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Board of Directors & Festival Meeting
April 13th at the Furley Residence. BoD meeting from 1-3 and Festival meeting from 3-5pm. This is our last monthly meeting before the Festival! We need your support now more than ever!

Kirkin o' the TartanApril 27th at 10:30am. Blessing of Scottish Clan Tartan at the All Saint's Episcopal Church. Please bring your tartan to be blessed!

April 27th will also be the next book club meeting and monthly tea. Book club begins at 1:00pm and the tea starts pouring at 3:00pm. Please see "events" page for more details!

 

About Us

St. Andrew's Societies have a history of supporting charities in their own communities and providing scholarship assistance to those in need.

We are presently exploring possibilites for these services within our own community. If your group would like to be considered as a beneficiary of our foundation's benevolence, please click here to find a Grant Application (Adobe Acrobat needed).

Print, fill out and mail to the address provided.

Who is St. Andrew?

According to legend, an angel told a monk, St. Rule (Regulus), in a dream to move the bones of St. Andrew from Constantinople to "the ends of the earth". He did so, removing a tooth, arm bone, knee cap and some fingers, and headed towards Scotland.

He shipwrecked off the east coast of Scotland, and built a chapel in a Pictish settlement to house the relics. This settlement later became known as St. Andrews. The chapel was replaced by the Cathedral of St. Andrew in 1160, and St. Andrews became the religious capital of Scotland.

 

 

Society News - updated 4.6.08

With the Festival fast approaching and Spring right around the corner, Events are blooming everywhere! We're hoping to see you out and about, and can't wait for the cold weather to go away! Please remember, if you are in need of transportation to one of the events, we're here to help!

Please check out our events page!

National Tartan Day (April 6th), Alexandria, VA!

Saturday, April 5th dawned blue and dry - surprising, since it was supposed to rain all day! The Tartan Day festivities in Alexandria, VA. were scheduled for noon-5pm on Market Square. Snuggled in between Clan Donald and Clan MacDougal, we set up the SASMM Tent and broke out the Walkers Shortbread!

The Tartan Day event was a wonderful advertising trip for the St. Andrew's Society and the Frederick Celtic Festival. We handed out over 250 pamphlets for SASMM & the Festival, as well as 200 packs of Walkers Shortbread. And...we got to listen to great music and watch the dancing all day - what could be better?!?!?

Baltimore St. Andrew's Society - Tartan Ball

The St. Andrew's Society of Baltimore celebrates Tartan Day at the 55th Annual Tartan Ball. To take place on April 12, 2008 at the BOUMI Temple near White Marsh Mall. Price is $60 per person and includes a never ending Open Bar and heavy Hors D'oeuvres starting at 6pm. Mass Band plays at 7pm followed by various pomp and ciurcumstance. Dinner begins at 8:30. Many meal choices are available, including vegetarian.

Dress is Black Tie, Military, or Scottish Evening Wear. Please contact Bob Cameron by email or phone (202) 321-7718.

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