Tartan Day Holiday Fun for All the Family
Issued: 25 March 2011
Tartan Day Angus 2011 will launch at the start of the school Easter break from April 1 to 10 with a calendar of nearly 40 events for all the family.
Celebrated across Angus, this year's action-packed Tartan Day programme promises to keep your children entertained for the first week of the school holidays with films, picnics, parades, haggis hunts, skate nights and a torch lit procession. See www.tartandayscotland.com for a full programme of events or pick up a programme at your nearest leisure centre, access office, library or tourist attraction.
"The Tartan Day programme is packed full of family events." said the Provost of Angus, Ruth Leslie Melville. "It's important that all ages are included in the celebrations to continue to recognise the significance of the signing of the Declaration of Arbroath and to remember the impact that Scots have made on other countries around the world. With this year's increased focus on schools, the area's youth are set to significantly participate in the 2011 Tartan Day activities."
A highlight of the 2011 Tartan Day celebrations will be a film showing at Arbroath's Webster Theatre's cinema where, on Tuesday, April 5, Walt Disney's family classic Pete's Dragon will be screened. Film fans of all ages will be welcomed at the doors by Pete the Dragon and his friend. If you arrive at 2pm, there will be time to take a photograph with the main character so don't forget your cameras. Tickets to Pete's Dragon cost £5.50 for adults, £3 for children and are available from the Webster Theatre Box Office (01241 435800).
Not only that, for one week only, haggis hunting will be permitted in the burgh of Forfar. During the week of Tartan Day celebrations, children will be able to pick up a free leaflet from Forfar Loch Country Park Visitor Centre and set off on the trail of these rarely-seen creatures!
Ask your school or look at www.tartandayscotland.com for details of the Tartan Day Art Competition where budding artists are invited to showcase their artistic flair following a Tartan Day theme. Winning entries will be exhibited at Arbroath Abbey throughout the Tartan Day celebrations and winners will receive an amazing art set and money for their schools. Entries must be in by Friday 25th April 2011.
Dance your tartan skates off at a disco night at Ice World in Forfar on 1 April. This is one of the first Tartan Day events - it promises to be lot of fun for all ages with your chance to skate to your favourite music tracks. Don't forget to wear something tartan.
Young visitors to Arbroath Abbey during Tartan Day celebrations will be able to learn more about the fascinating history of the Declaration of Arbroath from medieval characters who lived there in 1320. Contact Arbroath Abbey for details on 01241 878 756 (performances are included in Arbroath Abbey admission, Adult £4.70, Child £2.80, Concession £3.80).
Shoppers in Forfar and Arbroath during the Tartan Day festivities should pay careful attention to any windows they pass. Forfar's Tartan Shop Window Competition will offer children who successfully spot all the tartans in the shop windows the chance to enter a prize draw. Entry forms, which are free, are available from Strachans Jewellers or by calling 01307 461338.
Tartan Day isn't only being celebrated in the towns of Angus and the Tartan Day team have warned that anyone going down to the woods at CrombieCountryPark on Tuesday, April 5 is in for a big surprise. Tartan Teddies are invited between 2pm and 3pm, along a tartan trail leading Teddy Bears and their owners to a secret Haggis den to find out what they eat. Entry is free, car parking costs £2 – and teddies should wear something tartan and should be accompanied by a child.
Saturday, April 9 is the date of Carnoustie's Welly Throwing Contest, which will be held at Fairways Garage Car Park, Carnoustie. Also in Carnoustie will be the Carnoustie Tartan Parade which is joined by a pack of tartan bedecked dogs from Canine Capers. Refreshments will be available and the best dressed dog or human will win a prize. Contact 01241 854 049.
To find out about all the events taking place across Angus during Tartan Day Scotland, which is sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline, the Tartan Day events guide can be downloaded from www.tartandayscotland.com. The Tartan Day Events Guide is also available from accommodation providers and visitor attractions in Angus, Dundee, Perth and Aberdeenshire, and at museums, libraries and Access offices in Angus.
Tartan Day Holiday Fun for all the Family
