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| Scottish Congress 2003Skota Kongreso Provizora Programo
The Tall Ship at Glasgow Harbour
The next congress (23-26 May 2003) in Glasgow will be particularly interesting because it will also host the British Congress; moreover, the Glasgow and Edinburgh societies will be celebrating their centenaries. Good progress is being made concerning programme and practical details, and already there is much to report. The venues, Renfield Church Centre and Friends House, are near the Charing Cross end of Sauchiehall Street and are conveniently situated for hotels, restaurants, shopping, transport and culture. The congress theme will be: COMMUCATION. Glasgow is an outstanding Victorian and Edwardian city with some of the best art galleries and museums in the UK. The Science Centre on the banks of the Clyde is the latest of its visitor attractions. Glasgow is the city of Charles Rennie Mackintosh whose iconic School of Art is only five minutes away from the Kongresejo. Glasgow is an ideal centre for day visits to the Burns Country, the Clyde Estuary, Stirling and the Trossachs and, of course, historic Edinburgh, the capital (only 40 minutes by train). Guest-of-honour from Russia:Alexander Korjenkov: publisher, editor, translator, scholar, and Esperanto entrepreneur; he will deliver 3 lectures. French guestFlavie Audibert, mime artiste and teacher; she will dance, lecture and instruct! Other lecturers include: Paul Gubbins, Ed Robertson, Jack Casey, Hugh Reid and probably others! Cultural programme:A varied programme of music, song and drama will be presented with, of course, a significant Celtic dimension. The Congress will have a significant IT dimension. The ethos of the Congress will be interactive with plenty of opportunities to ask questions and make appropriate points! The Local Committee intends to provide elements of particular interest to young people. The booking form and preliminary programme will be distributed in mid January 2003 with Scottish Esperanto Bulletin and just afterwards with EAB Update. They will also be on the SEA and EAB web sites. They will contain all the booking options; but the intention is to permit participants to decide what they wish to do independently and what they wish to do communally. It can already be indicated that the booking fee will be modest: approximately Accommodation booking: Glasgow has a good range of middle-range hotels within walking distance of the Congress venues, but early booking is strongly recommended. Telephone: 0141 204 4480; web site: http://seeglasgow.com/
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