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BANFFSHIRE FIELD CLUB 2nd Sat of month, St Rufus Church Hall, Turner Street, Keith.

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BUCKIE ARTS & CRAFTS CLUB 1st & 3rd Wed of month, 2pm 5pm, Upper Hall, Buckie Town House. Drop in - learn a craft, share a skill. Call Fiona on 07875 624046

BUCKIE CHORAL UNION Thurs, 7.30pm - 9.30pm, Buckie North Church Hall. Mixed choir. www.buckiechoral.org.uk

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welcome. Call Stuart Plant on 07951 319970 or email at buckieladies@hotmail.com

BUCKIE ROVERS JUNIOR FOOTBALL CLUB Mon & Wed, 7pm-9pm (Training) excl. June. Call Mr D G Roberts on 01542 840861

BUCKPOOL NEW BUILD TENANT GROUP We are a group of local residents who have come together to make a difference to our estate.

Come along & get to know your neighbours, help improve your neighbourhood over a cup of tea/coffee. Call Tenant Participation on 0300 123 4566 or email at tenantparticipation@moray.gov.uk

CLOCHAN ART GROUP Mon, 2pm - 4pm, Clochan Hall .

A small group enjoying painting & drawing, working in all mediums & happy to offer help & advice over a cup of coffee. All welcome!

CULLEN ART GROUP Tues, 9am - 1pm, Cullen Community Centre. Friendly & supportive group. New members welcome. £7.50 per month.

Coffee break at 11am. Call Janet Creese on 01542 840228 or at janet.creese38@gmail.com CULLEN SEA SCHOOL 1 Portlong Road, Cullen Currently being developed into a hub for all things related to small boat sailing & water sports, offering a small boat building/repair workshop, meeting/instruction space & showering/changing facilities with provision for disabled people. Call 01542 840830 or at katalin@cullenseaschool.co.uk FINDOCHTY BOWLING CLUB May to Sept. Call 01542 833779

FOCHABERS HILL WALKING & RAMBLING CLUB Last Sun of month for hill walking outings. Visitors welcome, £10-£20 bus fare. Call Veronica Gunn on 01343 209001

FOCHABERS PÉTANQUE CLUB Fochabers Cricket Club, Fochabers. To play & promote the game of pétanque.

Call MIke Watt on 01542 832591

GRANGE BADMINTON CLUB Tues, 7pm - 9.30pm, King Memorial Hall, Grange. Call Tamsin Morrison on 01542 870251 or email at tamsin.morrison@btinternet.com

KEITH & DISTRICT RANGER GUIDES (GIRLGUIDING MORAY) 3 Wed of 4, 5.30pm-7pm, St Rufus Hall, Keith. Senior Section 14 - 24 yrs. Call 01542 886422 (evenings)

SPEY VALLEY DOG TRAINING CLUB Ringcraft training, pet obedience, etc. Call Mrs F Gray 01343 870674 or email at fgray674@aol.com www.speyvalleydtc.blogspot.com

KEITH & DISTRICT SILVER BAND Sun, 6.30pm - 8.30pm, Longmore Hall, Keith. Practice night. Call Wendy Jones on 01542 887529 www.keithsilverband.org

LIFE CHALIENGE OUTREACH IN BUCKIE Fri, 12pm - 3pm, Newlands Lane, Buckie. A bus goes out to offer help & support to anyone suffering from addictions or in need of any kind. Call 01542 836439 or email at lifechallenge@yahoo.com MILNE'S RUGBY Mon, 6.30pm, Milne's High School Playing Fields. P1-P7/S1S2/S3-S6 come along & learn about rugby in a friendly & safe environment supervised by qualified coaches under the auspices of Active Schools. Call

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NAROTICS ANONYMOUS UK The Helpline operates 10am Midnight. Call 0300 999 1212 www.ukna.org/contacts Portgordon Art Group Fri, 1pm-4pm, Clochan Communtiy Hall. New members welcome. Call Kitty Bell on 01542 850409

RAIN OR SHINE TODDLER GROUP Wed, 10am - 11.30am & Friday 1.15pm - 2.45pm. Lady Cathcart Hall, Buckie. Make new friends, have a chat & a cuppa. £1.50 per session. Call Gail on 07921 558989

KEITH & DISTRICT PARKINSONS SUPPORT GROUP Monthly, 2pm - 4pm, Rathven Church Hall. Come along for a blether & a cuppa. All welcome.

