Forwarded by List Admin. Please contact Bill Caudill directly (do not use your "reply to" function) at bill@sapc.edu OR bagpipe@sapc.edu -----Original Message----- From: Caudill, Bill <bill@sapc.edu> Date: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 11:41 AM Subject: {not a subscriber} Scottish Heritage Symposium in North Carolina March 22-24, 2002 Annual Scottish Heritage Symposium and Awards Banquet St. Andrews Presbyterian College Laurinburg, North Carolina March 22-24, 2002 I will gladly send registration materials to anyone who requests them. They may contact me at: bill@sapc.edu or by phone at (910)277-5236. The 13th "Our Scottish Heritage" Sympopsium and 12th Annual Scottish Heritage Awards Banquet will be held on the weekend of March 22-24 at the St. Andrews Presbyterian College campus in Laurinburg, NC. This event has been deemed "the best symposium of its type in the United States" by one publication. We invite anyone interested in Scottish heritage to attend and participate. We are especially delighted to welcome DR. DUANE MEYER - author of THE HIGHLAND SCOTS OF NORTH CAROLINA 1732-1776, which is THE work on Highland Scots in North Carolina. We hope that you will join us in welcoming the man who kicked off much of our academic research and interests in North Carolina's Scottish heritage in his first work- related return to North Carolina since his work was first published by UNC Press in 1961! The symposium begins on Friday afternoon, March 22. Registration includes all symposium lectures, dinner on Friday night as well as lunch on Saturday and free admission to the concert by "OFF KILTER" - the fantastic Scottish folk/rock band from Florida (direct from Epcot Center). Separate registration is required for the Scottish Heritage Awards Banquet on Saturday night. That event begins at 6 p.m. with a reception featuring samplings of at least 8 different single malt whiskies (worth the price of admission in itself!!). A brief rundown of the symposium speakers and award honorees: Dr. Alexander Murdoch - University of Edinburgh "Meyer After the Millennium - An Historian's Perspective on the Highland Scots of North Carolina in the 18th Century" This topic will address research on North Carolina Scots following the first scholarly work on the topic released by Dr. Duane Meyer in 1961. Murdoch was for 6 years the NC Department of Cultural Resources employee involved in cataloging primary source materials related to North Carolina in ALL of the private and public archives in Scotland. You won't find a more knowledgeable person on primary sources relating to North Carolina in Scotland! Dr. John Batty - retired, National Trust for Scotland "Relics of the Era of the '45" This topic will address weaponry and personal items which were common during the mid-18th century, including items which may have been brought to America by Scottish emigrants. Batty staged the highly acclaimed "Swords and the Sorrows" exhibit at Culloden battlefield in 1995 and is retired curator for the National Trust for Scotland. Dr. Michael Newton - graduate of University of Edinburgh in Celtic Studies "In Their Own Words: Scottish Gaelic Literature in North Carolina" This title is pretty self-explanatory, but will discuss what did occur in North Carolina's Gaelic speaking community versus what was happening in other Gaelic speaking communities in North America. This one will be of great interest to those interested in Gaelic. Dr. David Caldwell - National Museum of Scotland "Old Islay Families" Again, the title is pretty self-explanatory, but will address the genealogies and histories of the prominent families in Islay as well as emigration from the island. Islay was home to MANY North Carolina Scottish emigrants. Dr. Beverly Boyko - Director of Cultural Resources, Fort Bragg - US Army base "Scottish Heritage on Fort Bragg" This topic will address the many sites of interest to Scots who settled on the current Fort Bragg military reservation including churches, cemeteries and other sites of historic and archaeological significance, most of which are not accessable by the public. A not to be missed opportunity! A closing forum for questions will also be held for all speakers. On Saturday evening, the annual Scottish Heritage Awards banquet will honor Dr. Duane Meyer, author of THE HIGHLAND SCOTS OF NORTH CAROLINA 1732-1776 and Valerie Cairney, editor and publisher of THE SCOTTISH BANNER newspaper. Banquet entertainment will feature a performance by the St. Andrews College Pipe Band - current Southern Pipe Band Champions, Grade III . Please forward this information to any other parties which might be interested. Best regards, Bill Caudill Director, The Scottish Heritage Center St. Andrews Presbyterian College Laurinburg, North Carolina 28352-5598 (910)277-5236 bill@sapc.edu OR bagpipe@sapc.edu >bill@sapc.edu OR bagpipe@sapc.edu >