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SHE' LESBIAN SOCIAL GROUP A flexible social group for lesbian women of all ages in Moray & beyond. Meeting at various times, for various events with &abilities. (sorry, under 18's only) Katie Q on 07850 043320 or shelesbiangroup@gmail.com www.shelesbiangroup.com 4TH LOSSIE BOYS BRIGADE Every Wed at Hythehill Primary School. Anchor boys (Primary 1,2 & 3) 5.30pm - 6.30pm; Junior Section (Primary 4,5 & 6); 6.30pm - 8pm; Company Section (Primary 7 & High School) 8pm 9.30pm. Contact James Allan on 01343 542305 ELGIN AMATEUR ATHLETICS CLUB Coaching in running, jumps, throws, field & track athletics.

Ages 9 + Morriston Playing Field (Apr - Oct) & Bishopmill Primary Gym (Oct - Mar). Tues & Thurs, 6.30pm - 8.00pm. Mbrship fee + £1 per session. Violet Beattie on 01343 551021 or info.elginaac@gmail.com

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ELGIN DARBY & JOAN CLUB Every Tues (Oct - May), 2pm 4pm for a sociable afternoon with entertainment or bingo for over 60’s. Elgin Community Centre.

Contact: Moira Webb on 01343 541001 ELGIN FLOWER CLUB Meets monthly at Elgin High Church Hall to enjoy the art of flower arranging. Contact: Mrs Frances Reddy on 01343 813397 or email reception@lossiehouse.com ELGIN HASH HOUSE HARRIERS Sun,11am (Winter) Mon,7.:30pm (Summer). Sociable group with runners of all abilities visiting all corners of Moray & beyond. elginhashhouseharriers calendar ELGIN HIGH CHURCH HIGH SPIRITS CLUB Wed, 10am to 12pm (Sept to Apr). Speakers or entertainment in the church hall at North Guildry Street, Elgin. Open to all.

Contact: May on 01343 542120 ELGIN ROUND TABLE 2nd & 4th Thurs of the month (Sept - Jun), 7pm, Royal Hotel, Elgin. Contact Dominic Young 548167 or email dominicyoung31@aol.com ELGIN SENIOR CITIZENS DANCING CLUB Mon, 1.30pm - 4pm, Supper Room, Elgin Town Hall. Join the over 50s for music & dancing in friendly company. £2.50, includes tea & cakes.

FOCHABERS HILL WALKING & RAMBLING CLUB Meets last Sun each month for hill walking outings. Visitors welcome, £10-£20 bus fare.

Contact: Veronica Gunn on 01343 209001

HELGIN ROLLER DERBY Fast-paced contact sport played on roller skates. Club trains in Elgin on Fri, 6:30 – 8:30pm & Sat, 11am – 3pm. Open to all aged 18+ &beginners welcome. Find us on Facebook or email helginrollerderby@gmail.com for HIGHLAND GLIDING CLUB Gliding & soaring at all levels, beginner upwards, Sat & Sun all year & Wed evening (May - Oct) at Easterton Airfield, Birnie.

Contact: Anne Burgess on 01343 820834. www.highglide.co.uk JOG SCOTLAND ELGIN Thurs, 6pm at Elgin Library during winter months & Cricket Pavilion during summer months.

Beginners to advanced joggers welcome. New members please arrive at 5:45pm. jselgin@walkjogrunmoray.org.uk LOSSIE SURF & LIFESAVING CLUB Meets Wed, 6pm - 8pm at the Moray Firth Watersports Association, West Beach. All equipment is provided.

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MORAY PARENT & CARER SUPPORT GROUP We provide support, information & a friendly shoulder to anyone who finds themselves caring for a child with additional support needs. We have regular meet-ups in Elgin & Forres. Email or facebook for details.

Contact: Pauline, Lorna & Gillian at moraypcsg@gmail.com MORAY SENSORY SERVICE Services for people with sight loss, hearing loss & the Deaf Community in Moray.

Contact: 0845 271 2345 Elizabeth House, 10 Victoria Crescent, Elgin IV30 1RQ MORAY SPEYSIDE FILM CLUB Last Tues of every month, 6.30pm - 9.30pm in Lecture Theatre, Moray College, UHI. Screening locally produced films & award-winning documentaries.

