January 2008 Events in Highland
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January 2008 What's On for Highland Perthshire
Tuesday 1st January 2008 1pm - 4pm
Pitlochry New Year's Day Afternoon Street Party
Atholl Road (outside Fishers Bar) Pitlochry
What better way to start the new year than with a shindig
bringing locals and visitors together for a ceilidh in the
street? Food and refreshments will be available, includes a
raffle and live music, from Jack Delany's Band, and our own
Eddie Rose will be our Master of Ceremonies.
Admission - Free Contact - Pitlochry
Tourist Information Centre Telephone - 01796 472215
Email:
pitlochrytic@visitscotland.com
Tuesday 1st January 2008
News Years Day Party and Steak Night
McKays Bar/Restaurant Pitlochry
Live Music with the Coverups. Tel; 01796 473888
www.mckayshotel.co.uk
Tuesdays & Thursdays 9.30am - 12.30pm
Blair Castle Winter Opening.
Every Tuesday and Saturday morning from 6th Nov to 18th
March 2008.
(closed Thurs 20 Dec until Sat 5th Jan) Discover
the history and traditions of a Scottish Christmas and listen to
tales of Blair Castle, while enjoying a glass of mulled wine by
the fireside. The gift shop and restaurant will be open
serving soup, sandwiches & Christmas meals (Pre booking required
for Christmas meals) Grounds,
Restaurant and shop close at 2pm
Castle Adults £6.50 Seniors £5.70 Accompanied children under 16
Free. Group rated 12+ £5.50
Grounds/Shop Free. Tel 01796 481 207
www.blair-castle.co.uk
Wednesday 2nd January 9.30pm
Strathtay Ramblers
A Short walk around Aberfeldy
Meet at Old Church Car Park Aberfeldy More details
Tel Clair Robertson 01887 840324
Thursday 3rd & Friday 4th January 7.30pm
Heartland Film Society show - The Passenger
The Locus Centre Aberfeldy
starring Jack Nicholson, a journalist researching a
documentary in the Sahara Desert meet a gunrunner who dies
suddenly. He takes his identity and accepts the consequences.
Members and guests are all welcome.
Sundays November to March 10am - 4pm
Digital Photography Workshops
In the Grounds of Blair Castle.
Learn how to use your camera to it's best, organise your
photographs on the computer and then make simple adjustments to
make them look fantastic! £35 per person Lunch included.
Contact 01796 481712 for information and booking.
www.sjfarthing.com
Friday 11th January 8pm - 12.30am
The Auld New Year
Blair Atholl Village Hall
Celebrate the Auld New Year in traditional fashion - the
Atholl Country Life Museum is hosting this varied programme of
Scottish music, dancing, songs and stories introduced by
Atholl's well - loved Dolina MacLennan. Tickets £10 from
Lydia Busby 24 Lettoch Tce 01796 474180 e.mail
Lydia@busjam.fsnet.co.uk or from John Cameron Easter Monzie
Blair Atholl 01796 481232 or from Blair Atholl Post Office.
Tuesdays & Thursdays 9.30am - 12.30pm
Blair Castle Winter Opening.
Every Tuesday and Saturday morning from 6th Nov to 18th
March 2008.
(closed Thurs 20 Dec until Sat 5th Jan) Discover the
history and traditions of a Scottish Christmas and listen to
tales of Blair Castle, while enjoying a glass of mulled wine by
the fireside. The gift shop and restaurant will be open
serving soup, sandwiches & Christmas meals (Pre booking required
for Christmas meals) Grounds, Restaurant and shop close at
2pm
Castle Adults £6.50 Seniors £5.70 Accompanied children under 16
Free. Group rated 12+ £5.50
Grounds/Shop Free. Tel 01796 481 207
www.blair-castle.co.uk
Tuesday 15th January 9.45am
Salmon Opening Celebrations
Kenmore Hotel.
To mark the offical opening of the 2008 Salmon Season, come
along & join in the fun....March from the Kenmore Hotel to the
river Tay, accompanied by celebrities and the Vale of Atholl
Pipe Band. Cheer on the Official Opening Ceremony with the
blessing of the 1st boat whilst enjoying a wee dram of Dewar's
Whisky.
Friday January 18th 7.30pm
Music in Rannoch Concert - the Glasgow String Quartet
The Old Church of Rannoch
Saturday 19th January 9.30am
Junior Piping and Drumming Solo Contest.
