The Scottish Genealogy Society The 27th International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences, St. Andrews 2006 - Opening Procession and Civic Reception - 21 August 2006
A solo performance before the dignitaries arrive
The soloist
Princess Anne leaves the opening ceremony
SGS President, Sir Malcolm Innes of Edingight (centre)
Micheál Ó Comáin, Herald Consultant, Office of the Chief Herald of Ireland
Viscount Maitland, heir and representer of his father, the Earl of Lauderdale, Hereditary Bearer of the National Flag of Scotland
The procession
The procession
SGS Vice-Presidents Richard Torrance (Congress Secretary) and Miss Joan Ferguson, MBE
Ivor Guild (SGS Hon. Vice President) nearest the camera
Pursuivants
The procession
Gregory Lauder-Frost (SGS Editor) and Lady Maitland
Hubert Chesshyre, Clarenceux King of Arms; Charles Burnett, Ross Herald; David Sellar, Bute Pursuivant; Robin Blair, Lord Lyon King of Arms; Andre Vandewalle, Flemish Herald; Nils Bartholdy, Danish Herald; Elizabeth Roads, Carrick Pursuivant; Adam Bruce, Finlaggan Pursuivant; Alistair Bruce, Fitzalan Herald
Robin Blair, Lord Lyon King of Arms; Andre Vandewalle, Flemish Herald; Nils Bartholdy, Danish Herald; Georgy Vadimovich Vilinbahov, Herald of the Russian Federation; Dr Ladislav Vrtel, Slovak Herald; Mícheál Ó Comáin, Irish Herald; Claire Boudreau, Deputy Chief herald of Canada; Front: Alistair Bruce, Fitzalan Herald; Themba Mabaso, Chief Herald of South Africa and Clive Cheesman, Rouge Dragon Pursuivant
Cathy Sabourin, Fraser Herald of Canada; peeping over her is Darryl Kennedy, Assiniboine Herald of Canada; Bruce Patterson, Saguinay Herald of Canada, Lars Tangeras, Norway Herald, David Lumsden, Garioch Pursuivant, Henrick Klackenberg, Swedish Herald. Front kneeling down: Marcel van Rossum, Deputy Herald of South Africa and the Hon. Alexander Lindsay, Endure Pursuivant
A group shot
James Floyd, Gregory Lauder-Frost and Richard Torrance
General view of the reception
The Lord Lyon |
