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CLUBS & SOCIETIES NAIRN COUNTY CRICKET CLUB Friendly & eager to involve all ages in cricket. Games on Saturdays. Practice night Tuesday at Nairn Links NAIRN REIKI SHARE Reiki healers, all levels. Sharing healing for self, others and planet Earth. Once a month. email: ali.omshanti@yahoo.co.uk NAIRN ROAD RUNNERS Thursdays, 7.30pm club night at the Maggot. Small, friendly club catering for all running abilities.

Call Louise Scott on 451835 info@nairnroadrunners.co.uk www.nairnroadrunners.co.uk GIRLGUIDING NAIRN Contact District Commissioner Jane Burns tel: 07962 190557 nairnshiregirlguiding@gmail.com MORAY ADVANCE MOTORISTS & MOTORCYCLISTS Reg. Scottish Charity SC 033561 visit www.morayiam.org.uk or call 01309 673954 NAIRN YOUTH CLUB Contact 453476

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NAIRN ST NINIAN BADMINTON CLUB Currently held at Nairn Academy gym hall every Thursday, September to Easter from 6pm 7.30pm. Age between 8 & 15 years. Contact 454716 or email mariadicarlo46@hotmail.com PET FOSTERING SCOTLAND Supporting pet owners in an emergency situation. Volunteers care for your pet in their own homes for short periods. Reg. charity SCO15672. Volunteers needed. Tel: 0844 811 9909 www.pfss.org.uk RIDING FOR THE DISABLED Voluntary organisation enables physically & mentally disabled children & adults to enjoy the benefits of horse riding. Always looking for volunteer helpers.

Contact 01309 691823 or email tw-cm@negi.fsnet.co.uk ROYAL AIR FORCES ASSOCIATION (RAFA) 2nd Tuesday of the month, 8pm, Royal British Legion, Nairn. Offering friendship & welfare support to serving & ex-serving members of the RAF and their families.

ROYAL BRITISH LEGION Entertainment & dancing every weekend. Highland Hall function suite available for weddings & parties of all sizes. Call 453201 SPEAKERS CLUB Leisure pursuit encourages & develops proficiency in public speaking. Training manual is available & new speakers follow a 10 speak programme individually evaluated. Contact 453373 BEFRIENDERS HIGHLAND Voluntary organisation, co-ordinating friendships between volunteers and people who have mental health problems and feel lonely or isolated. Contact Heather Forbes 451444 or email nairn@befriendershighland.org.uk www.befriendershighland.org.uk CVS NAIRN Umbrella group for voluntary organisations in Nairn. Provides advice & information regarding funding and establishing new

groups. Contact 455234 or email ed@cvsnairn.org.uk MOTHERCORE MANTRA GROUP Mothercore Mantra Circle meetes on Monday evenings in Nairn at 7.30pm. Chant mantras for health and well-being with a small friendly group.

NEW! Mothercore Meditation Circle meets Tuesday evenings. Beginners welcome. Simple meditations. Improves sleep, reduces stress levels, uplifts state of mind. Beginners welcome.

Call Ali on 01667459391 or email ali.omshanti@yahoo.co.uk RSCDS (FORRES BRANCH) Nairn class. Scottish country dance class. Sep - Mar. Adults: Thurs 7.30pm - 9.30pm at Nairn Community Centre. Secretary: Mrs E Grant. Tel: 01309 675187.

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Weekly traditional music classes in guitar, fiddle, whistle, chanter, accordion, keyboard & bodhran.

Any ability from age 8. Instrument hire available. Tel: 462681 or visit www.spanglefish.com/inbhirnarainn NAIRN WINE CIRCLE Home wine making. Meetings held through the year. New members welcome. Contact Rosemary on 454019 or Chris on 452000. Website: nairnwinewinecircle.org.uk HARMONY MUSIC THERAPY SCOTLAND Individual and Group Music Therapy sessions to encourage, enable and empower all ages and abilities through interactive music experiences. Will travel to private homes, facilities and schools. Call Kristen Macleod on 07770427396.

