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BBC ALBA Will Feature Northern Nashville County Music Festival

UK country music fans will be able to tune in for live performances from acclaimed national and international country music artists in a new television series, Ceòl Country to be broadcast this month on BBC ALBA.   Ceòl Country is a six-part series produced by mneTV to showcase the best music from this year's Caithness Country Music and Creetown Country Music festivals, and will hit our screens from Tuesday 20 October.  

Johnston, "Shooting your Past" Caithness Horizons

Caithness Horizons, Thurso 17 October - 30 November Monday to Saturday 10am to 6pm Sundays 10am to 4pm Admission is free.   The Johnston photographic collection, amounting to some 50 thousand glass slides and negatives represents the work of three generations and four photographers from the same local family spanning the 113 years from 1863 to 1976 and is owned by and based at the Wick Society's award-winning Wick Heritage Centre in Bank Row.  

Katya Kabanova - From Scottish Opera

Thursday 1 October, 7.30pm Wick High School Tickets £10, £5 (u26s) Scottish Opera will perform Leoš Janáek's intimate and intense love story, Kátya Kabanová, in 21 venues across Scotland this season.   The production will take in Giffnock, Drumnadrochit, Cromarty, Stornonway, Elgin, Aboyne, Lerwick, Kirkwall, Wick, Strontian, Dundee, Fort William, Linlithgow, Glenrothes, Irvine, Helensburgh, Dumfries, Galashiels, Easterhouse, Aberdeen and Inverness.  

Right Lines Productions present "Tour-a-Rural-Ceilidh-Band".

Right Lines Productions present "Tour-a-Rural-Ceilidh-Band".   Time: 19:30:00 Location: Lyth Arts Centre Length: 3 hours Interval: yes Age suitability : 14+ Enjoy an irresistible mixture of top quality music, song and ceilidh dancing with the band members from the legendary comedy ceilidh theatre show "The Accidental Death of an Accordionist" which we brought to Latheron and Lyth village halls back in 2002.  

HIE Commits Over Half A Million Pounds To Fèisean

Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) is investing £540,000 to support the development of the popular traditional arts movement, Fèisean, across the Highlands and Islands and further afield.   The three year funding package will offer Fèisean nan Gàidheal, the umbrella organisation which supports the Fèisean network, the opportunity to develop a range of new activities across the region.  

Open Studio Weekend - 26th/27th September 2009

Caithness Arts - Open Studio Weekend - 26th/27th September 2009 Caithness Arts is holding an "Open Studios" event, during which Artists and Makers based in the Far North will be opening their doors to give the public a rare chance to see inside their working studios.  Many artists will be transforming their homes into mini galleries for the duration of the weekend thus providing a great opportunity to view a wide range of work and allow purchasing direct from the artist.  

NOW YOU SEE IT - A Short History of Magic and Conjuring

An exhibition giving a fascinating glimpse into the history of stage magic opens at the Swanson Gallery, Thurso Library this weekend (19th September).   The exhibition pays homage to the close-up conjuror whose illusions can include anything from sleight-of-hand card tricks to the swallowing of razor blades and charts the history of the magician from the early days of the street entertainer - or pickpocket - through the exotic world of the music hall to today.  

Modern Jive Moves North

Modern Jive was introduced in the early nineteen eighties, drawing from many other well known dance styles as diverse as Rock and Roll and Salsa.  The biggest draw back of some dances is that you spend time and money learning the moves but then find there is nowhere to put what you have learnt into practice.  

Pass Makes Perfect For Drama Students

Pupils from across the Highland Council area, studying SQA courses at Eden Court, have achieved a 100% pass rate in Higher Dance, Higher Drama and Intermediate 2 Drama exams.   33 young people aged 14 - 17 studied for these exams at Eden Court from August 2008 to May 2009.  

Young Musicians Start On The Right Note

Millburn Academy in Inverness will be alive with the sound of music this weekend as three of The Highland Council's Regional Music Groups begin rehearsals fro this year's packed programme of events which will include a special weekend of celebrations later in the year, culminating in a gala performance to be held in the Empire Theatre, Eden Court to mark the 21st anniversary of regional music groups.   Currently there are seven Regional Music Groups, run as an extension to the work of the Instrumental Tuition Service in Highland.