This report of the Gathering of August 10-12 1979 in Nova Scotia
is extracted from the Clan Sinclair Association Annual Report - Roselma
Sinclair, Secretary.
For a news report of the Gathering, click here.
The International Gathering of the Clans/79 produced the
greatest known gathering of the Clan Sinclair since the Sassenach
proscription of 1745. This was due to the untiring work and efforts
of the volunteer committee of Nova Scotia; namely, Jack, Bill, Harold,
George, Mary, Donald and Col. John Sinclair along with their very
efficient treasurer, Grace Trueman and numerous unnamed assistants.
A magnificient ceilidh was held in the Little Harbour Community
Centre the night of August 10th. The hall was completely decorated
with tarta, Clan badge crests and banners. Museum-quality memorabilia,
pictures, legal documents and original land-grants dating back to
George IV were gathered and arranged by Bill Sinclair of Ottawa.
There was even a pebble from Castle Girnigoe. The attendance was
well over one hundred and the dinner featured fish chowder and
Atlantic salmon.
The Head Table guests were piped in by Col. John Sinclair and
the guest speaker was the very witty Gaelic theologician, Dr. D.M. Sinclair.
Harold Sinclair delivered the following message from the Clan Chief, the
Rt. Hon. the Earl of Caithness:
"Have a tremendous evening. Sorry
I'm not with you but I am in spirit." Mr. Gordon Archibald, the distinguished Chairman of the International
Gathering of the Clans welcomed the guests on behalf of the Premier and
the Province of Nova Scotia.
Greetings were brought from the newly-formed Clan Sinclair Association
of the United States of America by Judge David Sinclair Bouschor of
Duluth, Minnesota. Dr. E.G. Sinclair President of Clan Sinclair Association
of Canada extended congratulations to the Maritime Sinclairs and encouragement
to form a Maritime-Atlantic Branch. Joy was "unrefined" until
the wee small hours of the morning when the orchestra adjourned then
reconvened to share in the large hours of the next day.
Saturday, out-of-town visitors were entertained at the home of
John and barbara Sinclair on the shores of Northumberland Straits until
it was time to proceed to the Closing Ceremonies of the International
Gathering of the Clans at Trenton. There, we were entertained by fiddlers,
runner-up fiddlers, runners-up-to-the runners-up fiddlers to the fourth
degree. The few selections heard on the pipes were excellent.
Sunday, August 12th. was a once-in-a-lifetime ecclesiastical experience
at the Forbes Memorial United Church on the shores of Loch Katrine. Two
pipers were in attendance and once again the tartan and Clan badges decorated
the walls and chancel. An augmented choir and over-flowing congregation of
clansmen and clanswomen made the service an even more memorable occasion.
After the service, we adjourned to the little red schoolhouse in Goshen.
Some two hundred clansmen, visitors and area residents of the Clan partook
of light refreshments and a get-to-gether, culminating in a dedication of
a plaque in the hill-top cemetery behind the schoolhouse.
Before saying good-bye, discussion took place as to a meeting for 1980.
The Bouschors were to look into Grandfather Mountain and McAllister College
in St Paul's - Minneapolis; however, on the way back to Ontario in the
bar of the halifax Airport caught up with the Mathesons from Australia and
Dunedin (Blue Jays) Florida. Their Games are in late March and they promise
a very attractive package deal if it is picked up STAT. Let us know if you
are interested!
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THE CLAN SINCLAIR ASSOCIATION MEMBERS
PRESENT AT THE CEILIDH IN LITTLE HARBOUR
NEW GLASGOW, NOVA SCOTIA AUGUST 10, 1979.
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Mr. & Mrs. George T. Kennedy
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Cleveland, Ohio
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| Mr. & Mrs. H. Sinclair |
Halifax, Nova Scotia
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| Mr. & Mrs. W.E. Sinclair
| Nepean, Ontario
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| Mr. & Mrs. Jack Sinclair
| Halifax, Nova Scotia
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| Miss Mary Sinclair
| Thorburn, Nova Scotia
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| Mr. & Mrs. N.C. Sinclair
| Saint John, New Brunswick
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| Dr. & Mrs. E.G. Sinclair
| Norwood, Ontario
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| Judge & Mrs. David Sinclair
| Duluth, Minnesota
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| Mr. & Mrs. K. Sinclair & Ellen
| Newcastle, New Brunswick
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| Mr. T. & Barbara (Sinclair) Barnard
| Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
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| M/S Janet C. Sinclair Hunt
| Islington, Ontario
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| Mr. Bruce & Jane Sinclair Borden
| Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
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| Mr. Kingsford & Hetty Sinclair Flood
Rory and Shelley
| Halifax, Nova Scotia
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| M/S Lena Sinclair Smith
| Bridgeville, Pictou County, N.S.
