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Clubs and Societies ABERLOUR B.A.L.L. GROUP Mon, 10am - 12pm, Fleming Hall. Promoting well being & health in the over 60s. Interesting talks, demonstrations, Music, dance, including salsa & line dancing plus yoga. Call Angela West on 01340 871380 ABERLOUR HAE A NEWS!: FOR ANYONE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA 2nd Tues of month, 10am 11.30am, Conval Court Sheltered Housing, Conval Drive, Aberlour. Have a cuppa & a news. Quizzes, dominoes, bingo, crafts, gentle exercises, etc. Call Sharon FInlay (Community Activities Organiser) on 07584 408209 or email at sfinlay@alzscot.org BOAT OF GARTEN COMMUNITY COMPANY A charity which acts as an umbrella organisation to support local village groups, organise community events & manage projects within the village.

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BOAT OF GARTEN GOLF & TENNIS CLUB The Club welcomes visitors but recommends that you pre-book simply phone or email to make a reservation. Call 01479 831282.

GRANTOWN 1ST RAINBOWS We meet once a week for fun, crafts & friendship. Ages 5-7yrs.

There may be a waiting list please call for details. Call Jaci on 01479 873728 GRANTOWN ON SPEY BRIDGE CLUB Mon (Oct - Apr), 7pm, Grantown’s Episcopal Church Hall Visitors & new members are always welcome.

Call 01479 872672 GRANTOWN YWCA COMMUNITY CENTRE Fri, 10am - 2pm, Community Café with homemade soup, bread & cakes. Pancake Brunch 1st Sat of month, 10.30am 12.30pm. Call 01479 872262 KINCRAIG COMMUNITY HALL For further information please call Magda Mentel (Administrator) on 01540 651663 or email at admin@ kincraigcommunityhall.co.uk www.kincraigcommunityhall.co.uk KINGUSSIE BOWLING CLUB Open daily, (May - Sept), Spey Street, Kingussie. Bowls & footwear available. Club nights Mon & Thurs 6.45pm for 7pm.

New members & visitors welcome. Call Campbell on 01540 662476 or email at kingussiebowlingclub@ hotmail.co.uk KINGUSSIE SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB Wed (Sept - Mar), 7.30pm 9.30pm, Tala na Ros, King Street, Kingussie. New members & visitors welcome. Call 01540 662060 or 01540 661772.

KNOCKANDO CRAFT GROUP Tues, 6.30pm - 8.30pm, Margach Hall, Knockando. £2 per session.

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MONDAY LUNCH 1st & 3rd Mon of month (Oct Jun), 12pm - 2pm, Kingussie Parish Church Hall NEWTONMORE CURLING CLUB For further information please call Peter Duncan on 01540 673285 or email at peterduncan@dsl.pipex.com NEWTONMORE DRAMA GROUP Mon (Feb - Dec), 6pm (Children) & 7pm (Adults), Newtonmore Village Hall. Ages 8 & over welcome. Call Angela Cox on 01540 673817 NEWTONMORE PRIMARY SCHOOL SOCCER SEVENS For further information please call Tony Mullender on 01540 673211.

QUARRIERS UNPAID CARERS CAFE - ABERLOUR 4th Thurs of month starting 27 Sept, 11am -1pm. Station Tearooms, AB38 9QP. Fun, free, friendly social group for unpaid carers in Moray. Drop in & out as you like. Make friends, glean info, take time out from caring.

Call Nuala Lindsay on 01343 556031 or email at carersmoray@quarriers.org.uk RAINBOW BABIES & TODDLERS GROUP Wed (term time only), 9.30am 11am, Kingussie Parish Church Hall ROYAL BRITISH LEGION DUFFTOWN Mon, 7.30pm. Stramash Traditional Scottish Music.

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Call 01340 820711 SPEYSIDE LEG CLUB, ABERLOUR Tues, 1pm - 3pm, 'The Bungalow,' next to Fleming Hospital, Queens Road, Aberlour. If you have any problems with your lower legs, like ulcers, swollen legs or eczema, come along. No

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Call 07591 693520 SPEYSIDE VOLLEYBALL Mon, 7pm - 10pm, The Games Hall, Speyside Community Centre, Aberlour. Men, women, youths, juniors, seniors, all welcome. Call Stewart on 01340 871730 STRATHSPEY BRANCH CLUB LEGION SCOTLAND 31 The Square Grantown-onSpey PH26 3HF. Call 01479 872212 or 01479 873690 STRATHSPEY HIGHLAND PONY CENTRE Daily (Easter to the end of Oct), 9.30am - 5.30pm. Winter opening by appointment only.

Pre-booking essential. Call 01479 812345 (daytime) or 07884 276368 (evening) STRATHSPEY RAILWAY ASSOCIATION Members/Volunteers help run the Strathspey Railway at Aviemore. Train drivers, guards, station staff, signalmen & coach restorers needed. Training given.

Join & help the Railway extend to Grantown. Call Gill Kelly on 01479 810725 or email at gill.kelly@strathspeyrailway.co.uk SWRI AVIEMORE 3rd Wed of month, 7.30pm.

St. Andrew’s Church Hall, Aviemore. Find friendship, support, fun & laughter in this unique organisation.

Call 0131 225 1724 YOGA WITH SARA Wed & Fri, 9.45am, the Boat of Garten Community Hall. Email at info@boathall.org.uk YOGA FOR MUMS WITH BABIES Wed, 11am - 11.45am. Email at info@boathall.org.uk PLEASE NOTE Details of Clubs & Societies are published on a rotational basis. If you would like your details to be included in this section please email linda@winterburnmedia.co.uk

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We often hear the phrase “life is short�. It is indeed a strange phenomemon that time definitely seems to speed up the older we get. When I was a bit younger (ok - a lot younger!) I studied a few years of Latin and my old Latin teacher (Mr Cook) was a great advocate of the philosophy of ‘Seize the Day’ or ‘Carpe Diem’ in the original Latin.

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Pastoral Le er & Church Meetings Walking is a big part of all our lives.

