If you have a magnetic car sign from the festival we need them back for next year. Please contact Jude if you have one!!

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1 Moran Taing Many thanks to Babs O'Lone for helping preparing flyers for upcoming events and for working on Kids area stuff for the 2013 Arizona Highland Celtic Festival. Many thanks also to those who helped out at the Sedona Celtic Fest...at this writing I am not exactly sure who those will be but all help is appreciated! Still need help tabling at the Scandinavian Fair. If anyone is willing please call Jude at Tucson Celtic Festival If anyone is planning to attend the Tucson Celtic Festival on Nov. 2 thru 4th and would like to help promote our festival or help with their whisky tastings please call Jude at Facebook NACHS has now joined the world on FACEBOOK. Watch for fun Celtic tidbits and information about events coming soon! Movie Time For a quirky look at the most famous Edinburgh body snatchers see Burke & Hare. The movie has some old familiar acting faces and comedy on a subject that is not normally funny. Very enjoyable! HELP! If you have a magnetic car sign from the festival we need them back for next year. Please contact Jude if you have one!!

2 October 1st Gaelic Class, Thorpe Park Adult Center, 6.30 October 2nd NACHS meeting, Thorpe Park Adult Center, 6:00 October 8th Gaelic Class, Thorpe Park Adult Center, 6.30 October 15th Gaelic clas, Thorpe Park Adult Center, 6:30 October 29th Gaelic Class, Thorpe Park Adult Center,6:30 Learn Gaelic! Richard Ferguson continues to teach a weekly conversational Scottish Gaelic class for beginning and intermediate speakers, using the Teach Yourself Gaelic materials. In the classes, students can also pick up Scottish cultural and historical information! Best of all, the classes are FREE! Join Richard Mondays, 6:30-8:00pm at the Flagstaff Adult Center, 245 Thorpe Rd. A Celtic Christian Way of Spiritual Life: Retreat presented Saturday, October 13th from 10 AM to 3 PM at Church of the Epiphany, 423 North Beaver Street. Presenters are Paul John Martin, Guardian of the Community of Aidan and Hilda (a Celtic neo-monastic community) and Kenneth McIntosh, author of Water from an Ancient Well: Celtic Spirituality for Modern Life. Learn about the ancient Christian tradition that makes life a spiritual adventure, integrates ecology, art and community, and lives on in postmodern-era spiritual communities. Suggested donation of $40.00 at the door. This includes an appropriately Celtic lunch. NOTE: Please RSVP by October 6th so we know how much food to prepare: journeyfriend51@gmail.com or Please note if you prefer a vegetarian meal. Plants'of'Mystery'and'Magic:'The'Ogham'Alphabet By#Bic#Waterman (This&article&first&ran&in&October&2004.&Click&on&the&hyperlink&in&the&last&paragraph&for&more&information&on&this&fascinating&subject.) Todd$Barnell$is$a$professional$Research$Specialist,$who$lives$and$works$in$Flagstaff.$$Todd$researched$and$prepared$the$captions$for$ Viola s(flower(garden( (Plants(of(the(Celtic(Regions,(at(July s(arizona(highland(celtic(festival.(i(have(just(spent(an(afternoon(of( fascinating)discovery)with)todd,)learning)about)his)work)for)nachs. The%Flagstaff%Public%Library%was%my%greatest%resource,%says%Todd.% Of%the%30%to%40%books%I%looked%at%during%my%research,%Plants%of% Mystery'and'Magic,'by'Michael'Jordan,'Lilies'of'the'Hearth:'the'Historical'Relationship'between'Women'and'Plants,'by'Jennifer' Bennett,&and&Culpeper s&color&herbal,&edited&by&david&potterton,&were&the&most&useful. Todd$also$cited$the$work$of$Curtis$Clark,$California$State$Polytechnic$University,$Pomona,$in$describing$the$Ogham$(OH@yam),$or$ Celtic'Tree 'Alphabet.'According'to'Clark,' Sometimes'it'is'hard'to'tell'where'scientific'knowledge'ends'and'mythology'(both'ancient' and$modern)$begins.$what$is$known$is$that$a$system$of$writing$was$developed$in$celtic$areas,$and$recorded$on$a$series$of$stones.$ Many%of%these%stones%are%boundary%and%grave%markings.%Nearly%400%have%been%discovered%so%far,%most%in%Ireland,%Scotland,%Isle%of% Man,%and%Wales,%although%a%few%have%been%found%in%[Galicia%and%Asturias]. The$alphabet$consists$of$25$characters,$and$20$letters.$Each$letter$bears$the$name$of$a$tree.$The$first$letter$is$Beith$(Birch),$the$ second'luis'(rowan),'the'third'fern'(alder),'and'so'on.'many'times,'this'alphabet'is'called'the' Beith?Luis?Fern 'alphabet,'just'as'we' call$ours$the$ ABCs.$$Curtis$Clark$believes$the$alphabet$actually$originated$in$the$Rhine$River$valley,$which$many$consider$to$be$the$ Celt s'ancestral'home.' The$20$trees$giving$their$names$to$the$letters$of$the$Ogham$Alphabet$are:$birch,$rowan,$alder,$willow,$ash,$hawthorn,$oak,$holly,$ hazel,'apple,'grape,'ivy,'reed,'blackthorn,'elder,'silver'fir,'gorse,'heather,'poplar,'and'yew. The$term$ Ogham$Alphabet $comes$from$celtic$legends,$where$ogma,$the$god$of$eloquence,$gave$his$people$the$gift$of$writing.$ Most%examples%of%writing%with%this%set%of%symbols%date%back%to%the%early%Christian%era,%although%many%Celtic%scholars%believe%it%was% in#use#long#before#then.#some#evidence#suggests#that#celtic#bards#inscribed#their#tales#on#poet s#staffs#using#the#ogham#alphabet,# and$several$ancient$celtic$myths$tell$of$bards$hiding$or$destroying$their$staffs$so$the$tales$would$not$fall$into$the$wrong$hands. Click&on& history(of(the(20(trees(mentioned(above.

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5 6 th Annual Scandinavian Fair Norway Sweden Denmark Finland Iceland Saturday October 13, :00 am 3:00 pm San Francisco de Asis School (formerly St. Mary s School) 320 N. Humphreys Street Flagstaff, Arizona Free Admission Swedish Meatball lunches $7 each Meatballs, gravy, mashed potatoes, lingonberry, green beans, drink and dessert Scandinavian Booths Lefse Demonstrations Food and Crafts for Sale Live Music The fair will take place at San Francisco De Asis School (formerly St. Mary s) The school is located in Downtown Flagstaff two blocks north of City Hall. From Rt. 66, turn north onto Humphreys Street (which is also Highway 180) Travel 3 blocks. The school is located at the corner of Humphreys and Cherry. Contact Information: tahoej@usa.net Sponsored by Nordic Pines Lodge of the Sons of Norway

6 Directory of Celtic Arts For Lessons: Bodhran Ron Barton: Fiddle & Irish Dance Kari Barton: Irish Whistle John McGregor Flute Jacquie McGregor For Performance: Bagpipers Jude McKenzie The Knockabouts John McGregor