Tursachan

The Newsletter of the Callanish School of Celtic Arts

Dear Students and Parents,

Can you believe that the school year has almost come to a close? Our end of the year trip to Zooquarium is scheduled for Saturday, June 14th. All Callanish families are invited to attend. Massage therapist, Nicole Horn, will be coming to dance lessons the week of June 23rd to give each dancer a 15-minute foot massage, compliments of our fundraising account. This is my special way of thanking the dance students for all their hard work this year. The summer fiddle and dance schedule is now available. Please have your tuition paid in full by your last lesson in June.

Mòran Taing,

Maggie Carchrie

Schedule of Fees

The following prices will be in effect as of July 1st:

Trip Reminder

If you are interested in attending our trip to Nova Scotia in August 2004, please make sure that Maggie has a $100 refundable deposit from each interested person by July 1st.

An Important Discussion on Dance Costumes

It has been brought to Maggie’s attention that there needs to be some clarification on school costumes. All school costumes are owned by the Callanish School, thus really owned by Maggie. Since children are constantly growing and new students are beginning lessons all the time, families had been asked to help fundraise. All students that began lessons after August, 2000 are required to earn $300 towards their outfits, as each dance outfit costs between $400-$600 (depending on the size). The money that you earn selling stuff (Tupperware, chocolate, Christmas junk) goes into your personal account for this purpose. The money earned on group fundraisers such as yard sales and car washes goes towards making up the difference between that and the actual cost of the outfits. Your fundraising money will be used to help subsidize your 2004 school trip expenses only after you have earned this $300 towards your school outfit. If you have earned more than $300 and you will not be going on the trip, that money cannot be used towards lessons or any other personal expenses; money fundraised for the school belongs to the school, and will be used for school purposes. We should all be helping out for the good of the school. An itemized list of what your child has earned will be handed out the first week of July.

Due to the dramatic decrease in fundraising initiative on the part of the parents, all fundraising after the fall concert has been suspended. Half of the money from the fall concert will go towards our trip and the other half will go towards reimbursing our savings account as Maggie has had to use your costume deposits to purchase kilts. Therefore, if your child outgrows their outfit they may end up wearing one that doesn’t quite fit correctly for competition. Since the school outfits were meant solely for the purpose of performance, it will be up to you to purchase a kilt (in whatever Tartan you want) that fits correctly for competitions if you end up with one that doesn’t fit right and your child is competing.

Yard Sale Update

Our annual yard sale was held on Saturday, May 31st after being postponed from the previous weekend due to rain. We were able to raise $268 towards our most recent kilt order.

Tupperware Update

The Tupperware will be delivered the week of June 9th.

End of the Year School Trip

Students of the Callanish School will be taking a trip to the Zooquarium on Saturday, June 14th (please note the day change) from 1-4 PM. Dennis Markum, fiddle student, owns the Zooquarium and has graciously invited us all down for a free, end-of-the-year event for the children. Please let Maggie know if you are planning on attending (kids and parents) so that we can give Dennis a head count. We will be going out for ice-cream afterwards, compliments of our fundraising account!

Make-Up Lessons

Congrats!

Congratulations to the following students on their recent accomplishments in the Celtic Arts:

Hats Off!

Hats off to the following dancers who received medals and Trophies at recent competitions:

Upcoming Events

7 June Southern NH Highland Games Greenfield, NH
8 June Woodbrier Nursing Home, Falmouth, MA
2:30 Show (Arrive 2 PM)
14 June School Trip to Zooquarium, W. Yarmouth, MA
1:00 pm
22 June 2-4:30 PM HLSS Annual Meeting, YPCC
(scholarship dancers and singing class arrive by 3:15)
4 July Town of Barnstable 4th of July Parade, Hyannis, MA
19 July Glasgowlands Highland Games, Westfield, MA
16 August Maine Highland Games, Brunswick, ME
12 September Callanish Benefit Concert, 7 PM, Cape Cod Community College
19-21 September NH Highland Games, Hopkinton Fair Grounds (no longer at Loon Mountain)

Need more info on festivals? See the official Highland Games web site at: www.maclachlans.org/games.html