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AVIEMORE BOWLING CLUB Dalfaber Drive, Aviemore. Summer months - club nights on a Mon & Wed. Oct to Mar the clubhouse is used for short mat bowls. Bingo every Thurs, 7pm. Visitors welcome. £3 per person, please use contact details to arrange a game. Email Norrie MacLeod at norriemacleodabc@gmail.com AVIEMORE WOMEN'S RURAL INSTITUTE 3rd Wed, 7:30pm, St. Andrew's Church Hall, Aviemore. (Sept to Apr) New members welcome. Contact: Molly on 01479 812608 or email at invernessshireandislands@theswi.org.uk CAIRNGORM PILATES Every Thurs, 10am - 11am, Boat of Garten Community Hall. Try your first class for £5. Normally £28 for a four-week term, £8 drop-in. Before attending your first session, please contact Lucy Boyes on 07783 427603 / 01479 821780 or email at lucy@cairngormpilates.com info@boathall.org.uk

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CARRON CREATES CRAFT GROUP General interest group. Mon, 2pm-4pm. £2 per session. Guest instructors. Meets at Carron Village Hall. Contact: Jenny on 01340 810506. DUFFTOWN B.A.L.L GROUP Supporting older people in & around Dufftown to live healthier & more independent. Tues, 9.45am-11.45am for music, yoga, crafts & interesting talks. Dufftown & Sports Community Centre. Contact: Margaret Forrest on 01340 820515 or at CWDevelopmentTeam@ moray.gov.uk. Also Susan Daley 01343563510 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. Membership fee + £1 per session. Please come & try. Contact: Violet Beattie on 1343 551021 or at info.elginaac@gmail.com GRANTOWN COMMUNITY CAFE Come & join us 10am - 2pm every Fri, Grantown YMCA Community Centre for tasty homemade soup with fresh homemade bread, teas, coffees & delicious cakes. Call 01479 872262 or email grantowncommunitycentre@ gmail.com GRANTOWN ON SPEY BOWLING CLUB Mon (Club night) or Thur evenings & Tues & Thurs afternoons.( May - Sept). Free equipment & coaching. All welcome. Contact: Judith Hamlett on 01479 872466. See poster at Clubhouse. GRANTOWN ON SPEY BRIDGE CLUB Mon, 7pm, Grantown’s Episcopal Church Hall (Oct -

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GRANTOWN YWCA COMMUNITY CENTRE Community Café every Fri, 10am - 2pm, homemade soup, bread & cakes. Pancake Brunch 1st Sat of the month, 10:30am - 12:30pm. Call 01479 872262.

ROTHES BABY & TODDLER GROUP Open year round on Tues & Fri, 9.15am - 11.15am term time & 10.00am - 12pm school holidays & in-service days, Grant Hall, Rothes. . £2 entrance fee per family, includes snack & drinks for children & parents.

IYENGAR YOGA Tues, 10am - 11:30am & Thurs 6pm - 7:30pm, Glenlivet Hall, Bridgend of Glenlivet, Ballindalloch, Concentrates on postural alignment & body awareness Classes are sequenced to promote health in the body & stability in the mind, making you feel good! All welcome. Call Jo Macdonald on 07722 594966 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. Contact: Campbell on 01540 662476 or email kingussiebowlingclub@ hotmail.co.uk KINGUSSIE SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB Wed, 7:30pm - 9:30pm, Tala na Ros, King Street, Kingussie (Sept - Mar). New members & visitors welcome. Contact: 01540 662060 / 01540 661772. MEDITATION CLASS Thurs, 7pm - 8.30pm, Aviemore Beauty, Loramore Cottage, 135 Grampian Road, Aviemore. Drop in session £7 or £25 for a block of 5. Call 0141 5733 220 www.meditateinscotland.org 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.

