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 Tha an iris-chiùil shaor air loidhne InvernessGigs a’ lorg taic gus seirbheis nas fheàrr a lìbhrigeadh. Bidh iad a’ foillseachadh fiosrachadh mu thachartasan sa Ghàidhealtachd, gu h-àraidh mu chuirmean-ciùl de (cha mhòr) gach seòrsa. Thoiribh sùil air an làrach-lìn aca – ‘s fhiach e!

http://invernessgigs.co.uk/

‘S urrainn dhuibh an cuideachadh tron shiostam Sponsume (“crowdfunding”).  Gheibh sibh sreath dhuaisean airson nan tabhartasan agaibh, air cho beag ‘s a tha iad.

http://www.sponsume.com/project/invernessgigs-helping-music-scene-highlands

The free online music magazine InvernessGigs is looking for support to help it deliver a better service. They publish information about events in the Highlands, especially concerts of (almost) every kind. Have a look at their website – it’s worth it!

http://invernessgigs.co.uk/

You can help them through the Sponsume system (“crowdfunding”). You get a series of rewards for your donations, however small they are.

http://www.sponsume.com/project/invernessgigs-helping-music-scene-highlands

Bidh Niall Iain Dòmhnallach a’ tòiseachadh an dùbhlan-iomraidh aige thairis air a’ Chuan Siar a Tuath ann an 2012 a-nis, oir bha cus duilgheadasan practaigeach ann ron thuras a bha air a phlanadh am bliadhna. Tha e ag obair air a bhàta ann an Steòrnabhagh a-nis agus Dihaoine chuir e dhan mhuir e airson a’ chiad thurais. Ciamar a chaidh a’ chiad cheum seo?  Bha Niall Iain dòchasach gu leòr agus cha robh briseadh-dùil aige. Tha e a’ lorg luchd-urrais fhathast agus ‘s e carthannas as fhiach taic a thoirt dha!

Seo bhideo beag a’ chuir air bhog / short video of launch : https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=207267325986229

 Niall Ian Macdonald will be setting off on his North Atlantic rowing challenge in 2012 now, as there were too many practical difficulties before the planned trip this year. He’s been working on the boat in Stornoway and on Friday he tried her out in the sea for the first time . How did it this first step go? He had been hopeful all would be well, and he wasn’t disappointed. He’s still looking for sponsors, and it’s a charity worth supporting!

Tuilleadh fiosrachaidh an seo / more info here: http://www.ny2sy.co.uk/welcome/

Mealaibh ur naidheachd!

Congratulations!

http://www.peoplesmillions.org.uk/2011-finalists/stv-north/fonn-nam-feis

 Message from Fèisean ambassador Julie Fowlis:

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.

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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