At just 31 days of skating, the 2020 season of the Rideau Canal Skateway has been among the shortest, but it’s been wonderful nonetheless. After returning from Dublin in early February, I managed to get out on the Skateway a total of 11 times. Now that I can look back on some wonderful times.
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There are some advantages to hosting a kilt skate in the home of one of North America’s great Scottish festivals.
The Fergus Scottish Festival and Highland Games has been a major tourist attraction in central Ontario since 1946. They are preparing to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the festival by inaugurating a winter event: Fergus’s first annual Great Canadian Kilt Skate.
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For its fourth annual kilt skate, Toronto decided to try something different: a partnership with the American Hockey League’s Toronto Marlies at their arena on the afternoon of their match-up with the Rochester Americans. The Marlies are an affiliate of the NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs; the Americans support the Buffalo Sabres. On game day, the Toronto fans were out in force — and ready for a good time, kilted an a’ that.
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With temperatures on the plus side of zero, everyone could relax and enjoy the festive atmosphere — and a cup of hot chocolate..
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This year, at least four of the young skaters were at the inaugural kilt skate to celebrate Sir John A Macdonald’s 200th birthday in 2015.
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When you have a kilt skate in the heart of Manhattan, the imagination tends to run vertical. Once again this year, the American-Scottish Foundation held its Second Annual Tartan Kilt Skate NYC in partnership with Bryant Park at the Bank of American Winter Village. Next door to the New York City Library, and a block from Grand Central Station, skaters weave around the rink where the skyline soars high above. This inspires some to make a great leap upward.
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Congratulations to the City of Lethbridge Culture and Recreation Department for running their second annual Great Canadian Kilt Skate. A hundred tartaned and kilted skaters showed up at the ATB Centre. Greg Bobinec of the Lethbridge Herald posted the following report. gbobinec@lethbridgeherald.com
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They say that great oaks from tiny acorns grow. In Boston on Saturday, “bean town” sprouted the first shoot of a beanstalk that, given the strength of the Scottish community, should grow into a giant. Some 15 tartaned and kilted skaters came out the the Rink at 401 on a pleasant Saturday afternoon to enjoy the ice and celebrate their Scottish heritage.
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across canada, communities host kilt skates to celebrate scotland’s contribution to our multicultural fabric.
