Posts for April, 2025

Join us for an exciting American Smooth Dance Workshop, a style that blends the elegance of traditional ballroom dancing with the freedom and expression of theatrical movement.  This workshop is designed for dancers of all levels who want to enhance their musicality and explore the artistry of smooth ballroom dance.

No partner required, come dance with us and experience the beauty of American Smooth!

Date: Saturday 28th June 2025

Time: 2.00pm – 4.00pm

Venue: Inverallan Church Hall, Grantown on Spey

Tickets £20.00 per person

16 years and up

This will be the first of our ‘Cinema Takeover’ events! Join us for a 2 hour workshop dancing to the hits from Mama Mia, enjoy a complimentary screening just for us of Mama Mia at the Grantown Community Cinema.

🌺🌺 Inspired by the music of ABBA and the iconic moves from the hit musical, this workshop is perfect for all dance lovers. You’ll learn fun, feel-good choreography set to your favorite songs – expect an afternoon filled with laughter! 🌺🌺

This workshop will bring the sunny, summer joy of the movie all the way to Grantown.  Who doesn’t love a bit of Mamma Mia’s ridiculously fun energy!? ☀️

Fancy dress optional, but totally welcomed – let’s go Dancing Queens! 

Spaces will be limited so make sure you and your friends grab your tickets early for this exciting event to avoid disappointment.

Date: Saturday 26th July 2025

Time: Dance Workshop 2.00pm – 4.00pm

Movie Screening: 5.00pm – 7.00pm – Rated (12)

Venue: Grantown YMCA Community Centre, 80 High St, Grantown on Spey, PH26 3EL

Tickets £25.00 per person

16 years and up

All are invited to journey with us through Holy Week from Palm Sunday where we recount the Passion Narrative, and each day following until we end on Easter Day with the risen Christ.

We start the week with series of online Easter teaching from the Manse in Boat of Garten and culminate with an Easter Egg hunt in Carrbridge
14 -16.04.2026 7.30pm. Easter Week online Teaching from the Manse:
Leader Rev Graham Atkinson Online: ABCK Churches YouTube Channel
17.04.2025 7.30pm. Maundy Thursday Service:
Leader: Rev Graham Atkinson Abernethy Church, Nethybridge
18.04.2025 7.30pm. Good Friday Family Service:
Leader: Rev Graham Atkinson St Columba’s,Boat of Garten
20.04.2025 08.00am. Easter Sunday Early Service by Loch Garten:
Leader: Rev Graham Atkinson
Park at Loch Mallachie Carpark
20.04.2025 10.00am. Easter Sunday Service:
Leader: Rev Graham Atkinson St Columba’s, Boat of Garten
20.04.2025 11.30am Easter Sunday Service:
Leader: Rev Graham Atkinson Carr-Bridge Church
20.04.2025 10.30am Easter Sunday Service:
Leader: Peter Norgate Abernethy Church,Nethybridge
21.04 2025 TBA Easter Egg Hunt, Carr-Bridge

Join Us for an Easter Sunday Full of Fun & Delicious Food!

This Easter Sunday, gather the family and enjoy a mouthwatering Sunday roast lunch or choose from a delicious selection on our main menu—there’s something for everyone!

Make a day of it with our Easter Family Fun Day, packed with activities for all ages:
– 100ft assault course
– Bouncy castles & inflatable games
– Kids’ DJ playing music, leading party games, dances & giving out prizes
– Easter Bunny appearance & an exciting Easter Egg Hunt

This event is completely free for all to attend—we’d love to see as many families join us as possible!

Optional extras available to purchase: Candyfloss, popcorn & slushies from Bruce Entertainment.

Food & drink will be served all day, including our Wee Rascals kids’ menu to keep little ones happy. Plus, every child dining with us will receive a special Easter Gift from the Easter Bunny!

Mark your calendars and hop on over for a fantastic Easter Sunday!

“Glenlivet it has castles three, Drumin, Blairfindy and Deskie”. This easy guided walk will take us to the 16th century tower house of Blairfindy and begins outside the iconic Glenlivet Distillery. On the walk in we’ll enjoy stunning views over one of Scotland’s most famous glens. You’ll learn a bit about Glenlivet’s rich history and some whisky history too.

Blairfindy Castle was completed in 1564 by John Gordon. In its heyday Blairfindy was a fine example of a three storey L-plan tower house and even today shows a remarkable degree of preservation. A project to stabilise Blairfindy Castle took place in 2019, funded through the Tomintoul & Glenlivet Landscape Partnership, a programme supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The castle is now open to visitors for the first time in decades and has been specially adapted to encourage nesting birds and pollinators.

Join Glenlivet & Inveravon Heritage Ranger Lydia for a talk on Pictish art and symbol stones. We will be looking at four Pictish Stones discovered in the churchyard of Inveraven, which has been a site of spiritual practice and pilgrimage for centuries. This tour will provide an overview to Pictish art and culture and will show how the Picts contributed to the shaping of modern Scotland.

Access to Inveraven Church is off the A95 about half a mile north the entrance to Ballindalloch Castle, and can be found by following the brown tourist sign directing visitors down the single track road to the Inveraven Pictish Stones.

Parking is available at the bottom of the drive before you arrive at the church or in front of the church building.

As we will be outside, please dress appropriately for changeable weather.

Children are very welcome to attend.

Well behaved dogs may attend but must be leashed as there is often livestock on site.

Funded by Foundation Scotland from the Dorenell Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund.

Please note that toilet facilities are not available on site.

I am super excited to bring you this unique, one-off workshop with guest teacher, the utterly fabulous… Yasmin Kabir!!! 🩷✨

She believes wholeheartedly, that dance is a tool to empower people, and empower people she does! Yasmin has an incredibly warm, encouraging and uplifting spirit, and taking part in one of her classes is just joy for the soul. We are so fortunate that she has agreed to fly up and teach for us here in Grantown-on-Spey. As a teacher with experience in multiple styles, Yasmin incorporates influences from different genres and is very excited to share her “Vogue inspired” routine.

Yasmin and I share a similar ethos – that dance is for everybody – all levels, all abilities, EVERYONE! That is really clear in her classes, which I have been lucky enough to attend, where total beginners, people of all ages and different backgrounds all come together and enjoy the music. This is why I am so excited to have her with us, her positive vibe is infectious and I can’t wait for you to experience it for yourselves.

This is going to be a striking, expressive experience, filled with sharp poses, fluid arm movements, and fierce attitude. This workshop is all about confidence, self-expression, and channeling your diva energy!

Come along on the last Thursday of the month for 5 months and have fun creating and printing.
Join me in our Aviemore studio where each month we will experiment and play with a new printing style while meeting other creative folk.

April 24th – printing with Lego to make occasion cards

May 29th – mark making/printing with your recycling to make small drawstring bags

June 26th – screenprinting with hand cut stencils to make a wooden wall tile or coaster

July 31st- mark making/printing with found objects in nature to make wrapping paper

August 28th – Screenprinting with hand cut stencils to upcycle one of your own pieces of clothing

Thursday Print club runs from 7pm-9pm
You can book just one week = £20
Book for all five weeks = £90
Adults only
Class hosted by Timber + Stitch

Find various puzzles and clues around Braemar Castle. Each puzzle will reveal a letter which will lead you to the secret word.

Once you have the secret word you will receive a special prize.