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| Mr. Jim Sinclair
| Calgary Alberta
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| Mrs. Grace (Sinclair) Trueman
| New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
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| Judy Patten
| Glace Bay, Nova Scotia
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| Mr. Andrew Ian Sinclair
| Halifax, Nova Scotia
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| Mr. J. & Chris (Sinclair) Patten
| Glace Bay, Nova Scotia
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| Mr. & Mrs. John Sinclair
| Ottawa, Ontario
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| Mr. George Sinclair
| Thorburn, Nova Scotia
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| Mr. Donald Sinclair
| Halifax, Nova scotia
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CLANSMEN & CLANWOMEN & VISITORS
PRESENT AT THE CEILIDH AND CHURCH SERVICE
HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH
THE INTERNATIONAL GATHERING OF THE CLANS
AUGUST 10, 11, 12th. 1979.
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Mr. Herbert and Rose Sinclair
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Pictou, Nova Scotia
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| Mr. Austin and Beatrice Sinclair
| Halifax, Nova Scotia
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| Miss Jessie Sinclair
| Nepean, Ontario
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| Mr. Lawrence & Myrna Sinclair
| New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
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| Mr. Walter & Alma Mason
| County Harbour Guy's County
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Mr. & Mrs. Bob Caldwell
Joanne
| Trenton, Nova Scotia
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| Mr. Clem, Jean & Karen Sinclair
| Middleton, Nova Scotia
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| Mr. J. Stan & Jane William
| Halifax, Nova Scotia
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| Mr. W. Sinclair
| Halifax, Nova Scotia
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| M/S Charlene Albert
| Caraquet, Nova Scotia
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| Mr. Alan Sinclair
| Halifax, Nova Scotia
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| Mr. Alvin & Rita Sinclair
| New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
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| Mr. Dannie & Bob Porter
| Abercrombie, Nova Scotia
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| Coleen Sinclair
| Riverside, New Jersey
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| Garth & Dennis MacDonald
| Ottawa, Ontario
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| Mr. George & Marion Archibald
| Halifax, Nova Scotia
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| M/S Margaret Sinclair James
| Halifax, Nova Scotia
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| Alastair Sinclair
| Halifax, Nova Scotia
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| Mr. & Mrs. D.M. Sinclair
| Halifax, Nova Scotia
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| Joanne Mitou
| Halifax, Nova Scotia
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| Mrs. Robert MacNaughton
| Antigonish, Nova Scotia
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Lloyd Sinclair (Grandfather
John Sinclair 4th.)
| Goshen, Nova Scotia
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| M/S Mildred Sinclair Sutherland
| Goshen, Nova Scotia
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| Charles Hibbert & Jessie Sinclair
| Westville, Nova Scotia
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| Lena Sinclair Smith
| Bridgeville, Nova Scotia
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| M/S Winnifred Sinclair MacCulloch
| Bedford, Nova Scotia
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| Mary Sinclair Cameron
| Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia
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| Sanoda & Charles Sinclair
| Goshen, Nova Scotia
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| Mary, Stanley Edgar & Cheryl Sinclair
| Goshen, Nova Scotia
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| Alvin Sinclair
| New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
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| M/S Jessie Sinclair McHattie
| Loch Katrine, Nova Scotia
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| Robert Malcolm Sinclair
| Goshen, Nova Scotia
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| Mr. & Mrs. Robert Sinclair
| Halifax, Nova Scotia
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| Mr. Clive Sinclair
| Middleton, Nova Scotia
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| M/S Bessie Sinclair
| Goshen, Nova Scotia
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| M/S Donna Miller
| Merigomish, Nova Scotia
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