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ROTHIEMURCHUS & AVIEMORE TENNIS CLUB Situated at Inverdruie, on the outskirts of Aviemore. Court Hire: 10am to 5pm. Contact: 01479 812345 STRATHSPEY HIGHLAND PONY CENTRE Open daily from Easter to the end of Oct, 9:30am - 5:30pm. Winter opening by appointment only. Pre-booking essential Contact: 01479 812345 (daytime) or 07884 276368 (evening) STRATHSPEY RAILWAY ASSOCIATION Members/Volunteers help run the Strathspey Railway at Aviemore. More needed to be train drivers, guards, station staff, signalmen & coach restorers. Training given. Join & help the Railway extend to Grantown. Contact: Gill Kelly on 01479 810725 or email gill.kelly@strathspeyrailway. co.uk www.strathspeyrailway.co.uk WEE BOGEES - PARENTS & TODDLERS Every Fri, 10am at Boat of Gartn Hall. Email info@boathall.org.uk

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Always pray and don’t give up. Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up (Luke 18:1-8.) King David prayed to God and said “On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night. Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings. I cling to you; your right hand upholds me.” (Psalm 18:68.) In Paul’s First Letter to the Thessalonian Church he said, “Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18.) Do you find it difficult to pray? Is your life too busy so that you just do not have time to pray, or do you have so much on your mind that you cannot concentrate on prayer? Are you persuaded that prayer actually works? We live in uncertain times just now. At home and abroad discontent and disharmony cast their

shadow, while too many are hungry and live in abject poverty. The good news is that there are many good, caring and unselfish people around who genuinely want the best for everyone. They need help from a powerful, righteous leader. For people of faith God is the eternal ruler and we can communicate with Him through prayer any time. Some of our young people in the church recently produced a fun idea to remind us of the importance of regular prayer. It wasn’t new and you have probably heard of it before. The children painted some smooth stones, and called them ‘our prayer rocks.’ In rhyming verse these prayer rocks invite their owners to put them on their pillow in the morning, and then when they lay their heads at night the loud crack will remind them to say their bed-time prayers. The rock is then left on the floor till morning, when getting out of bed they stub their

Kingussie Parish Church Sundays 11am. All welcome. www.kingussieparishchurch.org.uk Knockando, Elchies & Archiestown Parish Church of Scotland Sundays 10am. Tel : 01340 831381. Mortlach & Cabrach Church Dufftown. Sundays at 10.30am Tea & Coffee after. 01340 820049 (session clerk). All welcome. Rothes Parish Church Sundays 11.30am. Tel: 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 Columba Episcopal Church High Street, Grantown. Sundays 10.30am: Holy Communion. Ven. Richard Gillings: richard.gillings698@btinternet.com or phone 01479 831365. St John Episcopal Church Sunday 10.30am: Eucharist. page 6 - May 2017

owner’s toe to remind them to begin the day with their morning prayers. Prayer is more likely to succeed if we have a rhythm, and it helps if we always begin by thanking God for something in every situation. Then we can bring to God the things that trouble us. Nothing is too big or too small. No special words are needed, but it is a two-way process. Having prayed, we must keep watch and listen for God’s answer which can come in countless ways. If you haven’t tried it already, why not give it a go? In the meantime, rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

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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 Episcopal Church St Michael's Episcopal Church, Conval Street, Dufftown. Family Eucharist every Sunday at 11 am. All welcome. Tel: 01466 793841. 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. Listed from K - T & regularly rotated. If you are a member of a church not listed here or if there are any amendments to existing details, please email linda@winterburn.co.uk

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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.

Gail Ross, MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross hosted a Holyrood reception for the North Highland Initiative which has led and delivered the NC 500. North Coast 500 is THE reason to visit Scotland according to Rough Guide. The 500 mile long road trip has been voted thus. Amongst other many accolades National Geographic deem it the second best experience in the world, and CNN judge the route the second best driving experience in the world, ahead of Norway’s Atlantic Road and The Great Ocean Road in Australia. This puts recognition of the NC500 on a par with some of the most famous road journeys in the world, with common reference to it being Scotland’s own Route 66. The circular road has, therefore, caught the imagination of the world. It provides visitors with a panoramic experience of some of the finest scenery anywhere. It starts and ends in our city of Inverness. My own hope, as the Convenor of the Castle delivery group, is that in a few years’ time the Castle will no longer house the Sheriff Court but be the home of a new world class visitor attraction.