For some it’s a pleasure: a way of escaping and getting out into the fresh air. For others it’s a chore: something you just have to do to get the day’s jobs done. And for others it’s maybe a missed part of who we were: age, infirmity or disability might mean that walking doesn’t figure in our day-today in the way it used to.

The symbolism of walking, of going on a journey, is one that’s used by film makers, song writers and story tellers.

There’s something about a journey that helps us get our head around things. Or see more clearly. Or just learn to live things the way they are.

One of my favourite stories of Jesus returning to meet his friends after the resurrection is often called “The Road to Emmaus.” Two of them are walking, dejected and broken, away from Jerusalem. Their world has caved in.

They might have heard the rumours of Jesus appearing again, but if so they can’t seem to bring themselves to believe it. And so, instead, they walk, and they walk, and they walk. As far away as they can go.

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them and joins them for a bit. Talk quickly turns to all that’s been happening, and how they’re feeling.

Slowly, but surely, this stranger talks into their grief and loss until, eventually, their eyes are opened and they realise who they’ve been talking to all along.

“They came to the edge of the village where they were headed. He acted as if he were going on but they pressed him: ‘Stay and have supper with us.

It’s nearly evening; the day is done.’

So he went in with them. And here is what happened: He sat down at the table with them. Taking the bread, he blessed and broke and gave it to them.

At that moment, open-eyed, wideeyed, they recognized him. And then he disappeared.” Luke 24: 28-31 (The Message) Walking, for me, is good for my soul.

It helps me to see past some of the things that hem me in. The rhythm of it helps to put things into perspective.

And, sometimes, it helps me to get to that “ah ha!” moment that makes sense of things.

In days of old, pilgrims knew that it was good to walk. And, recently, the idea of pilgrimage is being rediscovered as a way of reconnecting

Kingussie Parish Church linked with Laggan & Newtonmore Sundays 10.30am. Sunday School during term time. All welcome. Contact Rev Catherine Buchan. Tel: 01540 673238. Email cbuchan@churchofscotland.org.uk www.kingussieparishchurch.org.uk Knockando, Elchies & Archiestown Parish Church of Scotland Sundays 10am. Contact Rev Robert M Anderson 01340 831381.

Mortlach & Cabrach Church Dufftown. Sundays at 10.30am Tea & coffee after. 01340 820846 (Session Clerk). All welcome.

Rothes Parish Church Sundays 11.30am. Contact Rev Robert M Anderson 01340 831381.

Rothiemurchus & Aviemore Church of Scotland St Andrews Church, Grampian Road, Aviemore. Sundays 11.15am. Website: www.standrews-aviemore.org.uk Sacred Heart RC Church Chapel Terrace, Aberlour, AB38 9LL. Vigil Mass alternate Saturdays at 5pm. Tel 01340 810442 St Bride’s Church of Scotland Newtonmore. Sundays 11.30am. Rev Catherine Buchan. Tel: 01540 673238.

with God and with each other. This summer, partly as a fund raiser for our local church refurbishment programme and for the Church of Scotland’s HIV Programme, I'm walking in the footsteps of St Moluag: that early bringer of good news to the Picts and the Scots. From Grantown to Dufftown and Rosemarkie, and down to the Cathedral of St Moluag on Lismore, this will be my own little pilgrimage. A time to give thanks for what I have, and look to where God is taking me.

Walking is good for the soul and I hope we might all be able to take some time out to be a pilgrim in our own way this summer. Be it a walk round the block, or a mammoth stomp. We all need a bit of time out and time to find God in us and around us, just like those two did at Emmaus all those years ago.

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St Columba’s Episcopal Church High Street, Grantown.

Sundays 10.30am: Holy Communion. Ven. Richard Gillings: richard.gillings698@btinternet.com or phone 01479 831365.

St John’s Episcopal Church Sunday 10.30am: Eucharist.

Followed by refreshments in the church hall. Email: blessings@stjohns-rothiemurchus.co.uk St Mary’s RC Church Fife Street, Dufftown, AB55 4AP Vigil Mass alternate Saturdays at 5pm. Tel 01340 810442 St Michael’s Episcopal Church Conval Street, Dufftown.

Family Eucharist every Sunday at 11 am. All welcome.

Contact Rev Michael Last on 01542 882782 St Margaret of Scotland, Episcopal Church High Street, Aberlour, AB38 9QD. Sundays 10am: Eucharist. Website: www.stmargaretsaberlour.co.uk Tomintoul Church of Scotland Sunday morning service 11.15am All welcome.

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Parliament Blog I was pleased to host a round table event in the library at Elgin recently where I invited members of the various community councils from across Moray. This allowed us to come together and share concerns and topical issues both here in Moray and at Westminster.

It was good to hear their views and I was delighted that we were able to discuss a number of issues around the table. I’ve received some positive feedback on this engagement and I’m hopeful this will become a more frequent event.

Summer is here, I’m looking forward to being back in Moray for the recess and meeting up with constituents from across the area during my forthcoming surgery tour. People can come along without an appointment and raise any issues or concerns with me. Watch out for adverts in the local press with details of specific times and venues.

Finally, by the time this article is published, the leadership election of the Conservative Party will be nearing a conclusion. I can guarantee that whoever is successful and becomes the next Prime Minister will be getting regular updates from me about the issues that are concerning people here in Moray.

As always, I can be contacted on douglas.ross.mp@parliament.uk or on 01309 679253 or at 63 High Street, Forres IV36 1PB.

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With Climate Change a much talked about and topical issue, it is important that we don’t just brush it off as an others news story or as scaremongering. There are many things we can do as individuals to help the environment, and climate change. For example, when I’m both in London and at home in Inverness, I often choose to cycle rather than drive long distances. Not only does this have personal benefits for my physical health, but it’s a great way to reduce fuel emissions. An added bonus is that we are lucky enough to have excellent initiatives, like the Velocity Café and Bike Shop in Inverness, so should you need any help with repairs or if you’re interested in getting involved with a cycling group, they are the people to see!

