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Join our new Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ScotchColony/ “A place for everyone to share family stories and photos, old and new, about the communities of Bon Accord, Kintore, Upper Kintore, and Kincardine. The group was created for the 140th Anniversary of the Colony. The group is open to all. Please share.” The nice thing about a Facebook Group is everyone can post …
Fest140 starts Friday!
Whew!!
Busy week behind the scenes here at the Scotch Colony! Folks have been checking off items on the “to do list” at a furious pace in anticipation of Fest140 next weekend Aug. 23-25. Posters have been printed and are on display at many of our local friendly businesses (thank you to them!) Our Scotch Colony …
One Week Away!
Fest140 Registration Form
Registrations are rolling in! Here’s the head-count:
Fest140 Accommodations
(Repost) Search www.tourismnewbrunswick.ca for accommodations. Perth-Andover Perth-Andover Motor Inn 560 Route 190 Perth-Andover (506) 273-2224 Fort Road Motel 117 Fort Rd Perth-Andover (506) 273-3755 R. E. Baird Memorial Campground Route 105 Perth-Andover (506) 273-3080 The Castle Inn 21 Brentwood Drive, Perth-Andover, New Brunswick E7H 1P1, Canada (506) 273-9495 Kringle’s Bed & Breakfast 21 Marshall Street …
DunRoamin’ fundraiser at Fest140
DunRoamin’ Stray & Rescue will be selling snacks/drinks at the Fest140 concert/dance on Saturday, 24 August. They recently rescued a dog (within the past week or 2) from the Scotch Colony. They named him Leland, and he had to be sent to Moncton for surgery, which was very expensive. The money they raise selling lunches …
Geneology Services offered
Lorraine Stewart is a historian in Stonehaven, Scotland, who previously sent us an audio recording of her lecture on the Scotch Colony from Scotland’s perspective (clck here to go to that post). She has completed her studies and is offering her professional services to anyone looking for help with their family history. We thought it …
Colony student works with Scottish Portal Project
Kathleen Farquhar is from Upper Kintore! (the article is from a newsletter of the New Brunswick Scottish Cultural Association) Scottish Portal Project Summer Update By Spencer Thompson The New Brunswick Scottish Portal has hired three students for the summer. The goal of the Portal is to create a comprehensive online database of New Brunswick’s Scottish settlers. Students …
Caribbean Cruise with the Fitzgeralds
From: Kerry Fitzgerald To: darlene.morton@xplornet.com Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 9:25 PM Hi Darlene, I had meant to mention something else too! Our family is actually playing on an Irish Music Cruise in the Caribbean next February. If you know anyone who might be interested in going on this cruise, would you mind forwarding them …
Fitzgeralds Concert this Tuesday at Burns Hall!
July 16, 8pm. Burns Hall, Kincardine (click to see map)
Fitzgerald Family Concert Fundraiser: “Country House Party” at Burns Hall
Save the date! The Fitzgeralds, Ontario Family fiddlers and dancers, will be in concert on Tuesday, July 16, 2013, at 8 PM at Burns Hall, Kincardine Road, Kincardine, New Brunswick, Canada (see our map). Featuring some local talent too: Kassidy Morin and Kimiye Gamblin! Proceeds to benefit Scotch Colony Fest 140, Aug. 23-25, 2013. Here’s …
Bake Sale Fundraiser at the Perth-Andover Farm Market
“Bake Sale Fundraisers” will be held at the Perth-Andover Farm Market at the Legion Hall on two special Saturdays this summer, June 15 and July 13, from 9am – 1pm each day. We hope you will come to see us at the Market and say hello! Enjoy a cooked-to-order breakfast put on by the Legion …
Pipe Bands at the Gathering
Southern Victoria Pipe Band and Friends at the Clan March during the Opening Ceremonies at the Gathering of the Scots in Perth-Andover, New Brunswick, Canada on May 25, 2013
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