Tickets £3.50/£2.50. www.facebook.com/MoraySpeysi deFilmClub SPEY VALLEY CAGED BIRD SOCIETY 1st Tues each month, 7.30pm, Gordon Arms Hotel, Fochabers.

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LOSSIEMOUTH COASTAL ROWING CLUB A growing band of enthusiasts who have formed the LCRC in Lossiemouth with the aim of firstly building a skiff. We meet every Wed at 7.30 pm at the Lossiemouth Sailing Club Contact: James McPherson on 07837 810976 or at james.mcpherson4@btinternet.c om/Lossiecrc@gmail.com

YOGA THERAPY WITH CONNIE MCGRATH BWY(DIP) 1st & 3rd Fri of each month, 2pm - 3pm at the Oaks, Morriston Road, Elgin. Free, but need to book. Specific yoga which can support & nurture people affected by cancer or progressive illness.

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LOSSIEMOUTH FOOTBALL CLUB To promote football in the Lossie area & enter competitive competitions. Contact: Alan McIntosh on 01343 813328 alanlfcsec@aol.com

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PASTORAL LETTER & CHURCH MEETINGS

It’s two weeks before Easter when I’m writing this piece. Quite likely it’s mid-May when you are reading this.

In this impossibly quickly changing world any attempt to predict the future is extremely difficult. So, how can I know what is topical now when you are reading this piece? Well, theoretically, I could ask people who claim to have special talents or skills to predict the future. There’s just one problem – the Bible forbids that, as it’s clearly stated in the Book of Leviticus: ‘You must not try to use different kinds of magic to tell the future.’ (19:26) The story of the king, Saul, is instructive too. Desperate before the battle, he instructed his subordinate to find a medium for him; a rather difficult task ,as Saul was infamous for witch-hunting. A woman was found, the king went to see her in disguise (quite silly to assume she wouldn’t recognise him in the process), requested her to contact him with the late seer Samuel, only to be rebuked and condemned by his ghost. The First Book of Chronicles summed up the whole adventure explicitly: ‘Saul also went to a medium and asked her for advice instead of asking the Lord.’

(10:13) The king died in the battle the following day.

However, I wouldn’t seek anyone to predict the future because I don’t believe it is possible – and my religion has nothing to do with such disbelief.

It springs from my non-religious conviction that my future isn’t predetermined, written in the stars, the book of life or whatever poetic phrase you’d like to use. I do believe that my future is only partially determined by my ‘conditions’, like I will not get pregnant as my male body isn’t made for it. It’s neither predestination nor clairvoyance – it’s biology. I do believe that my future is the product of my own decisions and actions; of other people’s decisions and actions affecting me directly (e.g. when ran over by a car) and indirectly (e.g. elections); and - last, but not least - by natural phenomena like storms, earthquakes or illnesses. I have full control over my actions, limited control over other people’s, and even more limited over natural phenomena.

However, I can take control over how to react to those ‘uncontrollable’ happenings. To summarise: I’m in charge of my future, with my brain power and the ability to make my own decisions.

Alves Church First Sunday every month 11.30am. Tel: 01309 690474.

Birnie & Pluscarden Church Sunday worship at 11am alternating weekly between Birnie & Pluscarden. All welcome.

Burghead Free Church Sunday service at 11am with Sunday school and crèche. Evening service 6pm. Midweek meeting Wednesday at 7pm.

Contact Peter Turnbull 07841 777482. Visit www.burgheadfreechurch.org Elgin and Forres Free Church of Scotland Sunday Service, Sunday school, and crèche 11am. Evening service 6pm. Midweek meeting Wednesday 7.30pm. Contact Colin Morison: 01343 542196.

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Elgin Church of God Pinetree Crescent, Elgin. Sunday Worship 10:30am followed by refreshments in the church cafe. All welcome.

Elgin City Church Harvest Centre Elgin (formerly St Giles Church Hall), Greyfriars Street. Sundays 10.30am. Childrens’ church and crèche available. Tel: 01343 543624.

Elgin Community Church (Church of God) Family Worship Sundays 10:30am, Start Right Toddler Group: Tues 10am - 11:30am (Term Time) Bible Study: Wed at 7pm. Contact Pastor Manuel on 01343 546654 Elgin High Church Sunday service 11am. Contact Parish Asst. Paula Baker: 01542 832662.