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27 july - 3 august

24 june - 7 december Moray Coeliac Group 10.30am, Baxters Restaurant meets 1st Saturday of each month for coffee, cake & chat. Email at coeliac-moray@outlook.com

The Art Society of Inverness Summer Exhibition 2019 The Town House, Inverness. Email at secretary@artinverness.com. www.artinverness.com

until 9 august

until 28 june Textiles in Time by Avril C. Clark 10am - 5pm (Mon Fri) & 11am - 4pm (Sat), Elgin Museum. Call Irene Lukkarinen on 07546 574117 or email at isldirector1017@gmail.com Synergy: Art Exhibition by Sherin Elhegazi, Sue Sabro & Teresa Hurley Please check for Gallery opening times, The Gallery, Elgin Library. Meet the artists Sat. 15th June 10.30am - 12.30pm. Call 01343 562600 or Teresa Hurley on 01542 831865.

Email at terehurl@gmail.com. www.teresahurley.com/artist

1 july - 31 october Our Canadian Cousins: A captivating insight into the intrepid and pioneering Highlanders who shaped the making of Canada 10am - 5pm, Grantown Museum, Grantown-on -Spey. ÂŁ4 (inc in entry to museum). Call Dan Cottam on 01479 872478 or email at dan@grantownmuseum.co.uk. www.grantownmuseum.co.uk

Aberdeen to Inverness Rail Improvements: Bus replacement Dyce to Huntly

until

30 october

Banff & Moray Members’ Centre NTS: Photography competition. 3 age categories. Entries online. Call Janice Oakes on 01309 675224 or email at janiceoakes51@gmail.com

until 31 december Moray Supports Refugees: Appeal for warm clothing, toiletries, camping equipment & toys. volunteers, transport & cash donations welcome.

Please bring all you can spare! For collection points please see facebook page at https://en-gb.facebook.com/moraycalaid

June 2019 26 wednesday

6 july - 16 august The Boy From Fulham: an art exhibition by Vincent Butler,10am - 5pm (Mon - Fri) & 11am - 4pm (Sat), Elgin Museum. Call Irene Lukkarinen on 07546 574117 or email isldirector1017@gmail.com

until 7 july Scotland from the Sky: exhibition of aerial photography 9.30am - 5.30pm, The Highlanders' Museum, Fort George, Ardersier. Call 01667 460232 admin@winterburnmedia.co.uk

20 july - 17 august

Scottish Chamber Orchestra Strings: featuring pieces by Janacek, Veress, Borodin, Bottesini & Dvorak Doors open 7pm with performance at 8pm, Elgin Town Hall, Trinity Place, Elgin. Tickets from www.elgintownhall.co.uk Elgin Writers' Group: Manuscript Night 7.30pm 9.30pm, Elgin Library, Cooper Park. Members can bring work they have for peer support/feedback

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28 friday

29 saturday - 30 sunday

Where 2 Today's Monthly Ceilidh/Music Afternoon 2pm - 4pm, Aviemore Legion. £2.50. All welcome to our Ceilidh/Afternoon Tea Dance, held on the last Friday of every month. Call 01479 810004 or email at info@ct4u.co.uk - www.ct4u.co.uk Adventure Before Dementia Summer Ball In aid of Alzheimer Scotland 7pm, Ex-Servicemen's Club, Elgin. Raffle. All welcome

Wooly Weekend: from Lamb to Loom; Includes the shearing of 20 sheep 10.30am - 5.30pm, Highland Folk Museum, Newtonmore. Call 01349 781650 www.highlifehighland.com/highlandfolkmuseum

29 saturday Brodie Trophy: Gents Singles Stroke 7.30am, Forres Golf Club, Muiryshade Road, Forres. Members £15; Visitors £30. Call 01309 672949 Ext 2.

Piping Inverness 2019: European Pipe Band Championships 10am, Bught Park, Inverness.

Hundreds of pipers & drummers & highland dancers along with food & drink, traditional craft stalls, etc A Midsummer Night's Dream presented by The Walking Theater Company 5pm, The Muckrach Country House Hotel, Grantown on Spey. £37.50 Interactive performance. 3 Course dinner. Please dress for a Scottish summer's evening & bring a torch. Call 01479 851227 or email at info@muckrach.com Badenoch & Strathspey Ramblers: Ramblers Walk Bynack More 9.30am, Inverdrurie long stay Car Park Walk from Glenmore past An Lochain Uaine to Strath Nethy and up Bynack More. Distance 6 miles height gain 2200ft. Call Janice Cargill on 07933 9933799 CLAN Cavalcade: "Tantalise your taste buds" theme 9am, Threaplands - start, finishing at Sunninghill Hotel, Elgin. Minimum of £35 sponsorship. CLAN Elgin, 227 High Street, Elgin. Call 01343 544132 or email at elgin@clanhouse.org Brodie 1st Bunnyversary Party 10am onwards, Brodie Castle, Forres. 1st Annual celebration of the Brodie Bunny & his Playful Garden. Call 01309 641371 NW Grampian Long Distance Walking Group: Station to Station (Group Walk) 9am , Inverness Railway Station. Linear walk from inverness Railway Station to Nairn Railway Station. 22 miles. Email at jan.adamson@hotmail.co.uk. www.ldwa.org.uk Charity Mixed Foursomes in aid of the Eve Appeal (7am, Abernethy Golf Club, Nethybridge. £15 per couple (Members); £20 per couple (Visitors). Call 01479 821305 or email at info@abernethygolfclub.com Raigmore Hospital's Maternity & Gynae Spring Fling!: Featuring a live Ceilidh band, a three course meal & lots more. Open to everyone who has any involvement with the Maternity/Gynae unit at Raigmore & our colleagues past & present 7pm, The Waterside Hotel,Inverness Ben Sims: Fundraiser for Elgin Town Hall 9.30pm 2.30am, Elgin Town Hall. Leading techno DJ - blend of tough funk & hardgrooves. Over 18s only page 16 - July 2019

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30 sunday Kincraig's Festival of Shinty: 6-a-Side Tournament.