Pitlochry High School
Chanter and pibroch competitions, with drumming in the
afternoon, (entry is by programme costing £2.00.)
Saturday 19th January 9.30am
Strathtay Ramblers - Pitlochry & Clunie Mhor 5ml circular walk
No dogs please Meet at Old Church car park Aberfeldy
9.30am details from Clair Robertson
Tel: 01887 840324
Wednesday 23rd January 2008 7.30pm
Burns Nicht
Pitlochry Festival Theatre Pitlochry
Book early if you want to join us as we celebrate the life,
works and spirit of the immortal Rabbie Burns. With a
traditional supper and piper in the Festival Restaurant, the
evening follows the time-honoured form: traditional Scottish
fare will be served with local whisky, all washed down with a
performance of Burns songs and poems in the relaxed surroundings
of the Foyer. John Scrimger,
Linda Ormiston and James Nicol for another Burns Nicht to
remember!
Admission - Tickets £27.50 Contact - Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Box Office
Telephone - 01796 484626 Email:
boxoffice@pitlochry.org.uk Web
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Tuesdays & Thursdays 9.30am - 12.30pm
Blair Castle Winter Opening.
Every Tuesday and Saturday morning from 6th Nov to 18th
March 2008.
(closed Thurs 20 Dec until Sat 5th Jan) Discover the
history and traditions of a Scottish Christmas and listen to
tales of Blair Castle, while enjoying a glass of mulled wine by
the fireside. The gift shop and restaurant will be open
serving soup, sandwiches & Christmas meals (Pre booking required
for Christmas meals) Grounds,
Restaurant and shop close at 2pm
Castle Adults £6.50 Seniors £5.70 Accompanied children under 16
Free. Group rated 12+ £5.50
Grounds/Shop Free. Tel 01796 481 207
www.blair-castle.co.uk
Thursday 24 - 27 January 2008
Winter Words Festival
Pitlochry Festival Theatre Pitlochry
Three themes quietly wind their way through this year’s
Winter Words: country living and rural life, mountains and wild
places and – unsurprisingly – winter! A number of literary stars have already confirmed for
2008...Actor, comedian and novelist Stella Duffy; Lord David
Owen has been Foreign Secretary, leader of the Social Democratic
Party, and is now a Crossbencher in the House of Lords; Ian R.
Mitchell is regularly described as ''one of Scotland’s most
distinguished mountain writers''; Christopher Rush is one of
Scotland’s best loved authors; Vicky Jack - Vicky had no
interest in climbing before she reached her 30s – and then she
gave up her job in an attempt to climb the seven highest
mountains in the world; and local MSP John Swinney, Cabinet
Secretary for Finance in the new Scottish Government.
Tickets & Booking information Event
Tickets from £4.00 to £18.50
Festival Day Pass - Buy tickets for all events on a single day
and get one free! Friday £47.00 Saturday £49.00
Sunday £45.00
Contact - Pitlochry Festival Theatre Box Office Telephone -
01796 484626
E/Mail
boxoffice@pitlochry.org.uk Web
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Thursday 24th January 7.30pm
Simply Burns
The Watermill - Aberfeldy
An evening of music song and verse (and a little wine) with
Douglas Craik, Linda Dewar, Anna Hepburn & Clair Hewitt.
Tickets £8 include a welcome drink and Scottish canapes.
The Watermill, Mill Street, Aberfeldy Tel: 01887 822896
www.aberfeldywatermill.com
Thursday 24th January 7.30pm
Martin Bell - An Independent Mind
Pitlochry Festival Theatre - Winter Words Festival.
One of Britain's best-known journalists and presenters of
truth. An opportunity to meet one of modern broadcasting's
most challenging and incisive minds talking through some of the
wide - ranging issues his many areas of work encompasses
Tickets £12.50 Box Office: Tel 01796 484625
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Thursday 24th January 9.30pm - 10.30pm FREE
Fearie Tales
Pitlochry Festival Theatre - Winter Words Festival.
The informal surroundings of the Festival Bar once again
round off each day's events with tales of the mysterious and the
supernatural, read by some familiar faces from the Pitlochry
Stage.
Friday 25th January 10.30am
Workshop - How to Get Published
Pitlochry Festival Theatre - Winter Words Festival.
