Siol nan Gaidheal forum

The SADR organisers would be interested in how they organise their day etc, i emailed them a few weeks ago via their website for advice on making our own St. Andrews rally better and they never responded

Looking forward to seeing the pics lads, well done!

I did ask a couple of the Welsh organisers if they could make it. I don't think they will come up, but they gave some decent tips. They have agreed to write a letter for St Andrews day, which could be read out.

Put it this way. The first one (less than five years ago, I think) got 100 folk. This one got two thousand, and included addresses by the Mayor of Cardiff, Plaid members of the Welsh Government, a children's choir singing, plus a great brass band, a small heavy horse troop (which I originally thought was British army, but wasn't!), an address by some churchman (don't ask me which - I should know, since I was actually chatting to him at one point), plus people from Brittany, Cornwall, and some from Scotland (including you know who and a pipe band). etc. Very family friendly event, there was a guy dressed up as a dragon, the Cardiff Blues (rugby) choir, representatives from the various Welsh language schools, and even St David himself. Lots of Welsh flags (not just dragons) and not a butcher's apron in sight (except on some of the buildings. I do notice that the one that was over Cardiff station seems to have gone missing though. Definitely wasn't me!)

Great weather too. That's my main problem with St Andrew's Day - it's at the wrong time of year really!

I enjoyed meeting Alba gu Beavis too.

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"The thistle rises and forever will" - MacDiarmid

NB - I am not the same person as the poster "Scottish republic".

Whit nae photies? Was lookin' forward to seeing Beavis in his black school skirt.

Not yet. The Cornish have got them, and I have to get one or two developed from my disposable camera.

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"The thistle rises and forever will" - MacDiarmid

NB - I am not the same person as the poster "Scottish republic".

oi.....i was looking devilishly handsome

Then again some old dear did say to me " pull your socks up son. what would your mum say "

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"S ann a Glaschu a tha mi"

Many thanks to both of you for representing Scotland in Cymru, and also for the association with Kernow. Look forward to seeing the photos. AGB, thanks for the effort involved (SR knows I'm familiar with his efforts in this respect and that thanks are superfluous in his case).

Much appreciated.

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AGB sent me some nice video links of the parade:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVJvleGXHLY (Siol and Kernow flags on display around 2mins 25 secs.)

and

0 mins 40 secs (Bratachdubh in middle of two cornish flags)
4 mins 20 secs (Bratachdubh in middle of two cornish flags again)

http://www.aberystwyth-online.co.uk/cha ... -2008.html

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If that is 2000 people in the photo then there must have been 5000 at the SADR last year.

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He either fears his fate too much,
Or his deserts are small,
That puts it not unto the touch
To win or lose it all.

Maybe doesn't look like that in the photo, Montrose, but this thing was far bigger than the IF March last year. I was at both, so I think I know what I'm talking about - and I'm not one to exaggerate too much about these things. (I think some Bannockburn marches may have been bigger, but apart from them, and the "Make Poverty History" one in Edinburgh, this was pretty huge by Scottish standards)

The photos in the Welsh remembrancer make the thing look much smaller than I remember. There were bands, and horses, and choirs, and children etc... it was pretty big.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sheds/

Probably best to wait a few days for images/film to get online.

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"The thistle rises and forever will" - MacDiarmid

NB - I am not the same person as the poster "Scottish republic".

It's ok SR I am just a bit bored at the moment and have nothing better to do than shit stirrr

I don't know what all the fuss is about. It's not like Wales is a real country is it? Just a Principality

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He either fears his fate too much,
Or his deserts are small,
That puts it not unto the touch
To win or lose it all.

No problem!

I have checked out some of the pictures on Flickr (unfortunately I can't watch film clips just now), but few of them give an idea of the scale.

All I can say, is good on them, and I hope we can replicate it here. The only thing is St Andrews Day is in November! Fortunately independence day is in the Spring, so that might be our big holiday of the future.

This is the front of the march, and one of the better pictures I could find.
[Deleted picture since it was one from LAST YEAR!]

Here's another video (haven't watched it yet)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du2bobTHIBQ

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"The thistle rises and forever will" - MacDiarmid

NB - I am not the same person as the poster "Scottish republic".

1...It had the backing of the Welsh government.

2...Whats with all the Welsh in kilts?

There is a shoppy in Cardiff which sells them as "Welsh National Dress"

It looks very similar to ours..

Aye the Welsh seem to really go for the long horse-haired spurrans as well eh'

Aye & the "Prince Charlie" jackets

i noticed when i was round and about that the Kilts were being spelt with a 'c' on some of the labels and literature about

as in " i'm from Cymru and ive got a cilt on"




................ who else had to double check at the word "cilt" , i know i did

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Celtic solidarity????

Do we ken fir certain only Scots (and mibbe) Irish ever wore kilts or plaids. Was it a Pan-Celtic thing? Jist speculation ye ken.

No shair aboot the horsehairs mind. Still there was a few horsehairs in the film Kidnapped