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Irish Fest

We have been invited to host a Scottish cultural tent this year at Irish Fest. Look for us the weekend of August 15–17 at the Henry Maier Festival Park on Milwaukee's lakefront. See you there!

Games Photos Needed

Were you at the games this past Saturday? Did you take some good photos? We'd love to show them here and on our Facebook page. Send them, or a link to your gallery, to pics@saintandrewsmilwaukee.org. Thanks!

Address to a Haggis

We held our annual President's Dinner this past Friday night and it was a fine time! As is our custom where haggis is served, Society Trustee Ian Day introduced the dish and recited Robert Burns' "Address to a Haggis." Enjoy!

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Whisky Tasting

We had a wonderful whisky tasting last night presented by Chris Riesbeck, U.S. Brand Ambassador for Gordon & MacPhail. He discussed Independent Bottlings and presented six Gordon & MacPhail whiskies:

Linkwood – 15 yr old – 43% – Speyside
Miltonduff – 10 yr old – 43% – Speyside
Glenlivet – 15 yr old – 43% – Speyside
Mortlach – 15 yr old – 43% – Speyside
Duffton – 8 yr old – 46% – Speyside
Bunnahabhain – 8 yr old – 43% – Islay

Violins

Violin maker Scott Sleider gave a very interesting talk about his craft at our March meeting. See his work at: http://www.sleider.com/

2013 Raffle Winners

We held our 2013 raffle drawing this evening at 8pm at the Wisconsin Club, 900 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee WI 53233. Congratulations to this year's winners!

Grand Prize

Custom Kilt: Scott Huber

2nd Prizes

Battle Axe: Jack Schafer
Claymore Sword: Jared Balistrari
Custom Celtic Plaque: Don Ross

3rd Prizes (Whiskies) 

Highland Park: Tamara Jackson
Glen Morangie #1: Tony Palese
Glen Morangie #2:  Bruce McGarigle
Aberlour: Wayne Fischer
Tomatin: Vance Werner
Glenfiddich: Bill Brash