Sophy Dale is the founder of a new publishing house Long
Lunch Press. Sophy will take writers through the pitfalls
of trying to find an agent, etc. Tickets £4.00 Box
Office: Tel 01796 484625
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Friday 25th January 11.45am
Helen Dunmore's - Counting the Stars
Pitlochry Festival Theatre - Winter Words Festival.
Helen will be reading from her latest book, set in Rome
during the time of Julius Caesar. A chance to ask
questions and Helen will be signing books after the event.
Tickets £4.00 Box Office: Tel 01796 484625
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Friday 25th January 1pm - 2.15pm
Literary Lunch - Peter Kerr
Pitlochry Festival Theatre - Winter Words Festival.
Peter has turned his hand to fiction and is coming to read
from the third of his detective novels, The Cruise
Connection - Bob Burns Investigates. Tickets £18.50
includes 2 course lunch and a glass of wine.
Box Office: Tel 01796 484625
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Friday 25th January 1pm - 3.00pm
Jennifer Potter - The Magic of Flowers
Pitlochry Festival Theatre - Winter Words Festival.
Come and hear Jennifer talk about flowers, their importance
and how she has turned her love of them into a career.
This will be unmissable for any gardening fans.
Tickets £5.00
Box Office: Tel 01796 484625
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Friday 25th January 4.30pm
Lord David Owen - Out of the Hubris
Pitlochry Festival Theatre - Winter Words Festival.
Come and hear Lord Owen talk about the book, his career and
his life. There will be Q & A session, as well as the
chance to have your book signed. Tickets £7.00
Box Office: Tel 01796 484625
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Friday 25th January 7.30pm
Stuart Maconie - Walks on the Wild Side.
Pitlochry Festival Theatre - Winter Words Festival.
A special opportunity to come and hear a wonderful
racounteur talk about his work - both writing and
broadcasting - his upbringing as a Northern lad, the music he
loves and his extraordinary life. Tickets £12.50 Box
Office: Tel 01796 484625
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Friday 25th January 9.30pm - 10.30pm FREE
Fearie Tales
Pitlochry Festival Theatre - Winter Words Festival.
All those that dare enter the Festival Foyer will hear
stories of Death and despair, phantoms and bogles, hauntings and
unnerving coincidences. Why not gather your friends together and
make a night of it in the informal surroundings of the Festival
Bar as once again each day's events round off with
tales of the mysterious and the supernatural, read by some
familiar faces from the Pitlochry Stage.
Saturday 26th January 9.15am
Workshop - Writing for the Theatre with Stella Duffy
Pitlochry Festival Theatre - Winter Words Festival.
Places are extremely limited on this course, which will be
taken by Stella Duffy who has held workshops throughout the UK
and translated her novels into a play for the National Youth
Theatre in London. Tickets £4.00 Box Office: Tel
01796 484625
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Saturday 26th January 10.30am
Winter in Scottish Literature with Mandy Haggith, Kathleen Jamie
and Margaret Elphinstone.
Pitlochry Festival Theatre - Winter Words Festival.
Throughout the history of Scottish literature, weather has
been used a a plot device. Winter, the most dramatic
season is the most heavily featured so we brought together three
wonderful writers to discuss this and to read from their own
work. Tickets £4.00
Box Office: Tel 01796 484625
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Saturday 26th January 10.45am (Ages 9-12years)
Hiper Words
Gill Arbuthnot - Winterbringers
Pitlochry Festival Theatre - Winter Words Festival.
Gill Arbuthnot talks about and reads from her latest novel
Winterbringer's as well as giving hints and tips on writing.
Tickets U-18s £2.00 Adults £4.00 Box Office: Tel 01796
484625
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Saturday 26th January 11.45am
Stella Duffy - Two Literary Voices
Pitlochry Festival Theatre - Winter Words Festival.
Hear Stella read from her new book, then ask questions about
how she manages the two literary voices she has perfected.
Tickets £4.00 Box Office: Tel 01796 484625
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Saturday 26th January 1pm - 2.15pm
Literary Lunch - Christina Lamb
Pitlochry Festival Theatre - Winter Words Festival.
Christina will be reading from Small Wars Permitting:
Despatches from Foreign Lands, a collection of her reportage.
Tickets £18.50 includes 2 course lunch and a glass of wine.
