Celtic Moment

42nd Royal Highland Regiment 1815 (Australia) Inc. ABN 96 515 982 714 E-Mail: solomon.s@bigpond.com Website www.rhra.com.au The 42nd RHRA are coming to Bundanoon Who is the 42RHRA? Or is that What is the 42RHRA? The 42nd is better known as the Black Watch. This title comes from the dark colours that make up the pattern of the kilt. Many people are very familiar with this sett and it is called the Government Sett. The 42nd Royal Highland Regiment (1815) Australia Inc. is a fully incorporated association of living history enthusiasts that actively re-enact all aspects of the Georgian\Napoleonic Period (1800-1815). We are part of the Worldwide Highland Brigade (a living history organisation with links into Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy and the United States). The association also has reciprocal membership arrangements with the European Napoleonic Society (ENS) and Napoleonic Association (NA) of the UK. In Australia, the 42RHRA has members in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia. The 42RHRA research and strive to show how men and women lived, worked and survived in the early 19th century. Members learn such thing as; how to load and fire a Brown Bess flintlock musket; how to light a fire without modern matches and to perform period foot drill. Find out how people dressed and what was happening the English Empire in during the period of His Majesty King George III. A Brief History of the 42nd Royal Highland Regiment The Black Watch …

The inaugural Bundanoon Highland Gathering (Bundanoon is Brigadoon) took place on 21 October 1978 running in conjunction with the Bundanoon Boronia Festival. Brigadoons principal aim is to raise funds for local charities and volunteer groups and bring tourism to Bundanoon in particular and the Southern Highlands in general thereby benefiting local businesses, guesthouses and hotels. This idea has continued to the present day and makes it one of the most successful events staged in NSW. From their humble beginnings of 6 Pipe Bands and around 100 spectators Brigadoon has emerged as the Premier Scottish gathering in Australia Brigadoon is a not for profit registered charity which after taking into consideration their costs and appropriating a small management budget for the coming year readily distributes the surplus profits from the day to charities and volunteer groups that assist in the administration of the gathering Bundanoon is a comfortable 2 hours drive from Sydney, 1.5 hours from Canberra and the South Coast, which makes it the ideal location for travellers who just want to pop in for the day or for others who wish to stay and enjoy Brigadoon and the hospitality and culture of the Southern Highlands Everyone is made most welcome at the gathering and encouraged to participate in the Traditional and not so traditional games. The committee recognises this as a The Ideal Family Day Outing and encourages mass participation by spectators and especially the children …

Scottish Highland Dancing Students of the Joy Reiher and Simone Cowley Schools of Scottish Dancing will perform a variety of Highland dances. There are only three real highland dances, the Highland Fling-the sword dance and the Seann Triubhais- were most definitely NOT a Lassies dance in their original form. Of the three, the Fling is the Oldest, considered to be based on the rutting movement of the Stag in season, a kind of fertility dance Malcolm Canmore, King of Scots is credited with the sword dance. The story goes that he slew an opponent in battle. He had only recently been converted to Christianity and with this in mind and overjoyed at his enemy on the ground in the form of a cross, he danced in triumph over them. The Seann Triubhais, pronounced Shan Trews is the youngest of the highland dances. It is devised as a dance of derision during the period after Culloden, when the wearing of the kilt was proscribed, often under penalty of death. The name Seann Truibhais means ugly or unwanted trousers and the movement of the dance, the shake, the shake down the leg, are a visible attempt to discard the hated garment. Proudly sponsored by; Macqueen Auctioneers and Valuers Mittagong, NSW 2575 Ph.61 2 4888 2188

After a wonderful day of all things Scottish, Pipe Bands, singing, dancing, Tartan Warriors and Swordplay the closing ceremony and lone piper performed, and the highlander Celtic Rock Band sang us out with Auld Lang Syne Another great Brigadoon had come to an end and 13000 visitors to the Southern Highlands had had another day to remember. Date for the Diary 2 APRIL 2011

Photograph’s by Jeff McGill

The inaugural Bundanoon Highland Gathering (Bundanoon is Brigadoon) took place on 21 October 1978 running in conjunction with the Bundanoon Boronia Festival. Brigadoons principal aim is to raise funds for local charities and volunteer groups and bring tourism to Bundanoon in particular and the Southern Highlands in general thereby benefiting local businesses, guesthouses and hotels. This idea has continued to the present day and makes it one of the most successful events staged in NSW. From their humble beginnings of 6 Pipe Bands and around 100 spectators Brigadoon has emerged as the Premier Scottish gathering in Australia Brigadoon is a not for profit registered charity which after taking into consideration their costs and appropriating a small management budget for the coming year readily distributes the surplus profits from the day to charities and volunteer groups that assist in the administration of the gathering Bundanoon is a comfortable 2 hours drive from Sydney, 1.5 hours from Canberra and the South Coast, which makes it the ideal location for travellers who just want to pop in for the day or for others who wish to stay and enjoy Brigadoon and the hospitality and culture of the Southern Highlands Everyone is made most welcome at the gathering and encouraged to participate in the Traditional and not so traditional games. The committee recognises this as a The Ideal Family Day Outing and encourages mass participation by spectators and especially the children …

The Street parade start at 9.30am and this year we had 22 Pipe bands performing, with a vast variety of music, also in the parade were marching Clan Societies, Children Floats from the local schools and a variey of other participants. The parade was lead by our Chieftain of the Day, Susan Cooke, High Commissioner of the Clan Lindsay, in Australia and President of Clan Lindsay. It is a wonderful sight seeing the parade make its way along Erith St. before entering the Oval for the massed bands and Opening ceremony

some of my photo’s for you to enjoy from a wonderful day at Bundanoon

Bundanoon Stones the Stones of Manhood Modelled on the Maglashen Stones from Scotland they consist of a set of six round stones ranging from 100 kgs to 165 kgs in weight. Only five of the stones are used at any one time with the current competition set comprising the 115kgs, 120kgs,…

Bundanoon Stones the Stones of Manhood Modelled on the Maglashen Stones from Scotland they consist of a set of six round stones ranging from 100 kgs to 165 kgs in weight. Only five of the stones are used at any one time with the current competition set comprising the 115kgs, 120kgs,…