Community Involvement
This page details our sponsorship of various groups that promote Scottish Cutlure and details our availability to promote Scottish History & Culture through schools and organizations within the community.
Education
Topics We Can Cover: Scottish History, Scottish Cutlure, Highland Dress, Scottish Weaponry, Highland Battle Tactics, The Great Highland Bagpipe, Scottish Music, and Scottish Language (Scots Gaelic).
We do allow kids to handle the weapons (hands on history), these weapons are replicas and are not sharp. We do not allow them to swing them and they are not allowed out of arms reach at any time. We bring in the Highland Claymore, Lowlander Sword, Dirk, and Sgian Dubh. If your school does not want some of the above topics taught or weapons displayed, we can tailor the presentation toward music and culture. Our speakers have different areas of specialization allowing us to fill many different needs.
If interested & to get more information, email us at stlstandrews@gmail.com.
Teachers or School Administrators can also check us out at the various public festivals listed below to get an idea of how we interact with the children and to hear the topics we typically cover.
Cultural Days and Festivals we have participated in:Campbell Montessori School Cultural Day
Festival of Faiths and Cultures
Festival of Nations
Missouri River Irish Fest
Missouri Tartan Day
Rockwood School District Boy Scouts of America Language and
Culture Belt Loop Day
Rodgers Elementary
Sponsorships
Dance Caledonia
The Scottish St. Andrew Society of Greater St. Louis sponsors three days of workshops and medal testing. These workshops prepare the dancers for annual regional competitions, which determine who is eligible to compete in nationals.
Each year the "set steps" required for the competitions change, this workshop provides tips to help the dancers be successful. The medal testing is done by an examiner who evaluates each dancer and gives marks accordingly. The examiner sends the reports to Scotland where they are reviewed by the British Association of Teachers of Dancing (BATD), which sends certificates and medals accordingly.
Robert Burns Statue Restoration
Located at the corner of Forsyth and Skinker Avenues, next to Bixby Hall on the Washington University Campus
The St. Andrews Society was one of the primary donors toward the restoration of the Robert Burns Statue.
The process for the statue included pressure cleaning with glass microspheres, repair and patination of the bronze, saturation with acrylic lacquer, and finishing with paste wax.
The process for the pedestal included poultice-based cleaning for stain removal, repair of the stone and mortar cracks, cleaning & repointing.
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Sponsored a Student's Trip to the Inauguration
Helped fulfill Ruth Ann Gilson's dream of attending the Presidential Inauguration.
Click here to view her thank you letter