HIGHLAND LGBT FORUM Reg. charity with regular social events in Inverness for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. Call 07512 231904 or visit www.gay-ness.org.uk

bers very welcome. Every Tuesday evening 7.30pm in the Nairn Community Centre. Tel: 01667 451895. Email: Morton@clyde31.fsnet.co.uk INVERNESS RACING PIGEON CLUB Seeking new members young and old. Races held from Inverness to as far away as France with the North East Federation.

All ages welcome. Call 01463 243038.

HIGHLAND QUILTERS 3rd Tuesday Sept- June (December meeting 2nd Tuesday). Meet in Smithton Free Church Hall at 7.30pm. New members and visitors welcolme.

Contact Alice (234076) for more details.

NAIRN CARDIACTIVE GROUP Mondays, 7pm - 8pm, Nairn Community Centre. Physiotherapist led exercise group. Intended mainly to help people recovering from heart & stroke problems, but all welcome. Call 01667 456397.

NAIRN SAILING CLUB (NSC) Friendly club offering dinghy & cruiser sailing for all levels and ages. Beginners welcome. Regular social events at our clubhouse at Nairn Harbour. www.nairnsailingclub.co.uk nairnsailingclub@yahoo.co.uk CAWDOR CURLING CLUB Call 404291 or 07831 760049 or email dave_rob@hotmail.com for clubs & societies amendments, please phone:

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PASTORAL LETTER & CHURCH MEETINGS A friend concerned about my organisational skills recently bought me a new two year diary and calander and to my horror, I am already filled with trepidation as I add weddings and meetings into 2013 and 2014. But if life is to go smoothly for others in particular, we have to be tied to time slots and dates and places. Many of us live by our diaries and their demands. Daily entries structure our days and fill up most empty spaces.

So, it is tempting to rush in our mind from one event to another trying to anticipate what it will be like or worrying about the details of what has not yet occurred. With our eyes focused on the next event, we live mainly in the future, with all its uncertainties and apprehensions.

There are other times when we contemplate the past. An incident may trigger a memory and, before we know it, we may find ourselves dwelling on past events feeling remorse about what has been or regret that the good things we once experienced are no

more. And so it is that we swing like a pendulum between future and past unable to enjoy what is here and now.

But it doesn’t have to be this way. An unknown author puts it like this: “Having spent the better part of my life trying either to relive the past or experience the future before it arrives, I have come to believe that in between these two extremes is peace”. So, here’s the challenge: to be so aware of what is going on within and around us, that we experience every moment as a gift from God. For example, have you ever tried to stop what you do and be perfectly still for even ten minutes?

Recently, I spoke to a priest friend who was going on a silent retreat and he said that from past experience, it was not the long silence that was difficult to endure, but the voices in your head that chatter endlessly to try and break the silence.

And yet, those who commit to living in the present report an amazing shift in

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Nairn Baptist Church Nairn Community Centre. Sundays 11am. Every third Sunday monthly 6pm. Contact the pastor: 01667 459672. Website: www.nairnbaptistchurch.org.uk Auldearn and Dalmore Parish Church Sundays 12noon.

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Cawdor Parish Church Sunday 10.15am.

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Nairn Free Church Sundays 11am with Sunday school and crèche (Gordon St). Evening 6pm (Gordon St). Youth club for S1 up on Wednesday at 6.30pm (Rosebank Hall). Prayer and Bible study Thursday 11am or 7:30pm onalternate weeks (Gordon Street).

Contact Minister Murdo MacLeod: 01667 459131.

Nairn Christian Fellowship Sundays 10.30am. Wednesday 7.30pm: praise and Bible study.

Contact Sandy Shaw: 01667 456492.

Old Parish Church 10.30am: holiday worship and crèche.

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focus in their lives: they are full of gratitude for each moment; they begin to notice the song of a bird; an autumn tree clothed in gold tree; a person in distress; a neighbour in need of help; a family member just needing to be loved. People who inhabit the Now, the present moment, radiate peace and are often sought out by others for advice or even for the pleasure of their company. So, I wonder if in our busyness, we might dare to stop at random times and remind ourselves that “yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift: that's why we call the present”.

