You don’t have to be Scottish to enjoy this year’s highland ball in Williamstown,
according to Bill Schrank (pictured). There’s only one place you should cross swords with the Burnside resident and that’s during a highland fling.
The treasurer of Scottish Societies and Clans of Victoria is in the midst of organising the May 4 event, the 61st annual ball.
Mr Schrank’s late parents were also on the ball committee and he says he’s following tradition.
“My maternal great-grandfather, John Paterson, was a Scottish immigrant. He married my great grandmother Mary McMillan, also a Scottish immigrant, in Ballarat in the 1800s.
He says an increasing number of younger people are attending the ball and discovering their roots.
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