Dear Members and Friends of Scotland
BOOK NOW FOR CAROLS ON 11 DECEMBER
Keeping in touch with members
Our web site continues to attract attention and if you Google ‘Scots in Abu Dhabi’ it normally is at the top which means that you the members and your friends are doing the right thing – keeping up to date with our business.
Membership Forms online
Remember you have to re-join each year @AED100.
Three of our members, David Connolly, Olivier Frediani and Caroline Kastner are currently upgrading the site to make it more user-friendly.
SUGGESTIONS ALWAYS WELCOME
Grant Management, Edinburgh, is sponsoring the web site.
Google Rampantscotland and you will find many Scottish web sites including our own.
St Andrew’s Ball, 20th November held at Crowne Plaza hotel
According to all reports it was a very successful evening. We had 311 guests and members.
The Crowne Plaza and all the Sponsors and Donors did us proud. Crowne Plaza Yas Island gave a huge prize.
We raised AED 20,000 for our two charities:
- St Andrew’s Church Charities for those in need.
- Big-Hearted Scotland
This was a magnificent effort by all guests who gave generously.
Below you see the District Manager of Emirates Abu Dhabi and Al Ain, Houssam Weiss, presenting two tickets to Glasgow to the lucky winner on his left. On his right is Samantha Dockerty the Senior Sales Executive - Corporate
I’m the other one - Chieftain
I am enormously grateful to a huge team of people who made the night a success:
The committee of course, Alister Macmillan, Colin and Darlene McLundie, MC John Norton, Pipers Olivier Frediani and Calum Scott, Janice Galloway and her Dancers, Madalyne Smith, Samantha Araz and her helpers for the raffle, Messrs Connolly and Galloway who carried the whisky, all those who gave prizes, The Crowne Plaza staff and Chef, Whisky Kiss Band and YOU the members.
Feedback
If you have some important feedback on the Ball to give to me please let me know. We do try to get it right.
I heard for example that the sound wasn’t well heard on the fringes.
I also heard that the interim music during the dinner was poor.
It is important to us to know where to make improvements and changes in our arrangements for future functions.
Photographs of the night will be available online very soon.
Weekly Scottish Country Dancing
Janice Galloway our Dance Instructor welcomes all those who are interested in learning new steps. It takes place in Fortress Compound Clubhouse at the corner of 23rd street and 8th street on Tuesdays at 7pm.
Phone Janice 0506147587. A small charge (AED15 per head) is made.
New Committee Members
We have recently had a number of new members join our committee. Do you know them?
We welcome
- Colin McLundie – new Vice Chieftain
- Fiona Wilson
- Samantha Araz
- Sharon Crighton - Treasurer
- Liz Othman
- Vicki Skipper
We retain
- Cathryn Herriot
- Caroline Kastner - Events
- Isabel Macmillan - IPC
- Janice Galloway – Dance Instructor
- Jennie Hill - Secretary
- Michelle Hughes - Membership
- Olivier Frediani - Piper
- Ken MacLeod
We have said good bye to
- Tom Smillie
- Paul and Kathi Cleaver
- Susan Niven
- Calum Scott
- Karen Mackie
- Gail McGilvray
And we say a big thank you to these people for volunteering and giving of their time. If you are interested in joining us please call me on 050 288 4980 or Michelle, 0501309286.
