John N. MacLeod
Naperville, Il. 60540
(630)  420-8733
 johnnmacleod@aol.com

 

CEAD MILE FAILTE APRIL 2005

Happy Spring and greetings from the Clan MacLeod Great Lakes Region!!
Last year the USA Society celebrated its’ 50th Anniversary, and had a wonderful turnout here in
Chicago for our North American Gathering. We were very grateful to those who were able to join
us from all over the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Australia. The next big event will occur on June 17-20, as we gather in Florida for our AGM which takes the form of a cruise to Nassau, Bahamas.
If you wish to attend please check our Clan MacLeod USA web site www.clanmacleodusa.org or contact Jay McClure VP Southeast Region at (407-727-0512) for details.

Our region is once again preparing to be present and set up tents at the Highland Games at the places and dates mentioned below:

May 21, 2005------ Springfield Illinois Highland Games
Illinois State fairgrounds
May 28-29--------Alma Michigan Highland Festival
Alma College, Alma, Michigan
June 11, 2005----Indiana Highland Games
Concordia Seminary, Ft. Wayne,Indiana
June 18------------Chicago St. Andrews Highland Games
Oak Brook Polo Grounds, Oak Brook, Illinois
June 25------------Ohio Scottish Games
Lorain Cty. Fairgrounds, Wellington, Ohio
July 29-31,2005--Dayton Celtic Festival
Five Rivers Metro Park, Dayton, Ohio
August 6, 2005---St Andrews Soc. Detroit Highland Games
Greenmead Hist. Village, Livonia, Michigan
August 27----------Kalamazoo Michigan Scottish Festival
Kalamazoo Cty. Fairgrounds, Kalamazoo, Mich.
September 24-25--Cincinnati Celtic Music & Cultural Festival
Coney Island Park, Cincinnati, Ohio

Please mark your calendar and check out our Clan Tent as we hope to see you at one or more of these events this coming Spring and Summer.

We also hope you have been receiving your bi-annual Clan Magazines. If your Clan MacLeod membership has lapsed and you wish to renew we have adopted a new membership fee schedule that allows you to join up to 3 years for only $60.00 One year renews are $25.00, two years are $45.00, and three years are $60.00. Please consider renewing at these new rates. A copy of a revised membership form is enclosed for you convenience. As always, we are grateful for your participation in Clan MacLeod. Our goal is to look for new and existing clan individuals to get involved in the society, which is a totally volunteer organization depending upon our members. Clan MacLeod thanks all those who renew their memberships so that we may continue to be represented at the numerous Highland Games throughout the Great Lakes Region and the U.S..

Membership dues allows us to promote our Scottish heritage through dancing and piping awards.
Last years awards and winners were as follows:

Donna MacLeod O’Neill Dancing Award, Alma Games--A tie, Jamie Conrick & Holly Thubach, both from Ontario, Canada
Dame Flora MacLeod Piping Award, Alma Games--Ryerson Fitzpatrick, Amateur
Founders Memorial Trophy for Piping, Chicago Games--Jonathon Snow,Amateur
MacCrimmon Quaich for Piping, Ohio Scottish Games--Kay McMann, Amateur



 

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