The best kept Ewing secret? Our Newsletter, Feb., 2017
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[This is an extract from the February EFA Newsletter. To read the full newsletter as a PDF, click EFA Newsletter for February, 2017. Or see all issues at EFA Newsletter.]
Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo 2017
Next August will see another Clan Ewing event in Scotland, as we are privileged to have been invited to participate as a clan in the Edinburgh Royal Military Tattoo on Tuesday, August 6, 2017. The Tattoo is widely regarded as one of the greatest shows on Earth, and attracts sell-out crowds year after year. We will be sharing this evening with Clan MacPherson, under the leadership of their chief, Sir William Macpherson of Cluny and Blairgowrie.
Clansfolk will gather before the show in rooms on the Royal Mile (probably in the Lord Provost’s official rooms). The kilted and tartan-clad clans will then parade onto the Castle Esplanade, in view of the entire Tattoo audience; the chiefs or commanders then take a dram with the presiding Pipe Major, and thereafter, accompany the official Salute-taker throughout the evening. As well as a spectacular show the audience will be invited to come dressed in their Clan, Family or group tartan or just one that they like wearing.
If you’d like to take part, it makes sense to book well before the final deadline. Ticket prices are likely to range from £25 to £70 for standard seats, with more exclusive options also available. More information should be available at: www.edintattoo.co.uk.
Please contact Thor for details via email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., and a number of tickets will remain reserved for clan use until March 1, 2017, after which they will be released for general sale.
Ewing Family Journal: November 2016 Issue
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The November issue of the Ewing Family Journal is hot off the presses! Copies are distributed to all EFA members, either in traditional hardcopy (dead tree) format or as an email with a PDF file. [Join and subscribe: How to Join or Renew!]
This issue features a continuation of the story of Amy Hunter Ewing (Patterson) by David "Bruce" Frobes, an article "In search of Margaret and Anne Ewing, Daughters of Joshua and Jane (Patton) Ewing" by Gary A. Murrell, and "Two Ewing Families -- Adams County, Ohio" by Rebecca Randall Ewing. And there's lots more! News of our members and officers and online queries and answers.
Tables of contents for Journal issues from 2005 onward are available here (PDF).
Full PDF copies of Journal issues 2006 - 2014 are also available at Ewing Family Journal. Currently, we make the Journal available free of charge on a 2-year delay.
Pleasanton CA Highland Gathering and Games
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151st Pleasanton Highland Gathering and Games – September 3-4, 2016
Full info & tickets: http://www.thescottishgames.com/
Clan Ewing and the Ewing Family Association are again scheduled to participate in the Pleasanton Games in California at space 201, where we will be set up with Clan Ewing and Ewing Family Association information. We have a few volunteers to help with this 2-day event, but we can always use more assistance to welcome folks to our association.
Call Tent Captain Larry Ewing at 408-896-1950 if you can help out for a few hours.
To all our Ewing cousins, please stop by Space 201 and say hello.
Audaciter!
First Report from 2016 Saline Gathering
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By all accounts, the Ewing Family Association's Biennial Gathering for 2016 was a success. For the first time, it was held in conjunction with the Saline Celtic Festival.
More photos are available at the EFA Facebook photo site.
(Above, Bob Ewing)
(Below, John Thor Ewing, Commander of the Clan)
Warrior Regiment
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The Board of Directors of the Ewing Family Association (EFA) has approved the creation and development of an honorary veterans' group. The EFA hereby recognizes and salutes those EFA members and immediate family members who have faithfully served as veterans of the Armed Forces of the USA.
Veterans wishing to be formally recognized and become part of the EFA veteran’s group, called the ‘Warrior Regiment’, may now apply for membership. Print the Warrior Regiment application (PDF format), fill it in, and mail it with a $5 fee to the ‘Adjutant’, Walter (Major) Ewing, or contact him at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Members of the Warrior Regiment will be awarded a special Certificate and a ‘flash’ of Clan Ewing Tartan. The flash is the group’s symbol of membership and is to be worn on a Scottish cap or civilian hat. In the near future a Clan Ewing ‘Badge’ will be available to wear with the flash. Members may now wear their Military Branch (Scottish style) badge. The flash and badge combination is a nice addition to a kilt outfit.
The veterans’ group will exist as an honorary roster of veterans. However, there may be times at Scottish Heritage or EFA events whereby group members could ‘muster up’ and experience the esprit de corps that comes from not only being veterans but being of Ewing Scottish descent. The Clan Ewing Commander, Thor Ewing, has also given EFA approval for establishing the Warrior Regiment.
Our EFA veterans group will surely promote a sense of pride and energize the EFA membership. Let us hope our younger generations of Ewings appreciate this and other special groups within the EFA.
How to Join or Renew
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Membership in the Ewing Family Association is open to all persons with the Ewing (or similar) surname, to Ewing spouses, to anyone descended from a Ewing, or to anyone who supports the Association's purposes.
New Membership: If you would like to join the Association, please submit the Membership Form on-line. You will be asked for the $25 dues payment by credit card. If you'd rather not join through the on-line process, you can print and submit a paper form (PDF) and mail along with a check for $25 dues.
Renewals: Please submit the Membership Form on-line, and check the "renewal" box. You may also return the paper renewal form you should have received by postal mail along with a check for the dues.
For full information on the benefits of membership and other details, please consult our Membership page. There are also options for Institutional (Library) Memberships, and charitable donations.
