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Kirsty Lovie
KDAF Fiddle Competition winner
In this Issue
The Newsletter is published by Gordon Forum for the Arts with the financial assistance
of Aberdeenshire Council.
Items for inclusion are always welcome and should be sent to the Editor at:
newsletter@gordonforum.co.uk
The deadline for the Summer 2012 edition is 30 April 2012.
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Message from the Chair
Dear Reader
Spring is here already with not a hint of thawing snow and no apologies for rescheduled
arts events after the winter... what a difference from last year! Some things are
reliably the same however and this issue is published to coincide with the opening
of our annual Gordon Art Exhibition. You will see for yourself just how well supported
this is if you visit the exhibition in the Inverurie Town Hall between 23 and 27
March; at the time of writing entries were still coming in at a fair clip. We are
especially grateful for sponsorship this year, the first without Aberdeenshire Council's
financial support.
Later in the year look out for our "Value of Age" mini festival. This will be in
the early autumn and will include a matinee concert by the Inverurie Orchestra arranged
to encourage those elderly people who are not usually able to get to an evening
concert to come along for a tuneful treat. Other items in the festival will include
Doric story telling by Lorna Alexander, a film by Susan Cassie, a social art event
organised by Merlyn Riggs, and a poetry and reading evening hosted by Margaret Hearne
and Haworth Hodgkinson. There may be more; the programme, which will run over a
two week period, is still being put together. More about this will appear on the
website shortly.
Some of you may have caught the Greenwich Trio's recent terrific concert at the
Kemnay Church Centre organised by Inverurie Music. This and other concerts from
Inverurie Music are wonderful experiences in intimate settings where, not far from
home, you can see the talent that people will queue to see in a London concert hall
at five times the price. More people should enjoy these musical treasures. Try one...
you won't be disappointed.
Ian Clark, Chairman
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