Box Office: Tel 01796 484625
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Saturday 26th January 3.00pm
Rosemary Goring - How the Countryside was Formed.
Pitlochry Festival Theatre - Winter Words Festival.
A truly fascinating book and a chance to hear one of
Scotland's best writers talk about the country she loves.
There will be a look signing after the talk.
Tickets £5.00 Box Office: Tel 01796 484625
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Saturday 26th January 4.30pm
Nicholas Crane - Great Scottish Journeys.
Pitlochry Festival Theatre - Winter Words Festival.
One of the most respected explorers, TV presenters and
writers in the world. A truly exciting chance to hear one of the
great journeymen of the 21st century talk about his adventures.
Tickets £5.00 Box Office: Tel 01796 484625
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Saturday 26th January 10.45am3.15pm
(family) Hiper Words
Jill Webster - Monsters & Mayhem
Pitlochry Festival Theatre - Winter Words Festival.
a storytelling, puppetry and children's theatre company.
A playwright, storyteller and performer from Down Under, who
loves to use colourful costumes & fabrics, custom- made props
and the odd sully puppet to bring her tales to life. Tickets
U-18s £2.00 Adults £4.00 Box Office: Tel 01796 484625
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Saturday 26th January 7.30pm
Michael Portillo - A Changed Man
Pitlochry Festival Theatre - Winter Words Festival.
After 15yrs in Parliament, he has emerged as a statesman, a
TV star and an excellent writer. Michael will be talking
about his time in Parliament, his work since and his future.
There will be time for questions and answers. Tickets
£12.50 Box Office: Tel 01796 484625
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Saturday 26 January, from 9.00 pm
Stevey Hay & the RayVons
Good Time Blues, featuring guitar ace Stevey Hay and his top
notch band . See
www.myspace.com/steveyhayamptherayvons for info Events
listing for Kingfisher Bar, Fisher's Hotel, 75-79 Atholl
Road, Pitlochry, PH16 5BN
Saturday 26th January 9.30pm - 10.30pm FREE
Fearie Tales
Pitlochry Festival Theatre - Winter Words Festival.
Deliciously disquieting readings of tales of the mysterious
and the supernatural...bedtime stories for grown-ups! In
the Foyer Bar.
Saturday 26th January 2008
Burns Feast & Ceilidh
Kenmore Hotel.
Celebrate Burns night in style with our traditional feast
and Ceilidh in the River View.
Tel 01887 830205
Sunday 27th January 9.15am
Workshop - Creative Writing with Raman Mundair and Fiona Benson
Pitlochry Festival Theatre - Winter Words Festival.
If you've a story you want to tell, in any for, then join
the creative writing workshop and develop your talent.
Tickets £4.00 Box Office: Tel 01796 484625
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Sundays November to March 10am - 4pm
Digital Photography Workshops
In the Grounds of Blair Castle.
Learn how to use your camera to it's best, organise your
photographs on the computer and then make simple adjustments to
make them look fantastic! £35 per person Lunch included.
Contact 01796 481712 for information and booking.
www.sjfarthing.com
Sunday 27th January 10.30am
Vicky Jack & Anna Magnusson - The Novice Climber Who Conquered
The World.
Pitlochry Festival Theatre - Winter Words Festival.
Vicky Jack together with BBC Journalist, Anna Magnusson has
written her story in a new book, The Sky's the Limit: The
Remarkable Story of Vicky Jack and Her Quest To Climb the Seven
Summits. Hear Vicky's tales and how the two women went
about telling her story.
Tickets £4.00 Box Office: Tel 01796 484625
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Sunday 27th January 10.45am (For Ages
5-7yrs) Hiper Words
Hamish Bear with Moira Monro
Pitlochry Festival Theatre - Winter Words Festival.
Bring along your teddy bear and hear how Moira Munro wrote
and illustrated Hamish the Bear Who Found His Child and Hamish
and the Missing Teddy. She'll tell you stories, braw
pictures and sing songs. As she makes a terrible mess of
all these things, please come and help her get them right!
Tickets U-18s £2.00 Adults £4.00 Box Office: Tel 01796
484625
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Sunday 27th January 11.45am
Poetry For Winter with Raman Mundair and Fiona Benson
Pitlochry Festival Theatre - Winter Words Festival.
A wonderful chance to warm yourself with words.