Age groups: P1 - 3; P4 - 5 & P6 - 7 11am, Invereshie, Kingussie. BBQ, Raffle; hot & cold drinks; homebaking WDC Scottish Dolphin Centre: Earth Guardians 2pm, The Scottish Dolphin Centre, Spey Bay £2.50 (Booking essential). A club for young people aged 9 -13 years. Each session will be different ranging from a Wildlife Photography session, to making bat boxes, taking a Twilight Walk & much more including other fun games & activities!

Call 01343 820339 Car Boot Sale (IDCA) 8.30am - 1pm, Inchberry Hall, Orton, Fochabers IV32 7QB. £10 per car pitch; £20 double pitch. Tea, coffee, refreshments, butteries & cakes in Hall. BBQ Burger Hut food. All funds raised go to maintain IDCA facilities & local charities Afternoon Tea with a Glass of Fizz in aid of the Highland Hospice 12.30pm - 5pm, Lochardil House Hotel, Stratherrick Road, Inverness. £25. Monies raised will go towards Fiona & Louise's Great Wall of China Trek fund. Call Fiona Jones & Louise Lockhart on 07795 314633 or 07748 383632

July 2019 1 monday Canada Day Remembrance Service 10am 10.30am, The Dallachy Memorial, Bogmoor.

Hosted by Lennox Community Council. All welcome.

Please note that B9104 closed at the Memorial British Watching & WIldlife Club: How to spend £300,000 in Argentina; Speaker - Mike Dilger on the creation of a national park 8.30pm, The Grant Arms Hotel, The Square, Grantown on Spey

2 tuesday Bookbug Sessions for Babies & Toddlers, 9.30am, Dufftown library. Free. Tel: 01340 820272 Cairngorm Cycling Club: Time Trial 6.30pm, Woodland Car Park, next to Aviemore & Rothiemurchus Tennis Club. www.cairngormcc.co.uk

3 wednesday Open Church & Service 12.30 pm - 4 pm, St Columba's Episcopal Church, Grantown on Spey.

Free. Church open for viewing, reflection, peace & quiet. Service 12.30pm - 1pm.

Refreshments available

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3 wednesday - 4 thursday XpoNorth 2019 9am - 5pm , Eden Court, Bishops Road, Inverness IV3 5SA. Scotland’s leading creative industries' festival. Pre-registration recommended in order for you to collect your free Delegate Pass. www.xponorth.co.uk

4 thursday Dufftown Ceilidh 8pm - 10.30pm, The Royal British Legion, Dufftown. £3. Highland dancers, pipers, live Scottish music & dance. Musician - Alison Gillies.

Children must be accompanied by an adult Bookbug Session for Babies & Toddlers 2pm, Aberlour library Cafe Artysans Supper Club (The Calman Trust) 6pm - 8pm, Cafe Artysans (Inverness), 7 Strothers Lane, Inverness. A two course supper, tea/coffee & live music from Feis Rois. Call 01463 729793 or email at cafe@artysans.org.uk Ranger Guided Walk: The Northern Corries of the Cairngorms 10.20am - 4pm, Cairngorm Ski Area, Aviemore PH22 1RB. Adults £10; Children £5.

Remember to book before 4pm the previous day www.cairngormmountain.co.uk/ mountain-activities/guided-walks

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Skipinnish 20th Anniversary Summer Show 6pm,

The Big Top, Bught Park, Inverness. General admission standing event. U16s must be accompanied by an adult over 18. www.ticketline.co.uk Sigma: Is the Sun Dying?: Speaker - Lyn Smith, Solar Section Director, the British Astronomical Association 7pm for 7.30pm, Lhanbrbyde Community Centre. www.sigma-astro.co.uk

5 friday - 7 sunday Scotland Invades inverness Hosted by Inverness' Highland Swing. Blues dancing event Inverness. £22 from www.highlandswing.dancecloud.com

5 friday - 6 saturday Tomintoul Motorcycle Gathering 2019 See Facebook for details

6 saturday The Proclaimers The Big Top Tent, Bught Park, Inverness. Tickets from website or Cafferys Menswear, Eastgate Shopping Centre, inverness Call 0844 888 9991.www.ticketline.co.uk A Night of Curry & Cocktails with Entertainment 6.30pm - 11pm, Elgin Town Hall, Trinity Place, Elgin IV30 1UL. Tickets from website. Table service & entertainment throughout the evening. Over 18s 10:51 only. www.elgintownhall.co.uk Corrieyairack Challenge: Point to Point Mountain

Live Theatre Outside at Logie Steading Award-winning outside theatre company, Illyria, are back at Logie Steading with three fantastic performances for the summer 2019 season.

Bring a chair, all-weather clothing (but no view-blocking umbrellas please) and a picnic and enjoy the show!

William Shakespeare

THE TEMPEST 25th July, 7pm

Adults: £14, children: £6, Concession: £11

ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES!

Oliver Gray

8th August, 5.30pm

Adults: £14, children: £6, Concession: £11

Mary Shelley

FRANKENSTEIN 15th August, 7pm

Adults: £14, children: £6, Concession: £11

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The Olive Tree Café is open for 30 mins before each performance, and during the interval, serving hot and cold drinks, cakes and ice cream.

