Posts for August, 2022

A great evening of entertainment led by leading Scottish folk musician HAMISH NAPIER to celebrate the recent refurbishment of the Cromdale Village Hall.

See Eventbrite for full information and ticketing arrangements.

MESSAGE FROM CROMDALE HALL COMMITTEE

We are delighted to have received grant money to restore our lovely Cromdale Hall. The Cromdale Summer Dance will be a great night of music and ceilidh dancing – we have had to wait a terribly long time for community events like this to happen in the hall and now it’s finally coming.

EVENING PROGRAMME

Doors 7pm for 7.30pm

7.30pm Local performers – to be announced soon, including Cromdale’s own Eric Pirie on fiddle
7.45pm The Woods concert with the Hamish Napier Trio
Hamish Napier – wooden flutes, whistles, piano and stories, Patsy Reid – fiddle and viola, Innes Watson – guitars and viola) with a full performance of Hamish’s award-winning album ‘The Woods’

8.45pm Interval (food by The Claymore Bar)

9.00pm Ceilidh Dance, Part 1
10.15pm Stovies, then raffle
10.30pm Ceildh Dance, Part 2
11.00pm Finish

Company of Wolves presents a solo work by Anna Porubcansky.
Unbecoming is a performance about loss and rage, told by a woman and a mother.
Rage, at all we become when we don’t feel like we have a choice. Loss, of all we haven’t become.
And how we unbecome.
Using traditional song, soundscape, myth, and movement, Unbecoming is a dreamworld: a rich and sublime space where image, memory, desire and fear all reside. Watch a woman unravel, layer upon layer stripped away, to reveal a human, unmasked.
How much of what we are is what we’ve chosen to be?
“genuinely powerful … a captivating portrait of a woman caught in the dissonance of contradictory desires”
-The List
“Anna Porubcansky’s… looping and overlaying of recorded layers and real-time vocalisings echoed the complex
layers of a woman caught in a swithering vortex of choices and desires” – The Herald

Join us for a fabulous Family Fun Day, where we will end the afternoon with an amazing performance from Ian Millar & Dominic Spencer ‘Jazz in the Village’

From a sell-out Edinburgh Fringe 2021 show, this duo based in Edinburgh, Ian (saxophones) and Dominic (piano) have been performing together for a number of years playing melodic improvisations on jazz standards and original compositions.

Entry by donation.

Company of Wolves presents a solo work by Anna Porubcansky.

Unbecoming is a performance about loss and rage, told by a woman and a mother.
Rage, at all we become when we don’t feel like we have a choice. Loss, of all we haven’t become.
And how we unbecome.

Using traditional song, soundscape, myth and movement, Unbecoming is a dreamworld, a rich and sublime
space where image, memory, desire and fear all reside. Watch a woman unravel, layer upon layer stripped away,
to reveal a human, unmasked. How much of what we are is what we’ve chosen to be?

“genuinely powerful … a captivating portrait of a woman caught in the dissonance of contradictory desires”
-The List

“Anna Porubcansky’s… looping and overlaying of recorded layers and real-time vocalisings echoed the complex
layers of a woman caught in a swithering vortex of choices and desires” – The Herald

Fèis Spè’s Monadh Ruadh with Charlie McKerron, will be joining Ian Cameron and Margaret Bennet, plus local artists from Laggan for the Laggan Ceilidh at Laggan Village Hall on the 6th August 2022. Doors open at 7.30pm. We hope to see you there for a good knees up. Entry by donation.

“Gnoss are one of those rare birds in folk: a group you can name after hearing their first notes.” Folk Radio UK

Gnoss’ signature sound is a rich tapestry of acoustic layers; outstanding musicianship, deep traditional roots and contemporary compositional flair combine to create songs and tunes brimming with character.

Triple ‘Scots Trad Award’ nominees, the boys have built an invested following through their forward-thinking take on traditional music and the unique warmth of their live shows.This was proven most recently by their two back-to-back sellout appearances at Glasgow’s world-famous ‘Celtic Connections’ festival, with both their first headline show in 2020 and their most recent appearance in 2022 recreating their lock-down album ‘The Light of The Moon’.

Their 2019 release ‘Drawn From Deep Water’ was met with widespread praise (“A refreshing blast” – RnR) for its exemplary interplay, nakedly emotional playing, and well chosen material. The 11-track album brought Gnoss to entranced audiences across France, Italy, Denmark, and Russia, not to mention the length and breadth of Britain.

Their follow up album, ‘The Light of The Moon’ continued to demonstrate Gnoss’ dedication to their craft that places them firmly at the fore of what’s happening in Scottish folk and earned them a nomination for ‘Album of the year’ at the Scots Trad Music Awards.

Gnoss combines the talents of;
Aidan Moodie (Guitar/Vocals)
Graham Rorie (Fiddle/Mandolin/Electric Tenor Guitar)
Connor Sinclair (Flute/Whistles/Vocals)
Craig Baxter (Bodhran/Percussion)

We start outside amongst the trees then move into the Tipi around the firepit. Restorative yoga for all levels.
Spare mats are available.

Full Entertainment Programme on our outside stage for Thunder in the Glen Rally

Live Entertainment in the Lounge Bar with Anne & Calum Singers/Guitarists

Live Entertainment in the Lounge Bar with Ann Dickson & Calum Beange Singers/Guitarists