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14 May 05
New Arts Index Up and running
the new Arts Index for anything connected to Arts including music,
drama, dance and much more is now up and running. Contact listings
from these pages are being moved to the new section. This section
will make it much easier to find anyone connected to the arts or music.
We hope that anyone in any of the fields concerned will contact us to
keep their details up to date and anyone who is not listed can get a
FREE page simply by completing the online form. We will continue
to link photos of the events and they will also go into the Arts news
section as well as on the main front page of the web site.
12 May 05
Music Contact list
Bands, Choirs, Jazz, Country Groups and
more - anything in music going in here.
If you would like your band or organisation added to it just email
bill@caithness.org or phone 01955 604648
A new Arts and Music section
will be launching very soon so make sure you are in and get your free
page with link to your web site and all basic contact details.
Later a photo can be added free of charge to your free page.
Caithness.org is working with Caithness Arts Group to bring all the
information in their recently printed guide on to the web site. If you
missed the printed guide for this year don't worry you will be able to
get your information on the web site very soon. So if you are in any way
connected to music or the arts get ready to be entered in the New Arts
Section with its own Arts and Music site map, individual listings of
everyone in art and music in Caithness and search engine. If you
are a music or dance teacher, painter, sculptor professional or amateur
and want to be known about then you can get a free page. We will be
transferring all of the information we hold and combining it with the
Caithness Arts directory information to produce an even more comprehensive
listing.
10 May 05
Forget The Sale in Your Local Hall To Raise Funds Try The Web Like
Caithness Junior
Pipe Band
Caithness Junior Pipe Band Take To Ebay For Fund Raising
 Caithness Junior Pipe Band are taking their fund raising to the global
market rather than the local hall. Here is an interesting try out by
Caithness Junior Pipe Band to raise funds to pay for their trip
to take part in Pipefest 2005 in Edinburgh on August
21. The hope is to break the world record for a massed pipe band, which
presently stands at 8,800, and involves pipers and drummers from all over
the world. Good Luck in raising the cash and representing Caithness
in Edinburgh.
Caithness Junior Pipe Band
22 April 05
UKAEA Helps Dress Caithness Junior Pipe Band
For Pipefest
The
members of Caithness Junior Pipe Band are very grateful to UKAEA Dounreay
for supplementing their uniform with fleece jackets. Since its formation in
2002, the band is appearing more often in public events and the provision of
a suitable uniform is essential especially in the winter months and cool
summer evenings. The band relies heavily on fundraising to buy uniforms and
equipment. The highlight for the band in 2005 is playing in Pipefest in
Edinburgh on Sunday 21st August.
21 April 05
Joe's Music
Garage -
Another New Web Site Based At John O'Groats
 Joe's Music Garage, a new
record label based in John o Groats. First CD release is 'Now
there's a thing..' an album of non traditional instrumental music by
Geoffrey Fulton inspired by the Caithness countryside and the first album
to be recorded in John o' Groats. The album is available for sale on
line through Paypal and some tracks are available as MP3s.
19 April 05
Identity Crisis - A Wick Band - New Web
Page
30 March 05
Second "E" Rock Concert
- Viewfirth - 2 April 2005
 The
2nd 'E' Rock Concert takes place this Saturday night at the Thurso
Viewfirth and looks set to be a cracking night of live rock music. Six
rock bands will take to the stage over the course of the evening, each
with their own distinctly different style. Headlining the event will be
hotly tipped Inverness band Findo Gask, who have enjoyed success over the
last year supporting the likes of InMe and Scottish rockers Biffy Clyro.
If you like your music fast, energetic and loud then this is the band to
see. Also lined up are local bands Boss Hogg, Crimson Tide, All
Stitched Up, Stevie Taylor Band and Estrella.
27 March 05
Over At Halkirk
For The Northern Nashville Country Music Festival 2005
The three day Northern Nashville Country Festival continues today over at
the Disabled Riding Centre at Halkirk.
Traditional Music
Workshops in Wick High School
Saturday 16th April 2005 Application by 6 April
Evening Concert In MacKay’s Hotel Wick at 8pm
Tutors
Duncan Chisholm – Fiddle - Wolfstone / Session A9
Ruby Rendall – Groupwork - Ruby Rendall Band
Kevin Henderson – Fiddle - Fiddlers Bid
Iain MacFarlane – Fiddle - Blazin Fiddles
Louise MacKenzie – fiddle - Feis Tutor
David Bowen – Accordion - Inverness Band Leader
Brian McAlpine – Groupwork - Session A9
More Details from Gordon Gunn
North Highland Juvenile Pipe Band
Check out this web site for the up and coming young pipers
in Caithness.
10 February 05
Band
Of The Year Award Goes To Shogun
 The committee of the Northern Nashville
Country Music Club recently presented the Orkney based band "Shogun" with
the "Band of the Year Award" on behalf of the club members and guests at
their show held in the Royal British Legion, Thurso.
25
September 04
Fiddle Workshop & Masterclass 30 October
Iain MacFarlane - Blazin Fiddles
Iain was born in Glenfinnan, a small
village in Lochaber. Whilst being taught the
fiddle from his father and also from Donald
Riddell, he also started to receive tutelage
on the bagpipes from pipe Major Evan MacRae
at the age of 10. Since his teens Iain has
played in many musical formations and
projects such as Gaelic Drama, Contemporary
Dance, Radio and Television, while still
playing with local "greats" such as Fearchar
Macrae, Angus Grant and Fergie MacDonald.
Following an HNC in Gaelic Language in 1996,
he graduated from the Royal Academy of Music
and Drama with a BA in Traditional Music.
Since then he has been teaching at many
Feisian, festivals and schools, as well as
playing on many albums, and standing in
whenever necessary for the great Aly Bain of
"Boys of the Lough.
Iain MacFarlane's exquisitely lyrical, west
coast accent, produced a typical
heart-in-the-mouth set..with his superb
technique and mellifluous tone.
FIDDLE WORKSHOP and MASTERCLASS
Saturday 30th October 2004
Lyth Arts Centre
Phone Gordon Gunn on 01955 602831 for
further information.
www.gordongunn.co.uk
Places for the workshops are strictly
limited and will be on a first
come first served basis.
16
September 04
Traditional Fiddle Classes Changed Dates -
Plus Additional Workshop With Gordon Gunn
The workshop has had to be rescheduled to
the weekend workshop at the end of October
until Mid April but there is also another
doing one 1st week in November 2005. At
present we are running a smaller workshop on
30th October with one fiddle tutor in Lyth
Arts Centre, this is something intended to
do on a 3 monthly basis between the larger
event which will be held in Wick to keep
momentum going.
Down load application forms and more info on
the day at
http://www.gordongunn.co.uk/wtmw.html
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