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KEITH B.A.L.L. GROUP Wed, 10.30am - 1pm, St Rufus Hall, Keith. Call Evalyne or Moira 01542 886913 or 860218

Lorna Young on 07966 120514 or lorna.young@moray.gov.uk MULBEN SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING 1st & 3rd Wed, 7.30pm - 9.30pm, Mulben Hall. All welcome. Call Margaret Rhynas on 01542 860208

ST. THOMAS PARENTS & TODDLERS GROUP Mon (during term time), 9.15am 11am, Chapel Street, Keith, (across from St. Thomas School) Toys, crafts & snacks for infants & toddlers & a cuppa for parents. All welcome!

THE LIGHTHOUSE GROUP 1st & 3rd Wed of month, 7pm 9pm, Buckie Baptist Church Hall.

A time of fun & fellowship for people with a learning disability in the local area.

ZUMBA WITH SHARON Mon, 9.30am, St Rufus Hall, Keith & Thurs, 6pm, Newmill Village Hall. £3.50 per class. www.facebook.com/zumba withsharonhenderson

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Pastoral Le er & Church Meetings Then Jesus took a little child and put it among them; and taking it in his arms, he said to them, "Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes not me but the one who sent me." (Mark 9:36-37) One of our local schools recently had a “World of Work Week” where they invited a number of people to speak to the children about their work.

They invited a variety of people, an artist, a policewoman and a doctor amongst others. I was also asked to come and present to the pupils aspects of my work as a Church Minister in the Methodist Church.

It was an informative morning, particularly for myself. Listening to youngsters in different classes of different primary age groups question you about your daily work can be somewhat of a challenge and a revelation.

I’m not sure whether the Apostle Peter had this mind when he wrote: Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have (1 Peter 3:15).

However, it was a delight to share openly with these youngsters the role I play in the their community.

When asked what they thought that I did, these were some of their replies:

“You tell people about Jesus”; “You pray a lot and read the Bible”; “you stand up on Sundays and sing songs about God”, “you help people get better in hospital”…it was a long list, but a good list. And it challenged me inwardly to recognise the expectations they as young people had, of me, a much older person, but having what they saw as an important role in the community.

So what is it that the Church and by extension, Christians, bring to our local communities? I return again to the Jesus of the gospels and the radical way in which Jesus responded to those that came into contact with him. The verse at the beginning of this piece that alludes to us becoming like little children is a response to the disciples debate as to who was the greatest. The world around us is one seemingly built on human ambition, to be someone, to succeed in life, to make a mark, to be remembered. Jesus however, taught that one must first become a servant to others (Matthew 20:26).

I would suggest the role of the Christian is to reflect Jesus, to live a life where the intentional trajectory of one’s life is to become more Christlike. John Wesley called this ‘sanctification’ and by extension implied that salvation is a process not an event. Our whole lives are to lived in order to be Christ’s hands

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Buckie Baptist Church Sundays 11am & 6pm. All welcome. Contact Rev. Gavin Hunter • Church - 836041• Manse - 833587 • jesuslives@hotmail.co.uk Buckie Church of Christ Sunday 9.30am: Bible Study. Morning worship 11am. Children welcome. Tel: 01542 834696.

Buckie North, Church of Scotland Cluny Square. Sundays 11am and 6pm. Contact Rev. Isabel Buchan on 01542 832118 Buckie Salvation Army Sunday meeting @ 6pm and Tuesday Musical Tots 10am. Enquiries 01542 489061 Buckie South & West, Church of Scotland High Street. Sundays 11:30am including Sunday school.

