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A selection of music played by Christina Lawrie concert pianist and her husband Marcus Barcham Stevens leader of the second violins in the Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Champagne reception

• Four-course festive meal

• Traditional piper to see in the New Year

• Live music


Spend Hogmanay at The Boat this year.

With live music , the twinkle of candles and the warm glow of the fire. We’ll keep you cosy while you await the bells and the arrival of 2023.

The Hogmanay Gala Dinner begins with a Champagne reception at 7pm before moving to the restaurant for a sumptuous four-course menu. With a piper at the bells to bring in 2023.

Giving you more time to spend with loved ones. More food, more drink, more of everything.

Terms & Conditions:

Offer is subject to availability

A credit/debit card is required to guarantee the booking

This offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer

“If snow could sing, it would sound like Julie Fowlis”. Robert Macfarlane

Touring her remarkable new album – alterum

Hailing from the Outer Hebrides and now based in the Highlands, Julie Fowlis is a multi-award winning singer whose music is deeply influenced by the Hebridean islands where she grew up and by the Highland landscapes where she now resides.

With a career spanning several studio albums and numerous high profile collaborations, her ‘crystalline’ and ‘intoxicating’ vocals have enchanted audiences around the world.

She will forever be recognised for singing the theme songs to ‘Brave’, Disney Pixar’s Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA winning animated film, set in the ancient Highlands of Scotland. One of these songs was long listed for an Oscar in 2013. A winner of ‘Folk Singer of the Year’ at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, Julie has graced stages around the world, from village halls in the Highlands to Carnegie Hall in New York, the Mozart Concert Hall in Vienna, The Philharmonie de Paris, Shakespeare’s Globe in London and the World Festival of Sacred Music in Fez, Morocco. She has collaborated with the BBC Concert Orchestra in the Royal Albert Hall for the Proms, sang live at the closing ceremony of the Ryder Cup in Chicago in 2012 to a TV audience of 500 million, an event that was only eclipsed by singing live at the opening ceremony of the Glasgow XX Commonwealth Games in 2014, to a TV audience of over 1 billion. Her voice has been streamed on Spotify alone over 120 million times, and has been heard in space on an official NASA astronaut playlist. She even has a lily flower named after her.

A natural collaborator, she has performed with artists such as James Taylor, KT Tunstall, Chris Thile, Graham Coxon (Blur), Nicola Benedetti and Mary Chapin Carpenter. A regular TV and radio presenter, she is also a sought after voice artist, most recently involved with the Penguin Audiobook release for “The Lost Spells”

She was Scotland’s inaugural ‘Tosgaire na Gàidhlig’ (National Gaelic Ambassador), an honour bestowed on her by the Scottish Government, and in addition to her BA and Masters degrees she holds an honorary Doctorate of Music from Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen.

Julie is the voice of Scottish Gaelic for the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights Project, which aims to record the declaration in every language in the world. From Abkhaz to Zulu, the declaration has been recorded in 529 languages to date.

‘icy beauty…a consummate masterclass in restrained delivery’, (Live review: Spell Songs, At the Barrier, 2021)

‘Sublime, magical’ FolkRadio 2022

Julie will be joined onstage by acclaimed musicians Éamon Doorley, Duncan Chisholm and Tony Byrne’

The evening concert will be seated and unalllocated seats. There will be an interval with refreshments and a licesned bar. This is a ticketed only event, no ticket sales on the door.

“They are probably the best traditional musicians you are ever likely to hear”. The Glasgow Herald

The Knox Choir is comprised of youth in grades 7 through 12 and is one of eight choirs of Westminster
Presbyterian Church in Dayton, Ohio.

This summer the group is embarking on a ten-day heritage/concert tour of Scotland.  In addition to presenting concerts in churches, the group will be exploring their Presbyterian history and heritage.   A wide variety of music will be sung, including works by Fauré and Boyce, as well as music from the gospel tradition, and songs from around the
globe, including a medley from “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.”

The Dell, Kingussie, hosts the Camanachd Cup Final followed in the evening by the Final Fling Concert featuring: Peat & Diesel, Manran, Keir Gibson, DJ Dan Gilchrist. Scotland’s best sport – Scotland’s best music.

A full line up of acts all to raise funds for.local charity ram.charity
Bar
Raffle
Teas
Coffees and homemaking
Under 12s go free

Ballater – Platinum Jubilee 2022

Our organising committee has been working hard
behind the scenes to create a fun-filled programme of
events, to celebrate The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in June.

Our programme of entertainment is almost complete.

Here’s an overview of what is planned (more details to follow):

Thursday, 2nd June

8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – Lighting of the Beacon Ceremony

on the Green

Piper, Cornet player, Laura Pike’s ‘Keep on Singing’ Choir joined by

Ballater Community Choir and Primary School,
Ballater Charitable Chiels to light the Beacon.

Event hosted by Fiona Kennedy

Friday, 3rd June

Afternoon – Service of Song @ Glenmuick Church
Fiona Kennedy, Ballater’s Community Choir,
Aberdeen University Choir, and Irene Watt, Harpist

Evening – Ballater Films presents
‘A Royal Night Out’

, Victoria Hall

Saturday, 4th June

11:00 am – 1:00 pm – Hobby Horse Race Tote and

1950’s style Games on the Green

2:00 pm – 4:30 pm – 1950’s Themed Afternoon Tea (with entertainment), Victoria Hall.

7:00 pm – Live streaming of the Buckingham Palace Concert, Victoria Hall

Sunday, 5th June

11:00 am – 5:00 pm – Big Jubilee Lunch on the Green

(bring your own picnic)

Jubilee Tree planting with Lord Lieutenant, Sandy Manson

Stage on the Green

Hosting a music/dance extravaganza by: ‘Keep on Singing’ Choir, Music4U,

Vintage Girls, Gillia Jack Singing Tuition,
Abbie Smith’s Scottish Dance Group,

Eileen Pike & Frank Thomson (formerly of the Jack Sinclair Television Show Band),

Pipe Band, Phoenix Theatre & DJ Slim Ade

Come and join the fun. It’s going to be FAB-U-LOUS!

Enjoy live music in the bothy bar

Live music in the bothy bar

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