Scotland Week Events in USA 2010

New York

Scotland Run 10K

Saturday 3rd April, 10.00am

Central Park

Get on your mark and get set to run to the rhythm of the drums and the sound of the bagpipes at the Scotland Run 2010! Join in the Scotland Week celebrations and register for this 10K in Central Park.

www.nyrr.org

Dressed to Kilt

Monday 5th April

M2, 530 West 28th Street, New York

Glenfiddich’s Dressed to Kilt fashion show will again kick-off Tartan Week. Produced by Sir Sean Connery’s Friends of Scotland charity, Dressed to Kilt is now the most prestigious Scottish fashion show in the world. The theme of this year's show will be “Mad for Scotland”.

www.dressedtokilt.com

Whisky Live New York

Wednesday 7th April

Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers, 23rd Street on the Hudson River, New York

Whisky Live New York returns to the spectacular Pier Sixty creating a magnificent evening of great whisky, fine food and wonderful entertainment in the heart of New York.

By ticket only.

www.whiskylive.com

New York Tartan Day Parade

Saturday 10th April

Sixth Avenue, New York

Join 2,000 pipers and drummers for the 12th Annual New York Tartan Day Parade, the largest event celebrating Scotland in New York. All pipe bands, individual pipers, drummers and drum majors, Scottish clans and organisations, and descendents of Scotland invited to take part. The parade starts at 2:00pm stepping off from 45th Street and marching up 6th Avenue ending at 58th Street.

www.tartanweek.com

Post Parade Party

Saturday 10th April, from 4.30pm

STOUT, 133 West 23rd Street, Manhattan, New York

This not to be missed, sell-out party at STOUT will feature the best in live Scottish music. Starting at 4:30 pm and running to the late hours, the Post Parade Party will feature live entertainment.

By ticket only.

www.tartanweek.com

The Adam Smith Business Forum

Hosted by The American-Scottish Foundation in association with the Scottish Government and Financial Times

Tuesday 6th April, 4pm-6pm

University Club, New York

Entitled "Moral leadership & the economic imperative" the discussion will be moderated by Chrystia Freeland, US Managing Editor, Financial Times. Panellists include Professor Richard Mundell, recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize for Economics in 1999, William T Nolan, President, Devonshire Holdings, author of The Wealth of Enterprise, and Dr Eammon Butler, Director, Adam Smith Institute. Adam Smith is of the most influential members of the Scottish Enlightenment. His writings some nearly 250 years on are the basis for much of what is today's economic thinking.

For reservations contact : asfevents@wwbcny.com Tel. 212 605 0338

Arkansas

Arkansas Scottish Festival

April 23rd-25th

Various times and venues

This three day event includes a golf tournament, Scottish dancing, Piping, and drumming among other attractions.

oldweb.lyon.edu

Georgia

The 44th Annual Dunedin Highland Games

Saturday March 27th, 8am–5pm

Highlander Park

A fun filled day out including athletics, piping and drumming, dancing and gathering of the clans. Starting at 8.00 am and finishing in the evening this is an exciting event with the musical talent of ‘seven nations’.

www.dunedinhighlandgames.com

Missouri

Tartan Day Celebrations

April 9th-11th

Frontier Park, St. Charles

A mixture of music, dance, food and storytelling – all on the grounds of the beautiful Frontier Park. A wonderful experience for the entire family.

www.motartanday.com

Nevada

The 2010 Las Vegas Games

April 17th-18th

Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs, Las Vegas

Excellent pipe band, extreme highland athletics, sample scotch whisky and eat authentic Scottish food while pipe and Celtic bands play.

www.lasvegascelticsociety.org

Texas

National Tartan Day Ceilidh, Dallas

Sunday March 28th, 1.00pm

White Rock Lake, Dallas

This event is open to the public and is free, so bring the family, a picnic lunch and a blanket and enjoy an afternoon of Scottish music, dance and culture along the shores White Rock Lake!

www.scotsindallas.org

San Antonio Highland Games

March 27th-28th

This 11th annual festival will be the host to a myriad of activities including traditional Scottish heavy athletics, Celtic dance and music performances, a solo bagpiping competition, geneology information in the Clan Village, children's activities in the Kid's Glen, Living History activities and seminars, parade of Scottish dogs, and sheep herding trials.

www.sahga.org