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Duathlon & NEW FORMAT Mountain Bike Event 7am & 9.30am from Fort Augustus, Badaguish www.badaguish.org Forres Highland Games 2019 11.30am, Grant Park, Forres. All welcome Elgin Golf Club: Prosecco Day; Prosecco & tapas, followed by Big G Disco 4pm - 8pm, Elgin Golf Club, Birnie Rd, Elgin IV30 8SX. £35. Call 01343 542338. www.elgingolfclub.com Rothes Golf Club: Family Fun Day 1pm, Rothes Golf Club, Blackhall, Rothes, AB38 7AN. Call Neal Anderson on 01340 831443 or email at enquiries@rothesgolfclub.co.uk. www.rothesgolfclub.co.uk Wojtek the Bear with the Roov@Tooth & Claw, Inverness, 6.30pm - 9.30pm Inverness Farmers' Market 8am - 2.30pm, High Street Inverness. Local food, plants, crafts & more Let’s Trance@Tooth & Claw, Inverness 8pm - 12am, £5. DJs - James Thomson; Conor Ferguson, Kevin Thompson & Andy Innes

6 saturday - 7 sunday Summer at Eden: Craft & Food Festival supporting the Highland Hospice 10am - 5pm, The Bishop's Palace, Eden Court, Inverness. www.exclusivelyhighlands.co.uk

7 sunday SuperCLAN in aid of CLAN Cancer Charity Aberdeen. Donations. A wide selection of exotic & rare Supercars take part in a set route drive on Scottish roads, Register via website. Public viewing of cars at The Marcliffe Hotel, Aberdeen www.superclan.co.uk MFR Cash for Kids: Kidsfest 2019 - "Down on the Farm" 11am - 3pm, Scorguie Place, Inverness.

Adults £10; Children Free (tho there may be charges for some rides, etc) David Walliams' Gangsta Granny Gates open at 2pm; 3pm - 6pm, Brodie Castle, Forres. Tickets from website. Refreshments available. Dress warmly & bring a picnic & rug or low seating. Advance booking advised. www.nts.org.uk Ardioch Farm Annual Show 9am, Ardioch Farm & M J Livery, Keith. Inhand, Ridden & Working Hunter competitions Proud Ness Volunteer Sunday Social 2pm - 4pm, MacGregor's Bar, Inverness. Find out about volunteering at this year's Proud Ness

8 monday

Cairngorm Cycling Club: Hill Climb 6.30pm start, Meet at Myrtlefield car park, Aviemore. Free. Email at treasurer.cairngormcc@gmail.com www.cairngormcc.co.uk

9 tuesday - 14 sunday Zippo's Circus Inverness Caledonian Thistle Adults £9 (15yrs +); Children £7.50; U2s

10 wednesday Abernethy Golf Club: Seniors' Open; Ladies & Men 9am, Abernethy Golf Club, Nethy Bridge. Members £9; non-members £12. See website for details. Call 01479 821305 or email info@abernethygolfclub.com www.abernethygolfclub.com Where 2 Today's Monthly Lunch Bunch 12.30pm, Anderson's Restaurant, Boat of Garten. 2 courses £10 or 3 courses £12. Transport available.

Call 01479 810004 Open Church & Service 12.30 pm - 4 pm, St Columba's Episcopal Church, Grantown on Spey.

Free. Church open for viewing, reflection, peace & quiet. Service 12.30pm - 1pm.

Refreshments available British Watching & WIldlife Club: Getting to Know British Reptiles; Speaker - Dr Terry Moore 8.30pm, The Grant Arms Hotel, The Square, Grantown on Spey

11 thursday Dufftown Ceilidh 8pm - 10.30pm, The Commercial Hotel, 4 Church Street, Dufftown. £3. Highland dancers, pipers, live Scottish music & dance.

Musician - Jim Forbes. Children must be accompanied by an adult Jersey Beats@The Ironworks, Inverness, 7pm www.ironworksvenue.com British Watching & WIldlife Club: Yorkshire: Not just a White Rose 8.30pm, The Grant Arms Hotel, The Square, Grantown on Spey Cairngorm Cycling Club: Social Ride 6.30pm start, Myrtlefield Car Park, Aviemore. Free. Email at treasurer.cairngormcc@gmail.com www.cairngormcc.co.uk

12 friday - 13 saturday GinJazz at Inshriach Farm 5.30pm - 11pm (12th) & 12.30pm - 11pm (13th), Inshriach Farm, Aviemore www.ginjazz.com

13 saturday

British Watching & WIldlife Club: British Orchids - a Popular Quest; Speaker - Dr Terry Moore 8.30pm, The Grant Arms Hotel, The Square, Grantown on Spey

Elgin Golf Club: Sportsperson's Dinner; Guest speaker - John Hartson; MC - Ian Thain & Peter Brown (Comedian) Elgin Golf Club, Birnie Rd, Elgin IV30 8SX. £70 per person (incl 3 course dinner & an arrival drink). Call 01343 542338. www.elgingolfclub.com

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13 saturday - 26 friday

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Michael Kitchen Art Exhibition Please check for Gallery opening times, The Gallery, Elgin Library

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Scottish landscapes & portraits. Call 01343 562600

14 sunday Cars & Coffee 10am - 12pm, Rollerbowl, Inverness A quiet social gathering of like-minded car enthusiasts. Email at carsandcoffeeinverness@highlandclassic.org.uk www.facebook.com/carsandcoffeeinverness Jack Dee Doors open at 7.30pm, Elgin Town Hall, Trinity Place, Elgin. Tickets from www.elgintownhall.co.uk Private Lives presented by Heartbreak Productions 7pm, Brodie Castle, Forres. Tickets from www.nts.org.uk

15 monday British Watching & WIldlife Club: Ugly Animals; Speaker - Nigel Marven 8.30pm, The Grant Arms Hotel, The Square, Grantown on Spey

16 tuesday Cairngorm Cycling Club: Time Trial 6.30pm, Woodland Car Park, next to Aviemore & Rothiemurchus Tennis Club. www.cairngormcc.co.uk

16 tuesday - 21 sunday Zippo's Circus Lossie Green, Elgin. Adults £9 (15yrs +); Children £7.50; U2s free if not taking up a seat. All welcome

17 wednesday Blood Donors: Aviemore 5.20pm - 7.50pm, Aviemore Primary School, Muirton, Aviemore PH22 1RR. To book an appointment please call 0345 90 90 999 or email nss.snbtsenquiry@nhs.net Open Church & Service 12.30 pm - 4 pm, St Columba's Episcopal Church, Grantown on Spey.

Free. Church open for viewing, reflection, peace & quiet. Service 12.30pm - 1pm.

