“FROM PAGE 68. kilted golf tournaments, opportunities -” to taste Scottish food, but most of all the Highland ‘Sporting and - Athletic Competitions. And if that-isn’t enough to fill anyone’s day, there will . also be the International Gathering: : ‘Pipe Band Championships, Dance Championships, and Scottish National Dance Championships. = Dancing, Ceilidhs, and Concerts are a big part of the rest of July, beginning with a Ceilidh on July 12, in Big Pond, Cape Breton, on Route 4 midway between - Sidney and the Canso Causeway, followed by twe. days of square and round dancing, leading up to the Big Pond Concert on the afternoon of July 15. The Halifax/Dartmouth Week of the Gathering begins on July 16 and will also. be the International Aussie vistors need visas Bound for Australia? Or perhaps you're a travel agent assisting clients with plans for a flight to this country. 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The address of the Australian government offices in Vancouver is: Australian Consulate-General Ste. 800, Oceanic Plaza P.O. Box 12519 1066 W. Hastings St., Vancouver, B.C. V6E 3X1 (604) 684-1177 POsspor? while you wait Nort Shore Qarktogm Highland . | Scottish ” Country © Dance - Week, attracting over 200. dancers. -In addition there be a Cape Breton: Club Ceilidh, a Highland Banquet and Ball with Scottish Music,. and a - Festival of Piping. Clan Gathering that week include Clan ~Don- nachaidh, Clan Monro, and * More-- dancing will | “be | featured in Judique, Cape Breton from July 20 to 22.at the JSudique-on-the-Floor DAys. as well as sporting events, craft displays, and barbeques. Boisdale, Cape Breton will hold their annual Scottish Concert on uly 22 with ‘the best of Scottish Music in Cape Breton. Sydney; Cape Breton is the host for the. Gathering. - from July 23 to 29 under the auspices. of the City of Sydney, the Games Com- mittee and the Gaelic Society. There. will be Ceilidhs .throughout the week and on. the weekend the Sydney Highland Games. Broad Cove Scottish Con- cert, which last year at- tracted 15,000 people will take place in Broad Cove, Inverness _ “County. On July 29 the - Cape Breton, will be hosting a Gathering ofthe Clan MacNeil that will culminate ‘with the Iona Highland Village Day on August 4. The Highland Village is an opportunity for people to see | the housing. of the first Scottish Highland settlers in. the region while listening to music and more glorious _ Scottish food. On August 5, . the scene moves to Fren- chvale outside Sydney for the -Frenchvale Scottish Concert and an evening of - Square dancing. “Toua,. ; “The. ‘final week” ‘ot the _Gathering will include the . Highland Games at Trenton, © Nova Scotia near New Glasgow at the “Festival of the Tartans”, from August 6 to 11. It will be one of the last opportunities for the contestants to compete in the many events with. dancing,..- bands, parades,, and barbeques. The Gaelic Mod, held at the Gaelic College in St. Ain’s, Cape Breton, will include a Gathering of the Clan, Matheson, with four days of Highland demon- Page 69, April 18, 1979 - North Shore News, ‘strations dha competitions from . August 7 to 11. The _College is also an excellent - source of information on the Gaelic language and arts in the newly constructed Hall of the Clans Museum. There will be performances daily on the outdoor stage which is another new addition to ‘the college facilities. Also in. the final week. there will be the Annuai Scottish Concert at St. Joseph. du Moine in Nor- thern Inverness.County, with some of the best performers. in both Scottish and Acadian music. 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