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As the Capital of the Highlands, Inverness should be a connected city with a cultural civic identity we can all be proud of – a city that knows what it is and where it is going. To achieve this there needs to be a conscious investment of affordable city centre accommodation. Families and visitors alike should be able to travel freely using an integrated transport system designed around journeys with the promotion of active travel at its core. Our thriving hospitality sector will welcome visitors to a city that has a world-leading tourist on its doorstep – Inverness Castle. Our free city centre Wi-Fi will have an app that acts as a touch point for what is happening in the city. It will take visitors to the centre on a journey of discovery, and keep locals up to date with what is happening in our thriving restaurant and bars.

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welcome. contact: ros munro on 01479 810004 or at saturday ros@ct4u.co.uk. visit www.ct4u.co.uk. disability swimming development day 2pm - 3pm, moray society agm & lecture series: a taste for lossiemouth sports & community centre. free. indian sculpture, moray & elgin museum - speakers anyone with a physical/learning disability or sensory prof roger jeffrey & friedericke voigt. 6.30pm (agm) impairment welcome. booking essential. contact: & 7.30pm, elgin museum hall. free (donations ken brown on 01542 888055 or email at welcome). agm followed by talk. ken.brown@moray.gov.uk wire & wool@the drouthy cobbler, elgin 9pm. visit elgin scottish theme day 10am - 4pm, elgin city www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk. centre. free. wear your kilt, pipe bands, address to hotter than hell (tribute to kiss)@ironworks, the haggis followed by a giant haggis eating Rooley-Towle 3quarter Page.pdf 1 10/04/2017 09:07 Abi inverness. tbc. visit www.ironworksvenue.com. competition etc. contact: elgin bid. skerryvore tbc, tomintoul & glenlivet discovery ceilidh dance night 7pm, scottish dolphin centre centre. all welcome.

Local Singer /Songwritier Success Abi Rooley-Towle is a local singing and music teacher who teaches freelance at home with the world recognised Kodaly method. The KODALY approach is recognised as one of the leading approaches to music education, combining progressive, well grounded holistic learning in a child centred fun way. Abi specialises in children between 3-12 ( and adults who have missed out) teaching them to sing in tune, sight read music, love music, sing rounds and duets and develop a firm musical understanding which then allows future development to be easy and full of confidence and joy. She also is known for her person centred approach, tailoring lessons to exactly suit the needs of the student in front of her. Confidence, enjoyment and progressive achievement are qualities that her pupils ascribe to her lessons. She teaches singing, recorders and flute with this approach. But, this is not the only musical endeavour she is busy with. She is developing as a singer songwriter quite by chance, and wishing to also use it for humanitarian causes. Four years ago she wrote one song, placed it in an international songwriting competition and was amazed when it was awarded a semi finalist position. Two years ago, having written a few more songs, she decided to see if this could become part of her professional life. She contacted one of the producers who had been part of the competition and asked if he would mentor her. He agreed to this, and after listening to a number of her tracks, he said he would like to produce her....the only thing was, he was in Canada. Abi contacted Creative Scotland and asked for their help and they suggested she find a British producer and to come and make contacts at the Annual Expo North in Inverness 2016. Meanwhile the Canadian producer (who has produced grammy award winning artists) showed her songs to an American manager who then Facebooked her and asked if she would like to come to America on tour! At this point, Abi had only performed in front of the mums and kids that she teaches...so this felt way out of her league! He agreed to manage her from the ground up, and together they made a plan of what success would look like for her. At this point she had just gone to the Expo North and was amazed that three producers expressed an interest in her. She has since made links with one who is encouraging her first to get performance experience, develop as an artist, become acquainted with music online and develop a host of practical contacts and skills.....this is the current process she is working through. The American manager suggested she put a song in a humanitarian arts competition run by World Citizen Artists, who create positive change in the world by using art and music to help the causes of world peace, poverty, climate change....Their competition had the theme of children and hope and Abi, purely by chance had written a song that completely fitted these credentials. She had written a song called "When a child stands alone", inspired by the abandoned and parentless children in Europe who have fled the Syrian crisis. Their plight is tragic - at that point 27000 children were alone and parentless in Europe as a result of the crisis and of that number 10000 had simply disappeared..... Utterly horrified, she wrote a song about these children. This song was entered into the competition and from around the world, 10 winners were picked. Abi was awarded 6th place, the rest of the musicians who won are all professional recording artists who tour and make, albums....and then there was Abi, mum and music teacher from near Forres, who recorded her song in her guitarists shed!

