The Colonel Jock MacDonald Memorial Prize for Junior Piping is named after Colonel John Macdonald of Portree, Skye. He was a Scottish rugby cap and served in the army in both World Wars. In WWII he served in the Burma campaign with the Indian Army, commanding a construction unit on the Burma Road, and was in Rangoon for the Japanese surrender. After the war, he stayed in India as a tea planter in Assam until 1948 when he returned to Skye. He became a well-known figure for his involvement with and promotion of piping, shinty, Highland games, and the Gaelic language. CDLT and the Colonel Jock MacDonald Memorial Trust are at present looking for ways to cooperate in the organizing and financing of an annual junior piping competition for young people of either sex under the age of eighteen years who are resident in the District of Skye and Lochalsh.
The Robert Burns Society of Charleston Inc. is recognized as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization committed to celebrating and sustaining Scottish-American heritage in the South Carolina Lowcountry. This commitment includes the promotion of historical awareness, cultural expression, and military traditions associated with Scotland. The Society fulfills its mission by hosting educational and cultural activities, supporting the mastery of traditional Scottish arts—such as Highland Bagpiping, Highland Dance, Scottish Fiddle, Scottish Harp (Clàrsach), and the Scots Gaelic language—and by providing grants and scholarships that support academic advancement within the Scottish-American community.
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