Amanda Block & Russell Dalgleish appointed joint Honorary Chair for this year's Pipes of Christmas

The Pipes of Christmas began in 1999 in New York and has since grown from standing-room-only audiences to a polished production streamed across the web on Christmas Eve and Day. The concert combines a celebration of the festive season and the Celtic spirit and this year see's the appoitnment of two business leaders; Amanda Block & Russell Dalgleish, as joint Honorary Chair. In this post Russell shares his excitement and details of how you can join in on the holiday cheer! The original LinkedIn post can be found here: LinkedIn-Honorary-Chair

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Hear the shrill of the pipes in New York

By Russell Dalgleish‍

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As a regular visitor to New York, I have been fortunate to become part of a strong Scottish community in the city. And it is one of those prominent Scots I must thank today.

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I along with Amanda Block, founder of GRACE community network have been appointed joint Honorary Chair for this year's 𝐏𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬 concerts at the request of the "force of nature" that is Robert Currie.

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Bob, I thank you for bestowing this honour on me and for all the work you do not only for Clan Currie but for all of Scotland.

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For those who don't know Bob was the recipient of the National Tartan Day Award this year for his epic contribution to promoting Scotland. There is an excellent article summarising some of Bob's achievements here: https://lnkd.in/ehwXmePD

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The Pipes of Christmas sold-out concert series, now in its 24th year, takes place in New York and New Jersey but the great news is that we can all experience the concerts via a webcast available 22nd to the 26th of December.

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“𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 2022 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭,” 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐌𝐫. 𝐃𝐚𝐥𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐢𝐬𝐡. “𝐖𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭, 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲. 𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐬, 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭, 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 ‘𝐉𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐓𝐚𝐦𝐬𝐨𝐧’𝐬 𝐁𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐧𝐬’.”

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There are numerous options on how you can support the Pipes of Christmas concert (including a gofundme campaign) and if you are looking for a low-cost way to promote your brand in the US I can offer no better advice than to reach out to Bob (or me) and we'll welcome you to the party.

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I should also take this opportunity to mention that in the New Year Scottish Business Network, under the leadership of our New York Ambassador Fraser Grier, will be launching our plans for April Tartan Week in Manhattan - drop me a note if you would like to get involved.

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Thank you to all who make the Pipes of Christmas concert possible and for bestowing this honour on me.

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This is one incredibly proud Scotsman :)

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- Russell Dalgleish

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