Buckie Methodist Church Sundays 11am and 6pm. Sunday school, Bible studies, prayer meetings, study and house groups, Alpha and Women’s Guild. Rev. Chris Jackson. Tel: 01542 833765. chris.jackson7@gmail.com Cullen & Deskford Church of Scotland First Sunday of the month. Hall church at 11am. Followed by soup & sweet. Every other Sunday. Auld Kirk at 10.30am and the 2nd and 4th Sundays. Jubilee Hall, Deskford at 12pm.

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in our communities, to create an awareness of God’s presence, to grow and learn through mutual love and support of each other, to be a good neighbour to those in need, to fight injustice, and through these love inspired activities to attract others to be followers of that same Jesus who challenged us to become like little children.

It was challenging to listen to the children at the school, and to answer their questions as to what it means to be a Church Minister and Christian in their community. I pray that I can bring the hope of Jesus into their lives and into their communities by my actions and my love of Jesus. One of my favourite verses in the Bible is John 10:10 where Jesus says that he came that they may have life and have it abundantly. I believe that Jesus’ message is for everybody and that the abundant life he offers is available to all who want to become and live as his disciples.

AMEN Rev Chris Jackson Buckie & Cullen Methodist Church

Cullen Methodist Church, Buckie Sundays 11am. Contact Rev. Chris Jackson. Tel: 01542 833765. chris.jackson7@gmail.com Enzie Parish Church Portgordon, Buckie. Sunday worship and Sunday school 10am. Call 01542 833775 or Email: enziekirk@btconnect.com Findochty Church of Scotland Sundays 9.45am. All welcome. Contact David Pirie: 01542 834123.

Findochty Methodist Church Sunday fellowship 11am. Rev. Chris Jackson. Tel: 01542 833765. chris.jackson7@gmail.com Findochty Salvation Army Sundays 10:30am Morning meeting, S.A.S Kids 12pm (Sunday School), 6pm evening meeting plus a weekly programme. Contact Majors Bruce & Isobel Smith on 01542 832189 for details.

Gordon Chapel Scottish Episcopal Church, Fochabers Sunday Family Eucharist 10am. 1st Wednesday of month Communion 2.30pm. 2nd Sunday of month Evensong 6.30pm. Tel: 01542 882782. www.gordonchapelfochabers.uk

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Parliament Blog & Tide Times Concerns about NHS continue to Grampian feature heavily in my postbag and the recent news that the children’s ward in Elgin was once again going to close to overnight admissions was a further blow to the local area.

We are trying to attract people to Moray as a shortage of medical staff is one of the reasons for the situation in the children’s ward, but Moray will seem a less attractive option if these important services are reduced or lost altogether.

As well as the children’s ward, we have excessive waits for the eye clinic, chronic pain waiting times are unacceptable and a number of cases I have raised on behalf of local people have been responded to by both NHS Grampian and Scottish Government Ministers confirming the treatment delivered was unacceptable and fell below the standards we should expect.

Given the growing concern locally about a variety of NHS issues I have asked NHS Grampian to join me at a public meeting in Moray to explain the current situation and their future plans. Local people deserve to hear directly from NHS managers about what they plan to do to ensure we all get appropriate health care in the local area. I will advertise details of the meeting in the local media when NHS Grampian confirm who will be attending.

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We have that reached time of the year when again people from all around the world visit Scotland to experience our Highland Games.

We are very fortunate to have so many Games on our doorstep with the Gordon Castle Highland Games, at Fochabers, being the first of the season on 20th May. In recent years our Highland Games have been very successful in attracting more and more tourists, a trend we should all celebrate.

However, if you would like to avoid the big crowds I would encourage you to visit some of the smaller and community-run Highland Games.

One of my favourites happens to be the Strathconon Games, held on 28th July. It has a warm family feel and where all the profits from the Games go towards the upkeep of the Village Hall.

Visiting hidden gems like the Strathconon Games is also a great way to support local communities.

This month is the return of one of my favourite events of the year; the award winning Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival.

