{"id":6271,"date":"2023-08-28T10:00:19","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T09:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/?p=6271"},"modified":"2023-08-27T14:14:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T13:14:35","slug":"scots-language-awards-2023-marc-sherland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/scots-language-awards-2023-marc-sherland\/","title":{"rendered":"Scots Language Awards 2023: Marc Sherland"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Weel duin tae Marc wha hae bin nominatit in Scots Speaker o the Year in the Scots Language Awards. Vote now!<\/a><\/p>\n

The Scots Language Awards are in the Johstone Toon Ha, Johnstone on 16th September at 7pm. Tickets fir the ceremony are available tae buy here: https:\/\/handsup.link\/SLA-BuyTickets<\/a>. <\/p>\n

We askit Marc Sherland o Marc thae speirins. <\/p>\n

Tell us aboot yersel or yer ootfit.<\/strong>
\nAh\u2019 m tha past president o\u2019 tha Robert Burns Wirld Federatshun. Directur o\u2019 Events an\u2019 organiser o\u2019 tha 1st Editshun Simmer Festival in Auld Killie. Ah\u2019 m also a creativ Scriever wi\u2019 tha Wird Factory, an\u2019 foondur o\u2019 tha Federatshun o\u2019 Screivers o\u2019 Scotland.<\/p>\n

Whit wis it got ye involvit wi the Scots leid?<\/strong>
\nAh\u2019v aye been imprestit wi\u2019 tha leid o\u2019 ma compatriots, wi specshul emphasis oan makars an\u2019 scrievers o\u2019 Scots, baith historic an\u2019 present. Ah scrieve in Scots when ah caun an\u2019 champion it wherever there is ony chaunce. Ah\u2019 m a membir o\u2019 tha cross pairty Scots Leid group, an\u2019 hauv designed resources fer bairns in scuils.<\/p>\n

Why dae ye feel it is important tae use Scots in everyday life?<\/strong>
\nIt\u2019s oor ain tung whoar gies us tha great advantage o\u2019 speikin\u2019 frae tha hert, whoar herd English is frae tha heid, an\u2019 disnae gie tha range o\u2019 scope an\u2019 focus o\u2019 Scots Leid.<\/p>\n

Dae ye hae a favourite Scots phrase or saying?<\/strong>
\nTha gems a bogey.<\/p>\n

Is there a Scots speaker who inspires you?<\/strong>
\nRab Wilson a guid an sonsey freen tae tha wirld an\u2019 tha Leid, an\u2019 honest maun an\u2019 true.<\/p>\n

Do you hear Scots spoken regularly in your local area? Have you noticed any changes over time?<\/strong>
\nAye, syne ah first cam, tae Scotland when ah wis a wean. It\u2019s aye changin\u2019 an\u2019 developin as ony Leid shude, which is liein an\u2019 positiv.<\/p>\n

Ony particlar career heighlichts<\/strong>
\nAh won a screiver\u2019s 1st prize in tha Scottish Associatshun o\u2019 Screivers, fer a tale o\u2019 tha Deil, screived in braid Scots, ca\u2019ed Castles in the Air in 2007.<\/p>\n

Wha’s yer plans fir the days aheid?<\/strong>
\nTae keep aip tha effort tae promote tha Scots Leid in aw ah dae, an tae develop resources ma involvements in tha Burns an\u2019 Screivin wirlds.<\/p>\n

Read more about Marc<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/RBWF.org.uk<\/a>
\nFacebook: https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/profile.php\/?id=100064590853581<\/a>
\nTwitter: http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/<\/a>
\nInstagram: http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

The Scots Language Awards are in the Johnstone Toon Ha, Johnstone on 16th September at 7pm. Tickets are available to buy here: https:\/\/handsup.link\/SLA-BuyTickets<\/a> There wull be some grand entertainmint oan the nicht tae, includin a recital fae Renfrewshire\u2019s poet laureate Shaun Moore,wha wis appointit as the region\u2019s Tannahill Makar last year. talks fae weel regairdit Scots scrievers Cat Cochrane an Shane Strachan, alang wi musical performances fae celebratit multi-instumentalist brithers Euan and Lewis McLaughlin, an sangster Iona Fyfe. <\/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 Marc wha hae bin nominatit in Scots Speaker o the Year in the Scots Language Awards. Vote now! The Scots Language Awards are in the Johstone Toon Ha, Johnstone on 16th September at 7pm. Tickets fir the ceremony are available tae buy here: https:\/\/handsup.link\/SLA-BuyTickets. We askit Marc Sherland o Marc thae speirins. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6272,"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":[74],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6271","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nominee-2023","8":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/files\/2023\/08\/IMG_0017-scaled.jpeg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phaZzh-1D9","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6271","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=6271"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6313,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6271\/revisions\/6313"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotslanguageawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}