RACHEL SERMANNI IN CONCERT AT TALLA MHOR FEBRUARY 2012
SEALL is delighted to
present Rachel Sermanni in concert at Talla Mhor, Sabhal Mor Ostaig on Friday 24th February at 1930.
Rachel’s rave-reviewed New Voices concert at Celtic Connections 2011 ushered in something of an annus mirabilis for the young Carrbridge born singer-songwriter, including similarly stellar appearances at such tastemaker gatherings as South by Southwest, the Hebridean Celtic Festival and Cambridge Folk Festival. Ranging waywardly but deliciously from spiky art-pop to dreamy pastoral folk, she’s one of Scotland’s most exciting new talents. Up and coming singer song writer from Carrbridge,and has just finished a tour of the Highlands supporting Mumford & Sons.
Tickets from SEALL on 01471 844207 or check the website.FEBRUARY SKYE FOOD FAIR AT CLAN DONALD SKYE FEBRUARY 2012
2012 will again see the
popular monthly Skye Local Food Fairs being held at the Stables Restaurant. The February fair will be held on Saturday 25th February from 1100-1500 and will be packed full of local Skye and Lochalsh producers from home-made bread, organic vegetables and delicious chocolate, and plenty more. For more information and all the dates of 2012 click here.CLUB FILM 'ELENA' A RUSSIAN FILM 2011 FEBRUARY 2012
'Elena' is a Russian
film telling the story of an older couple from opposite backgrounds of life coming together later in life. They both have differing history, each with children, and then the relationship changes. Saturday 25th February at 1930 in the main hall at Sabhal Mor Ostaig.THE SIMON BRADLEY QUARTET AT THE STABLES, CLAN DONALD SKYE FEBRUARY 2012
New to Sleat is the Simon
Bradley Quartet performing at the Stables Restaurant, Clan Donald Skye on Monday 27th February at 1930.
Simon Bradley, Anna-Wendy Stevenson, Matheu Watson and Rick Taylor - all brilliant performers who have appeared on a SEALL stage in various guises. The three award winning multi instrumentalists Matheu Watson, Anna Wendy Stevenson and Simon Bradley, play fiddles, viola, mandolin, banjo and guitar in a polished, lush and dynamic sound reminiscent of The Easy Club/Fine Friday/Django/Session A9 - “traditional swing”. Sleat’s own Rick Taylor joins them for a night of exquisite and gentle listening.
DR MANGO AND THE CHICKPEAS AT THE AM PRABAN BAR MARCH 2012
Well there's an unusual
name ' Dr Mango and the Chickpeas' will be performing a gig at the Am Praban Bar, Hotel Eilean Iarmain on Friday 2nd March at 2100. Come and have a great night at Sleat's liveliest watering-hole, and why not make a even better night with a delicious bar meal first, or treat yourself at the hotel's award-winning Birlinn Restaurant. To book a table in the restaurant call 01471 833332.DARK SKY DISCOVERY-THE LAUNCH MARCH 2012
The Isle of Skye is one
of the best places in Britain to view the night sky, with little light pollution and some wonderful points to watch from. Nine sites have been selected in Skye, of which several are in Sleat, and to launch the new Dark Sky Discovery there will be a presentation by the Astronomer Royal for Scotland, Professor John Brown, at the Broadford Hotel at 1930 on Friday 9th March. For full details see below and click the link here for the Dark Sky website.
Dark Skye Discovery Launch - Isle of Skye
Nine sites on the Isle of Skye have been accredited with Dark Sky status, offering fantastic opportunities to view the wonders of the universe from sites with some of the least light pollution in Scotland.
Destination Skye and Lochalsh presents Dark Skye Discovery on 9th March at 7.30 pm at Broadford Hotel, Broadford to coincide with Scottish Tourism Week.
Prof. John C Brown - Astronomer Royal for Scotland - will lead the observations meeting and explain what to see on site, at the FCS car park Camas na Sgianadin, if the weather is clear, or offer an “Any Questions for the Astronomer Royal” session at the Broadford Hotel if it is raining.
