Kiltskate Party: Everyone Invited!
What began as an idea by the Scottish Society of Ottawa (SSO) to have the 2021 kilt skate take place as a safe, socially-distanced “Home Edition” series of mini-events has morphed into a pan-Canadian party that will take place this Saturday across six time zones. February 27 will see an as-yet undetermined number of skaters across Canada join together in the first-ever Great Canadian Kilt Skate Zoom & Facebook Party.
The idea of bringing everyone together at the same time came initially from the Toronto-based Clans and Scottish Societies of Canada (CASSOC). They had set up a Zoom meeting for participants and a Facebook live feed, scheduled for 11 a.m. to noon on Saturday, February 27. When SSO inquired whether others could join in, the attitude was “the more the merrier.”
To participate, there are three things you can do:
Tartan up, strap on the skates — and send us pictures and video.
HOW TO SEND PHOTOS AND VIDEO
Email directly to one or more of the following email addresses::
kiltskate@ottscot.ca
kiltskate@cassoc.ca
Upload to:
http://www.mapleleafmacgregor.ca/index.php/resources/media-file-upload
Hashtag on social media:
#ottscot.ca
#ScotlandIsNow
#kiltskate2021
Identify your city to help it be chosen as the 2021 Kilt Skate Capital of Canada::
#kiltskate2021MTL
#kiltskate20221GLEN
#kiltskate2021OTT
#kiltskate20212GTA
#kiltskate2021WPG
#kiltskate2021YXE
#kiltskate2021LETH
#kiltskate2021CGY
Create your own city hashtag
#kiltskate2021YOURCITY
The Zoom and Facebook Party will take place in the same moment across six time zones: beginning at 12:30 pm in Newfoundland, noon Atlantic Standard Time, 11 a.m. Eastern, 10 Central, 9 Mountain, 8 Pacific. (We’ll work out a different timetable in future years. In the meantime, just think of this as a party in Toronto that, a week beforehand and after the arrangements had been made, was opened to everyone.)
Early indications are that we might have a big party on our hands. The first year in which we cannot gather for community events may be the year for the biggest kilt skate community of all — one that stretches across the nation.
See you Saturday!