Vancouver Sun's Chantal Eustace writes a story about kilts and Tartan Day in Vancouver.
Check out the Vancouver Sun article.
The next celebration: Wearing the tartan
Vancouver Sun – British Columbia, Canada
Todd Wong (centre right in red vest) wears the tartan on St.
Patrick's Day, along with Nathalie Coulombe (right) and others at
Doolan's Pub. …
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We posed at Doolin's for a picture for the Vancouver Sun. left to right is Raphael Fang (Kilts Night at Doolin's co-founder), Dave Samis – dragon boater, Allan McMordie- bagpiper, Heather Deal – Vancouver city councilor, Matt – bar tender, Todd Wong – creator of Gung Haggis Fat Choy, Nathalie Columbe – Doolin's waitress. photo by Mark van Manen
I usually wear a kilt about 2 or 3 times a month now, and always for Kilts Night, the first Thursday of each month.
This
past week I wore it on Wednesday for the Co-op radio interview, then
Thursday for the Battle of the Bards when I played Robbie Burns. Again on Sunday for the St.
Patrick's Day parade. Then tonight for St. Patrick's Day at the Billy
Bishop Legion. That's four times within a span of 6 days!
Every 1st Thursday of the month, you can find me
at Doolin's Irish Pub celebrating “Kilts Night.” Wear a kilt and
receive a free pint of Guinness.
The
Vancouver Sun wrote a story about Tartan Day coming up on April 5th,
and how it isn't grandly celebrated in Vancouver. New York City has a
huge celebration which they call Tartan Week. Last year we had a wee
celebration at Doolin's with a kilt fashion show and a scotch tasting
by Johnny Walker. Our Gung Haggis Fat Choy dragon boat team
participated in the kilt fashion show, and we ended up on the Kilts
Night poster for Doolin's.
Here are some articles I wrote last year for Tartan Day
Should Scots' contributions to Canada be recognized?
A Bill for Tartan Day.
Bill
C-402 in parliament is an independant bill
Angus provost Bill Middleton said: “The new
Chinese-Scottish tartan