Refreshments available

18 thursday CLAN Cancer Drop Ins 10.30am- 12pm, The CLAN Cancer Support Centre, 227 High Street, Elgin Free. Open to anyone affected by cancer with information & support available. Guest speakers. All welcome. Call 01343 544132 Dufftown Ceilidh 8pm - 10.30pm, The Royal British Legion, Dufftown. Highland dancers, pipers, live Scottish music & dance. Musician - Andy McCormack. Children must be accompanied British Watching & WIldlife Club: Quest for Hummingbirds; Speaker - Nigel Marven 8.30pm, The Grant Arms Hotel, The Square, Grantown on Spey

18 thursday - 21 sunday Fochabers Gala Weekend Various events & timimgs

19 friday Macbeth presented by Three Inch Fools 7pm, page 20 - July 2019

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Cawdor Castle. See website for details & to purchase tickets. Call 01667 404401. www.online1.venpos.net Highlands' Strongest Man & Woman 2019 7.30pm - 10pm, Northern Meeting Park, Inverness Competitors battle it out over 5 thrilling events Spontaneous Potter: A magical improv show 7.30pm, Elgin Town Hall, Trinity Place, Elgin IV30 1UL. Tickets from www.elgintownhall.co.uk Headland Summer Tour 8pm, Eden Court Theatre, Inverness. All welcome Necronomidol European Inquisition 2019@Tooth & Claw, Inverness 7pm, Ultradark Japanese idol unit

19 friday - 22 monday RockYES Festival 2019@The Ironworks, Inverness 7pm (Fri), Family friendly live music celebration. ProIndy stalls from across the political spectrum. Call 0800 086 2194 or email at sales@RockYES.co.uk www.RockYES.co.uk/Tickets

20 saturday Logie Steading Mini-Market 10am - 5pm, Logie Steading, Forres IV36 2QN. Showcasing local crafters & producers Strawberry Tea with refreshments & produce stall 2pm - 4 pm, St Columba's Episcopal Church Hall, Grantown on Spey. Call Kate Johnson on 01479 831272or email at katejohnson197234@gmail.com The Wind in the WIllows presented by Quantum Theatre Gates open 5.30pm, 6.30pm start, Cawdor Castle. See website for details & tickets. Call 01667 404401.www.online1.venpos.net Scottish Old Skool Escorts Highland Tour 2019 10.30am - 4.30pm, Grantown on Spey www.scottisholdskoolescorts The Loch Garten Osprey Centre 60th Birthday 11am, RSPB Loch Garten, Abernethy. Normal entrance fee. Vintage Operation Osprey fun, games Inverness Highland Games Bught Park, Inverness Traditional Highland Games www.invernesshighlandgames.com Tomintoul Highland Games Tomintoul Public Park Traditional Highland Games

21 sunday Proud Ness 1pm - 5pm, Bught Park, Inverness.

Free. Parade through the city centre to Bught Park where there will be stalls, food & drink, a funfair, inflatable city for children, Well Ness show, Ruff Ness dog competition & craft fair, etc Abernethy Golf Club: Ladies' & Men's Mixed Greensomes 9am, Abernethy Golf Club, Nethy Bridge. Members £15 per cpl; non-members £20 per couple. See website for details. Call 01479 821305 or email at info@abernethygolfclub.com

23 tuesday The Highland Literary Society: Open Mic 6.30pm 8.30pm, Ness View Room, Glen Mhor Hotel, Ness admin@winterburnmedia.co.uk

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the RAF Regiment Reserves? Find out what it takes Bank, inverness. www.highlandlit.com & what's on offer. 'JOIN OUR TEAM.' Call Andy The Tempest presented by Illyria 6.45pm for a Stephens on 01343 810776 or email at 7.30pm start, Elgin Cathedral, Collie Street, Elgin 2622sqn@gmail.com IV30 1HU. Adults £14; Conc £11 (60+yrs); Children www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/squadrons/ Pack a picnic, bring a comfy seatJune & dress for the Forres Tree Services 18.pdf 1 08/05/2018 10:03 2622-squadron-rauxaf-regiment weather. www.historicenvironment.scot/events NW Grampian Long Distance Walking Group: Corrieyairack Pass 8am Group Walk. Distance: 24 FORRES TREE SERVICES LTD miles. See website for details. Email Dave Galloway FULLY QUALIFIED AND INSURED at dave17galloway@gmail.com. www.ldwa.org.uk t̓5SFF 4VSWFZT t "MM )FEHF 8PSL Speyfest Craft Fair 10am - 4pm, The Marquee, t 5SFF 3FNPWBM t 4UVNQ 3FNPWBM t 5SFF 1SVOJOH t )BSEXPPE 'JSFXPPE Playing Fields, East Street, Fochabers. Free. Craft & food fair. www.speyfest.com

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24 wednesday Open Church & Service 12.30 pm - 4 pm, St Columba's Episcopal Church, Grantown on Spey.

Free. Church open for viewing, reflection, peace & quiet. Service 12.30pm - 1pm. Refreshments

25 thursday Dufftown Ceilidh 8pm - 10.30pm, The Memorial Hall, Dufftown. £5. Highland dancers, pipers, live Scottish music & dance. musician - The McBain Band.

Children must be accompanied by an adult.

The Tempest presented by Illyria Logie Steading, Forres IV36 2QN Cairngorm Cycling Club: Social Ride 6.30pm start, Myrtlefield Car Park, Aviemore. Free. Email at treasurer.cairngormcc@gmail.com www.cairngormcc.co.uk Ranger Guided Walk: The Northern Corries of the Cairngorms 10.20am - 4pm, Cairngorm Ski Area, Aviemore PH22 1RB. Adults £10; Children £5.