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Doesn’t God know everything, our past and present as well as our future?

And if so, how are we free to make our own future? It’s a darn difficult conundrum… Or is it? Here’s a bit of a simplistic example, based on my hillwalking experience. When I’m standing on the top of a high mountain I can see much more than people at the foot; their view is obviously obscured in one direction by the mountain. If there’s pouring rain moving towards them from the other side of the mountain, they cannot see it. At the same time at the top of the mountain I can see both the people and the rain going towards them.

Judging by the directions of the wind and the movement of the rain I know their future – they will be soaked (as will I a bit earlier than them). As God lives beyond time there’s only now to God; there’s neither the past nor the future, only the present. A prayer then is like a call from the people at the foot of the hill to me at the top: ‘What’s the weather looks like from there?’

Sometimes you can get answers.

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Holy Trinity Elgin. Sundays 8am: Holy Communion. 11am: Family Eucharist. 6.30pm: evening service. Tel: 01343 547505.

Hopeman Baptist Church Sundays 11am and 6pm.

Living Waters Fellowship Wednesdays 7pm: Road to Recovery - for alcholics, addicts and the homeless. Sundays 12.30pm: preachin’, prayin’ and singin’ followed by lunch. Sundays 12.30pm and Wednesdays 7pm: Truck Stop Ministries - for truck drivers & bikers.

New Elgin & Ashgrove Hall, King Street, Elgin, IV30 6BN. Tel: 07730 256543. Website: www.livingwatersfellowship.co.uk Lossiemouth Baptist Church Sundays 9:15am, 11am (and junior church) and 6pm. Thursdays 6.15pm - 8pm: kids church (P4-P7).

Contact Rev. Rae Mackenzie: 01343 812062. Website: www.lossiebaptist.org Lossiemouth Gospel Hall Sunday club12.30pm (Sept - May). Gospel meeting 6.30pm. Tel: 01343 812211. For details visit www.lossiemouthgospelhall.org.uk Lossiemouth United Free Church of Scotland Sundays 11am and 6pm including Sunday school. Website: www.lossieufchurch.org

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PARLIAMENT BLOG & TIDE TIMES MY FIRST CAP FOR SCOTLAND

On Saturday 11 March, at Richmond Rugby Club in London, I made my debut playing rugby for Scotland, albeit representing the Scottish Parliament in the Parliamentary 6 Nations.

Our opponents were a team representing the House of Commons and the House of Lords, and I am delighted to be able to write today that we came away victorious on a scoreline of 17-0!

As the only woman playing on either team, my presence seemed to confuse some. The referee gave me the choice as to whether the game would be played with full contact. Obviously, I opted for that – if you get one chance to tackle some MPs and Lords you take it!

I played on the wing and despite coming close on a few occasions, I didn’t manage to get on the scoresheet myself.

But I thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience. I loved representing Scotland and I look forward to the next game against the Dail and Seanad team on 13 May in Edinburgh. Hopefully I can convince some more women to tog out for that game.

It has been an incredibly busy month with the Council elections on Thursday 4th May. I’ve been out and about throughout Moray with the SNP candidates, meeting voters and hearing about the issues that matter to them.

Whatever happens when the votes are counted on the 5th May, there will be huge changes in the Moray Council, as half of the councillors elected in 2012 step down, including a number of my own party colleagues.

Gary Coull, Pearl Paul, Mike McConachie, Kirsty Reid, Mike Shand and Margo Howe have all decided to step aside to make way for new faces.

I want to take this opportunity to thank them for their years of service and dedication to their communities. Being elected is a huge privilege and I know that they have given it their all, over the last five years. I wish all councillors – across the political divide who are standing down – the best for the future.

