{"id":5561,"date":"2021-09-06T10:26:51","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T09:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/?p=5561"},"modified":"2021-09-06T10:26:51","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T09:26:51","slug":"scots-language-awards-2021-shetland-forwirds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/scots-language-awards-2021-shetland-forwirds\/","title":{"rendered":"Scots Language Awards 2021: Shetland Forwirds"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Weel duin tae Shetland Forwirds wha hae bin nominatit in Scots Project o the Year sponsored by Scots Hoose in the Scots Language Awards. Vote now!<\/a><\/p>\n

We askit Bruce Eunson o Shetland Forwirds thae speirins. Vote now!<\/a><\/p>\n

Tell us aboot yersel or yer ootfit.<\/strong>
\nShetland ForWirds aims tae foster an promote da use o written an spokken Shetland dialect as a valued an essential element o Shetland\u2019s distinctive heritage an culture. Tae achieve dis we will encourage an assist wi:
\n– da recordin, publishin an broadcastin o da Shetland dialect;
\n– da development o Shetland dialect as a valid element o education at aa levels;
\n– da acceptance o Shetland dialect ithin da Shetland community.<\/p>\n

Office bearers:
\nAnn Marie Anderson, Joint convener
\nBruce Eunson, Joint convener
\nKarlin Anderson, Vice-convener
\nEileen Brooke-Freeman, Secretary
\nMona Walterson, Treasurer<\/p>\n

Whit wis it got ye involvit wi the Scots leid?<\/strong>
\nShetland ForWirds wis formed in 2004 at da end o a conference aboot da Shetland dialect. Dat convention wis keen tae see wir unique wye o spikin – wi wir Nordic an Scottish roots – survive an thrive.<\/p>\n

Ony particlar career heighlichts<\/strong>
\nShetland ForWirds haes been run bi a peerie group o volunteers fir mony years, in dat time we ir particularly prood o da wark wir achieved. Wir ey pitten a strang focus on twa areas dat we feel is important fir da dialect tae survive an thrive: makkin resources available fir teachers an bairns so at dey can learn an use da dialect in schools, as weel as makkin materials fir fok o ony age\/backgroond tae learn an engage wi da dialect in wider aspects o public life.<\/p>\n

Wha’s yer plans fir the days aheid?<\/strong>
\nIn da days ahead ForWirds will be visitin schools in Shetland wi new dialect resources wir created fir Primary bairns; we will be launchin a new App fir usin da Shetland Dictionary; we will continue tae pit on gadderies an fjaanas fir fok tae share dialect writin an tae hear da dialect; as weel as assistin idder individuals an organisations wha wish tae engage mair wi da dialect.<\/p>\n

Read more about Shetland Forwirds<\/a>
\nhttps:\/\/www.shetlanddialect.org.uk\/<\/a>
\nFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ShetlandForWirds\/<\/a>
\nTwitter:
\nInstagram:<\/p>\n

The Scots Language Awards are in the Gardyne Theatre, Dundee on 25th September at 7pm. Tickets are available to buy here: https:\/\/www.gardynetheatre.org.uk\/show\/the-scots-language-awards\/<\/a> Performing on Saturday 25th September include Ellie Beaton, Anna Stewart, Gemma Johnson and more to be announced.<\/p>\n

If you would like to support Hands Up for Trad in their work with Scottish trad music and musicians please consider supporting our Patreon<\/a> 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<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Weel duin tae Shetland Forwirds wha hae bin nominatit in Scots Project o the Year sponsored by Scots Hoose in the Scots Language Awards. Vote now! We askit Bruce Eunson o Shetland Forwirds thae speirins. Vote now! Tell us aboot yersel or yer ootfit. Shetland ForWirds aims tae foster an promote da use o written […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5561","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nominee-2021-en","8":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/files\/2021\/08\/ShetlandForWirds.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phaZzh-1rH","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5561"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5562,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5561\/revisions\/5562"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}