CCF Centenary Civic Reception
Posted by Sharon on April 12th, 2008
This evening East Lothian council hosted a civic reception in Haddington Town House to mark the start of the centenary celebrations. An exhibition showing events and photographs from throughout the history of the cadets at Knox was open to the public all afternoon and was well attended. Some newspaper articles on display actually mentioned an unofficial cadet force being in place at Knox as far back as 1906!
The official reception was opened by the Knox Academy Pipe Band. This was our first external ‘gig’ and the pupils put on a wonderful show for the invited guests. The performance was follwed by speeches. These speeches included an address by the Head Teacher of Knox, Major George McFarlane and Colonel J Wilson the head of the Scottish Territorial Army. This was followed by a fantastic buffet.
The event was a huge success and I am very much looking forward to the next event in what promises to be a very busy year for the Knox Academy Combined Cadet Force.
April 12th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
I’d wondered why the great and the good were all heading for Town House at 5pm. Glad it went well. Maybe we could stage a small exhibition on the web for posterity?
April 13th, 2008 at 11:15 am
Sounds like a plan David. I will have a chat with the guys at the Cadets and see what we can do.
Thanks
Sharon