The festival is a wonderful celebration of our whisky industry, our food and drink sector, our music and culture, and all that is good about Speyside. The festival goes from strength to strength and each year I continue to be blown away be the exceptional programme of events.

As well as being vital to our economy, the Speyside whisky is also at the very heart of our culture and our local heritage and in my view, we cannot celebrate that enough.

Spirit of Speyside is an opportunity for visitors and locals to join together in celebrating our music, culture and heritage, in the splendour of Speyside and I’m looking forward to being a part of it.

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for 2017/2018 (all dates inclusive) May Day Holiday Mon 7th May 2018 In-Service Day Thurs 17th May 2018 In-Service Day Fri 18th May 2018 Occasional Day Keith Mon 4th June 2018 Occasional Day Buckie Mon 11th June 2018 Summer Term Ends Fri 29th Jun 2018 Summer Holiday Starts Mon 2nd Jul 2018

for 2018/2019 (all dates inclusive) Summer Holiday Ends Fri 10th Aug 2018 In-Service Day Mon 13th Aug 2018 Autumn Term Starts Tues 14th Aug 2018 Autumn Term Ends Fri 5th Oct 2018 Autumn Holiday Starts Mon 8th Oct 2018 Autumn Holiday Ends Fri 19th Oct 2018 Winter Term Starts Mon 22nd Oct 2018

Buckie Leisure Centre ........................................01542 832841 Dial ‘M’ For Moray Buses ..................................03001 234565 Keith Community Bus ........................................01542 882222 Keith Community Centre ....................................01542 882222 Keith Library........................................................01542 882223 Keith Resource Centre ......................................01542 886174 Keith Sports & Com. Ctr ....................................01542 882222 Keith Swimming Pool ........................................01542 882222 Keith Tourist Info. Ctr ..........................................01542 888423 Men in Recovery ............................info@meninrecovery.org Moray Council Access Point, Keith ....................01542 885500 Moray Families Information Service.......................................... www.facebook.com/ MorayFamiliesInformationService National Domestic Abuse & Forced Marriage Helpline ..........................................................................0800 027 1234 National Rail Enquiries ......................................03457 484950 Police Station ......................................................................101 Registrar ............................................................01542 885525

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25 wednesday

anzac day remembrance service 10am, dallachy memorial, bogmoor. all welcome. please note that b9104 will be closed from 10am - 10.30am noel gallagher's high flying birds 6.30pm - 10.30pm, aberdeen exhibition & conference centre www.ticketmaster.co.uk

26 thursday

prisoners of war in the great war: speaker - jim mackay + agm of the friends of duff house 2pm 3pm, the long gallery, duff house.call 01261 818181 www.friendsofduffhouse.org.uk

27 friday

billy nasty@the ironworks, inverness 11pm www.ironworksvenue.com moray community awards hosted by third sector interface moray 7.30pm - 8.30pm, moray college, uhi, elgin. call 01343 541713 or email at info@tsimoray.org.uk www.moraycommunityawards.co.uk moray reach out april disco 7.30pm - 10pm, the royal british legion, buckie. £3 at the door. you must be over 18 unless accompanied by a responsible adult. raffles. call angela kelly (to arrange transport) on 07951 088184 or at info@morayreachout.org.uk www.morayreachout.org.ok soup & sweet: purple day event in aid of buckie epilepsy social group 12pm - 2pm, riverside church, buckie. £3.50. organised by riverside church, buckie. tombola (50p.) call tara engelmann on 01309 675900 or 07871 151198 keith & district silver band fundraising event for the old church restoration fund 7.30pm, cullen old church. £6. call isobel addison on 01542 840610 or at ianaddison43@hotmail.com www.cullen-deskford-church.org.uk

