Plaid Takes to the Streets of Manhattan as VisitScotland Wraps a Bus in Tartan for Tartan Day!Business Editors & Travel Writers EDINBURGH & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 21, 2002 VisitScotland, the national tourism organization of Scotland and key sponsor of the ScottishPower Tunes of Glory Parade on Tartan Day Tartan Day celebrates the existing and historical links between Scotland and Scottish descendants overseas. In the United States there are over 30 million people who claim Scots descent [1]. (April 6th) in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , will completely wrap a double-decker tour bus in plaid in honor of the celebration. The bus will continue to tour the city's main sights from April 1st - 5th and is being transformed by VisitScotland to focus the attention of New Yorkers on Scotland in advance of the Tartan Day event - the world's largest parade of massed pipes and drums. During the parade, the bus will serve as a grandstand for media and VIPs. Pipers and drummers from nearly every corner of the world are set to take part in this world record-breaking event, with bands and individuals traveling to New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of from 50 states and over 30 countries. The parade is being held to celebrate Tartan Day and to benefit cancer organizations on both sides of the Atlantic: U.S.-based Gilda's Club Gilda's Club, named in tribute to the late comic actress Gilda Radner, who died of ovarian cancer in 1989, is a community meeting place for people living with cancer, their families and friends. There are 22 open clubhouses and nine in development in North America. Worldwide and the Scottish branch of UK-based Marie Curie Cancer Care Marie Curie Cancer Care is a charitable organization (a Registered Charity) in the United Kingdom which provides nursing care, free of charge, to terminally ill people, giving them the chance to choose to be cared for – and die – at home. . Every part of the bus, including the windows will be swathed in plaid and while those on the outside will not be able to see into the bus, those on the open top deck The term Top Deck can refer to a number of things:
Interestingly, Stagecoach stagecoach, heavy, closed vehicle on wheels, usually drawn by horses, formerly used to transport passengers and goods overland. Throughout the Middle Ages and until about the end of the 18th cent. Group owns the Coach USA Coach USA is an American transportation service provider that offers scheduled bus service, city sightseeing, tour and charter bus service. Its main focus is in the New York Metropolitan Area. tour bus company and is based in Perth in central Scotland. The bus that will be used is a new "Alexander" built in Falkirk, Scotland near Stirling! In 1998, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution adopting April 6th as National Tartan Day, a day for Americans to celebrate their Scottish roots (by recent counts there are nearly 12 million Americans who claim Scottish heritage). For more information on the ScottishPower Tunes of Glory parade, visit www.pipefest.com. VisitScotland is also sponsor of Distilled - Live Scotland in New York a three-day showcase of contemporary Scottish Culture, taking place from April 4th - 6th at the Boylan Studios, Starret-Lehigh Building, 601 West 26th Street. For more information, visit ww.distilledny.com For more information on traveling to Scotland, visit www.toscotland.com Editor's Notes: -- If you would like a photo of the tartan bus or if you would like to reserve a press pass to view the parade from the bus, contact Risa Hoag at 914-933-0500. -- To request a press pass for Distilled - Live Scotland in New York, contact Risa Hoag at 914 -933-0500. |
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