Jesus said in Mathew chapter six verse thirty-four, “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own”. And it’s true. Search the present and find God's peace each day.

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St Ninians Church Sunday services and Sunday school: 10.15am. Wednesday 7.30pm: prayer meeting.

Contact Rev. Ricky Reid: 01667 451675.

St Columba’s Scottish Episcopal 10.30am: family worship.

6.30pm: evening prayer.

Contact Rev. Canon Alison Simpson: 01667 452458.

St Mary’s Catholic Church IV12 4RJ. Saturday Vigil 6pm.

Sunday Mass 11.30am. Tel: 01667 453323.

United Reformed Church Sunday services and Sunday School with crèche 11am.

Contact Rev. Steven Manders: 01667 451443.

The Pentecostal Church of God Nairn Sundays 10.30am.

Contact Minister JD Grant: 01667 456088.

Website: www.churchofgodnairn.org Nairn Joint Service St Ninians. First Sunday monthly 6.30pm.

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ExtractS From thE miNutES oF thE mEEtiNg oF 22 auguSt 2012 oF NairN WESt commuNity couNciL MATTERS ARISING RY enquired about the new cemetery and how this was progressing. CMcA asked if Debbie McGuire had scheduled a debriefing regarding this but there are a number of new cemeteries required throughout the Highland Region and that CMcA would get back to NWCC with any new developments.

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PLANNING ISSUES • BUS STATION Cllr CMacA commented that officers had asked for a deferral to the recent planning application as the ePlanning site was down for a number of days and therefore the public could not enter comments regarding this application. The previous planning application for the bus station site was for 12 flats with a small retail unit below in a 4 storey building. GK and Graham Vine mentioned that this application had been withdrawn.

However, the current planning application is for a block of 4 storeys with 16 flats and no retail unit. As the planning application was deferred, a proposal for a site visit was put forward prior to the next meeting. This visit will be on Tuesday, 25/09/12.

GK expressed concern about the height of the proposed block of flats. This would need to be clearly shown to those taking part in the site visit. In the previous application, comparison had been made with the Police Station, but the Police Station is 8.8 metres, and if you allow for the embankment, approx 1 or 2 metres, the total height of the Police Station is approx 11.5 metres. This new proposed block is 14.8 metres which is quite considerably higher.

GK was not convinced that Councillors had been made fully aware of the height of the proposed building.

Discussion regarding how the height/scale of the building could be presented for a site visit included suggestions of utilisation of a flag on the fire station, cherry picker, etc RY indicated the importance that planners

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realise how out of proportion this building would be with the surroundings. GK presented a scale drawing indicating the height of proposed building in relation to the tree line. RY requested more of these to be circulated.

GV requested that the Nairn Councillors press Highland Council to have this latest planning application for the bus station readvertised. The deferral was granted as the public were unable to submit comments before the deadline date. Unless this is re-advertised, the public will be unaware that comments can be resubmitted.

BS/GV both commented that the ePlanning site was down for several days and could not be accessed. Comments made by any public agency, SEPA, government officials and by the community should be visible to all interested parties.

ACTION: Nairn elected Councillors: re-advertising planning application for bus station.

Des Scholes suggested that after the bus station site visit, rather than go back to Inverness, Officials utilise Nairn Court House to debate and take a decision. DS felt this would be good for local democracy, enabling those interested from Nairn to observe without having to travel through to Inverness.

ACTION: NWCC to write a letter recommending that the planning committee meet in the Nairn Court House Chamber on 25 September, 2012 RY wished elected Councillors to be aware that there is strong feeling against this planning proposal from NWCC residents.

