Events in RED BOLD are sponsored by SASMM.
Planning Meeting for the June 15, 2019 Highland Games event and Board of Directors Meeting
Some food (and drink) will be provided but feel free to bring your own to share.
We will meet at the Spruill home. Please contact Chris Spruill with questions or to volunteer to help if you can’t be in attendance at the meeting.
A Board of Directors meeting will immediately follow the Planning meeting.
Burns Supper February 23, 2019 Urbana Volunteer Fire Department Hall
SASMM Book Club
A book has been selected for the April Book Club meeting. We will be reading Watchers by Dean Koontz. We will be meeting on Sunday, April 28, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. The location has not yet been selected but information will be updated as soon as the information is available. Chris Spruill is hosting so please RSVP to him at cspruill1964@gmail.com
About Watchers from Dean Koontz’s website.
Dean Koontz Watchers
A “superior thriller”(Oakland Press) about a man, a dog, and a terrifying threat that could only have come from the imagination of #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz—nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.
On his thirty-sixth birthday, Travis Cornell hikes into the foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains. But his path is soon blocked by a bedraggled Golden Retriever who will let him go no further into the dark woods.
That morning, Travis had been desperate to find some happiness in his lonely, seemingly cursed life. What he finds is a dog of alarming intelligence that soon leads him into a relentless storm of mankind’s darkest creation…
We are always looking for author/book suggestions. Please either come to a book club meeting or send in your suggestions so that we can include them with the others. Remember, if your book suggestion is chosen, you’re the next host/hostess!
St. Andrew’s Society of Mid-Maryland
2019 Calendar Events
The St. Andrew’s Society of Mid-Maryland (SASMM) sponsors a variety of events each year and participates in others. Bear with us while we confirm the 2019 dates, but check out the 2018 calendar for an idea of when and where and join us! There is something for everyone!
April
National Tartan Day – April 6 Tartan Day Festival Lions Yard Sale –
Southern Maryland Celtic Festival – 4th Saturday, traveling tent available (reciprocal agreement)
May
Spring Kirkin’ – May 5th Frederick Presbyterian Church
Fairhill Games – normally third weekend, tent available
June
Garrett County Games –
Celtic Night at the Keys
British Car Show – 1st Sunday
September
Fall Kirkin
Virginia Scottish Games – Labor Day weekend (reciprocal agreement)
In The Street – 2nd Saturday
Ligonier Highland Games, traveling tent
October
Richmond Games – usually 3rd or 4th Saturday
November
Maryland Irish Festival – 10th-12th
December
Scottish Christmas Walk – 1st Saturday
Kris Kringle Procession – 2nd Friday
Lads and Lassies –7th
Hogmanay – 31st