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7/9/2006

Lyth Arts Centre - September 2006 Programme

BLAS-festival presents CLAN 6 September 7.30pm Mary Ann Kennedy, Kenna Campbell, Wilma Kennedy and Maggie Macdonald are four of the most distinguished Gaelic singers of our age, all Mod medal winners and well known throughout Scotland. They are joined by musicians Angus, Kenneth and Calum Mackenzie who hail from Mabou in Cape Breton, a community rich in Gaelic tradition and language, to create an evening of great music.

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31/8/2006

Kent Duchaine - American Bluesman Returns To Mackays Hotel

Murray Lamond has pulled off a small coup in the music scene in Wick by bringing back the blues singer Kent DuChaine. The well travelled singer with several albums to his name and used hitting the blues scene all over Euroipe and the US is in Mackays Hotel on Saturday 9th September from 9.00pm.

31/8/2006

A Couth Bothy Night In Wick - Free For Doors Open Day

SEAFARING tales and traditional tunes are to be served up at a Bothy Night taking place at Wick's "Seven Gates" salt cellars next weekend. The event on Saturday, 9th September, is being organised by Lower Pulteneytown Promotions as one of the Doors Open Day activities linked to Scottish Archaeology Month.

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30/8/2006

Varied Programme At The Mill Theatre In September 2006

The Mill theatre in Thurso has a packed programme in September for anyone who enjoys live events. Macbeth 30 August - Macbeth is presently underway and there are only a few tickets left for tonight 31 August.

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30/8/2006

Do You Want To Be In Panto?

This years panto from Thurso Players is 'Sleeping Beauty' and will be directed by Andrew Crawford. Auditions will be held in the Mill Theatre at 2.30pm on Sunday 3rd September.

29/8/2006

Bands Reunited - Weigh Inn, Thurso

Remember the local bands of Yesteryear and all the good times you had when they appeared? Well now you can rediscover your lost youth and do it all over again. Bands Reunited takes place on Saturday 9th September 2006 at 9 pm in the Weigh Inn, Thurso and features a selection of Bands and Musicians that have played in the County over the last Five Decades.

28/8/2006

Blas Festival 2006 - Starts 1 September

The Blas Festival starts this Friday (1 September) with nine days of great music in Caithness, Sutherland, Ross and Cromarty, Badenoch and Strathspey, Lochaber, Nairn and Skye & Lochalsh. Following the huge success of the inaugural Blas Festival last year, this years event has developed to be bigger and better.

27/8/2006

Tulloch Ltd Add £50,000 Support To Highland 2007

Highland 2007 received a further boost today with Tulloch Ltd signing up to be a Major Partner to the year Scotland celebrates Highland Culture. The Tulloch Group has pledged �50,000 to support various events throughout the year, including the Tulloch Inverness Highland Games, featuring the World Highland Games Championships.

21/8/2006

Highland 2007: Banking on Our Cultural Currency

Highland 2007, the year Scotland celebrates Highland culture, will be the focus of a debate at the Festival of Politics in the Scottish Parliament later this week (Thursday 24 August). The Festival of Politics is a ground-breaking addition to Edinburgh's Festival calendar where the politics of Scotland and the wider world are explored in lively and informal sessions.

16/8/2006

The Rosslyn Matrix by Ashley Cowie

Kath Gourlay Writes..... Just when you think there can't be anything left to dig up when it comes to secret codes and Rosslyn Chapel, another layer is unearthed.

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16/8/2006

MacBeth At The Mill, Thurso 30 August - 2 September

A Busy Time at the Mill In 1604 William Shakespeare in his zeal to please King James I, an authority on demonology, cast caution and imagination aside and for the opening scene of Macbeth's Act IV he reproduced a 17th century black-magic ritual, a sort of how-to to budding witches. Without changing an ingredient, Shakespeare provided his audience with step-by-step instructions in the furtive art of spell casting: "Round around the cauldron go; In the poison'd entrails throw.

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14/8/2006

Crimson Tide At The Redwood 19th August

Crimson Tide are playing at Redwood on Saturday 19th August with support from Astronot and Redwall. Admission �3 under 18 �2.

12/8/2006

Photos From The Big Gig - Thurso 13 August 2006

Plenty of music was on show at the Big Gig in Thurso on 13 August 2006. Here are the photos from the day.

10/8/2006

Blas Festival In Caithness & Sutherland 1 - 9 September

Friday 1st September 2006 �ite / Venue Wick High School Luchd-ci�il / Artiste Phil Cunningham & Aly Bain Catriona MacKay & Chris Stout F�is Chataibh C�ilidh Trailers Uair / Time 7.30 pm Cosgais / Cost Full Ticket: �13 Senior Citizens: �10 School Pupils: �5 Central Box Office for Credit Cards and Postal Sales: 01478 613649 Blas, c/o Aros, Viewfield Road, Portree, Isle of Skye. IV51 9EU Fiosrachadh / Information Presented by Wick Trad Music Workshops Saturday 2 September 2006 �ite / Venue Strathy Village Hall Luchd-ci�il / Artiste AN �IGRIDH Julie Fowlis Band Kathleen, Deirdre & Magnus Graham F�is Chataibh C�ilidh Trailers F�is Air an Oir Uair / Time 7.30 pm Cosgais / Cost Full Ticket: �10 Senior Citizens: �9 School Pupils: �5 Central Box Office for Credit Cards and Postal Sales: 01478 613649 Blas, c/o Aros, Viewfield Road, Portree, Isle of Skye.

9/8/2006

Imagining the Centre - Art in the Old Town of Inverness

Church Street is the venue for a free day-long event on Saturday 9 September aimed at involving the public in a major regeneration programme for the old town of Inverness. From 11 am until 11 pm, the public is invited to the main thoroughfare in the old town to view and comment on the work of 14 Highland artists, writers, musicians, filmmakers and aural historians, who will represent the past, present and future of the city.

9/8/2006

Belladrum Headliners Embrace Samaritans Support

Embrace will be headlining at this year's Belladrum Festival on Saturday 12 August and showing their celebrity support for Samaritans, the emotional support charity. Lead singer with Embrace, Danny McNamara, has been a long time supporter of Samaritans charity: "I remember contacting Samaritans when I was about 19.

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1/8/2006

Dounreay Supports Local Art

The Society of Caithness Artists are holding their 71st annual exhibition this summer. But with the closure of the Thurso Town Hall for renovation work, they were faced with the task of finding another venue in the town to display their paintings.

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31/7/2006

Wildcat TMA - Another Gig At Weigh Inn 10th August

Wildcat TMA presents:- ERIC BOGLE & JOHN MUNRO NEW WEIGH INN MOTEL, THURSO. THURSDAY, 10th AUGUST, 8:00PM Wildcat TMA Members : Free Non-members : �8:00 Senior Citizens : �2:50 To reserve tickets, phone Frank on 892607 or e-mail:- wildcatmusic2[AT]aol.com.

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30/7/2006

Caithness Quilters Exhibition In Wick Gala Week

Caithness Quilters held another successful exhibition in Assembly Rooms Wick on 27 July 2006. See a gallery of photos at - http://www.caithness.org/fpb/july2006/photogallery/index.php?gallery=38&start=0 The quilters have a busy season ahead taking them well into 2007 with regular meetings and workshops.

24/7/2006

Summer Rock School 2006

Young people from the Highlands and Islands are being invited to take part in the Summer Rock Schools, organised by Careers Scotland. Two and three-day music workshops will take place across three different venues and funded by a variety of organisations including Highland Council, Youth Highland and Kyle of Sutherland Action.

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