Tachartasan: Upcoming Gaelic Society Events:
2021-2022
We are pleased to announce an opportunity for families to join us for a free Christmas online Zoom event:
“Come celebrate a little Gaelic Christmas!”
Sing Gaelic Christmas carols, learn holiday greetings and other fun Scottish traditions! Learn how our ancestors kept the peat fire burning during the darkest time of the year!
Two Sessions have been planned for about an hour on the following Sundays:
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- December 12, 2021 @ 5:00 pm for children aged 8 to 12
- December 19, 2021 @ 3:30 pm for children aged 4 – 7
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If your children are slightly younger or older they are more than welcome to join in.
If you would like to attend, please send your interest via email, indicating your child’s age to: info@vancouvergaelic.com. A link will be forwarded prior to each scheduled session.
After the event, your feedback would be appreciated, with a view to possibly continuing on with this type of ‘learning’ starting in January 2022.
2020-2021
Gaelic Society 2021 Annual General Meeting
Thursday June 3rd 7:00 pm (virtual) ~ SAVE THE DATE
Everyone welcome! All committee and executive positions will up for election and there will be an opportunity to discuss the Society’s program of events for the coming year. Please attend and share your ideas and suggestions for our future Society activities, and assist us by volunteering to help with organizing future events.
Positions open for (re)election:
Chief
Senior Chieftain
Junior Chieftain
Treasurer
Membership Secretary
Correspondence Secretary
Bard
USSAL Directors (two)
Gaelic Society Language Hunters™ Lessons – ONLINE
Language Hunters™ Scottish Gaelic curriculum, developed and presented by Seumas Gagne, is for non-speakers and up. Practice speaking as you learn. Online classes will be held via Zoom on Tuesday’s for 1.5 hours over 6 weeks. Session is a bargain at $60!
2019-2020
Vancouver Gaelic Language Lessons at the Scottish Cultural Centre
We will be offering our regular Gaelic language classes at beginner and intermediate level on Saturday mornings from 10:00 am to 12 noon starting Saturday February 29th, and continuing for six weeks to April 4th, 2020
The Beginner lessons will be taught by Peigi MacKinnon and John MacLeod. These lessons are suitable for new learners with no previous exposure to the language, or as a refresher course for those who have taken the course previously. The lessons will focus on sentence structure and conversational Gaelic, with a little grammar where needed, and an opportunity to learn some Gaelic songs.
The Intermediate lessons will be taught by Maureen Lyon. The lessons are designed for those who are already familiar with the basics of the language, and will cover topics such as reading and comprehension of short stories, conversation, grammar, and Gaelic idiom.
Gaelic Society activities at the BC Highland Games 2019
Saturday June 15th: Come and visit our booth and our Society’s presentations at the B.C. Highland Games, being held this year at their new location at Lafarge Lake Park, 1240 Pipeline Rd, Coquitlam, a short walk from the Lafarge Lake Skytrain station at the end of the Evergreen line.
The Society will have its usual booth again at this year’s Games where we will be offering information of interest about our Gaelic language, culture and music, and details of our upcoming Gaelic language lessons & ceilidhs, so please drop by for a chat!
In addition, the following workshops will be presented by our members during the day at the Cultural Tent and on the Main stage:
At 12:30 pm in the Cultural Tent: The Society will present a Gaelic language workshop Cànan nan Gàidheal – The Language of the Gael
At 1:00 pm on the Main Stage: Our Society member Robyn Carrigan will perform a set of favourite Gaelic songs and a Milling Frolic demonstration
At 1:45 pm in the Cultural Tent: Our Gaelic students John Lyon and Caitlan Read will present a fiddling workshop featuring different traditions & styles of fiddle music.
More information about the Highland Games is available here: http://bchighlandgames.com/
Gaelic Society 2019 Annual General Meeting
Thursday June 27th 7:30 pm at the Scottish Cultural Centre.
Everyone welcome! All committee and executive positions will up for election and there will be an opportunity to discuss the Society’s program of events for the coming year. Please attend and share your ideas and suggestions for our future Society activities, and assist us by volunteering to help with organizing future events.
Vancouver Gaelic Language Lessons at the Scottish Cultural Centre
We will be offering our regular Gaelic language classes at beginner and intermediate level on Saturday mornings from 10:00 am to 12 noon starting Saturday October 19th, and continuing for six weeks to November 23rd, 2019
The Beginner lessons will be taught by Peigi MacKinnon and John MacLeod. These lessons are suitable for new learners with no previous exposure to the language, or as a refresher course for those who have taken the course previously. The lessons will focus on sentence structure and conversational Gaelic, with a little grammar where needed, and an opportunity to learn some Gaelic songs.
The Intermediate lessons will be taught by Maureen Lyon. The lessons are designed for those who are already familiar with the basics of the language, and will cover topics such as reading and comprehension of short stories, conversation, grammar, and Gaelic idiom.
Dates & times for our upcoming Society cèilidhs for this year:
Saturday afternoon November 23rd, 2019, starting at 1:00pm: Featuring great entertainment by fiddler Cary Grigg, who will provide a lively selection of toe-tapping music, together with other entertainers.
Watch for the next newsletter or further information about this and other upcoming ceilidhs.
Please mark your calendars and come join us for these activities during the upcoming season!
For further information about our Society’s activities please email info@vancouvergaelic.com