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28 friday fourth friday music session 7.30pm - 11pm, clochan community centre. £2.50. open mic. raffle & refreshments. moray society agm & lecture series: a taste for indian sculpture, moray & elgin museum - speakers prof roger jeffrey & friedericke voigt. 6.30pm (agm) & 7.30pm, elgin museum hall. free (donations welcome). agm followed by talk. wire & wool@the drouthy cobbler, elgin 9pm. visit www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk. hotter than hell (tribute to kiss)@ironworks, inverness. tbc. visit www.ironworksvenue.com. page 26 - May 2017

where 2 today music afternoon tea dance/ceilidh 2pm - 4pm, aviemore legion. £2.50. fabulous afternoon tea, music, dancing, singing and raffle. all welcome. contact: ros munro on 01479 810004 or email ros@ct4u.co.uk. www.ct4u.co.uk

29 saturday disability swimming development day 2pm - 3pm, lossiemouth sports & community centre. free. anyone with a physical/learning disability or sensory impairment welcome. booking essential. contact: ken brown on 01542 888055 or email at ken.brown@moray.gov.uk elgin scottish theme day 10am - 4pm, elgin city centre. free. wear your kilt, hear the pipe bands, witness the address to the haggis followed by a giant haggis eating competition etc. contact: elgin bid. ceilidh dance night 7pm, scottish dolphin centre £10 - on sale from 18th march. night of fantastic music from footerin’ aboot. bar run by speyside craft brewery & treat yourself to a fish supper. visit www.wdcs.org. technique 2017@ironworks, inverness 10pm. visit www.ironworksvenue.com 7scots army reserves look at life day 9am - 4.30pm, elgin army reserve centre - taken to fort george. join in with certain activities including firing the rifle. contact: captain ken scott on 0131 310 3853 or email at kenneth.scott855@mod.uk gordonstoun junior highland games 11am - 5pm, gordonstoun junior school playing fields. free. traditional highland games for primary school children. stalls, refreshments, home baking, musical entertainment, etc. www.juniorhighlandgames.co.uk coffee morning hosted by babs dial a bus bck 9am 12pm, episcopal church hall, buckie. all welcome. inverness choral society: bach's magnificat & haydn's paukenmesse (mass in time of war) 7.30pm, eden court. contact: sandra riach on 01997 466253 or sandra.riach1@btinternet.com www.invernesschoral.org.uk findhorn heritage centre & icehouse 2pm - 5pm, findhorn. free entry, donations welcome. opening weekends in may + monday bank holiday 1st may . the history of findhorn & the role of the icehouse explained. email elaine@glenkindiesteading.co.uk. www.findhorn-heritage.co.uk guinness world record attempt: fastest time to build a 190 litre barrel 12pm - 3pm, speyside cooperage visitor centre, dufftown road, craigellachie, aberlour tickets from website. celebrates 25th anniversary of speyside cooperage visitor centre & 70th of the cooperage itself. www.spiritofspeyside.com hopeman gala murder mystery 7.30pm - 12am, hopeman memorial hall. £80 per table (8 people maximum) or £10. this year's theme is pirates. byob. food is provided. over 18's only. come dressed in your best pirate gear. behind the scenes at the biblical garden - a preview

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29 saturday - 30 sunday whisky festival & craft show; speyside artisans tbc, aberlour scout hall. free. all welcome.

30 sunday dufftown's 7 still road race 10k 2pm - 6pm, the commercial hotel, dufftown. hosted by dufftown & district community association. buckie summer show: classic car day 11am, linzee gordon park, buckie. all classes invited, including tractors & motorbikes. free. refreshments & lunch for all entrants. contact: 07831 263915. www.buckieclassiccarshow.org. beginners signed sog workshops: moray bssl services 4.30pm. all welcome the lost distillery company with ewan henderson@ the drouthy cobbler, elgin. 8pm - 10pm. visit www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk car boot sale (idca) inchberry 8.30am - 1pm, inchberry hall, orton, fochabers. no booking required, tea/coffee/butteries/cakes in hall & bbq food from hut with food available 8.30am - 12pm visit www.wherecanwego.com.

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6 saturday coffee morning 10am - 12pm , holy trinity elgin church hall. adults ÂŁ2.50 children 50p (incl refreshments). stalls, raffle, tombola, jewellery, books, fairtrade, bric a brac etc. contact: lynne taylor on 01343 835861 or lj_taylor@tiscali.co.uk st geraldine school spring fayre & car boot sale 11am - 2pm (car boot sale arrive at 10.30am - only ÂŁ7! pay at the gate). craft stalls, face painting, huskies, homebakes, bbq, teas/coffees, etc coffee morning with stalls 10am - 11.30am, community centre, lhanbryde. hosted by st andrews & urquhart bowling club. all welcome. gin lovers feast. tbc, walled garden, gordon castle all welcome. www.gordoncastlescotland.com wheatus@ ironworks, inverness. 7.30pm, www.ironworksvenue.com. black nevada@hootananny, inverness. 9.30pm ben nicky@ironworks, inverness. 11pm. www.ironworksvenue.com.

