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Angela MacEachen<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Young Gaelic speakers from across the Highlands are invited to a music, drama and fun-filled weekend in Cromarty as F\u00e8is Rois holds a Gaelic immersion \u2018pay what you can\u2019 event, with some of Gaeldom\u2019s finest broadcasters and musicians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dingwall-based traditional arts organisation, F\u00e8is Rois, is holding a Gaelic immersion weekend for young Gaelic speakers in S1 \u2013 S3 at The Old Brewery in Cromarty\u00a0from 10th\u00a0\u2013 12th\u00a0November. With tutors including musician, composer and broadcaster,\u00a0Mary Ann Kennedy<\/strong>, Gaelic broadcaster\u00a0Angela MacEachen<\/strong>\u00a0and musician and Gaelic tutor,\u00a0Rona Wilkie<\/strong>, young people will have a chance to take part in a variety of activities including Gaelic song and song-writing, group work, cooking, arts and crafts, step dancing, media and script writing and games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Glasgow Gael with Hebridean roots,\u00a0Mary Ann Kennedy\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0whole life has been music. From a revered traditional music family, her earliest memories are of a home filled with song. A hothouse classical training – and a brief diversion running the BBC\u2019s Gaelic news service \u2013 led to a career as musician, broadcaster, composer and producer, based in the West Highlands where she runs\u00a0Watercolour Music<\/em>\u00a0with husband and fellow musician-producer Nick Turner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brought up in Benbecula,\u00a0Angela MacEachen<\/strong>\u00a0attended Inverness Royal Academy and the Universities of Edinburgh and Aberdeen and has worked for many years in Gaelic broadcasting. As well as a long broadcasting career, Angela is also a primary school teacher, specialising in Gaelic Medium Education.
Rona Wilkie<\/strong>\u00a0is a fiddle player and Gaelic singer from Argyll. A winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year, Rona combines voice and fiddle to create a new exciting perspective on Highland music, and has pushed the boundaries for fusion, combining her home tradition with many musicians from across the world. She is also in demand as a composer, having written a New Voices for Celtic Connections, commissioned for string quartets and several film scores which went on to be nominated for awards at BAFTA and the Royal Television Awards. When not playing music, she is writing a PhD on Gaelic song of the Clearances at the University of Edinburgh where she is also a Teaching Fellow for Gaelic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sophie Stephenson, Gaelic Officer, F\u00e8is Rois<\/strong>, commented: \u201cThis Gaelic Residential Weekend at The Old Brewery in Cromarty is a great opportunity for young people to spend the weekend together and immerse themselves in Gaelic, with a range of workshops, sessions and activities, all through the medium of Gaelic. It is the perfect opportunity to practice language skills in a fun and informal way, as well as getting the chance to meet other young Gaelic speakers from across the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is important to us at F\u00e8is Rois that every child and young person has the opportunity to be able to access events like this and we are very grateful to our funders, F\u00e8isean nan G\u00e0idheal, B\u00f2rd na G\u00e0idhlig and the William Syson Foundation, for financial support which has allowed us to offer places on a \u2018pay what you can\u2019 basis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weekend will run\u00a0from 4pm on Friday 10th November to 2pm on Sunday 12th November 2023\u00a0and participants are welcome to attend the full weekend or just part of it. To book a place or to find out more, please visit\u00a0www.feisrois.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For any further queries about the weekend, please contact:\u00a0sophie.stephenson@feisrois.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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