The 16th biennial gathering began last night (May 18th) at the Executive House Hotel in Victoria, B.C. We welcomed 47 members and guests, with another 2 to join us on Thursday. A surprise visit by 4 members of a local Bagpipe band entertained us with 3-4 tunes. There was a lot of positive energy and new members joined the Clan. We had a member from New Zealand join us, plus a gentleman from Scotland who is here in Victoria visiting his family.
About 21 members convened this morning for the business meeting, where we discussed a number of topics of interest to the Clan. The meeting was properly piped to order by Jack Galbraith, the Clan Piper. We covered several topics of interest in conducting the business of the Clan and a report will be published in the August issue of the Red Tower. We will reconvene this afternoon for the Genealogy/DNA presentation by Bill Gilbreath, the Clan Genealogist, as well as a presentation by local member, Christine Johnston, on Scottish Myth and Reality.
This evening we will gather at the Bard and Banker Scottish Pub for Pub Night, where I hope members will share stories, songs, poetry, etc. We have visited a couple of local pubs and they are lovely to look at and so very friendly. More later on the evening.
Several members are taking pictures, so I hope they will upload pictures.
Joyce Higginbotham
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