• AFFORDABLE HOUSING NOTE: Elected Council Members have taken no part in this discussion BY commented that Community councils spend much time and resources commenting on planning applications, charettes and contributing to local plan, but that this seems to be overturned in favour of affordable housing. BS said that this application raises a number of issues. GK emphasised the scale and size of this proposed development. BS commented that there was little point in consultation about local plans, and little value in having official planning guidance, if all the provisions in the plans, and all the planning objectives, were dismissed and set aside when the application was for affordable housing.

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The official report on this application was unbalanced and unprofessional. It implied that the need for housing trumps everything else. GK felt Nairn had no objection to affordable housing, but there are other areas rather than the town centre to build houses.

Quoting from a local resident, BS asked, “What hope is there for Nairn as a business retail centre if every time a site comes up it becomes residential housing?” In the past, any site that has fallen vacant has been turned into housing i.e. Macrae & Dicks garage, Highland Hotel, Royal walk area and former Ashers bakery.

Although each application is considered on its merits, the wider implication of converting other premises into housing in the town centre, in effect, squeezes out other kinds of business.

BS argued that the purpose of local plans is to designate areas for retail, business and housing. BS was disappointed at the dismissal of the local plans and zoning in order to put housing in whatever site comes vacant.

BY questioned whether there was conflict of interest. He noted that the Council had secured Scottish government grant funding to invest in Nairn before 2015, but who receives this grant? Is the Council building the flats or the developer? BY asked elected Councillors there to ask these questions and get back to NWCC. Cllr CMcA assured NWCC that planning would follow procedure.

BS said that it was reasonable to accept that housing policy and THC objectives on housing are one of the material considerations. It is quite reasonable for officials responsible for housing to provide advice to the committee on housing policy.

But it was improper for a housing official to advocate approval of a particular development, simply in order to meet a housing numbers target of 16 flats, which had apparently already been included in a Highland Council submission to the Scottish government. It was also inappropriate for a decision to be made in order to obtain funds by a specific deadline. BS has made this point to the Highland Council.

GV commented that, having seen the chief planning officer’s comments, he understood that financial considerations are not material considerations and so should not be taken into account when considering planning applications.

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Useful Telephone Numbers SCHOOLS Auldearn Primary School ............................(01667) 452118 Cawdor Primary School ..............................(01667) 402460 Millbank Primary School..............................(01667) 452240 Rosebank Primary School ..........................(01667) 454090 Nairn Academy ............................................(01667) 453700 Moray College Nairn Learning ....................(01667) 456759 DOCTORS Nairn Hospital A&E .....................................(01667) 452101 The Lodgehill Clinic ....................................(01667) 452096 Arderseir Medical Practice ..........................(01667) 452278 Nairn Sports Medicine Clinic ......................(01667) 454523 DENTISTS Jones Jones & Behrendt ............................(01667) 453189 RM Donald & Associates ............................(01667) 454603 PHARMACIES Lloyds Pharmacy ........................................(01667) 453100 Boots The Chemist ......................................(01667) 453169 page 10 - November 2012

VETS Moray Coast ................................................(01667) 453161 Inshes Veterinary Clinic Inverness ..............(01463) 711777 Police Station ..............................................(01667) 452222 Stagecoach Inverness .................................(01463) 239292 Citizens Advice Bureau ...............................(01667) 456677 Nairn Museum ............................................(01667) 456791 Dalcross Airport .............................(01667) 464000/462280 Inverness Job Centre ....................(01463) 888100/888200 Highland Council ........................................(01667) 458500 Victim Support ............................................(01463) 710806 Samaritans ..................................................(01463) 713456 Gas - Emergency ............................................0800 111999 Water - Emergency ........................................08456 008855 British Red Cross Inverness ........................(01463) 231620 Crossroads ..................................................(01667) 455369 National Rail Enquiries ..................................08457 484950 If you have any suggestions for additional numbers, please contact us and we may include them in the magazine.

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UHI is a real source of pride for all of us in the Highlands so, I was delighted to show off progress to my cabinet colleague, Vince Cable MP, the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills when he visited Inverness this month.