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tickets from website. celebrates 25th anniversary of speyside cooperage visitor centre & 70th of the cooperage itself. www.spiritofspeyside.com

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

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Tel: 01463 248600 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 great glen walking club: druminorsair circular 9am (please arrive 15 minutes early), highland council car park, glenurquhart road, inverness grade c; distance 8 miles 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 guinness world record attempt: fastest time to build a 190 litre barrel 12pm - 3pm, speyside cooperage visitor centre, dufftown road, craigellachie, aberlour admin@winterburnmedia.co.uk

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food from hut with food available 8.30am - 12pm visit www.wherecanwego.com. whisky auction 12pm - 4pm, craigellachie village hall all welcome. www.craigellachie.org.uk

30 sunday - 1may the inverness science festival engagement & home energy scotland tbc, simpsons garden centre, inverness. focusing on two garden themes. can you identify the birds & which do you want to make â&#x20AC;&#x201C; toucan or flamingo? contact: inverness science festival on facebook. www.uhi.ac.uk/inverness-science-festival

MAY 2017 1 monday really wild festival 10.30am - 4.30pm, scottish dolphin centre. free. all welcome.

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Grantown June 23rd - 25th

dŚĞ ͞&ŝĚĚůĞƌ ŽĨ ^ƚƌĂƚŚƐƉĞǇ͟ &ĞƐƟǀĂů ŝŶ 'ƌĂŶƚŽǁŶ ƉƌŽŵŝƐĞƐ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ŵĂũŽƌ ĞǀĞŶƚ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ǇĞĂƌ͛Ɛ ĐĂůĞŶĚĂƌ͘ dŚŝƐ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ͞ƚŚĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůĂŶĚƐ ĂŶĚ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ^ƉĞǇ͟ ŝƐ ŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůĞŐĂĐŝĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŐŚůǇ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů 'ƌĂŶƚŽǁŶ ϮϱϬ ĂŶŶŝǀĞƌƐĂƌǇ͘ EŽǁ ƚŚĞ ƚŽǁŶ ŝƐ ƉŽŝƐĞĚ ƚŽ ǁĞůĐŽŵĞ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ŵƵƐŝĐŝĂŶƐ ĂŶĚ ŵƵƐŝĐ ůŽǀĞƌƐ ĨƌŽŵ ^ƚƌĂƚŚƐƉĞǇ ĂŶĚ ďĞǇŽŶĚ͘ dŚĞ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞ ǁŝůů ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ Ă ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ŵƵƐŝĐĂů ƉĂŐĞĂŶƚ͕ ĮĚĚůĞ ĐŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƚĞ ͞^ƚƌĂƚŚƐƉĞǇƐ͟ ĂŶĚ ĐƌŽǁŶ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϭϳ ͞&ŝĚĚůĞƌ ŽĨ ^ƚƌĂƚŚƐƉĞǇ͕͟ Ă ĨƵůů ĂŌĞƌŶŽŽŶ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞ͕ Ă ĮĚĚůĞƌƐ͛ ƌĂůůǇ͕ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶŝŶŐ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŵĞŶƚ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƐĞƐƐŝŽŶƐ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƚŽǁŶ͕ Ă ĮĚĚůĞƌƐ͛ ĐĂĨĞ ĂŶĚ Ă ƐƉĞĐŝĂů ŽƉĞŶ Ăŝƌ ^ƵŶĚĂǇ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ͘

