HOMECOMING SCOTLAND 2009 celebrates the 250th anniversary of Robert Burns' birth with a year-long celebration of Scottish culture. Visit Scotland and enjoy everything Homecoming Scotland 2009 has to offer.
Finale Celebrations - At A Glance Monday 30 November - St Andrew's Day Here is a list of Homecoming Scotland Finale Celebration Events taking place on November 30th, Scotland's national day: East Renfrewshire’s St Andrew’s Day Festival - Giffnock This new festival in East Renfrewshire will involve local musicians and internationally renowned Scottish bands performing music and rhythms which explore our linked heritage with other Celtic countries. Stirling’s St Andrew’s Day Celebrations... Read Full Story
Finale Celebrations - At A Glance Monday 30 November - St Andrew's Day Here is a list of Homecoming Scotland Finale Celebration Events taking place on November 30th, Scotland's national day: East Renfrewshire’s St Andrew’s Day Festival - Giffnock This new festival in East Renfrewshire will involve local musicians and internationally renowned Scottish bands performing music and rhythms which explore our linked heritage with other Celtic countries. Stirling’s St Andrew’s Day Celebrations... Read Full Story
Finale Celebration Events - At a glance - Sunday 29 November List of Homecoming Finale Celebration Events taking place on Sunday November 29. Shindig 2009 - Glasgow Shindig 2009 extends the musical celebration launched by Homecoming Live - The Final Fling! into the heart of Glasgow with a weekend of free music and dance in George Square. To Bo’ness and Beyond - Falkirk The Hippodrome, Scotland's first purpose-built cinema, presents playful glimpses of Scottishness with screenings including I... Read Full Story
Finale Celebration Events - At a glance - Saturday 28 November Here is a list of Homecoming Scotland Finale Celebration Events taking place on Saturday November 28. Shindig 2009 - Glasgow Shindig 2009 extends the musical celebration launched by Homecoming Live - The Final Fling! into the heart of Glasgow with a weekend of free music and dance in George Square. To Bo’ness and Beyond - Falkirk The Hippodrome, Scotland's first purpose-built cinema, presents playful glimpses of Scottishness with... Read Full Story
Finale Celebration Events - At a glance - Friday 27 November List of Homecoming Finale Celebration Events taking place on Friday November 27. St Andrew’s Festival - Glasgow St Andrew’s in the Square, Glasgow / Price Varies To mark the end of Homecoming, the St Andrew's Festival is teaming up with Shindig this year to provide Glasgow's residents and visitors with four nights of Scottish music song and dance from Malinky, Fergie MacDonald and JJ Gilmour among others. www.standrewsinthesquare... Read Full Story
SCOTLAND VOTES ROBERT BURNS THEIR GREATEST EVER SCOT. Scotland's people voted today on ST Andrews Day their greatest ever Scot was Scotland's Son; Robert Burns whom the Scottish people considered their greatest ever Scot which was broadcasted tonight on the STV show named, "Greatest Scot". In the year of "HOMECOMING SCOTLAND", which was also the 250th year of the anniversary of the birth of Scotland's famous poet the acknowledgment and recognition from the Scottish people only served to... Read Full Story
HOMECOMING SCOTLAND - MURDER IN THE HIGHLANDS - I SPY STYLE. Visitors to Scotland during the Homecoming Scotland 2009 year must pencil in a weekend "Murder Mystery". Having just come back from the beautiful and wild hamlet of Kinloch Rannoch. The road to Kinloch Rannoch is untouched and you immediately take a step back in time, the road to Knloch Rannoch is a photographers paradise, especially if like us you travel via the A93 route. The A93 takes in some of the most breathtaking and... Read Full Story
Scottish poet Robert Burns gave the English-speaking world some of its most famous sayings and sentiments, including the New Year's favorite "Auld Lang Syne" and the rhapsody, "My love is like a red, red rose." Now on the 250th anniversary of his birth, the Scottish government hopes worldwide interest in the poet will create a tourism boom. As part of the 250th celebration, the tourism industry has launched Homecoming Scotland 2009 to attract visitors with Scottish roots from around the... Read Full Story
THE GATHERING OF THE CLANS 2009. (Officially called "THE GATHERING"). THE GATHERING OF THE CLANS 2009. THE GATHERING OF THE CLANS 2009 in the year of Homecoming Scotland is one very special occasion. (officially called: THE GATHERING 2009) The last such gathering was reminiscent of some earlier pageants in the years 1822, 1977 and 1989 which brought many Clans together. Clans of many famous names have already booked their Clan Tent. This event will be the greatest international gathering... Read Full Story
As we must take loads of pictures from the past homecoming celebrations, and when the new homecoming celebration is drawing, we are going to shoot, shoot and shoot! Then our photo collection album will be full of homecoming pictures. Pictures on the dance, on the parade, on the football field, and pictures of homecoming queen and king, we will have so much fun on homecoming celebrations. As iCollage has given us so many functions for editing our pictures, now, let iCollage do us a great favor... Read Full Story