I was able to show him the progress at the UHI Inverness Campus site before visiting a career and training exhibition in Eastgate shopping centre organised by the Scottish Provincial Press . We also visited the Cathedral Old Boys School, where Dr Cable was guest of honour at a 'vintage tea party' and coffee morning.

The event - which was open to the public - included a short Q and A - delving into the Secretary of State's experience in government and his views on the economy.

Local Liberal Democrats had funded the event and many had given up their time to both arrange and take part in the event.

I count myself very lucky that so many of the Highland Liberal Democrat supporters are willing to give up their time to take part in events like this across the north even in the worst 'Highland weather'.

It was great to see so many people there, both to contribute and to take part and I'd like to thank all those who came along to help and those who just popped in for a coffee.

I particularly enjoyed the home-baking, which was to die for!

I am not sure that it is in accordance with Scottish Government policy, but I did enjoy a dram at around 10:30am the other morning.

It was, of course, in the line of duty! A visit to Glenkinchie Distillery, near Edinburgh, to highlight the fact that the number of people visiting the Diageo distilleries in Scotland had risen by 14% to around 271,000 in the year to this June.

A young Danish teacher happened, at the same time as me, to be visiting the distillery with her student party. She was corralled into doing a couple of photos along with me, each of us sampling the amber nectar! As they say: it is a tough job, but someone has to do it!

Later that morning, I opened the newly named Caledonian Waldorf Astoria Hotel at the West End of Princes Street, including unveiling of the Hamilton and Inshes Clock, which is set five minutes fast to help hotel guests avoid missing their train. The longest serving staff member, Billy Garioch, who has worked at the Caley Hotel for forty years, told us of the time that he nearly refused entry to Liz Taylor and Richard Burton, because they looked a wee bit scruffy.

This was in 1967 when they were filming the Taming of the Shrew and to avoid being identified by the public, Liz Taylor wore a black veil upon entering the famous hotel.

After these two events in the day, it was a bit of an anti-climax to listen to the debate in Holyrood later in the afternoon. Politicians are not accustomed to so much glamour. But it is great to see the investment in our hotels and distilleries throughout the land and the great hospitality food and service offered to visitors to Scotland from all over the world.

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craft fair by creative moray firth 10am – 7pm. inverness thistle hotel, millburn road, inverness. tel: 01381 610301. email: jenny.brogden@btinternet.com tasty ness 2012 11am - 4pm. mercure hotel, inverness. samples, cookery demos, get involved in our taste theatre. website: www.tastyness.co.uk nature-based creative fun with earthtime (2-5 year old) 2pm - 3pm. moray art centre, the park, findhorn. fun for the family. £4 per child. tel: 01309 692426. website: www.morayartcentre.org nairn allotment society “Talk & Gardeners Question Time” nairn community & arts. t: 01667 453476.

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3 saturday - 4 sunday elgin model fair (organised by elgin model railway club) 10am - 5pm, elgin town hall. various hobbies etc. specialist hobby suppliers & refreshments. adults £4.50, concs £3.50, children £3, family (2+2) £12. under 5s free. email duncan macrae: enquiries@elginmodelrailwayclub.co.uk

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7 wednesday inverness college open evening 5.30pm - 7.30pm. longman campus. information on evening courses, january starts, and ucas application support for september 2013. moray & nairn floral art club 7.30pm, ramnee hotel, forres. members & visitors welcome. contact jean: 01309 673552.

8 thursday music nairn presents “the schubert ensemble” (piano quintet) 7.30pm. nairn community & arts centre. playing brahms, jonathan dove and elgar. tel: 01667 453476.

9 friday scotland’s music through the centuries with musical illustrations by john bell (nairn literary institute) 7.30pm. nairn free church, gordon street, nairn. nonmembers £3. website: www.nairnliterary.org.uk calum stewart & heikki bourgault 8pm. universal hall, findhorn. £10/£8 conc/£6 u16. tel: 01309 691170. www.universalhall.co.uk

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10 saturday - 11 sunday moray piano competition 2012 elgin town hall. www.moray-piano-competition.co.uk/index.htm

11 sunday craft fair by creative moray firth 10am – 5pm. inverness thistle hotel, millburn road, inverness. tel: 01381 610301. email: jenny.brogden@btinternet.com

14 wednesday “the usa and trilliums” (highland garden rock club) 7:30pm. nairn community centre. contact john owen: 01320 366246.

