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Love and Bananas at Kelso High School

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Where does a band go after playing to 13,000 people at Glasgow's SSE Hydro? Well Edinburgh's Indigo Velvet have headed out on tour and are bringing their tropical pop/rock sounds to Galashiels before they head out to fulfil international tour dates and festivals slots. 'Indigo Velvet play Mac Arts Galashiels on the 1st March. Tickets from �5 www.macarts.scot.

Pre tour gig at Galashiels for one for Scotland’s hottest new bands

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After three years of sell-out stage shows, Scotland's top 9-piece showband, Spatz & Co will be launching their 'One Night in Las Vegas' tour in Galashiels on March 16 in the Volunteer Hall.

LA glitz and glamour courtesy of Spatz & Co

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Scottish Queer International Film Festival (SQIFF): Shorts On Tour is to visit Hawick this Saturday (February 24) with an inclusive selection of'LGBTQ+ short films from their December 2018 Film Festival.

LGBTQ+ short films

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Superb exponents of the Czech string quartet tradition

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Classic Broadway musical comedy from Gala Opera

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The Art of Etching to be showcased by the RSA

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The perfect novel for hopeless romantics

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Robbie Elder, Craig Cowan and Craig Goodfellow grapple for the ba' at Ancrum.

Both sides claim a win at Ancrum hand ba’

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Oliver Drake and Andrew Crow at Kelso Gin Company's distillery at Harestanes.

Kelso Gin Company move on up after a troubled time

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Pre tour gig at Galashiels for one for Scotland’s hottest new bands

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After three years of sell-out stage shows, Scotland's top 9-piece showband, Spatz & Co will be launching their 'One Night in Las Vegas' tour in Galashiels on March 16 in the Volunteer Hall.

LA glitz and glamour courtesy of Spatz & Co

Music

Kelso Music Society welcomes the Zemlinsky String Quartet on Friday, March 1 at 7.30pm.

Superb exponents of the Czech string quartet tradition

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Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls.

Frank Turner, Vaccines and Metronomy to headline this year’s Electric Fields festival near Dumfries

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Mother Bru are vocalist Gregor McGill (front) with drummer Jamie Spoul-Cran, bassist Ellis Hall and guitarist Joe Hardie. They are set to play their first hometown gig on Friday, March 1, supporting Indigo Velvet at MacArts.

Take a Pit Stop at Galashiels band’s first hometown gig

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Classic Broadway musical comedy from Gala Opera

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Eight plays to be staged in  one evening

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For the sixth year running, Borders Youth Theatre is taking part in the National Youth Theatre Connections Festival.'Twenty young people will use the February school holiday to rehearse a new play, Chaos written by Laura Lomas, especially for young actors.'They will perform the play at Tower Mill in Hawick on Wednesday, February 20 and Thursday, February 21.

The Borders Youth Theatre bring CHAOS to the Borders

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One of the UK's favourite musical theatre tour, Beyond the Barricade, is coming to Hawick on February 22.'Past performers of the musical, Les Mis�rables, recreate the West'End and Broadway musical hit songs with amazing authenticity, in a blockbusting two-hour show that is considered to be one of the UK's favourite musical theatre concert.

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Love and Bananas is an elephant story featuring world renowned conservationist Lek Chailert.'The film aims to ignite a new way of thinking about this species and shows what can be done to prevent the extinction of Asian elephant.'There will be a personal introduction from Lek's Elephant Nature Park in Thailand before the documentary film tells the story of a near blind 70 year old elephant as she is taken on a dramatic rescue across Thailand.'All S3 pupils will view the film in the afternoon, with an evening showing and fundraiser for parents and the general public.'This is an exciting event and a chance for young people to learn about the issues of animal welfare, global citizenship and activism and to make a difference.'Doors open at 6.30pm. Tickets �5/�3.50 are available from Browns Newsagents, Kelso and Kelso High School.

Love and Bananas at Kelso High School

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Scottish Queer International Film Festival (SQIFF): Shorts On Tour is to visit Hawick this Saturday (February 24) with an inclusive selection of'LGBTQ+ short films from their December 2018 Film Festival.

LGBTQ+ short films

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Moving Mountain No. 2 Lofoten Islands monoprint by Kate Downie, part of a special exhibition and demonstration - Ages of Wonder: Original'Prints and the Art of Etching at the Borders Art Fair to be held in Kelso on March 15-17.

The Art of Etching to be showcased by the RSA

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Duns-based author Lisa Hobman's latest novel, A Summer of New Beginnings, is a heartwarming tale of the adventures of Zara Bailey, a travel writer.

The perfect novel for hopeless romantics

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