The initial membership is US $25.00 or the Canadian equivalent. The annual dues are $20 US or the Canadian equivalent.

Join the Fun! Join the Murray Clan! You can join the clan if your last name is Murray or any of the septs of the Murray Clan (Balneaves, Dinsmore, Dunsmore, Fleming, Moray, Murrie, Neaves, Piper, Pyper, Smail, Smale, Small, Smeal, Spaulding.)

Application forms can be downloaded from the Membership page. The Clan Society publishes a newsletter (The Aitionn) four times a year (roughly January, April, July, and September). Members receive The Aitionn as a benefit of membership. Contact the newsletter editor.

Clan Activities

The most important event of the year for the Murray Clan is the Annual General Meeting (AGM). The AGM location moves to a different area of the country each year in order to give members who attend a chance to meet new people and possibly a new part of the country. The 2006 AGM was held at the Fergus Scottish Festival and Highlands Games at Fergus, Ontario. The 2007 AGM was held the the Longs Peak Scotch and Irish Festival at Estes Park, Colorado. The 2008 AGM was held at the Maine Highland Games, Thomas Point Beach in Brunswick, Maine, on the 16th of August. In the first week of June 2009, the AGM will be held at the Greater Greenville Games at Furnam University, Greenville, SC. The 2010 AGM will be held at the Detroit Highland Games in Livonia, MI on the first weekend of August. Finally, the 2011 AGM will find us at in Washington State at the Scottish Highland Games in Enumclaw, WAduring the last weekend of July. This is the venue to meet new friends and visit with old friends.

The AGM is only one weekend a year but each state has several games and festivals where the Murray Clan has a tent. Coming soon will be A complete listing of upcoming games and festivals can be found on the events tab.

Heather Murray preforming the Horn Pipe dance for the Murray Clan dinner at the 2007 AGM held at the Longs Peak Scottish Festival.

Murray Clan President Robert Wayne Murray addressing the opening ceremony at the 30th Annual Maine Highland Games & Scottish Festival, August 2008. The Murray Clan was the honored clan.

Three stalwart looking Murray Clan members learning how to operate a clan tent at the Comox Valley Highland Games, Courtney, British Columbia. Left to right Ted Leaker, British Columbia commissioner Bill Murray, Bill Murray from Campbell River, British Columbia

Piper Catlin Murray, Haggis bearer Ken Scallon, sword bearer Murray Brannen, whisky bearer Doug Murray at the AGM clan dinner 2008, held at Brunswick, Maine.

Catlin Murray, US Murray Clan Piper with one of the newest members of the Murray Clan, her son Cameron. At the Maine AGM 2008.

An' cut ye up wi' ready slight,
Trenching your gushing entrails bright,

Steve Murray-Wolf carving the haggis at the 2008 AGM dinner.

Murray Clan Society of North American Membership

The following maps are based on membership as of October 2007. The symbols on the maps are graduated in size according to state or province membership as a percentage of the total membership in the Murray Clan Society of North America – the larger the symbol, the larger percentage of membership.

Canada

Western United States membership

Eastern United States Membership

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