Our Herkes Family Gathering
We all had a wonderful
time at Hercus Gathering Event. I have never in my life seen, so
many people hit it off instantly; I think instant bonding would be the correct
words to describe the scene unfolding before my own eyes.
We did talk about
Genealogy in the morning/afternoons to those who were present, but most went
off on a tour or went headstone hunting in the
Graveyards. Wednesday was really the day the people were
about, but when one comes with one’s spouse, and the other party is not
interested, they had a choice of staying and we talked about family tree, or
off they went on an excursion to Edinburgh to explore.
We had on display three
printed books, all Herkes/Hercus families related in East Lothian, our line, is
two volumes thick, then we had another line we managed to trace back to
Scotland, to be exact to Innerwick in East Lothian.
We managed to do a 120
photo book/album, the proof copy has arrived, although my husband is the
author, it is really a very nice book/album; even I was surprised at the way he has
set it out. There should be an email going out regarding this
point.
The venue was first
class, top marks for presentation and serving, Reid Herkes who sat next to me
the first evening, said to me, Wow this is the first time in many years have I
seen the food being served in the correct way.
The farewell banquet was
on the Friday evening, and it was some affair. We had the haggis
ceremony (nothing to do with Robert Burns), the piper piped it in, along with the Honour Guard, and I had a
small sized sword to insert into the haggis and taste it, a sign that all could
eat it, and the Haggis was good. Then we had our meal, typical
Scottish meal, Roast Lamb with all the trimmings.
During dessert (Scotch
Trifle) we had a demonstration of Highland dancing, which was really out of
this world, they did eight dances, including the Highland fling and the Sword
Dance. I have three uploaded videos in face book, where the quality
is much better than here. Here on the Blog the quality is really quite poor.
Then there was music
later on to finish off the evening. Everyone had a marvelous
time, the only dampener was the tour to East Lothian, where it rained all day,
typical Scottish weather. Still we can't complain it only rained the one day.
Let's hope the next Gathering say in some four to five years, will be even better than the first!
Jacalyn, Jim, John and Neil
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I had no idea of what a "blog" was until I saw the movie Julia Julia. I'm completely and pleasantly surprised to see that you are making a blog Jackie. This is very nice.
The blog was started in 2009 pre gathering. It was a page to keep everyone informed of how the organisation of the gathering was going. All I have done is go in and tidy up the blog, photos had gone missing, and style was way out, so I modernised it a bit, and answered a question from Gail in Orkney.
Jackie
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