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28 saturday

28th junior highland games: supporting children 1st (elgin) & nspcc scotland 11am - 2pm, gordonstoun school, duffus. teams of children from all over ne of scotland take part in traditional games. stalls & activities. display of morgan cars, etc. email at hughesy@gordonstoun.org.uk maiden scotland@ the ironworks, inverness 7.30pm. www.ironworksvenue.com songs of roma@ universal hall, findhorn 8pm. £13/£11 concs/£9 u16s. call david till on 01309 691170 or email uhallpromo@gmail.com www.universalhall.co.uk buckie choral union concert: eternal light : howard goodall choral suite from the armed man : karl jenkins 7.30pm, fishermen's hall, n. pringle st., buckie. £10 adult. £5 child. call claire menzies on 01542 850378 or menziesenzie@btopenworld.com www.buckiechoral.org.uk gin tasting masterclass led by el:gin brand ambassador gary grant. nibbles & raffle 7.30pm, keith golf club. £10. call 01542 882469

29 sunday

car boot sale (inchberry & district community association) 8.30am - 1pm, inchberry hall, orton, fochabers. no booking required, just turn up early before 9am with a car & table. teas/coffees, soft drinks, butteries, bbq. www.wherecanwego.com etape loch ness: chosen charity macmillan cancer support 6.15am, inverness. £63 (sold out) a cycle sportive offering the chance to cycle 66 miles around the loch on traffic free roads. 18yrs + fochabers & district swi & moray cats protection soup & sweet 12pm - 2pm, fochabers institute variety of soups, pudding, bread, oatcakes, hot & cold drinks, ice cream, homebakes, traidcraft

30 monday

nature nippers: amazing amphibians & reclusive reptiles 1pm - 2pm, leith hall garden & estate children £4.50. come & learn about the life-cycles & habitats of scotland's amphibians & reptiles. call 01330 844810

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port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018 provisional v1: astoria 8am - 5pm federation of holistic therapists (fht): animal communication; speaker - neen forder. find out what's going on in the world of your pet 6.30pm 8.30pm, the inkwell, francis place, elgin. call sandra ream on 07751 316663 or email at sandra@willowbankholisticmassagemoray.co.uk www.fht.org.uk/moray

3 thursday - 7 monday

spirit of speyside whisky festival 2018 tbc, various events take place throughout speyside. call 07789 671635. tickets from the website. www.spiritofspeyside.com bandstand beer & music festival tbc, bandstand bar, nairn. the largest indie beer & music festival in the highlands -more than 140 real ales, ciders & craft beers, live music, bbq

4 friday

sigma: strange clouds in the northern sky; speaker ken kennedy, mill's observatory, dundee on the strange phenomenon of noctilucent clouds 7pm for 7.30pm, birnie village hall. non-members welcome www.sigma-astro.co.uk superhero day: may the fourth be with you - mfr cash for kids sign up your school, college, university, business or place of work to fundraise & dust off your superhero outfit. call 01463 227700 or email at cashforkids@mfr.co.uk. www.planetradio.co.uk definitely oasis unplugged@the ironworks, inverness 7.30pm. www.ironworksvenue.com

5 saturday

music at the castle: 'the art of love' - the marvel of peru; with guest soprano aileen cuthbert 8pm, the drawing room brodie castle. £15 (includes light refreshments). call rebecca harrison on 01309 641371 or email at raharrison@nts.org.uk. www.nts.org.uk/events the cuban brothers@ the ironworks, inverness 8pm, www.ironworksvenue.com friendly fest: brand new music festival in moray; one day festival, live music, established acts, local bands, djs, food stalls, bars, craft & draft beers & gin bar 2pm - 11pm, kynoch park, keith. www.facebook.com/friendlyfest tipsy tea party/ann summers party, etc in aid of royal british legion, keith 2pm - late, royal british legion, keith. £25 from keith legion. glass of prosecco on arrival, nibbles, games, raffles, rock 'n roll bingo, karaoke, dj paul t & a surprise prize! call 01542 882320

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macmillan cancer support (speyside): 4th fun run 11am onwards, ballindalloch castle. multi terrain, runs of 800m to 5k for all ages, abilities & levels of fitness. burger stall & the castle will be open. email funtorunformacmillan@gmail.com. www.active.com port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018: mein schiff 3 (maiden visit) 7.30am - 7pm little bird sessions from the coffee house ft. carma, stephen mackontosh & dylan@the little bird cafe. the ironworks, inverness 7.30pm, all welcome www.ironworksvenue.com a wolf in knights clothing: find out more about a most unwelcome visitor, alexander stewart, earl of buchan 12pm - 4pm, spynie palace. call 01343 546358. www.historicenvironment.scot