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Saturday 13 May, 8pm – THE MARVEL OF PERU SPRING CONCERT Thursday 6 July, 7.30pm – OUTDOOR THEATRE, MURDER ON THE TERRACE Wednesday 12 July, 6.30pm – OUTDOOR THEATRE, BILLIONAIRE BOY Sunday 13 August, 2pm – HISTORIC WHEELS RALLY Friday 18 August 7.30pm – OUTDOOR THEATRE, AS YOU LIKE IT Sunday 10 September, 11am – PARKINSON’S UK WALK Friday 24–Sunday 26 November, 10am–4pm – EXCLUSIVELY HIGHLAND CHRISTMAS CRAFT FAIR Sunday 10 December, 3pm & 5pm – THE MARVEL OF PERU CAROL CONCERT Tea Room and Shop; opening hours: 1st April – 25th April daily 11:00 -16:30; 28 April to 28 Jun, Fri-Tues 11:00- 16:30; 30 June to 5 Sep, daily 11:00-17:00; 8th Sep to 3rd Oct, Fri-Tues 11:00-16:30; 6th Oct to 22 Oct, daily 11:00-16:30 Last orders tearoom 4pm Grounds and Adventure Play Area: all year, daily, dawn to dusk

Brodie, Forres, Moray IV36 2TE The National Trust for Scotland is a Scottish charity, SC007410

Weddings, Parties and Corporate Functions.

We can provide facilities for informal gatherings, formal dinners, marquee events, meetings conferences and weddings, tailored to your needs.

Please phone 01309 641371 or e-mail brodiecastle@nts.org.uk for further information and we will be delighted to help.

Holiday Accommodation: Live like a Laird in the luxurious Laird’s Wing of the castle, which sleeps up to 14 people..

Visit www.ntsholidays.org.uk for further information where you will also find details of our two holiday cottages, Cormack Lodge and South Lodge.

rides, bouncy castle/slides, stalls, vintage cars & buses, etc benromach 10k 1pm, benromach distillery, forres

8 monday port of invergordon - cruise liner list 2017, provisional v1, 12pm - 10pm. marco polo dance 7.30pm - 9.45pm, spey bay village hall. port of invergordon - cruise liner list 2017 provisional v1, 8am -7pm. msc preziosa; 7am - 6pm, caribbean princess.

9 tuesday dance 7.30pm - 9.45pm, spey bay village hall.

10 wednesday moray banff & badenoch decorative & fine arts society lecture: modern art & the art market 11 am, the williamson hall, duff avenue, elgin. for info email membership@nadfas-in-elgin.org.uk www.nadfas-in-elgin.org.uk alzheimer scotland musical memories, elgin 1.30pm - 3pm, new elgin & ashgrove hall, land street, new elgin. free (£1 donation for tea/coffee). an afternoon of music & singing for people with dementia, their family & friends. contact: sharon finlay, community activities organiser on 01343 552080 or 07584 408209 + sfinlay@alzscot.org monaughty forest run 6.15pm, torrieston forest. elgin writers:members talking on a literary subject 7.30pm - 9.30pm, elgin library. all welcome. www.elginwriters.wordpress.com

11 thursday alzheimer scotland 'hae a news' cafe, lossiemouth 10.30am - 12pm, lossiemouth baptist church, king street, lossiemouth. free (£1 donation for tea/coffee) tea, conversation & activities for people with dementia, their family & friends. contact: sharon finlay, community activities organiser on 01343 552080 or 07584 408209 + sfinlay@alzscot.org

12 friday north sea gas@ hootananny, inverness. 9.30pm fashion show & caberet in aid of the highland hospice hosted by judy mcintosh 7pm, nairn community & arts centre. £10. port of invergordon - cruise liner list 2017 provisional v1 9am - 8pm, boudicca

13 saturday free taster tennis sessions - take part in the great british tennis weekend 1pm - 4pm, lossiemouth tennis club. free.

