Unique Events

- StAnza, Scotland's Poetry Festival

A brilliant four-five day international event celebrating the best of everything poetic. From contemporary dance choreography to politically charged poems, comedy, songs, visual art and poetry installations on the Reaper - a 100 year old Herring Drifter' fishing boat, last of it's kind. A truly, cross-arts event, with something to inspire the poetry in all of us, taking place every March in St Andrews, a literary capital for Scotland.

I felt very privileged to have experienced and drawn such a diverse, thought provoking and entertaining group of characters and settings. Highlights - having a sip of Mark Strand's (watered down!) whisky, chuckling with Alistair Reid over his arson to his own infamous poem 'Scotland', creasing with giggles at John Hegley and Dean Parkin's performances, singing sea shanties aboard the Reaper and eating Cullen Sklnk with a 'Pirie Moulie Skaar' - a wee bit of roe, I think - with the resident poet/artists was also very memorable.

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- Carrbridge Live Festival 2006

A five-day festival in September covering all sorts
of performance, music and arts. 
 
Highlights for me of this particular festival were the
variety and talent on show from the likes of the
traditional musicians like Charlie McKerron, Tim
Edey and Mark Clement, Gaelic singing and step
dance, an array of local up and coming talent on
the Musicworx stage, jazz on the Sunday afternoon
and the spectacular and fantastical carnival parade
on the Saturday night with lanterns,stilt walkers,
fire breathers, fire spinners, giant weird and
wonderful brightly coloured paper creatures,
dragons and fish, all accompanied by brass
and deep drum beats of the Samba musicians
involved.

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Unique Events

- World Porridge Making Championships 2006

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- Varied Events from 2006 - 2007

In order from top and left to right

1) Lochgilphead Lantern Festival
2) Lochgilphead Lantern Festival
3) The Opening of Kilchrenan Village Hall
4) Celtic Connections - David Munnelly Dancers
5) The Janice Forsyth Radio Show
6) Celtic Connections - Laura McGee
7) Cafe Cossachok - The Deseo Flamenco Group
8) StAnza - Poetry, Pie and a Pint - Dean Parkin
9) The Janice Forsyth Radio Show - Camera Obscura
10) Strontian Writing Festival
11) Celtic Connections - David Munnelly Band
12) Marshall Vinnicombe - Cornish Oyster Fisherman
13) Morgan Academy burning down - Dundee
14) Morgan Academy the day after - Dundee
15) StAnza - The Burning of Scotland - Alasdair Reid
16) John Hegley Rocks St Andrews.

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All pictures on this site have been drawn on location while the events
have taken place, which can take from anytime of 1 minute to a few hours.

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