get more info by visit wwwknockabouts.org
Silent Auction
We have a few silent auction items left from events that are time sensitive. I am taking any reasonable offer
for these items!!! If you are interested please call Jude after May 6th at 928-556-3161.
Teeth Whitening by Dr. Benjamin Stark…$350 value
Hair Cut Certificate from Julie at The Shop…$40 value
1 Chiropractic exam and adjustment from Robert Perry or Bruce Lee…$45 value
1 Chiropractic exam and adjustment plus ! hour massage from Robert Perry or Bruce Lee and Rebecca
Cooke…$70 value
1 hour massage from Rebecca Cooke…$60 value
This June 2003 article by The Virtual Visitor might inspire some readers to visit Yosemite National Park and
the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir on their upcoming summer vacation:
Today I am standing mid-span on O!Shaughnessy Dam at Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in Yosemite National
Park. On the west side, over 400 feet below, is the Tuolumne River; to the east is an eight-mile, 120 billion
gallon water supply for the City of San Francisco. Park Ranger Keith Andrews is explaining the parallel roles
played by two famous men in the controversial creation of the dam.
John Muir is born in Dunbar, Scotland in 1838 and emigrates to the U.S. in 1849. Muir becomes a noted
naturalist, preservationist, and the first president of the Sierra Club.
Michael Maurice O!Shaughnessy is born in Limerick, Ireland in 1864. He becomes a noted engineer and
builder of public works projects including dams, tunnels, and aqueducts.
In 1871, Muir makes his first trek into Hetch Hetchy. This magnificent area, known as “the other Yosemite”,
is located on the western edge of Yosemite National Park. He is enthralled by the abundant waterfalls
(Tueeulala and Wapama Falls are both over 1000 feet tall), the rock domes and sheer cliffs, reminiscent of
Half Dome and El Capitan, in Yosemite.
In 1882, the City of San Francisco, 160 miles to the west, begins searching for inexpensive, abundant water
to serve its growing population. The valley of Hetch Hetchy is in the city!s sights.
In 1890, the U. S. Government creates Yosemite National Park, including Hetch Hetchy. In this same year,
San Francisco Mayor James Phelan proposes damming the valley to create a reserv
oir for his city.
Bitter political battles ensue for the next 23 years, pitting the needs of millions of people and a growing
metropolitan area against the pristine beauty of a remote natural paradise. One of John Muir!s most famous
quotes comes during this period: that to dam Hetch Hetchy one “ … may as well dam for water-tanks the
peoples! cathedrals and churches, for no holier temple has ever been consecrated by the heart of man”. In
1913 President Woodrow Wilson signs the bill allowing for the creation of a dam. In 1914 Michael O
!Shaughnessy is appointed Chief Engineer for the construction of the entire complex. John Muir dies in
December of that year
In 1923, at a cost of 68 people, 100 million dollars, 390,000 cubic yards of concrete, and six million board
feet of lumber, the project is completed. The dam is named for Michael Maurice O!Shaughnessy, along with
a boulevard and sea wall in San Francisco.
Note: the road from Yosemite to Hetch Hetchy is via a safe, paved, well-
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July 17-19, 2012 NAU Campus
Instruction by Bua with
Randy Gosa Instruction in: Fiddle Flute Whistle Bodhran
Guitar Singing Dancing
www.GrandCanyonCelticArts.org
Upcoming Concerts Contact Kari at [email protected]
June 10, 2012 - 8:00pm Claire Mann & Aaron Jones Coconino Center for the Arts
July 19, 2012 - 7:30pm
Bua Venue TBA
September 20, 2012
Full Set – 7:30pm Coconino Center for the Arts
October 20, 2012 The Tannahill Weavers – 8:00pm Coconino Center for the Arts
www.LivingTraditionsPresentations.com
Soar into Spring
Kite Festival
Saturday, May 12th
Foxglenn Park (4200 E Butler)
12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
928-213-2300 www.flagstaff.az.gov/recreation
Flagstaff Recreation Services presents:
Free: Kite flying
Arts and crafts Library Activities Bubble carnival Active games Face painting
Balloon Animals Carnival Games
All day $3.00 wristband:
Bounce Houses Kiddie Caboose
Interesting facts about the ancient Celts
Land, People & Language
# Celtic culture, and most probably also language, originated in central Europe, around the
Alps. The earliest major Celtic settlement was found in Hallstatt, Upper Austria. It dates from
1200 BCE. Austria, Switzerland, Southern Germany can be seen as the "Celtic homeland".
# Celtic culture spread to most of Western Europe (France, Belgium, Spain, Britain, Ireland),
Bohemia and the Danube valley between 600 and 400 BCE. People in those areas spoke a
similar language, shared a same religion, similar traditions and beliefs, the same arts and
techniques...
# There were some minor regional differences between Celtic people. For example, houses in
Britain and Ireland were typically round, while those in Gaul were rectangular.
# The term "Celt" comes from Greek Keltoi or Galatae (Galatian), and Latin Celtae or Galli
(Gaul). We do not known how thet called themselves, but it is likely to have been a word in
between those, maybe resembling the modern word "Gael".
# Though the Celts did not have their own writing system, Celtic-language inscriptions in Latin
or Greek alphabets have been found on Celtic sites.
# Contrarily to popular beliefs, Celtic languages were still spoken after the Roman conquest.
Saint Jerome (347-420) notes that the language of the Anatolian Galatians in his day was still
very similar to the language of the Treveri (from the region of Trier and the border of Germany
and Luxembourg).
# Celtic languages progressively disappeared during the Middle Ages. They only survived in
Brittany, Corwall, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and for a time also in Galacia (north-western
Spain). Today, only a minority of people can still speak Celtic/Gaelic languages, and they are
mostly confined to Wales, Brittany and western Ireland.
# Genetic studies have found no common link between the people living in the regions
erstwhile belonging the the Celtic culture. This would mean that there hasn't been major waves
of migrations from the Alps following the spread of Celtic culture. In other words there is no
such thing as a Celtic ethnicity. Nevertheless, most of the ancient Celts must have belonged to
the Y-DNA haplogroup R1b1c.