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Embro Highland Games 2023!

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Hello Everyone,

Please see this guest post from Embro Highland Games:

The Countdown is On!

We are officially 9 days away from the 2023 Embro Highland Games & excitement is stirring as we look forward to welcoming over 3,700 visitors!

July 1st will be a day of fierce rivalry as hammers are thrown, cabers are tossed, the skirl of the bagpipes fill the air as the flash of clan tartan surrounds us!

We are thrilled this year to once again include Tug-of-War in our event line up with teams coming from far afield as British Columbia & Wisconsin!

Musical headliner this year is the ever popular Celtic rock group The Mudmen.

Please feel free to share the Embro Highland Games poster with your members & readership!

Check out our new website at www.embrohighlandgames.ca

Mighty Men of Zorra 130th Anniversary!

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Hello Everyone,
please read this guest post from the Zorra Caledonian Society:

Special event on Sunday, June 25, 2023 @ 2 pm at the North Embro Cemetery!  

Come celebrate with us as we re-dedicate the Memorial Tug-of-War Cairn and commemorate the 130th anniversary of the Mighty Men of Zorra winning the World Championships in 1893!

Bring a lawn chair and wear your tartan!  (We are setting up in the shade, away from the road noise, but do bring your own water, if it turns out to be a scorcher of a day).

For questions about this event contact the Zorra Caledonian Society at 519-320-8113.

National Tartan Day April 1, 2023!

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Hello Everyone,

Please see this guest post from the Zorra Caledonian Society!

The Zorra Caledonian Society would like you to join us for a “Pub Night” with live music & a wee bit of Scottish fun on Saturday, April 1st, 2023, as we celebrate National Tartan Day!

A few fun facts:

  • National Tartan Day originated in Canada in the 1980’s, when just over 15% of the population was of Scottish descent
  • The date of April 6th was chosen as it was the day on which Scotland in 1320 became an independent country at the signing of the Declaration of Arbroath
  • Every province and territory of Canada with the exception of Nunavut has its very own tartan & that Canada also has a national tartan
  • 9,500 jobs in Scotland are provided by Canadian Companies
  • Canada is a top 10 export partner for Scotland
  • 5 million Canadians claim Scottish heritage

For questions directly contact the Zorra Caledonian Society at events@embrohighlandgames.ca.

Zorra Caledonian Society 84th St. Andrew’s Night Banquet on Friday, November 25, 2022!

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Hello Everyone,
this guest post is provided by the Zorra Caledonian Society.

Please join them in celebrating their 84th St. Andrew’s Night Banquet. An evening replete with tartan, live music, traditional Scottish food and a full rendition of Rabbit Burn’s poem “Address to a Haggis’, with all its fanfare!

Tickets are $50.00 and must be purchased in advance by emailing them at events@embrohighlandgames.ca or by calling 289-501-4411.

Ingersoll 50+ Activity Centre – Heritage Presentation Series

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George Leslie Mackay – Courthouse Square, Woodstock ON

Hello Everyone,

This guest post is from the Ingersoll 50+ Activity Centre – Heritage Presentation Series

The Embro Man Who Changed a Nation

Taiwan’s first education and health care networks were established by George Leslie Mackay, a Presbyterian missionary born near Embro Ontario. He came to Taiwan 150 years ago and is still revered by the Taiwanese more than a century after his death. For many, he is a present-day icon of Taiwanese nationalism. This powerful legacy will be explored in this presentation.

SPEAKER – Rev. Michael Stainton, Research Associate, York University Centre for Asian Studies and President to the Taiwanese Human Rights Association of Canada.

Presentation Date: Tuesday May 17th at 2:00 p.m.

This is an in-person event being held at the Ingersoll 50+ Activity Centre.

Please register by calling 519-485-2269 by Monday, May 16th.

No charge, no Centre membership necessary.