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Press release from Fiona Dalgetty:

Fèis Rois is one of only six groups to have been shortlisted in the STV North region with a chance of winning up to £60,000 in the Jubilee People’s Millions (http://www.peoplesmillions.org.uk).

The Big Lottery Fund and ITV have come together to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee by creating a new fund for charities. The Jubilee People’s Millions will make up to 60 awards of £60,000 for new projects that will improve local places or the lives of local people across the UK.

Fèis Rois has come up with an innovative project that will enable people of all ages from across Ross-Shire and Inverness to participate in music-making activities. Fonn nam Fèis will be a lifelong learning traditional arts project open to people of all ages.

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Naidheachd mhath bho Fhèis Rois air http://www.feisrois.org/  ‘S urrainn dhuibh clàrachadh air loidhne.

Good news from Fèis Rois on their website. You can register online.

Dihaoine 17th agus Latha na Sàbaid 19th Ògmhios 2011 còmhla ri Matheu Watson (guitar and fiddle) , Jarlath Henderson (whistles and small pipes) and Alana Henderson (traditional song and cello).

Tha Fèis Rois uabhasach fhèin toilichte a bhith a’ cur an cèill gu bheil prògram ùr aice de dh’Fhèisean ùr-ghnàthach a bhios gan cumail aig an deireadh-seachdain le feadhainn de na còmhlain traidiseanta as fheàrr ann an Alba mar luchd-teagasg. Seo cothrom do dhaoine òga eadar S3 agus 25 bliadhna a dh’aois a bhith a’ faighinn 10 uairean de theagasg aig ìre sàr-chlas. Tha na deiridhean-seachdain seo airson daoine aig a bheil deagh chomas mu thràth, aig ìre àrd-mheadhanach no adhartach, air seinn no air ionnstramaid. A bharrachd air teagasg fhaighinn bhon luchd-ciùil iongantach seo, bidh cothrom agad cluich còmhla riutha air an oidhche Shathairne

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Ishbel MacAskill Memorial Concert
Thursday 16th June at 7.30pm at Eden Court Theatre, Inverness.

Tickets are free and can be collected at the Theatre or reserved/sent out to you by phoning 01463 234 234. It will be a very special evening when family and friends will be paying a musical tribute to a very special woman.

More detail in this article:

A MEMORIAL concert for Lewis Gaelic singer Ishbel MacAskill is to be held in Eden Court on June 16.

Acts performing include Good Question, a group of students from Plockton’s National Centre of Excellence in Traditional Music featuring Ishbel’s grandson, Charlie Grey.

Also in the line up are Arthur Cormack, Dougie Pincock, Sheena Wellington, Elspeth Cowie, the Mackenzie Sisteres, Duncan Chisholm and Emma Christian and more are to be confirmed.

The event is free and so far more than 400 tickets have been booked.

Ishbel was orginally from Point and was a stalwart of Gaelic langugage and culture.

http://www.stornowaygazette.co.uk/lifestyle/lifestyle-leisure/ishbel_macaskill_memorial_concert_1_1641818

 Bha mi glè dhuilich an naidheachd sin a leughadh air làrach-lìn BBC Alba:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/alba/naidheachdan/story/2011/03/110331_ishbel.shtml***

 Ban-rìgh nan seinneadairean Gàidhlig, agus tidsear brosnachail do dh’iomadh Gàidheal òg, gu h-àiraidh tro na Fèisean.

Seo Iseabail a’ seinn  / here is Ishbel singing:

Thig An Smeorach As T – Earrach
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS6yuJx46nY

Tuireadh Iain Ruadh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0AS8TrZ82U&feature=related

An ataraireachd àrd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2-rV7AIZOo&feature=related
 

I was saddened to hear about the sudden death of Ishbel Macaskill. She was the Queen of Gaelic singers and a great teacher and inspiration to  many, especially through the Fèisean.

Some obituaries:

http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/obituaries/ishbel-macaskill-1.1094516

http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/2206852?UserKey&UserKey=

http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/14594/Gaeldom_in_mourning_at_sudden_death_of_musical_legend.html

 Ishbel MacAskill Memorial Concert
Thursday 16th June at 7.30pm at Eden Court Theatre, Inverness.

Tickets are free and can be collected at the Theatre or reserved/sent out to you by phoning 01463 234 234. It will be a very special evening when family and friends will be paying a musical tribute to a very special woman.
http://www.seaboardgaidhlig.com/2011/05/19/944/

Ma bha sibh airson faighinn a-mach dè an naidheachd mu Mhànran agus ‘Latha Math’ anns an eadar-àm, seo mar a bha na cùisean aig deireadh na seachdain sa chaidh:

No. 1 in the UK singer/songwriter charts

No. 6 in the Scottish charts

No. 6 in the Radio 1 indie charts

No. 61 in the UK charts

Cha d’ rinn iad an gnothach leis na UK charts – bha iad airson No 40 a ruigsinn – ach tha sin barrachd is math gu leòr. Mealaibh ur naidheachd, a h-uile duine, agus suas leis a’ Ghàidhlig anns na charts!

In case you were wondering, Mànran didn’t quite make the top 40 in the UK charts last week as they’d hoped, but they did pretty well all round nevertheless.  Let’s hear it for Gaelic in the charts!