80s music quiz in aid of marie curie cancer 7pm 11pm, the bay, spey bay. £2 entry per person teams of up to six. raffle prizes. to book a team & ensure a table, please contact the bay. contact: 01343 820424. christian aid coffee morning run by st giles' & st columba's south church 10am - 12pm, williamson page 30 - May 2017

hall, duff avenue, elgin. £2.50. all welcome. usual stalls. miss drag highland 2017 tbc, mercure hotel, inverness. 1st charity drag pageant, in aid of baggy trousers uk, testicular cancer charity. www.highlanddragpageants.com king king@ ironworks, inverness tbc, www.ironworksvenue.com the marvel of peru: baroque ensemble in concert.

8pm, brodie castle. contact: 01309 641371. descent@universal hall, findhorn 8pm. £10/£8 concs/£6 u16s. moving theatre show about earlyonset dementia. recommended age 14+ contact: david till on 01309 691170 or hallpromo@gmail.com www.universalhall.co.uk

14 sunday cake competition & craft fayre in aid of the raf benevolent fund 10am - 1pm, lossiemouth sports & community centre. includes a raffle to win a family pass to landmark adventure park. to enter a cake see contact info. teamsharp047 via facebook or teamsharp047@gmail.com cars and coffee - inverness 10am - 12pm, cafe v8, henderson rd. inverness. free event. on the 2nd sun each month. a social gathering of like-minded car enthusiasts. classic, retro, sport cars. all welcome. f email carsandcoffee@highlandclassic.org.uk. www.facebook.com/cars-and-coffee-inverness1253730234703974/

14 sunday - 20 saturday christian aid week lunches, bucket collections & coffee morning lunches 12pm - 2pm; coffee morning 1, forres high street, st leonard's church hall lunches £3.50; coffee morning £2. lunches sunday 14th to friday 19th, coffee morning saturday 20th in st leonard's church hall, high st, forres. contact: jo fry on 07814556872

15 monday light & life 7pm - 9pm, costa coffee, high st. elgin. free spiritual readings, dream interpretation, spiritual art, personality styles, massage, healing, nail art, music. contact: alyson sim on 07733127539 or malalysim@lightlife.org.uk. www.lightlife.org.uk.

16 tuesday alzheimer scotland knit & natter craft group 10.30am - 12pm, the activities room, elgin library, cooper park, elgin. free. knitting, sewing, crochet & crafts for people with dementia, their family & friends. contact: sharon finlay, community activities organiser on 01343 552080 or 07584 408209 + sfinlay@alzscot.org the greyfriars club tombola evening doors open 6.30pm, elgin town hall. £1.50. all welcome.

17 wednesday the furrow collective@the universal hall, findhorn 7.30pm. acclaimed english/scottish quartet. £12/£10

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FESTIVAL 23 -24 June 2017

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GRANTOWN, CAPITAL OF STRATHSPEY

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In words and pictures, music and drama

COMPETITIONS

Informal and friendly fiddle competition

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WORKSHOPS

Music making and Tuition Displays and Demonstrations

'ƌĂŶƚŽǁŶ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ƐĞƫŶŐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŝƐ ĞǀĞŶƚ ǁŝƚŚ ŝƚƐ ǀŝďƌĂŶƚ ĂŶĚ ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ƐŚŽƉƐ ĂŶĚ Ă ƌĂŶŐĞ ŽĨ ŐƌĞĂƚ ĐŽīĞĞ ƐŚŽƉƐ͕ ďĂƌƐ͕ ĐĂĨĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƌĞƐƚĂƵƌĂŶƚƐ͘ /ƚƐ ĂůƐŽ Ă ŐƌĞĂƚ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚLJ ĨŽƌ ^ƵŶĚĂLJ ůƵŶĐŚ ŝŶ 'ƌĂŶƚŽǁŶ Žƌ Ă ƉŝĐŶŝĐ ďĞƐŝĚĞ ƚŚĞ ǁŽŽĚƐ Žƌ ƚŚĞ ƌŝǀĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ǁĂůŬƐ͘ dŚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ǁŝůů ĐƌĞĂƚĞ Ă ƐLJŶĞƌŐLJ ǁŝƚŚ WŝƉŝŶŐ ŝŶ &ŽƌƌĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ DŽƌĂLJ tĂůŬŝŶŐ &ĞƐƟǀĂů͘ &ƵƌƚŚĞƌ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ŝƐ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ǀŝĂ ĞŵĂŝů ĨƌŽŵ ŝŶĨŽΛƚŚĞŐƌĂŶƚŽǁŶƐŽĐŝĞƚLJ͘ŽƌŐ͘ Žƌ ǁǁǁ͘ƚŚĞŐƌĂŶƚŽǁŶƐŽĐŝĞƚLJ͘ŽƌŐ͘ ŝƐĐŽƵŶƚĞĚ ĂĐĐŽŵͲ ŵŽĚĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƟĐŬĞƚ ƉƌŝĐĞƐ ĂƌĞ ŽŶ ŽīĞƌ͘