Remember to book before 4pm the previous day www.cairngormmountain.co.uk/ mountain-activities/guided-walks

28 sunday Blood Donors: Dufftown 10.45am - 12.30pm & 2pm 3.15pm, Mortlach Memorial Hall, Dufftown AB55 4AZ To book an appointment please call 0345 90 90 999 or email nss.snbtsenquiry@nhs.net Car Boot Sale (IDCA) 8.30am - 1pm, Inchberry Hall, Orton, Fochabers IV32 7QB. £10 per car pitch; £20 double pitch. Tea, coffee, refreshments, butteries & cakes in Hall. BBQ Burger Hut food. All funds raised go to maintain IDCA facilities & local charities Abernethy Golf Club: Texas Scramble 9am, Abernethy Golf Club, Nethy Bridge. £40 per team of 4 (unisex or mixed.Call 01479 821305 or email at info@abernethygolfclub.com www.abernethygolfclub.com Rothes Golf Club : Walkers Open - Mixed Greensomes Rothes Golf Club, Blackhall, Rothes, AB38 7AN. To book a tee time visit www.rothesgolfc.

Members £10, Visitors £12. Call Neil McCulloch on 01340 831443 or at enquiries@rothesgolfclub.co.uk.

29 monday British Watching & WIldlife Club: A Love of Ospreys; Speaker - Gary Jones 8.30pm, The Grant Arms Hotel, The Square, Grantown on Spey

26 friday

30 tuesday

Out of the Box (Series of Concerts): Traditional Scottish & Shetland fiddle music, classical duets, bagpipes, Nordic Viola, & Nykelharpa (national instrument of Sweden!). Inverness Cathedral Where 2 Today's Monthly Ceilidh/Music Afternoon 2pm - 4pm, The Royal British Legion, The Square, Aviemore. £2.50. Traditional Scottish Music, homebaked afternoon teas, raffle, etc. All welcome Call 01479 810004 or email at info@ct4u.co.uk. www.ct4u.co.uk

Ocean Colour Scene@The Ironworks, Inverness 7pm. www.ironworksvenue.com Interfaith Moray Meeting 7pm - 9pm, St. Sylvester's Church, Institution Road, Elgin Open meeting for anyone interested in sharing & learning across different faith traditions & stances. Call Jenny on 01343 830276 or email at jadams@churchofscotland.org.uk

26 friday - 28 sunday Speyfest 2019 Various events & timings, Playing Fields, East Street, Fochabers. Traditional & contemporary music. www.speyfest.com

27 saturday 2622 (Highland) Sqn RAF Reserves Information Day 10am - 4pm, RAF Lossiemouth. Interested in joining page 22 - July 2019

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31 wednesday Open Church & Service 12.30 pm - 4 pm, St Columba's Episcopal Church, Grantown on Spey.

Free. Church open for viewing, reflection, peace & quiet. Service 12.30pm - 1pm.

Refreshments availableBritish Watching & WIldlife Club: Shetland to Scilly; Birds of the British Isles; Speaker - Ashley Grove 8.30pm, The Grant Arms Hotel, The Square, Grantown on Spey admin@winterburnmedia.co.uk

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Adult Fiction

The House by the Loch Junior Fiction

By Kirsty Wark

By David Walliams

Scotland, 1950s Walter MacMillan is bewitched by the clever, glamorous Jean Thompson and can't believe his luck when she agrees to marry him. Neither can she, for Walter represents a steady and loving man who can perhaps quiet the demons inside her. Yet their home on remote Loch Doon soon becomes a prison for Jean and neither a young family, nor Walter's care, can seem to save her. Many years later, Walter is with his adult children and adored grandchildren on the shores of Loch Doon where the family has been holidaying for two generations.

But the shadows of the past stretch over them and will turn all their lives upside down on one fateful weekend.

The World’s Worst Teachers Think your teachers are bad? Wait till you meet this lot. These ten tales of the world's most splendidly sinister teachers will have you running for the school gates. Dr Dread teaches science and is half man, half monster... Watch out for the ghastly Miss Seethe. She is ALWAYS furious - and she's on a detention rampage. And as for Pent, he's a teacher with a real difference. He is bone-shakingly terrified of... children!

Young Adult Fiction

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder

By Holly Jackson

The case is closed. Finito. Five years ago, schoolgirl Andie Bell was murdered by Sal Singh. The police know he did it.

Everyone in town knows he did it. End of. But Pip Fitz-Amobi isn’t so sure. Now Pip has to do a school project. She’s a good girl, shooting for the top grade.

And what’s her topic? It’s this: who killed Andie Bell? But as Pip starts to research her project, she starts to uncover deadly secrets. When Pip wants to accomplish a task, nothing usually stands in her way. But this time, getting top marks might be murder…

Junior Fiction

The Boy at the Back of the Class

Adult Non-Fiction

The Planets

Andrew Cohen with Professor Brian Cox A sweeping, stellar investigation to the worlds we share in our solar system. Drawing from the very latest research from an armada of probes exploring our planetary neighbours, The Planets sets out the dynamic history and present of our immediate universe.

By Onjali Q Rauf This is the story about how one ordinary nine-year-old child and three classmates are full of empathy for Ahmet, a boy that comes to their school as a refugee from Syria (he is the boy at the back of the class). Through their sensitivity, curiosity, ingenuity, bravery and innocent niceness, they make a massive impact on Ahmet’s life, friends, class, school, community and wider world. There’s a lovely lack of stereotyping on gender and backstory for the narrator, which adds to the message of not judging people before you know them.

Adult Fiction

The Butterfly Room

By Lucinda Riley Posy Montague is approaching her seventieth birthday and is unexpectedly reunited with a long lost lover who cruelly rejected her. But exactly what are Freddie’s motives and what dark secrets does he have to hide?

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Water, Wells and Wellness

by Highland Historian The superstitions, beliefs and

The fact that this is so often

so-called “superstitions” which

traditions of our communities

closely linked with the sea,

emanated from living from the

are full of intrigue and

agriculture and the power of

sea or from poor arable land.

mystery; as well as truths that

nature is not surprising. The

Christian monks eventually

may only become apparent

most prominent pockets of

stopped trying to dissuade

once the stories have been

what I.F. Grant called “well

these older beliefs and healing

understood. This phenomenal

worship” in her book Highland

pools named after saints

importance in the storytelling

Folk Ways, appear to exist in

began to emerge. Examples of

tradition is certainly not

areas which incoming

this are St Fillan’ s pool in the

confined to the west. In north

Christian monks struggled to

River Earn near Crief f and St

east communities, there is a

amend the peoples’

Maelrubha’ s well on Skye and

noteworthy similarity in

longer-held beliefs. The north

the water of f Eilean

folkways.

east, like some pockets of the

Maolruibhe in Loch Maree.

west, was not populated by

This renaming in honour of

Christian monks until later in

Christian figures gave

integral to our education. The

the development of Scottish

legitimacy to the water-beliefs

writing of histories must not be

Christianity and so, older

already present. The use of

ignorant of the significance of

beliefs flourished and many

these waters for curing mental

these traditions and what their

still remain in some form.

illness by shock immersion is

belief systems are based on.

