Variables Between Text

I've started work on a simple chat system for my faction in Tekkit. I am trying to set-up a system where you login with any nickname you chose then it enters you to a live chat hosted on a network system (A couple computers in a back room).
Is it possible to enter a name variable between text being printed?

print("Welcome to the chat server!")
print("Please enter your nickname ")
name = read()
print("Connecting "..name" to the chat server")

I'm having errors thrown at me once I add extra quoted text after the ..name variable.

Also I'd love to hear any ideas for how to fluently run the login server for the wireless chat

you were close, .. is the concatenation operator, you've got it on the start, you're just missing it on the end

print("Connecting "..name.." to the chat server")

Thanks, Hopefully once I finish this I can publish it to the community. I haven't seen any chat programs that have been user friendly.