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A Tartan First for Stonehaven School

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Article added by: David on 13 March 2009

This article has been reproduced by kind permission of the Mearns Leader Newspaper

Mill o’ Forest school pupils have come up with a unique way of marking the Year of Homecoming as Scotland celebrates the 250th birthday of the national bard.

Primary 3 and 5 pupils at the school have been busy designing their own tartan with the support of Alex Scott & Co. (kiltmakers) Ltd. of Aberdeen.

The pupils of Stonehaven School

The Children have selected the colours to be used and samples have now been made up and returned to the school. Pupils have narrowed the seven available options to just three and the choice will now go to a school vote.

Primary 3 teacher Marjory Hamilton said she believed they were the first school in the area bidding to create their own registered tartan.

“It is going to cost around £1000 to put into production so we are now in the process of organising a concert to raise money. We have also held a photography competition and the funds from that will go towards the project. We hope that when we have the final design it can be used to make scarves and other items. We’re really excited and it would be nice if eventually it could be used for ties and integrated into the school uniform in some way in the future. It will be a proper registered tartan unique to Mill o’ Forest.”

On Friday pupils at the school dressed up to mark Burns’ birthday. Anyone wanting to support the initiative can contact the school on 01569 763561.

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ANNUAL SALE: 20% Off ALL Highland Wear – Starts Thursday

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Article added by: Robert on 2 February 2009

Us Scots love February. Not only are the days getting longer, winter is almost behind us, and it’s also time for our huge Annual Sale.

This year – not only will we have 20% off ALL Highland Wear – but some VERY special and exciting further offers – watch this space!

Sale starts at 9am on Thursday 5th.

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Celebrate Scotland on the 30th November with St Andrew

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Article added by: David on 21 November 2008

The 30th of November is the Feast Of Saint Andrew – The Patron Saint of Scotland. To celebrate we’ll be hosting a fantastic evening of food and drink, packed with entertainment. This years event is already full booked, however you can celebrate at your own party with our fantastic range of St Andrew’s Day gifts and Table Wear.

St. Andrew became the Patron Saint of Scotland at about the middle of the 10th century. There are many legends about how this came about. Some say that the relics of St. Andrew were brought under supernatural guidance to the shore of Scotland where the town of St. Andrews is today. We do know for sure that there are plenty of events to attend throughout the country and you can find out what’s happening and where, at http://www.scotland.org/standrewsday/.

Don’t forget – you can always show off your Scottish roots with our fantastic range of Scottish Dialect T-Shirts, Scarves and Gifts.

Happy St Andrews Day!

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My Tartan Day

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Article added by: David on 13 August 2008

As webmaster here at kiltmakers.co.uk you can guess that Tartan Day is quite a big deal! Here’s my Diary from the day:

An air of excitement filled my house on the morning of Saturday 2^nd August; it was Aberdeen’s 5^th annual Tartan Day. This day is close to my heart as thousands of people celebrate our Scottish heritage, culture, language and the way tartan keeps our traditions alive.

As I left my house to catch the bus to our shop in Schoolhill I was stopped by a young man who asked if he could take my photograph as he was intrigued by my kilt, funny to think I will now be in his photo album, this made me feel very proud of my heritage!

Looking around me on my way to the shop I could see the streets busy and adorned with tartan and on approaching the stall that we had set up outside the shop I was thrilled to see it was buzzing with activity. As I got closer I realised why our stall was so busy, we had teamed up with the local distillery Glen Garioch to offer people a taste of the local whisky, it’s smooth taste proved to be a very popular choice!

At 11 O.clock the Junior Buchan Pipe Band warmed up their pipes, the drummers their sticks and we were treated to an impressive music delight. The band drew the crowd in to enjoy the performance, although they didn’t seem to stray too far away from the whisky! Jill McHaffie who is in charge of the band told me that the youngest member is eleven years old and the Pipe Major who leads the band as they play was the oldest at nineteen. They have competed in competitions and next year they will be in contention for the top honours.

At midday a mass tartan march began along Union Street by the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association, made up of 10 pipe bands and comprising 120 pipers. Following on from the pipe bands was the pageant parade which included performers from the Aberdeen International Youth Festival costumed historic characters, dignitaries and some local celebrities, I later learned that the characters were a battle re-enactment group and they were to perform later in the afternoon.

After lunch I went along to Union Terrace Gardens where Stephen Robertson officially opened the afternoon’s proceedings. He was part of the famous comedy group from Aberdeen called “Scotland The What” along with George Donald and Buff Hardie. In more recent times, he has been awarded with the freedom of the city and been made Rector of Aberdeen University. Suffice to say, he gave a very funny speech to open proceedings. This was followed by a Scottish tribal drumming band called Albannach that features a piper, accompanied by energetic drumming.

I finally headed back to our shop to discover the Junior Buchan Pipe Band was still playing at 3:30, still managing to draw in a crowd. Unfortunately this was the end of my tartan day, but what a wonderful day and a wonderful event, I can’t wait until next year!

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A visit from Whiskyföreningen vid TF

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Article added by: David on 7 April 2008

Last week Alex Scott (the physical store of kiltmakers.co.uk) were delighted to welcome some visitors from Helsinki. Whiskyföreningen vid TF is a whisky appreciation society with a current membership of about seventy. The members are mostly students at Helsinki Technical University but also include some post-graduate members.

The main activities of the society are to organise whisky tastings and excursions. They are also keen to introduce their members to Scotland as they feel it is important to see the home of whisky!

We were lucky to meet some of their members and show them another aspect of Scotland, the Highland outfit. We were able to let them see kilts, and in some cases try on kilts. They also met Margot who is our kilt maker.

We enjoyed meeting the society members and we wish them all the best with the expansion of their society.

If you are interested in whisky and can speak Finnish, you can view their site at
http://whisky.teknologforeningen.fi/

If you are interested in kilts, you are already in the best place. We will be happy to help you buy a made-to-measure kilt in your tartan.

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