7 monday

sportmoray: protection for vulnerable groups (pvg) & signatory training; speaker - ann ferguson, volunteer scotland. an introduction to pvg legislation, legal responsibilities, etc 6pm - 9pm, tbc. free to sports clubs affiliated to sportmoray. call 01343 563657 or sports.development@moray.gov.uk

9 wednesday

the arts society speyside lecture: klimt: imperial muralist turned radical painter; speaker - gavin plumley 11 am - coffee & tea served from 10.15am, the williamson hall, duff avenue, elgin. new members welcome. £7 for visitors. call membership secretary on 07789 880481. www.theartssociety.org/speyside port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018 provisional v1: royal princess 7am - 6pm,

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aberdeen yarn fest 10am - 5pm, doubletree by hilton aberdeen treetops, springfield road, aberdeen stalls, classes, demos, exhibitions & podcasts. tickets from www.eventbrite.co.uk benromach 10k 1pm, benromach distillery, forres aberdeen family day: organised by cleft lip & palate asscoiation (clapa) greenwood loch holiday park & activity centre 11.45am (registration) - 4pm, greenwood loch holiday park & activity centre, fisherie, turriff. email melanie.skinner@clapa.com tipsy tea party three! in aid of community defibrillators & lucy's fight, mnd scotland 2pm - 4pm, garmouth village hall. adults £10; children £5. afternoon tea & a glass of prosecco. raffles, guess the perfume, etc. admission by tickets only! call lorraine boyne & louise black on 01542 870258 & 01542 870305

13 sunday - 19 saturday

christian aid week various events throughout aberdeenshire, the highlands & moray www.christianaid.org.uk

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port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018 provisional v1: artania 2.30pm - 8pm & viking sun (maiden visit) 8am - 6pm preparing for investment in the highlands & islands 10am - 4pm, elgin youth cafe. free (lunch provided) how social investment can enable greater growth, sustainability & social impact with regard to charities, social enterprises, etc. www.eventbrite.co.uk

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port of invergordon - crusie liner list 2018 provisional v1: brilliance of the seas (maiden visit) 9am - 6pm western front asociation (north branch):naval 8 squadron, royal naval air service, in the great war; speaker - colin buxton(north) branch 2.30pm, the gallery, elgin library. call derek bird on 01343 870562 or email at derek.bird876@gmail.com www.wfascotlandnorth.org.uk

the prince experience@the ironworks, inverness 7.30pm. www.ironworksvenue.com aviemore 100: multi disciplinary cycling challenge tbc, forestry commission hayfield, aviemore organised by mikes bikes (aviemore) in conjunction with chest heart & stroke scotland. email at megan.robertson@chss.org.uk 10th inverness classic vehicle show 11am - 3pm, various venues, inverness. parade finale at 3pm neon waltz@the ironworks, inverness 7.30pm. www.ironworksvenue.com 2018 american wrestling epw 11.30am (doors open), macduff town hall. tickets available from ringside world. scooty & the skyhooks doors open 7.30pm; band on stage at 9pm, deveronside community social club, duncan street, banff concert - brahms, schubert & mozart 7.30 pm, st laurence church, forres. £12 adult, £10 concession, £5 children. call asdair joyce on 01309 671288 or email at alasdair@manachie.eclipse.co.uk admin@winterburnmedia.co.uk

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the arc sessions: imar@fochabers institute tbc. call mhairi marwick on 7810 174377 or email at thearcsessions@hotmail.com tragedy: all metal tribute to the bee gees & beyond @the ironworks, inverness tbc. www.ironworksvenue.com festival of museums: travellers' tales; shelters, crafts & stories museum opening times, highland folk museum, kingussie road, newtonmore. call 01540 673551. www.highlifehighland.com/

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