Wild sporrans will be tamed.
Wild sporran's will be tamed at Edinburgh Palette's fashion show tomorrow night as St Margaret's House struts its stuff. I've a great bunch of volunteer models who have all taken to their 'strangely wearable hats' and Ness the dog will make her debut in her pierrot collar plus a couple of the cutest wee 'moths' you'll ever meet. Prices on request and bespoke hats can be commissioned.
Our Area in the First World War
The learning team at Callendar House put on a wonderful display at Bo'ness Hippodrome this week. It was great to meet up with the pupils of Laurieston Primary that we worked with earlier this year and to see theirmemory boxes on display. The six new boxes created in community workshops looked at life in Falkirk on the home front and some interesting stories came to light. Thank you to all at Falkirk Community Trust for the opportunity to work on ...
Leaving Home, Away Being and Coming Home
As curator at The Thrive Archive I am currently busy working on our pilot project Coming Home. The first phase of the project will conclude with a 'gatherin' in Edinburgh on January 4th to showcase our new music commission from Scottish composer and musician Mike Vass funded by Enterprise Music Scotland. Mike and I have been working with the amazing young musicians of Edinburgh Youth Gaitherin Big Band who recently supported the fabulous K...
New York appreciates Yorkshire talent.
A good review in the New York Times as Arrivals and Departures opens in the big apple. The Ayckbourn Ensemble are playing in the Brits Off Broadway season at 59E59. Photo credit Tony Bartholomew.
Sisters push off!
The railway platform at Hawes was the perfect length to sing the first verse of Daisy Daisy (the infamous song written for the beautiful Daisy Bell). Sisters Rachel and Katherine Welford took to the saddle/s and were naturals. The push off is important, as you need speed and power to maintain balance with the extra weight on the back, once the second set of pedals gain momentum its full steam ahead.