Please come prepared with suitable warm clothing and sensible footwear, binoculars/telescope, and a red filtered torch (if possible). The cost of the evening is £8 for one person, £15 for a couple and £20 for a family. Tickets are available prior to the event from Margaret on 01599 577219 or soluismuthuath@btopenworld.com Numbers will be limited to 50.
CLUB FILM 'LA SOURCE DES FEMMES' MARCH 2012
Club Film presents 'The
Source' a French comedy drama set in a small village about the battle of the sexes. In the main hall at Sabhal Mor Ostaig on Saturday 10th of March at 1930.'BREABACH' IN CONCERT AT TALLA MHOR MARCH 2012
Come and see 'Breabach'
in concert at Talla Mhor, Sabhal Mor Ostaig on Thursday 15th March at 1930.
Instrumental and vocal powerhouse performances from this highly accomplished band. Bagpipes, flutes, whistles, fiddle, bouzouki, guitar, other instruments, and two vocalists allow for plenty of variety in the songs and sets of tunes. Calum MacCrimmon (highland pipes, whistle, bouzouki Patsy Reid (fiddle, vocals) Donal Brown (highland pipes, wooden flute, stepdancing . . .
Nominated as ‘Best Group’ at the 2011 BBC Radio 2 Folk awards and the Scots Trad Music Awards simultaneously.
“One of the most celebrated and successful Scottish folk bands of recent times.”
Tickets from SEALL, Skye's voluntary run arts promotion group on 01471 844207 or click here and follow us on FACEBOOKDOC LIVINGSTONE AT THE AM PRABAN BAR MARCH 2012
Doc Livingstone returns
to the Am Praban Bar at the Hotel Eilean Iarmain on Friday 23rd March at 2100. Throughout 2012 there will be regular performances of live music in the cosy bar, Sleat's most popular watering-hole. Meet the locals and perhaps enjoy a pub meal first. There's no need to book and you can be guaranteed of a great night out.CLUB FILM 'MELANCHOLIA' BY LARS VON TIER MARCH 2012
Club Film presents a
sci-fi drama of two sisters whose relationship is challenged when a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earch. Directed by Lars Von Tier film is shown on the big screen in the main hall at Sabhal Mor ostaig on Saturday 24th March at 1930.CLUB FILM 'BREAKING THE WAVES MARCH 2012
Club Film presents the
second part of a double bill of films by Lars Von Tier. 'Breaking the Waves' is the story of deeply religious community in the north of Scotland, where Bess MacNeill falls in love with a Danish oil-rig worker. Following a serious accident their relationship changes. In the main hall at Sabhal Mor Ostaig on Saturday 24th March at 2200. ( follows 'Melancholia')EASTER TRADITIONAL MUSIC CONCERT AT TALLA MHOR APRIL 2012
Join us a for a great
evening of traditional music at Talla Mhor, Sabhal Mor Ostaig on Tuesday 3rd April at 1930. Ingrid Henderson, one of Scotland's best traditional musicians, and one of the Henderson family of Lochaber, will be joined by friends for a fabulous night of music in the barn. Ingrid has appeared all over the UK, and was last seen performing in Sleat at the BBC Alba Hogmanay Ceilidh at the Talla Duisdale. To book click the SEALL website or phone 01471 844207A TRADITIONAL MUSIC CONCERT FOR EASTER APRIL 2012
What a feast of music.
SEALL is proud to present the second of our two traditional music concerts at Talla Mhor, Sabhal Mor Ostaig, on Tuesday 10th of April at 1930. The performance features Gabe McVarish, originally from California, now living in Lochaber, and Angus Mackenzie, originally from Cape Breton but now living in Skye. Fiddles and pipes will just be a taste of this great concert of traditional music. To book click the SEALL website or phone 01471 844207CLUB FILM 'THE ARTIST' USA 2011 APRIL 2012
'The Artist' is an American
contemporary black and white silent movie with musical sound track. The movie won awards at Cannes and will be shown in the main hall of Sabhal Mor Ostaig on 21st April at 1930. THE SKYE AND LOCHALSH ORCHESTRA AT SABHAL MOR OSTAIG APRIL 2012
SEALL present the ever-growing
Skye and Lochalsh Orchestra in concert at the Main Hall of Sabhal Mor Ostaig on Saturday 28th April at 1930.
