Clasaichean Gàidhlig ann an Virginia
Scottish Gaelic classes in Virginia
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 10:55:54 EDT
From: Kate Herr <Kabaha@AOL.COM>
Subject: Scottish Gaidhlig Classes, Fall 1999
Scottish Gaidhlig Classes will be held again in the Richmond, Virginia area
starting in November.
Anyone interested in classes please contact me for details. At this time we
are planning to start classes on November 13, the second Saturday of the
month.
Kabaha@msn.com
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 08:56:58 -0500
From: Jana Blue
To: GAIDHLIG-B@LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
Subject: Gaelic Classes-Fall 1998-Richmond, VA
Hello all Scottish Gaelic Enthusiasts:
Our schedule for all classes and activities has been set and I am
looking forward to seeing all of you again. This fall we are very
fortunate to have Dr. Jamie MacDonald as our teacher. Many of you will
remember Jamie from our SGER Retreat Weekend last spring and from his
teaching at the ACGA Immersion Weekends. He is a fluent Gaelic speaker who
mastered the language while living in Scotland where he earned his Ph. D.
at the University of Edinburgh's School of Scottish Studies. He stays very
busy traveling to fulfill his passion of teaching Gaelic and we are very
happy that he will be traveling to Richmond to teach us. The cost of the
Fall session is $75.00. This covers instruction, some class materials and
lunch for the 4 classes.
Our class schedule is as follows:
October 10, November 7 (at our Fall retreat, please come to class even if
you can't make it for the whole weekend), November 21 and December 12.
All classes (except November 7) will be at Crestwood Presbyterian Church on
Jahnke Road.
Each class day the schedule will be as follows.
9:00 - 11:00 - Level I
11:00 - 12:00 - Song Workshop
12:00 - 1:00 - Lunch
1:00 - 3:00 - Level II
We have been asked to sing at Crestwood Presbyterian Church during the
Advent season so the song workshop will be very important for everyone.
Also on our Fall calendar is the Richmond Highland Games and Celtic
Festival at Strawberry Hill on October 24-25. We will be participating at
the ACGA tent with songs, Gaelic mini-lessons and waulking demonstrations.
We will also have books, learning materials and music for sale from Thistle
and Shamrock Books. There will be a ceilidh at my house on Saturday night
(not to be missed!!).
Our SGER Fall Retreat at Camp Hanover, November 6 - 8, will surely
rival the success of the Spring Retreat. We will arrive and gather Friday
evening after dinner for the Welcome Ceilidh. Saturday after breakfast we
will have class and lunch following the same schedule as regular class
days. Saturday afternoon will be free for hiking, sleeping,
studying...whatever you want to do. THE ceilidh on Saturday night will be
followed by a little sleep and a late breakfast Sunday morning. After
breakfast we will have Gaelic story and song time with lots of coffee and
we will depart after lunch. The cost will be $60 for those taking the fall
classes and $80 for others. This cost covers lodging, food, refreshments
and fun from Friday evening through Sunday lunch. The lodging is in heated
longhouses on bunk style beds. It is rustic but quite comfortable. The
"facilities" are a short walk through the woods but also heated and
"comfortable".
Please let me know as soon as possible if you would like to be a part of
our wonderful Fall classes. I am looking forward to hearing from all of
you.
Mise le meas,
Jana Mairi Blue
seona@worldnet.att.net
From: Wayne Cowie Clarke <wcclarke@erols.com>
Organization: An Commun Gaidhealach America
Date: Mon, 01 Apr 96
Subject: Scottish Gaelic Classes in Northern Virginia
I am teaching a beginner's class and two advanced beginner/intermediate
Gaidhlig classes in Northern Virginia.
The beginner's class and one of the advanced beginner/intermendiate
classes are being taught as adult education classes under the auspices of
the Fairfax County adult education system.
The beginner's class will be taught starting April 15 at 7:15pm at Lake
Braddock High School in Burke/West Springfield and the advanced beginner
class will be taught at Marshall High School starting April 16 at 7:15pm
in Tyson's Corner/McLean, Virginia. Persons wishing to register or to
obtain information should contact Fairfax County at (703) 227-2200.
I teach the other advanced beginner/intermediate class under the auspices
of An Commun Gaidhealach America ACGA) at the Lee Recreational Center in
Alexandria, Virginia (a city founded by colonial Scottish merchants in the
1740's) starting at 7:30pm each Thursday. This is an ongoing class.
Interested persons should contact me by phone at (703) 239-0950 or by mail
at 6116 Wilmington Drive, Burke, Virginia 22015.
I am also the chair person for the organization of an ACGA sponsored
Gaidhlig immersion weekend to be held somewhere on the middle east coast
in the near future. Persons interested in such an immersion
experience--particularly persons who are willing to help organize it and
make it a success--should contact me at the address or phone number given
above.
Le dochas mor airson Gaidhlige,
Ughainn Mac a'Chleirich
(Wayne Cowie Clarke)
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 1956 13:02:25 +0000
From: William Cassidy <wcassidy@pop.dn.net>
Subject: Clas Gàidhlig ann an Richmond, Va.
A Chaoimhín, bidh clas ùr a' tòiseachadh ann an Richmond, Va., air an
21mh là den t-Sultain.
Kevin, There will be a new class starting in Richmond, Va., on the
21st of September.
Bidh sinn a' cruinneachadh aon là gach mìos airson ceithir no còig
uairean a thìde, agus bidh na h-oileanaich ag ionnsachadh agus a' cleachdadh le
chéile gach seachdain nan aonar.
We'll be meeting one day each month for four or five hours, and the students
will be learning and practicing together on their own in the intervening
weeks.
Bidh mise a' teagaisg -- ach tha mi a' fuireach astar gu math fada bho
Richmond, mu thimcheall dhà uair. Cha b'urrainn dhomh ach turas a-mhàin
a dhèanamh gach mìos, is mór am beud.
I'll be teaching the class -- but but I live a long way from Richmond,
about two hours' drive. I could only manage one trip each month,
unfortunately.
Tha tuilleadh fiosrachaidh ri fhaighinn bho Peigi Stinette aig
PEGS@caevalaw.com no Jana Blue Hopper aig DUJOUR1@aol.com. Bidh nas
motha fiosrachaidh agamsa a' dh'aithghearr.
More details are available from Peigi Stinette at
PEGS@caevalaw.com or from Jana Blue Hopper at DUJOUR1@aol.com.
I'll have more information soon.
Leis gach deagh-dhùrachd, Liam O Caiside
