Weel duin tae Hamish MacDonald wha hae bin nominatit in Scots Performer o the Year sponsored by Tracs in the Scots Language Awards. Vote now!
The Scots Language Awards are in the Gardyne Theatre, Dundee on 24th September at 7pm. Tickets for the ceremony are available to buy here: https://dundeeboxoffice.co.uk. If you cannae make it you can hae a swatch o it online. You can a buy an online ticket here for that.
We askit Hamish MacDonald o Hamish MacDonald thae speirins.
Tell us aboot yersel or yer ootfit.
Writer/singer/performance poet/Scottish Slam Poetry Champion 2022, World Slam Poetry/Coupe du Monde runner-up Paris 2022.
Whit wis it got ye involvit wi the Scots leid?
The wurd in the street, auld Scots literature, contemporary Scots literature, performin in ma ain voice, writin bairns' verse, teachin Scots in schuils frae Stranraer tae Shetland.
Ony particlar career heighlichts
Robert Burns Writing Fellowship for Dumfries & Gallowa Arts Cooncil (a magic twa years), Workin as Scots Scriever at the National Library o Scotland (wunnerfu), performin at the World Slam Poetry Finals in May 2022 (magnifique).
Wha’s yer plans fir the days aheid?
Performance, teachin, writin.
Read more about Hamish MacDonald
http://hamishmacd.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100013159174651
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/https://twitter.com/ChanterRanter
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/
The Scots Language Awards are in the Gardyne Theatre, Dundee on 24th September at 7pm. Tickets are available to buy here: https://dundeeboxoffice.co.uk Performing on Saturday 24th September include Bruce Fummey, Hamish Macdonald, Beth Malcome and Robyn Stapleton.
If you would like to support Hands Up for Trad in their work with Scottish trad music and musicians please consider supporting our Patreon campaign. We have 3 tiers starting at $1 a month and everything helps support us in our work. Read more at www.patreon.com/handsupfortrad