The local chamber orchestra grows from strength to strength, recently taking a new direction under the leadership of Rick Taylor. Rick is an inspirational teacher and ensemble leader and turns his talents from once being Director of the European Community Jazz Orchestra and ‘La Banda Europa’. Under his baton the area’s amateur musicians are finding a new and exciting voice.
Tickets from SEALL on 01471 844207 or click for the website.PHIL BANCROFT AND HIS BAND AT SABHAL MOR OSTAIG APRIL 2012
Phil Bancoft and his
band perform in concert at the main hall, Sabhal Mor Ostaig on Sunday 29th April at 1930
A major new step from one of Scotland’s most inventive musicians, Phil Bancroft’s ‘Home, Small As The World’, collides the power of music, visual image, and communications technology with the inner worlds and memories of you, the audience, to launch a moving collective enquiry, celebrating what ‘Home’ means to us, today.
Phil Bancroft leads a seven-piece band of top jazz and folk musicians including LAU's Aidan O'Rourke, and guitarist Graeme Stephen.
“Bancroft opened with a hilarious home video . . . conjured powerful sections on Nationalism and War . . . reflected on the current woes of our planetary home . . . and closed with a hysterical glimpse into the future dressed in space suits . . . a furiously funky dance tune . . . the saxophonist and his wife heading for the stars in a 2nd-hand spaceship. An adventurous and imaginative success." The Scotsman- 4 stars
Tickets from SEALL on 01471 844207 or book via the website.THE CAMPBELLS OF GREEP-SCOTLAND'S MUSICAL DYNASTY MAY 2012
The Campbells of Greep,
performing in the main hall at Sabhal Mor Ostaig on Friday 4th May at 2000.
‘Na Caimbeulaich a’ Ghnìoba’ came together for a 2011 Blas Festival commision. The Campbells are one of the great singing dynasties of Scottish Gaelic music. Pipers and singers from the north-west of the Isle of Skye, they grew up around the small village of Roag, where music was the absolute constant to the whole community’s rural way of life – a tradition that goes back many generations. Seven members of the family have won a Mòd Gold Medal – Gaeldom’s premier award for singing, and many, including Mary Ann and her sister Wilma Kennedy, have performed on the SEALL stage.
Tickets from SEALL on 01471 844207 or click here for the websiteCLUB FILM A GALA SCREENING OF 'TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY' MAY 2012
In the final film of
the 2011/2012 season Club Film presents a special screening of the remake of the famous Cold War spy thriller, 'Tinker,Tailor, Soldier, Spy' on Saturday 5th May 2012 at 1930. At the end of the film there will be a Q and A session with the movie's producer. Not to be missed!PLUTOT LA VIE-'BY THE SEAT OF YOUR PANTS' MAY 2012
Plutot La Vie
~ 'By the Seats of Your Pants' at the main hall of Sabhal Mor Ostaig on Tuesday 22nd May at 1930
Plutot La Vie’s latest family production ventures into the world of three men and a Chair!
Nothing to be done and nothing to do. Fritz, Franz and Rudy sit and wait. Expectation! Hope! Boredom! Delight! Not to take things sitting down, they put their best feet forward to make the grade and avoid a kick in the pants. A hilarious exploration of relationships, slapstick and chairs as three men await their fate By the Seat of Their Pants. A fast, visual, funny show in a clown style for family audiences, lasting 1 hour.