FESTIVAL 23 -24 June 2017

KŶ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶŝŶŐ ŽĨ &ƌŝĚĂǇ ϮϯƌĚ ƚŚĞ 'ƌĂŶƚŽǁŶ ^ŽĐŝĞƚǇ ǁŝůů ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ ͞^ŽŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ^ƉĞǇ ʹ Ă ƉƌĞůƵĚĞ͘͟ /Ŷ rd th ǁŽƌĚƐ ĂŶĚ ƉŝĐƚƵƌĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŵƵƐŝĐ ŝƚ ǁŝůů ĞǆƉůŽƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƐƚŽƌǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ^ƉĞǇ͘ /ƚ ǁŝůů ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ Ă ƌĂƌĞ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂƌŶǇǆ͕ ƚŚĞ ĨĞĂƌƐŽŵĞ ǁĂƌ ŚŽƌŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ WŝĐƚƐ͕ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂů ŵƵƐŝĐ ĨƌŽŵ ŚĂƌƉƐ ĂŶĚ ƉŝƉĞƐ͘ &ŝĚĚůĞ ŵƵƐŝĐ ǁŝůů ƉůĂǇ Ă ŵĂũŽƌ ƉĂƌƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ŝŶĚĞĞĚ ƚŚĞ ůĂŶĚ ŽĨ ͞ƐƚƌĂƚŚƐƉĞǇƐ͟ ǁŝƚŚ ƌĞĨĞƌĞŶĐĞ ƚŽ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ >ĂĐŚůĂŶ DĂĐWŚĞƌƐŽŶ͕ ƚŚĞ ^ƚƌĂƚŚŵĂƐŚŝĞ ƚĂĐŬƐŵĂŶ͕ ŶŐƵƐ ƵŵŵŝŶŐ͕ ƚŚĞ ůĂŝƌĚ͛Ɛ ƉŝƉĞƌ ĂŶĚ ǀŝŽůĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ďĞƩĞƌ ŬŶŽǁŶ ŶĂŵĞƐ ŽĨ 'ƌĂŶƚ͕ DĂƌƐŚĂůů ĂŶĚ ^ŬŝŶŶĞƌ͘

GRANTOWN, CAPITAL OF STRATHSPEY

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In words and pictures, music and drama

COMPETITIONS

Informal and friendly fiddle competition

>ĞĂĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĮĚĚůŝŶŐ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ >ĂƵƌĞŶ DĂĐ Žůů Ͳ ǁŚŽƐĞ ƉůĂǇŝŶŐ ƐŚŽǁƐ Ă ͞ǁĞĂůƚŚ ŽĨ ĚǇŶĂŵŝĐ ǀĂƌŝĞƚǇ ĂŶĚ ĐŽůŽƵƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ŇƵŝĚ ĂŐŝůŝƚǇ ĂŶĚ ĨƵůůͲďŽĚŝĞĚ ǁĞŝŐŚƚ ŽĨ ŚĞƌ ďŽǁŝŶŐ͕ ŚĞƌ ĂƵƚŚŽƌŝƚĂƟǀĞ ďĂůĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ĮƌĞ ĂŶĚ ůǇƌŝĐŝƐŵ͕ ǀŝǀĂĐŝƚǇ ĂŶĚ ĞůĞŐĂŶĐĞ͘͟ ;dŚĞ ^ĐŽƚƐŵĂŶͿ͕ WĂƵů ŶĚĞƌƐŽŶ͕ Ͳ ͞/Ŷ ƚŚĞ EŽƌƚŚͲ ĂƐƚ ĮĚĚůĞ ƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶ WĂƵů ŶĚĞƌƐŽŶ ƐĞƚƐ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ Ăŝŵ ĨŽƌ͟ ;DƵƐŝĐ ŝŶ ^ĐŽƚůĂŶĚͿ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƌůŝĞ DĐ<ĞƌƌŽŶ Ͳ ͞KŶĞ ŽĨ ^ĐŽƚůĂŶĚ͛Ɛ ĮŶĞƐƚ ĮĚĚůĞ ƉůĂǇĞƌƐ͕ ǁŝŶŶĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂŝůǇ ZĞĐŽƌĚ 'ŽůĚĞŶ &ŝĚĚůĞ ǁĂƌĚ͕͟ ĂůŽŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ͕ ĂŵŽŶŐƐƚ ŽƚŚĞƌƐ͕ WĂƵůĂ ^ƚĂƌƌŝƩ͕ DŝĐŚĂĞů <Ğƌƌ ĂŶĚ ŽŶĂůĚ Ăƌƌ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ WĂƚƌŝĐŬ <ĞŶŶǇ͕ ĐĂƌŶǇǆ͕ ĂŶĚ DĂƌŝĞͲ>ŽƵŝƐĞ EĂƉŝĞƌ͕ ŚĂƌƉ͘