The coastal communities of

not entirely dif ferent from the

There is far more truth in

the north east, the west coast

‘modern’ uses of cold water

folklore than it ever appears

and islands are bound

swimming today.

upon the first hearing of a

together in this cultural

The power of water in belief

simple folk tale.

development due to the

systems still exists to this day

If we truly want to understand our culture, the stories are

with the carrying of cof fins by

at Annat in Torridon and on

in Rathven was being used

the community over the first

the Isle of Skye. It is a

regularly for its healing

running water before being

common theme that the ill

properties. This well,

transported to the grave site.

would drink three times from

however, was not the

This tradition has been

the well or spring and circle it

community’ s preference as

known in Portree in recent

three times “sunwise”

their belief in another well in

years and appears to exist in

(clockwise) for the healing to

the parish had outlived the

varying forms in other areas.

have permanence. In the

well itself. When the older

This mixing of the nature

Torridon example, some

well was filled in by a farm

traditions that predate

folklorists maintain that this

tenant, mothers from Buckie

Christianity and the formality

included for many hundreds

brought their children and,

of Christianity have created

of years, the drinking of the

finding the well gone,

traditions which are almost

spring water from a human

scooped a pool with their

entirely unique to the

skull! This tradition has been

hands in the earth. Once full

communities they developed

recorded several times, most

of water, the children bathed

in.

recently by an author who

in the pool before being

Healing wells feature

claims to have witnessed it in

carried home, asleep, on

prominently across the

recent years.

their mothers’ backs. In 1890,

Highland region. Particularly

In the North East, healing

healing wells were still in use

noteworthy are the clootie

wells were certainly revered

at Strathdon and Corgarf f

wells close to Inverness and

and respected in a similar

where of ferings were still

the traditions of healing wells

way. In 1842, a well at Oxhill

being found.

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the nest I ensure that I can do

usually a sharp drop below

Ringing and related matters

so safely – that is for me and

and the margin of error is

the nest and contents. If I have

narrow. Golden eagles don’t

left it too late and the chick is

nest at such high altitudes as

very large I will withdraw to

many would believe.

avoid

I am licensed to catch and ring all birds but for specially protected birds such as golden eagles I apply for and am granted what we call a Schedule 1 licence. The Schedule 1 licence

ensures

that

only

individuals with the required skills

and

experience

are

allowed to disturb these breeding birds. My licence for 2019 arrived yesterday. I feel it an honour and a privilege to be allowed to spend a short time in the eyrie and it never becomes a chore.

I have ringed 140 golden eagles so far. Before I enter

causing

Being

premature

early nesters sites at high

fledging. If a tricky abseil is

levels would be dangerously

involved I like to have some-

exposed to wind and often

body with me. It is a long time

above the snow line at a time

since University of London

when laying commences.

Mountaineering Society trips to North Wales but I have been on two rope access courses in recent years so I think I know what I’m doing.

I have the

right equipment and, above all, an idea of what is doable and when to walk away.

If the chick is 4 to 5 weeks old there will be brown feathers replacing the white down. If the chick is still downy it will be too small to ring. The ring is an adult size, 26 mm diameter, and if the chick is small the ring would slip over the foot so

Special care needs to be taken

cannot be ringed. If the chick

at a ‘walk-in’ nest as there is

is emaciated and unlikely to

survive I will not ring or

these will not be going to

thickness and presence of

disturb it. Unfortunately there

hatch.

toxins picked up from the

is sometimes a dead chick in

and have them professionally

the nest â&#x20AC;&#x201C; or nothing at all. If

examined for reasons for not

there are eggs left in July

hatching as well as shell

I can remove these

environment.

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Welcome to the Fashion page, where I share my top clothing style tips with you all.

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Stylist In Training...

‘Athleisure is a trend in fashion in which clothing designed for workouts and other athletic activities is worn in other settings, such as at the workplace, at school, or at other casual or social occasions.’ wikipedia.

I never thought I would EVER wear trainers unless inside a gym (and that dear readers can be somewhat a rare occasion) . If I couldn’t wear heels then flat ballet pumps all the way - they didn’t feel very exciting but at least I could walk. Then one day I discovered sneakers, and suddenly sportswear took on a new meaning. I have since been on a quest to see how many ways I can incorporate these comfy little gems into my wardrobe.

Some call it ‘Sports Luxe’ some ‘Athleisure’ - either way they make me feel I can walk that extra mile.

‘Athleisure’ (as described above) is an ever growing and

evolving trend and allows you to bridge the gap between smart/casual. One of my favourite looks is to wear a blazer, slogan tee, skinnies and my silver sequin trainers. I’ve even been known to wear track pants to a very important audition but because my hair was done, the blazer was structured AND I had my accessories on I still felt smart, polished and together. Not to mention no throbbing feet! In the end this is the key to true style - to feel like you and know you can walk in a room with an easy confidence.

My Top 5 Tips for Trainer Style...

1. Pick a pair that suit your feet.

2. Go for Sparkle or Glitter for weekend/lunch dates 3. Leather styles are generally better to keep feet fresh (or wear trainer socks)

4. Pick a colour that will work with all your wardrobe, or are neutral enough to tone in.

5. Pair with everything! From dresses to skirts, suits to jumpsuits, rest assured you can so rock this...

The most important rule is to stay true to who you are and have FUN!

For more tips & info please visit my website or

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