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Gala Concert, Ceilidh and Disco

Special ticket and accommodation packages &ĞƐƟǀĂů WĂƌƚŶĞƌ͗ 'ƌĂŶƚŽǁŶ ĂƐƚ͗ ,ŝŐŚůĂŶĚ ,ĞƌŝƚĂŐĞ ĂŶĚ ƵůƚƵƌĞ ĞŶƚƌĞ DĞĚŝĂ WĂƌƚŶĞƌ͗ tŝŶƚĞƌďƵƌŶ DĞĚŝĂ available with B&B from £25pp tŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŐĞŶĞƌŽƵƐ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ŽĨ dŚĞ 'ŽƌĚŽŶ ĂŶĚ ŶĂ ĂdžƚĞƌ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ Ă ƌĞĂƟǀĞ ^ĐŽƚůĂŶĚΖƐ dƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ƌƚƐ ^ŵĂůů 'ƌĂŶƚ

See www.thegrantownsociety.org

concs/£8 u16s. contact: david till on01309 691170 or uhallpromo@gmail.com. www.universalhall.co.uk

18 thursday mah jong club (american rules): dance the charleston without leaving your seat! 11am - 1pm, harvest centre (next door to yeadon's bookshop). £3 a session. why not come along & give it a try? beginners welcome.for info email hce.roombookings@gmail.com www.spanglefish.com/harvestcentremahjongclub hunter & the bear@ironworks, inverness. tbc. www.ironworksvenue.com

19 friday ub40 tbc, northern meeting park, inverness part of their grandslam uk tour for summer 2017! twin atlantic@ ironworks, inverness. 7pm. www.ironworksvenue.com schnarff schnarff@the drouthy cobbler, elgin. 9pm 11pm, www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk.

20 saturday ‘ww1 discovery day’ tbc, the highlanders’ museum, fort george. part of the festival of museums. event will include a replica trench, drop-in workshops.etc contact: 0131 3108702. www.thehighlandersmuseum.com keith horticultural society annual plant sale & coffee morning 10am - 12pm, keith north church. moray field club walk: hopeman to lossiemouth (6 miles) 10.30am, cars meet at recreation ground, hopeman. contact: lynda anderson on 07990 600 499 or email at jameslynda.anderson@tiscali.co.uk or morayfieldclub@outlook.com rocket community choir night at the movies 7pm, fochabers institute. £5.00. come & enjoy songs from movies old & new. tickets available at christies chemist fochabers or at door. for info email helenhird21@googlemail.com cairngorm to coast on behalf of the raf benevolent fund tbc, cairngorm ski centre car park. 30km hike & 70km bike finishing at raf lossiemouth. transport to cairngorm ski centre car park is provided. contact: 07775 737647 or teamrafbflossiemouth@gmail.com the highlanders' museum: open doors 10am - 4pm, fort george, ardesier. part of the festival of museums event. maiden scotland@ironworks, inverness tbc. www.ironworksvenue.com

21 sunday gordon castle 10k tbc, gordon castle, fochabers port of invergordon - cruise liner list 2017 provisional v1. 7am- 6pm, caribbean princess