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

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7 sunday maynes coaches 70th year: open day 11am - 4pm, maynes coaches, march road, buckie. free. fair rides, bouncy castle/slides, stalls, vintage cars & buses, etc nethy bridge spring gathering 12.30pm - 4pm, playing fields, nethy bridge. free. stalls, crafts, spit roast, tea/coffee/cakes, children's activities. contact: jennifer carrott on 1479 821400 or email community.centre@nethybridge.com www.nethybridge.com. soup & sweet fundraiser 12pm - 2pm, glenrinnes community centre. various stalls & raffle. benromach 10k 1pm, benromach distillery, forres.

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3 wednesday scott gibson: life after death@the drouthy cobbler, elgin. 8pm - 9.30pm. www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk bryde@hootananny, inverness 7.30pm.

4 thursday indigo velvet@mad hatters, inverness. tbc thursday open mic night 7.30pm - 10.30pm, copper dog pub, the craigellachie hotel. acoustic music sessions hosted by max mcpherson. book a session or come along to listen. please book if dining. contact lesley ann parker on 07887 846495 or email lesley@leap-scotland.com

"reflections": art exhibition by ragan (small gallery) & nora tok (main gallery) 12.15pm - 5.15pm, iona gallery, duke street, kingussie. free. call bryn thomas on 07963 831461 or brynandannie@btinternet.com.

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 elgin writers:members talking on a literary subject 7.30pm - 9.30pm, elgin library. all welcome. www.elginwriters.wordpress.com

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.

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tap o' the hill@hootananny, inverness. tbc inverness big tasting@ironworks, inverness. 6pm. www.ironworksvenue.com

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. hidden in the marshes 10am, rspb insh marshes car park, kingussie. for all ages & interest levels. trails & camouflage for the kids. tracks, signs & our best footage for curious adults

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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. dawn chorus walk 5.30am, carrbridge cemetery car park. adults £5, children free. page 17 - May 2017 admin@winterburnmedia.co.uk

cars and coffee - inverness 10am - 12pm, cafe v8, henderson rd. inverness. free event. on the 2nd sun each month. car enthusiasts. classic, retro, sport cars. all welcome. for information email carsandcoffee@highlandclassic.org.uk. www.facebook.com/cars-and-coffee-inverness. litter pick 10am, carrbridge car park. all welcome. ladies day out 12pm, the pagoda, grantown-on-spey charity fashion show in aid of the red cross, make

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up demonstration, flower arranging, nail wrap demonstrations, etc. love thy nature - cairngorms nature big weekend 7pm - 9.30pm, boat of garten community hall free but ticketed event. www.cairngorms.co.uk/discover-explore/events/bigweekend.

17 wednesday workshop: birdsong for beginners (insh marshes) 4am, meet at ivy cottage, grid ref: nh 813016 join rspb's pete moore to learn bird identification through sound alone. warm clothing, suitable footwear, binoculars. contact: 01540 662216 or at exy.clp@btconnect.com.

18 thursday 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 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. (festival of museums event). maiden scotland@ironworks, inverness tbc. www.ironworksvenue.com. highland hospice hop ceilidh 7pm 'til late, bogbain farm, inverness. £20 (incl light supper & welcome drink). raffle. email highlandhop@gmail.com.

25 thursday into the ark@mad hatters, inverness 10pm

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

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 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. the beach boys - good vibrations tbc, inverness leisure. call 01463 667500. www.ticketline.co.uk

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

31 wednesday the drouthy cobbler comedy club@the drouthy cobbler, elgin 8pm - 10pm, all welcome. www.thedouthycobbler.co.uk

21 sunday gordon castle 10k tbc, gordon castle, fochabers

24 wednesday elgin writers: results & readings of the poetry competition 7.30pm - 9.30pm, elgin library. all welcome. www.elginwriters.wordpress.com page 18 - May 2017

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