Hear two Scottish based poets read aloud from their work and
discuss the theme of winter in poetry. Tickets £4.00
Box Office: Tel 01796 484625
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Sunday 27th January 1pm - 2.15pm
Literary Lunch - Bernard MacLaverty
Pitlochry Festival Theatre - Winter Words Festival.
His wonderful novels, Lamb, Cal, Grace Notes and the Anatomy
School are loved by all. He has also written four
collections of short stories most recently is Matters of Life
and Death. Bernard will read from his work, discuss his
days as a writer and then answer questions from the audience.
Tickets £18.50 includes 2 course lunch and a glass of wine.
Box Office: Tel 01796 484625
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Sunday 27th January 1.30pm (For Ages
5-12yrs) Hiper Words
Perfect Pete with PFT's Community and Education Director, Drew
Scott.
Pitlochry Festival Theatre - Winter Words Festival.
A word jumbling adventure with Perfect Pete, once Scotland's
Greatest Superhero and now, well...just plain old Pete.
Words have been vanishing left right & centre. Can Pete
rescue the missing words from the Prof's evil clutches and save
the World? With your help he can!
Tickets U-18s £2.00 Adults £4.00 Box Office: Tel 01796
484625
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Sunday 27th January 3.00pm
Ian R Mitchell - Walking Through Scotland's History
Pitlochry Festival Theatre - Winter Words Festival.
one of Scotland's most distinguished mountain writers.
He will treat the Winter Words audience to a reading from his
new tome, Walking Through Scotland's History. Tickets
£5.00
Box Office: Tel 01796 484625
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Sunday 27th January 4.30pm
Christopher Rush - Where's There's a Will
Pitlochry Festival Theatre - Winter Words Festival.
His latest book, Will, is set to become a silver screen hit
when the tale of Shakespear's last hours alive becomes a movie,
directed by and starring Sir Ben Kingsley. Hear
Christopher speak about new and old work, read from Will and ask
him questions in a Q & A session. Tickets £5.00
Box Office: Tel 01796 484625
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Sunday 27th January 7.30pm
The Scottish Any Questions?
Pitlochry Festival Theatre - Winter Words Festival.
A panel consisting of politicians, including John
Swinney,MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Finance. The panel
won't be told of the questions before hand, so expect the
proceedings to get heated! Questions may be submitted for
consideration by email to
marketing@pitlochry.org.uk by post or in person at PFT until
6pm on the night. Tickets £8.50
Box Office: Tel 01796 484625
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Sunday 27th January 9.30pm - 10.30pm FREE
Fearie Tales
Pitlochry Festival Theatre - Winter Words Festival.
For the chilling finale to the Winter Words Festival 2008,
retire to the warmth of the foyer bar where a further selection
of stories will be read aloud for those who dare to listen!
Wednesday 30th January 10.30am - 4.30pm
Photography in Scotland's Winter Weather
River Room Pitlochry Festival Theatre and Explorers Garden
A one day workshop with Ian Sadler. Bring your own digital
camera and lap top if you have one. Tickets £48 (includes
morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea) Bring appropriate
clothing. Places limited. Box Office Telephone 01796
484626 E/Mail
boxoffice@pitlochry.org.uk
Web
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Tuesdays & Thursdays 9.30am - 12.30pm
Blair Castle Winter Opening.
Every Tuesday and Saturday morning from 6th Nov to 18th
March 2008.
(closed Thurs 20 Dec until Sat 5th Jan) Discover the
history and traditions of a Scottish Christmas and listen to
tales of Blair Castle, while enjoying a glass of mulled wine by
the fireside. The gift shop and restaurant will be open
serving soup, sandwiches & Christmas meals (Pre booking required
for Christmas meals) Grounds,
Restaurant and shop close at 2pm
Castle Adults £6.50 Seniors £5.70 Accompanied children under 16
Free. Group rated 12+ £5.50
Grounds/Shop Free. Tel 01796 481 207
www.blair-castle.co.uk
Thursday 31st January 10.30am - 4.30pm
Speaking Out with Morag Stark
River Room Pitlochry Festival Theatre
One day course to help you find your voice - and speak out
with confidence and clarity.
Tickets £48 (includes morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea)
Box Office Tel 01796 484626 E/Mail
boxoffice@pitlochry.org.uk Web
www.pitlochry.org.uk
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