McLellan Arts Festival latest news
This year’s programme for the McLellan Arts Festival is better than ever!
Already we have had a successful Arran Open Studios weekend, a terrific evening with award winning, renowned and entertaining poet, Simon Armitage, a rip roaring Ceilidh with the Taiko Drummers, Ruari Gordon and the Jazz Cafe Band in Corrie Hall, an informal evening of music and poetry in Brodick Bar and an hour of wonderful sacred music in Corrie Church with the students from the Royal Northern College of Music.
But there is much to delight still to come. For the first time the McLellan Arts Festival will join forces with the Saltire Society in Altachorvie, Lamlash with writer, Alan Riach and painter, Alexander Moffat who will present an interesting and entertaining evening about Scottish painting on Tuesday 1st September.
A further first takes place on Wednesday 2nd September. In collaboration with the Arran Music Society, an exciting dance company called Indepen – Dance will perform with a live cellist in the Community Theatre in Lamlash.
On Thursday 3rd September in Whiting Bay Hall another exciting event in partnership with Arran Events – Weaving Musical Threads, a stirring, funny and moving drama with music about the Paisley Mill girls during the Second World War. Not to be missed.
On Friday evening, 4th September we will welcome back the talented students of the Arran Summer School who will give us a splendid Opera Gala – guaranteed to be a night of music to remember.
A departure this year is a unique event in Corrie Hall on Saturday 5th September where artist Jim Hardie will show and interact with 5 of his films all connected to flight. Sounds fascinating!
The final event of the festival will be a performance on Sunday 6th September of Hadyn’s Nelson Mass with the students of the Arran Summer School as soloists and our own McLellan Festival Chorus.
In addition, workshops for adults will take place in Lamlash Fire Station at 2.00pm on Tuesday 1st (all instruments focussing on improvisation) and Thursday 3rd (Strings). Enquiries to Diana Hamilton 601322).
All this adds up to a really interesting festival.