15 thursday christmas shopping night 6.30pm - 8.30pm. rosebank primary school, nairn. free entry. come along and browse the stalls whilst raising money for rosebank parent council. tables available for £15. tel: 07990 690733 to book.

16 friday craft night extravanganza - get inspired, see, try, and share! 7pm - 9pm. moray art centre, the park, findhorn. £10. tel: 01309 692426. website: www.morayartcentre.org

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17 saturday nairn men's breakfast 9.45am for 10am. windsor hotel, nairn. meet other men, christian and nonchristian, share food and fellowship. speaker: colin macleod. phone campbell (01667 455149) by fri 16th nov to book a place. christmas craft fayre 10am - 2pm, victoria hotel, forres. call 07702 781687 or email wee-grasshopperz@hotmail.co.uk learn about study with the open university 10am â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3pm. eastgate shopping centre, inverness. come and meet us for an informal conversation about courses, study methods and other aspects of learning. visit www.open.ac.uk/events paper lanterns (family class) 1.30pm - 4.30pm. moray art centre, the park, findhorn. various prices. tel: 01309 692426. website: www.morayartcentre.org nature-based creative fun with earthtime: moontime magic - spiders, bats, and hooting owls (2-5 year old) 2pm - 3pm. moray art centre, findhorn. ÂŁ4 per child. call 01309 692426. visit www.morayartcentre.org & www.earthtime.co.uk rhythmnreel @ ironworks 7pm. tel: 0871 7894173. website: www.ironworksvenue.com

20 tuesday tea & competition fundraiser for the greyfriars club doors open 6.30pm. eyes down at 7.30pm. the supper room, elgin town hall. tel: 01343 544487. bellowhead @ ironworks 7.30pm. tel: 0871 7894173. www.ironworksvenue.com

23 friday the monster canal by stephen wiseman (nairn literary institute) 7.30pm. nairn free church, gordon street, nairn. non-members ÂŁ3. www.nairnliterary.org.uk cinema nairn presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;the great white silenceâ&#x20AC;? (u) 2011 7.30pm. nairn community & arts centre. tickets at door. tel: 01667 453476. website: cinemanairn.blogspot.co.uk wine & pottery night at lofty pots 7.30pm. the loft, east grange farm, kinloss.

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We then drove from Christchurch to Lake Tekapo and were stunned by the beauty of the azure blue waters glinting in the sunshine. We stopped at the Church of the Good Shepherd which is a must for photo opportunities. Lake Tekapo has been given World Heritage Status for its night sky. Mt John Observatory provides night sky tours if you enjoy star watching!

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Join the Cairngorm Mountain Reindeer as they parade through the town centre from Johnston Carmichael and through the West End. The parade starts at 2.00pm and the Reindeer will spend the rest of the afternoon at the East End of the Plainstones outside Walkers shop till approx. 4.00pm. Meet these amazing animals and find out all about them – you can even sponsor a Reindeer.

Amy Royan from Music Mania. There is also an afternoon of entertainment in St Giles Centre (unit 7 old New Look) with Elgin an District Pipe Band, Nae Reel, Moray Dance, Blair Mcleod. with more to be confirmed.

Don’t forget the local City Centre business and farmer’s market stalls, offering a unique range of high quality, locally produced food, drink, crafts and gifts, ideal for getting that special Christmas present. Street Entertainment will be provided by Bubbles the Clown and if you are feeling extremely extravagant why not visit the Arnold Clark Car Display and see if you source a bargain. For the chance to win cash prizes to be spent with a City Centre retailer enter the Christmas treasure hunt which takes you around the whole City Centre area and you may even find a clue or 2 in a car!!

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