Tickets are available from SEALL on 01471 844207 or click the website to book online.ANNUAL CRAFT AND FOOD FAIR AT CLAN DONALD SKYE MAY 2012
The annual Clan Donald
Skye Craft Fair will take place again this year in the grounds of Armadale Castle, south Skye on the weekend of 26th and 27th May 2012. Open 1000-1700 both days with free admission, the Craft Fair is one of the great highlights of the year in Sleat, with many of Skye's craft, food and horticulutral enterprises showing off their wonderful range of products, crafts and plants. There will be attractions for our younger visitors and the Food Fair will be running at the same time. Check the Clan Donald website here for more information. Don't miss it!THE BUDAPEST CAFE ORCHESTRA AT THE STABLES, CLAN DONALD MAY 2012
New to Sleat is the Budapest
Cafe Orchestra who appear in concert at the Stables Restaurant, Clan Donald Skye at 1930 on Tuesday 29th May
Entrancing folk with blistering czardas, grief-stricken ballads and rollicking dances, the Budapest Cafe Orchestra cast an intoxicating spell on all who experience their performances. Wherever they go they sell out and they specialise in filling small rural venues with music and Goulash.
"the finest purveyors of Balkan music this side of a Lada scrap heap"
Tickets are available from SEALL on 01471 844207 or click here for the websiteHARALD HAUGAARD, DENMARK'S FINEST FIDDLE PLAYER MAY 2012
SEALL is delighted to
present Harald Haugaard in concert in Talla Mhor, Sabhal Mor Ostaig on Wednesday 30th May at 1930.
Harald Haugaard began playing the violin at the age of 7 years old. His teacher was the local organ player in the village of Harndrup in the northwest region of the island Funen where Harald grew up.
Harald has now become a leading light in traditional and jazz fiddle around the world. He is joined by Helene Blum, also a fiddler and a beautiful Danish singer.
"In a set that interwove Danish and Celtic, traditional and contemporary material, it was a joy as ever to get re-acquainted with Haugaard’s lightly-worn virtuosity, his playing – like his tunes – by turns impishly effervescent and majestically beautiful, matching all-out gusto with chamber-classical grace" Harald at Celtic Connections.
This will be a sold-out concert so do book tickets in advance at SEALL or telephone 01471 844207.
THE DONALD MACDONALD PIPING COMPETITION AT CLAN DONALD SKYE JUNE 2012
Now in it's 26th year,
the Donald Macdonald Heritage Piping competition takes place at Clan Donald Skye on Friday 15th June 2012. This world-famous piping event brings together some of the finest pipers from aross Scotland, the UK and the world and is a celebration of piping of the highest quality. Pipers compete for the prestigious Donald Macdonald Quaich, one of the most important trophies in Scottish piping. For full information click the Clan Donald website here. Make a date in the diary now and enjoy this wonderful festival of traditional pipe music.THE LONG NOTES-TRADITIONAL MUSIC AT TALLA MHOR JULY 2012
The Long Notes in concert
at Talla Mhor on Tuesday 10th July at Talla Mhor, Sabhal Mor Ostaig at 2000
The Long Notes is a newish name for his well-seasoned trio with Glasgow fiddler Jamie Smith, Galway accordionist Colette O’Leary – formerly of the much-missed Bumblebees – and London-Irish banjo/mandolin ace Brian Kelly.
It’s a line-up of copious strengths, and they played expertly to all of them. As each individual took their turn in the spotlight, highlights ranged from Kelly’s astoundingly fleet-fingered picking, as wild as it was exquisite, to Robertson’s audacious, jig-tempo version of Richard Thompson’s Beeswing. Their ensemble playing, meanwhile, was nothing short of sublime, especially in the dance sets – implausibly quick yet immaculately detailed, brilliantly intense yet utterly supple, silkily dovetailed in a thrilling panoply of colour, texture and taut-sprung rhythms.
The concert will open with a set from Ceilear, young musicians from Skye and Lochalsh let out for two weeks for gigs and ceilidhs around the area.
Tickets are available from SEALL on 01471 844207 or click here for the websiteWELCOME TO ALL THAT'S GOING ON IN SLEAT
There's always something going on in Sleat, from charity cafes to ceilidhs, opera to piping.
Take a look at the listings opposite to find your perfect entertainment. For more information about forthcoming events visit the link below:
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