| NY Giants Kicker Lawrence Tynes
to Serve as Grand Marshal for 10th Annual NYC Tartan Day Parade on April 5,
2008
January 22, 2007 – New York, NY
Lawrence Tynes, kicker for the New York Giants of the
National Football League (NFL), will participate as Grand Marshal for New York
City’s Tenth Annual Tartan Day Parade. Tynes will swap the Giants uniform for
his kilt as he kicks off the Parade, leading more than 2,000 bagpipers, clans
and Scottish enthusiasts up Sixth Avenue through Rockefeller Center on April
5, 2008. The Parade, sponsored by the National Tartan Day Committee, is the
largest Scottish Parade in North America and features the highest concentration
of bagpipers in any New York parade as well as 101 West Highland and Scottish
Terriers, the largest contingent in any parade.
Tynes, born in Greenock, Scotland, moved to the United
States with his family as a ten-year old in 1989. His soccer kicking skills
were discovered and leveraged to football as he went on to play for Troy State
University. Today, Tynes is the starting kicker for the NFC Champion New York
Giants and the only Scottish-born player in the NFL.
“We’re thrilled that Mr. Tynes accepted our invitation
to join us as Grand Marshal,” stated committee Board member Edward Collins.
“The role of Grand Marshal is a prestigious position reserved for distinguished
individuals of Scottish heritage. Given Mr. Tynes’ background and his many accomplishments,
he was the natural choice for this position, which takes place in one of the
world’s greatest professional sports capitals.”
Tynes added, “I enthusiastically look forward to participating
in the 10th Annual Parade. Having been born in Scotland as well as being a proud
American, this parade has special meaning to me and I look forward to sharing
a great day with everyone.”
The parade route is on Sixth Avenue, from West 45 to
West 58 Streets.
For more information, please visit: www.tartanweek.com
Contact:
National
Tartan Day New York Committee
Dennis Hagerty, Parade Marshal
150 E. 55th St., 3rd Floor New York, NY 10022
T: 212 980 0844
info@tartanweek.com
About Tartan Day
The US Senate, in 1998, designated April 6th as “Tartan Day,” to celebrate the
contributions to America by Scottish-Americans. The date is the anniversary
of the Declaration of Arbroath (1320), one of the first documents in the world
to declare a right to freedom. About the National Tartan Day New York Committee
The Committee is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation organized under the laws
of the State of New York. It was created in 2002 to organize New York City's
Tartan Day Parade, help perpetuate Tartan Day and coordinate New York's Tartan
Week activities. The Committee was founded by three New York-based Scottish-American
organizations: Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York (founded 1756),
New York Caledonian Club, 1856, and the American-Scottish Foundation (founded
1956). Three additional organizations, Clan Campbell Society, the New York Police
Pipes and Drums, and the New York Tartan Army, have since joined the Committee.
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