Musicians Karen Steven & Alastair MacDonald - Scotland / Canada, will be guests of CLAN SINCLAIR and will be playing for us at our Clan Sinclair Banquet in Phoenix, AZ, on March 4th.  They will also be performing at the Phoenix International Twilight Tattoo the night of March 3rd.   Hailing from Caithness in the far north of Scotland, the accordion and fiddle duo first met in 1986 after which they embarked on a music tour of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, sharing the stage with such greats as The Barra MacNeils.

Alastair has toured extensively throughout the UK and beyond, with Addie Harper & The Wick Scottish Dance Band as well as with Scottish accordion champion, Brandon Mcphee, while Karen has performed, taught and judged fiddling in Europe, Canada & the USA, while on a number of occasions teaching alongside California based, Scottish fiddler, Alasdair Fraser. 

Between them, Alastair & Karen have featured on multiple traditional music albums and Caithness music videos, in addition to their own compositions appearing in no less than 5 tune books.        
                                                                                                                                                                       (Photo and text courtesy of The ​Phoenix Scottish Games)

A Reminder that the REGISTRATION  FORM for the Annual General Meeting at the 2023 Phoenix Scottish Games, March 3-5, and the Clan Banquet the night of March 4 is due to your Clan Treasurer this Friday, March 10th.  Please let your CSA Treasurer know if your Form (with check if attending the Banquet) is on the way.   Email  mrkcasper@yahoo.com  for questions or other messages regarding the AGM or the Banquet.   We hope you will be with CLAN SINCLAIR  and our Chief, The Earl of Caithness, at the Phoenix Scottish Games!

​                                                                                 2023 Clan Sinclair Association USA Annual General Meeting
                                                                                                                                                  at the
                                                                                           Phoenix Scottish Games, March 3-5, Gilbert Regional Park
                                                                                                       3005 E. Queen Creek Road, Gilbert, Arizona
                                                                                                               https://phoenixscottishgames.com/
 
Clan Sinclair Association USA, CSA President Tom Robinson, and our Hosts - Western Territorial Vice-Presidents & Arizona Commissioners Mike and Debbie Croft, extend a very sincere invitation to join your Sinclair family for a wee Bit O’ Scotland in the Desert! Our Chief, the Right Honorable The Earl of Caithness PC, Malcolm Sinclair, will be in attendance as well as many of your CSA Officers, Chairmen, and Commissioners. 

So that we can adequately plan and prepare for all attendees and guests, a completed AGM REGISTRATION FORM is requested for all members (families, parties, etc.) attending the 2023 Phoenix Scottish Games. The Invitation to the 2023 AGM in Phoenix, AZ, with additional information is now posted on the Members' Only side of our website under Forms & Resources.  Please see PAGE 2 of the document for the 2023 AGM REGISTRATION FORM.  Please note the deadline for submitting your reservation and payment for the Saturday evening Clan Sinclair Banquet on March 4th, at 7:00 PM at The Parlay Kitchen Restaurant in Chandler, AZ.

                                                       THANK YOU!!  We look forward to seeing you at the 2023 Phoenix Scottish Games!

An exclusive and interactive resource for Clan Sinclair USA Members to assist in their travels and for historic/genealogical interests has been added to the Members' Only side of our CSA USA website.  To access the Clan Sinclair Interactive Map, from the public HOME page of our website, click on HOME and then on the drop down tab for Members Only . ​ This will take you to the Members' Only page for archived YOURS AYE Newsletters, Forms, and Brochures.  Click on the green rectangle labeled  ACCESS CLAN SINCLAIR INTERACTIVE MAP.           

Thank you to Hunter Sinclair for this remarkable and informative addition to our website!

Under HISTORY is the article  "Origins of the Sinclairs in Scotland"  written by our Chief,  Lord Caithness.
His message to us reads:
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Dear all
 
Last year George Sinclair in Canada started to revise the literature about the clan which was displayed at the Highland Games and on our websites. He sought my thoughts and it was to be my winter project but became my summer one! I now attach what I have written. It is not in the format of the Games literature but I hope it will help you update what you have. 
 
Best wishes
 
Malcolm