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A sample of the range of events to be supported by the Executive at the next Tartan Week in the US was announced yesterday.
Tartan Week 2007 will run from April 1 to 8 and will, once again, be the biggest international celebration of Scotland in the world. Details of other events will be announced shortly, but early highlights include:
- The fourth annual Scotland Run - a 10km run through Central Park on April 1. Last year's race attracted more than 6,000 participants
- Music showcase events featuring emerging Scottish artists
- The Scottish Book Trust will stage Tartan Bites, a series of literary events in New York promoting contemporary Scottish literature
- Scottish Universities showcasing Scotland as a great place to work and study through a series of events
Minister for Finance and Public Service Reform Tom McCabe said:
"These events are supported by Executive funding and will all promote modern Scotland in the US during Tartan Week 2007. Many other events will be taking place to celebrate the cultural, political and economic ties between Scotland and the US.
"VisitScotland will once again have the Scotland Village within Grand Central Station to act as a focal point for the week's activities.
"It is still almost five months away and these are just a few of the initial events, but Tartan Week 2007 is already taking shape. I have no doubt many more exciting events will be announced over the weeks to come to ensure Tartan Week 2007 is one of the biggest and best to date.
"Tartan Week is now established as the biggest international celebration of Scotland in the world. It is a fantastic opportunity for a whole range of public and private sector organisations to work together in partnership to promote Scotland in the US."
On July 24, the Executive published its Tartan Week 2007 Sponsorship Guidance Note which sought proposals for Executive funding. The guidance set clear objectives for the Executive's engagement in Tartan Week and detailed 'Modern Scotland in 2007' as its key theme.
The events the Executive will support are:
- Dressed to Kilt (£7,000) - contemporary fashion hosted by the US Friends of Scotland on April 5
- British Memorial Garden (£10,000) - Concert and lunch in the financial centre of Manhattan in support of garden commemorating British victims of September 11 attacks
- Scottish Universities (£50,000) - a joint proposal from the universities of Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow to showcase our higher educational institutes
- Edinburgh Festivals (joint bid) (£70,000) - Edinburgh City Council will work with the Edinburgh Festival Fringe to work up proposals to promote Edinburgh's festivals
- Glasgow University (£25,000) - The university's new Interdisciplinary Ethics Centre will be highlighted with a seminar at a prominent US university
- Scottish Museums & Scottish Screen (joint bid) (£55,000) - Film archive set to music promoting Scottish genealogy and diaspora
- Scottish Book Trust (£80,000) - Tartan Bites will offer a programme of events developed in association with key literary organisations (including Scottish Poetry Library, Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature and the Edinburgh International Book Festival) which will demonstrate the rich diversity and opportunity Scotland offers cultural tourists
- New Scotland/New York (£15,000) - Fiddler Laura McGhee and Glasgow-based band Tigerstyle will be showcased at an event hosted by BBC Scotland presenter Rave Sagoo
- Scotland Rocks New York (£20,000) - further examples of Scotland's vibrant music scene will be evident through a contemporary music festival on Saturday April 7
- Mike Maran Productions (£25,000) - Mike Maran will be staging eight performances of "Did You Used to be R D Laing" during Tartan Week
- We Entrepreneurs (£10,000) - To fund a networking events between US and Scottish entrepreneurs
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