24 wednesday alzheimer scotland musical memories, elgin 1.30pm - 3pm, new elgin & ashgrove hall, land street, new elgin. free (£1 donation for tea/coffee). an afternoon of music & singing for people with dementia, their page 32 - May 2017

family & friends. contact: sharon finlay, community activities organiser on 01343 552080 or 07584 408209 + sfinlay@alzscot.org moravian orienteering: culbin forest run 6.15pm, wellhill car park, culbin forest. registration: 6.15pm. start times: 6.45pm - 7.15pm. u12s, 6.45pm; u16s 7.10pm & main race, 7.15pm. www.moravianorienteering.org elgin writers: results & readings of the poetry competition 7.30pm - 9.30pm, elgin library. all welcome. www.elginwriters.wordpress.com

25 thursday into the ark@mad hatters, inverness 10pm port of invergordon - cruise liner list 2017 provisional v1 8am - 5pm, zuiderdam soup & sweet lunch - spynie kirk 12pm - 2pm, spynie community hall. £3. all welcome.

26 friday where 2 today music afternoon tea dance/ceilidh 2pm - 4pm, grantown legion. £2.50 for fabulous afternoon tea, music, dancing, singing & raffle. all welcome. contact: ros munro on 01479 810004 or ros@ct4u.co.uk. www.ct4u.co.uk port of invergordon - cruise liner list 2017 provisional v1 12pm - 5pm, silver whisper.

27 saturday highland & moray food & drink festival 10am - 4pm, eden court theatre, inverness. free. up to 50 exhibitors plus chef's live theatre manran@ironworks, inverness. tbc, www.ironworksvenue.com port of invergordon - cruise liner list 2017 provisional v1 1pm - 8pm, vision of the seas coffee morning for alzheimer scotland elgin branch 10am - 12pm, williamson hall, duff avenue, elgin, £2.50. usual stalls, raffles & home baking. all welcome moray branch embroiderers guild exhibition of members work 10am - 3.30pm, st giles' church, elgin. £2 (incl refreshments). also features a glimpse of moray competition work. sales table & a raffle for a tweed throw.

28 sunday car boot sale (idca) inchberry 8.30am - 1pm., inchberry hall, orton, fochabers. no booking required, just turn up early in car with table before 08.30am. tea, coffee, butteries, etc. bbq. www.wherecanwego.com cream tea: craigellachie village council 2pm - 4pm, craigellachie village hall .all welcome. brownbear with support from calum jones@the drouthy cobbler, elgin. 8pm - 10pm, all welcome www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk

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Originally from Inverness, Glasgow-based alternative band, Schnarff Schnarff (19th) will be there to impress you with their unique brand of ‘staccato grunge pop’ and will show you why they are one of the most talked about up-and-coming bands on the UK music scene. They will be supported by fellow Highland bands, Silver Coast and Forgetting the Future.

The 28th sees Glasgow singer-songwriter Matt Hickman, better known as Brownbear, coming to the Drouthy. With his music being described as having an alternative folksy vibe, but full of fire, Matt has an extremely emotive and powerful voice. He commands your attention from the first song, and keeps it for the duration. One not to be missed. Brownbear will be supported by local singer, Calum Jones.

The monthly Comedy Club (31st) will once again feature the best in Scottish comedy. Featuring a variety of styles and acts, it is fast becoming a staple part of the North of Scotland‘s entertainment scene. Please be aware that some material might not be to your tastes.

The 3rd sees the triumphant return of Glasgow’s Scott Gibson. Highly regarded amongst his peers as being one of the absolute best comedians working in Scotland just now, Gibson has played the Drouthy Cobbler Comedy Club on multiple occasions. Last year, he did a Fringe preview for his one man show, ‘Life after Death’. A hilarious and moving tale of his brush with death at a young age, it showed just how good he is at crafting a show and keeping audiences engaged. He then won Best Newcomer at the Fringe, followed by a run of sell-out London shows, and is back to take the full show on the road.

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29 monday port of invergordon - cruise liner list 2017 provisional v1 9am - 6pm, amadea; 9.30am - 6pm, boudicca

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Matabi Knapsacks - In stock along with a full range of Glyphosate/Roundup - Ideal for killing those weeds Contact your local branch today www.ravenhill.co.uk sales@ravenhill.co.uk <c^`e Dingwall Turriff Aberdeen Maud '(*+* ,+(()( '(*+0 /-*,,, '(/// ,-*,-( '())+ ..),.. '(..( -(*)+Main Kubota Groundcare Dealer for the North East and North of Scotland. In stock now are a wide range of diesel ride on mowers and Compact Tractors

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