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2 March, 2023
Kilts fling tomorrow
JENNY Hosking has been attending Scottish and Irish celebrations across Australia for more than a decade knitting berets in the colours normally woven into tartan kilts. This Saturday, Jenny will be welcoming many of the people she meets at those...
JENNY Hosking has been attending Scottish and Irish celebrations across Australia for more than a decade knitting berets in the colours normally woven into tartan kilts.
This Saturday, Jenny will be welcoming many of the people she meets at those events to her home town of Bridgewater for the Scots Day Out-Celtic Connections.
“It will be great to have people coming from across Victoria and even some from interstate,” she said.
“Bringing Scots Day Out into our Celtic Connections day will really expand what we started last year in the old railway station precinct.
“We’ve Scottish handcraft stalls coming from as far as Adelaide and Albury to be part of our special day in Bridgewater.”
Jenny said craft stalls and almost a dozen Scottish clan organisations would form an avenue to the old railway station acting as a backdrop to non-stop musical entertainment between 10.30am and 3.30pm.
“We have pipe bands from St Arnaud and Castlemaine and a great lineup of Irish singers, musicians and dancers from around the region - entertainment to kick up the heels with and enjoy,” she said.
Saturday’s Scots Day Out-Celtic Connections put together by Kooyoora Women’s Network is also helping local organisations with Bridgewater Primary School running a fundraising barbecue.
“All the entertainment is free and entry is also free. It will be a great day for the community to come together,” Jenny said.
On Saturday night, Celtic band Old Melbourne Road will be playing at the Bridgewater Hotel.