It’s a Scottish Invasion!
Attention All Scots, Americans of Scottish decent, and anyone who ever had an ancestor that might have been from Scotland!
It’s time to remind the local Philistines that we are around!
For the last four years the Scottish Heritage community in the Dallas-Fort Worth area has met on the last Saturday in July and “Invaded” some poor unsuspecting restaurant for food and camaraderie. It’s worth the price of a meal to watch the reaction of the other patrons when we show up in kilts and sashes!
This year the "Scottish Invasion" will be held at the Blue Danube restaurant in Arlington on Saturday July 29 at 7:00. The chef was formally with the Mansion in Dallas. The food is reasonably priced and very good. Several people are planning on bring their musical instruments, so it is going to be a genuine Ceilidh. We are hoping that many of the country dancers will come, because there is both a stage and a small dance floor. They always like to get as many folks involved as possible. They are eager teachers, and it is a lot of fun.
The address of the restaurant is 2230-A W. Park Row. It is on the south side of the street. The name is on the marquee in front of the shopping center. It is between the Park Row intersections of Fielder and Bowen, but much closer to Bowen.
The owner has given us almost free run of about half of his main dinning room, and has no objection to any of us that can, playing a few tunes, maybe sing a bit, and some good old fashioned Scottish Country dancing. So if you play something and want to, bring it along. Dancers round up your troops and join us.
So if you live anywhere in the DFW area, or are going to be in our neck of the woods, grab your kilt (if you don’t have one, come on ahead anyway) and let’s have a CEILIDH!!
You wouldn’t need reservations, but we do have to give the restaurant a close head count by the end of next week. (July 23). So everyone that plans to attend please email Royce Perry at
perryroyce@hotmail.com
Put “Head Count” in the subject line, and let him know how many will be in your party.
For those that can’t make it (or live too far away), please pass this along to anyone else in your organization, friends or family that would be interested. We are making progress toward building a broader awareness of Texas’ Scottish heritage. The Scottish Invasion is one more way to bring us together as a community, and make the public aware.
See You At
The Blue Danube
2230-A W. Park Row
Arlington, Texas
Saturday July 29th
7:00 PM
Come prepared to Eat Well and Have a Ball, because it's CEILIDH TIME AGAIN”
