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PO Box 23163, Angus,
Scotland DD8 4YL

...and members of: Sileas * Mouth Music * Clan Alba * Shooglenifty * The Cauld Blast Orchestra * The Easy Club

Scots Song with Christine Kydd on a beautiful Scottish Island in July!
Sabhal Mor Ostaig, Isle of Skye, Summer Course in Scots Song - with option in Gaelic Song if you want! Monday 14th to Friday 18th July 2003. Contact cg@smo.uhi.ac.uk for a full colour brochure with full details of all courses. Enjoy the wonderful surrounding of the Isle of Skye, and the hospitality of the Gaelic College. A chance to learn some new songs, meet people, and have fun trying something new, if you want. Last years' course was a great success! Also, Gaelic Song with the excellent Anne Martin. The Course organisers will endeavour to give you exactly the mixture of Scots and Gaelic you want. No experience neccessary. See you in July!

Emma Leitch writes:

"I'd recommend this course to everyone! I went to Sabhal Mor last summer for a week and had an absolutely brilliant time! The college is quite small with two campuses within about 400 yards of each other, but if you book early you can get accommodation on campus. Course fees are usually about £120-£125 for a week (morning/afternoon break tea/coffee included) and Bed and Breakfast on campus is I think around £22.00 a night on top of that, with evening meals available for around a fiver per person each night from the canteen (check the website... I am not so sure!) Arainn Ostaig, the old campus has a slightly rustic feel to it, with the focal point being the converted barn, which now serves as the main hall for gatherings / stramashes / ceilidhs, whatever! Arainn Chaluim Chille (St Columba campus) is the new campus, built in 1999 and houses the canteen and the classrooms where Gaelic is also taught at different levels (from absolute beginners to advanced) during the summer schools. There's also a bilingual elevator/lift (that's fantastic!) and more student accommodation in the "Tower" designed long the lines of a lighthouse I think. A nice, fresh modern building,(and the views are absolutely fantastic from the canteen!) but if you are in the Tower after a night at the bar, then you will get a bit dizzy! There's usually something on at the college every night after dinner (slide shows, Gaelic conversation classes, step-dancing, and even the chance to perform at the end of week ceilidh!) It's a wonderful place! Plug, plug , plug! Can I say more... go if you can, it's worth it!"

Summer public workshop programme

August 2003
The Splore - Youth music teaching week.
Events in Angus, the Hairst, workshops, concerts and ceilidhs.

September 2003
Events in Angus, the Hairst, workshops, concerts and ceilidhs.

Look out for details of new Singing For Fun workshops in Perthshire! Birnam Institute, Monday evenings.