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An extra visual treat for book festival-goers
A COLLECTION of paintings which includes works by John Byrne and Elizabeth Blackadder, as well as three members of the same family, is set to arrive in Melrose next month.
Sing Brahms
THE Melrose Music Society is inviting singers to a Come and Sing of Brahms’ magnificent Requiem in Melrose Parish Church this Saturday.
Trouble at the palace
CHILDREN’S theatre company Wee Stories launches a tour of the south of Scotland next month with its production The Sun, The Moon and a Boy Called River.
Spring showing
SELKIRK’S Wasps Studios hosts its spring exhibition, with 12 artists’ work on show from Friday to Sunday in the former textile mill.
Whistle along with The Singing Kettle
THE Singing Kettle are making some noise next month in Kelso – and TheSouthern is offering readers two sets of family tickets to win, plus a DVD and funpack each.
Danish delights Haugaard and Helene play Denholm
AWARD-WINNING Danish fiddler Harald Haugaard stops off in Denholm on Monday as part of a three week UK tour.
Big changes in line-up for Wynd Theatre gig
THE Borders Big Band return to the Wynd Theatre with a new-look line-up.
Kelso Folk welcome American duo
AMERICAN acoustic folk duo Hungrytown entertain Kelso Folk Club in the ACE Centre tomorrow (Friday) night.
Langholm warms to Cornet Andrew
AN OUTBREAK of Common Riding fever hit Langholm on Friday night when the public turned out in force to vote for this year’s Cornet, and enjoy the town and pipe band perambulating the streets, writes John Smith.
Festival books up men of science
IT does not take a scientist to work out that there is less than a month to go until the Brewin Dolphin Borders Book Festival kicks off once again.
Book group finds a Dickens of a good read
Dickens’ last complete novel gives one of his most comprehensive and penetrating accounts of Victorian society.
Traquair’s Twelfth Night could get Stratford showing
WHILE 2012 sees Traquair host the World Shakespeare Festival, the house’s annual performance of one of the bard’s most famous works will take place as usual.
Drumming up band support
INTERNATIONALLY acclaimed percussionist Simone Rebello will play at St Ronan’s Silver Band’s spring concert.
Bowden artist’s works among ‘magnificent’ entries for prestigious wildlife award
BOWDEN wildlife artist Chris Rose is up for another award.
Dogstar in tune at Eastgate
dogstar Theatre Company make a return to Peebles with their historical, humourous, dramatic and musical production, The Captain’s Collection.
Beethoven aria to get Scottish first
KELSO singer Kate Fish will feature in Yetholm Sinfonia’s May Concert next Saturday.
Ex-teacher sets fresh test
Popular quizmaster and retired Peebles High School teacher, George Davidson, is compiling and hosting a quiz at the Eastgate Theatre tomorrow night, at 7.30, to raise funds for the school.
If at first you don’t succeed…
If the event you want to go to is sold out, Paula Ogilvie co-ordinator of the Brewin Dolphin Borders Book Festival says, it may be possible to buy returns or go on a waiting list. Enquiry at the box office
Lining up pioneers of the great outdoors
lAST year, Scots adventurer Mark Beaumont was one of the star turns at the Brewin Dolphin Borders Book Festival, thrilling his Melrose audience with an account of how, in 2010, he had cycled from Alaska to Argentina for a BBC television series.
Frost is icing on Book Festival cake
VETERAN broadcaster and legendary inquisitor Sir David Frost will head a stellar cast at the Brewin Dolphin Borders Book Festival which takes place in Harmony Gardens, Melrose, from June 14-17.
SAS man’s book festival visit shrouded in secrecy
THE enduring literary fascination with war and warfare is reflected in spades at this year’s Brewin Doplhin Book Festival which takes place at Harmony Gardens, Melrose, from June 14-17.
Borders premiere for St Abbs-inspired piece
A WORLD premiere of a work inspired by the Borders coastline will be performed by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra (SCO) in the region this month.
Lauderdale singers in fine voice for BGH project
LAUDERDALE Community Choir’s spring concert raised a remarkable £1,100 for the Margaret Kerr Palliative Care Unit appeal.
Jimi pipes up at Gala with new CD
PIPER Jimi McRae, originally from Galashiels, is soon to start recording tracks for a new album in his home town, writes Mark Entwistle.
You could say Woody Pines for the Borders
WOODY Pines may have a forest-inspired stage name, but the North Carolinian and his three American roots chums produce a far from hollow sound.
Coal Porters are bringing in the bluegrass
MIDLEM Village Hall will host Sid Griffin’s band the Coal Porters this month.
Sounding Brass for Selkirk
SELKIRK’S Victoria Halls will host the first full concert by the Scottish Borders Youth Brass Band in the region.
Nuptial plans for Rolling Hills
ROLLING Hills Folk Club present their third festival this summer – with a couple of special guests expected to take part.
Bassment in with big chance of reaching next level
Bassment are one step away from performing in London’s O2 arena after making it through the latest stage of the Live and Unsigned competition.
Peebles tribute to artist’s work
An EXHIBITION by the late Scottish artist Nick Tweddle is on show in Peebles’ Eastgate Theatre.
Borders artists put on horse show
SMAILHOLM’S Kinsman-Blake Gallery has a show to coincide with the 11th Borders Festival of the Horse. Five Borders artists – Helen Tabor, Andrew Walker, Elizabeth Waugh, Linda and Robyn Kinsman-Blake – will be showing new work.
Clef Club’s season reaches finale
The Clef Club’s season ended with a short AGM followed by a variety of musical items.
Proclaimers set for Hawick date
CRAIG and Charlie Reid, the Proclaimers (pictured, top of page), return to the Borders on July 1 for a gig in Hawick Town Hall. The visit is part of a busy summer in support of their latest album Like Comedy, released on Monday.
Winners
THE winner of a pair of tickets to see Paul Heaton at the Clovenfords Hotel on May 19 was Ian Welsh of Galashiels.
Textile students’ job loss fears
THE potential loss of up to 10 jobs at the Borders school of textiles has raised fears among students that the standard of teaching will be adversely affected.
Kelso’s Michelangelo link painting restored to its former glory
FOR more than 160 years, worshippers filed past the giant painting as it hung at the back of St Mary’s Catholic Church in Kelso.
Prudencia Hart returns to her origins with Kelso visit
THE idea started on a winter’s night in a snow-bound Kelso pub and now The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart returns to the Borders town where it was born.
Bright stream of entertainment for Hawick
HEART of Hawick hosts a screening of the Bolshoi Ballet’s production of The Bright Stream this Sunday, as the start of a series of prestige shows.
Drama of couples at Bowhill
Treading the Borders Theatre Company bring two short plays to Bowhill Theatre tomorrow night: Marrakech by Graham Swannell and I Can’t Remember Anything by Arthur Miller.
Lauderdale on song
LAUDERDALE Community Choir play a sold-out concert tomorrow in aid of the Margaret Kerr Unit Appeal. One of the Borders largest amateur choirs with 60 singing members, they will perform a wide range of music, from the Beatles to Mozart, from Rodgers and Hammerstein to Paul Simon.
Oliver for Selkirk
SELKIRK Amateur Operatic Society will perform Lionel Bart’s classic musical Oliver for its 2013 production.
In:Demand winners
THE two winners of a pair of tickets to In:Demand Live were Fiona Gowans of Galashiels and Stan Bootman of Kelso.
Three acts Wynd to Melrose
A TRIO of talented traditional Scottish bands will appear at the Wynd Theatre this Saturday.
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Thursday 24 May 2012
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