Scot-Irish History: Part II in Texas

Welcome to the Texas Scottish Festival & Highland Games.

The skirl of the Pipes, the cheers of encouragement for the Athletic events, and the swirling of the Highland Dancers reminds all Scots of our rich and glorious heritage. We gladly share this heritage with our friends this weekend at our 23rd annual festival.

We are proud that our event is one of the largest Scottish gatherings in the United States and known as the preeminent Scottish Entertainment Festival in North America. I know you will enjoy our featured musical groups as well as all the other great Scottish entertainers. A very special welcome to our visitors from across the nation and especially those members of Clan MacLellan and Clan Cumming who are holding their National Meetings in conjunction with our event.

I bid you all CEUD MILE FAILTE, a 100,000 welcomes.

Ray McDonald
Executive Director

Scot-Irish History: Part I in Scotland

About The Gathering 2009

The Gathering 2009 is a celebration of the culture and history of Scotland.

The two-day event on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th July will be the greatest international clan gathering the world has ever seen, and the largest Highland Games to have been held in Scotland.

This unique event is a chance for Scots everywhere to celebrate their roots and one of Scotland's greatest traditions, Highland Games, as well as an opportunity to thank the clan associations and Scottish societies from around the world for their role in keeping these traditions alive.

The Gathering 2009 Ltd was setup in February 2007 and has received public funding from EventScotland, City of Edinburgh Council and Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian. This was granted on the basis that the event would provide a 18:1 return on investment to Scotland as a whole.

The Gathering 2009 is a signature event of Homecoming Scotland 2009, a year-long government initiative aimed at encouraging those with a passion or connection with Scotland to come home.

For many years Scotland has witnessed a decline in the popularity of Highland Games and a near extinction of clan activity. However, the opposite is true in some countries, especially in North America, where clan membership exceeds 100,000 and over 300 Highland Games and festivals are held annually.

Over the past few years there has been an overall strengthening of national identity within Scotland. This has provided an ideal environment in which to celebrate the contribution that the clans and their descendants have made to maintaining national traditions.

Trinity Shakespeare Festival 2009

Trinity Shakespeare Festival
This summer is the inaugural season of the festival at TCU.


Romeo & Juliet
June 12 - 28, 2009

Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is among the most enduring love stories in the Western canon. The play follows “a pair of star-crossed lovers” from their first shy glances, to an unquenchable love, to their final heartrending kiss.





Twelfth Night
June 11 - 28, 2009

Twelfth Night: or What You Will is Shakespeare’s comic masterpiece of unexpected love and mistaken identity. This comedy begins with shipwrecked twins off the coast of the kingdom of Illyria. It ends with love, reconciliation, reunion and marriage.





Trinity Shakespeare Festival

About Us
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Our Mission

Our hope is to produce the work of Shakespeare with clarity, creativity and conscience. To allow the stories of Shakespeare to play out on the stage with a joy in the story telling, a beauty in the execution and a respect for the tradition of Shakespeare’s enduring plays.





The Actors:



The Preparation:

Educators in AJ's Life

The school yard!



Stacey Stewart M.S., CCC-SLP

European Union Wide Elections in June

European Union wide elections are due in June and the final session of the current European Parliament is underway in Strasbourg.

Dominic Hughes looks at how the 700-plus MEPs from 27 countries will work together.

What does an EU commissioner do?

As the European elections get closer, BBC News has been to parliament to find out more about who works there and what they do.

Benita Ferrero-Waldner is an EU Commissioner who spends most of her time in Brussels and Strasbourg attending meetings, briefings and press conferences.

AJ Rides the Train!

Saturday, 30 May 2009