Special Events

Workshops

The Scottish Gaelic Society of Victoria is presenting a Language Workshop on Saturday 8 November from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm at the Town Hall.

The workshop will be conducted by a fluent Gaelic speaker. Participants will be introduced to conversational Scottish Gaelic, and easy-to-learn songs. They will be also entertained by members of the Scottish Gaelic Language Class who will perform a short play, “Achallader”, written and produced by themselves. There will be time set aside for group discussion and informal chats with Language Learners.

The Scottish Gaelic Society of Victoria will present a Music Workshop on Sunday 9 November from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm at the Town Hall.

The workshop will be led by a fluent Gaelic speaker. The participants will learn a variety of Scottish Gaelic songs ranging from traditional to light-hearted. No prior musical or Scottish Gaelic experience is required. Members of the Scottish Gaelic Choir will present some examples and assist in your learning. Just come along and enjoy it!

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FROM 2007

Behold the Bard poetry competition on Sunday morning was a triumph and will be part of the 2008 festival. We hope to see repeat performers and new blood.

Celtic Celebration!

How green was her mantle
In the granite of the town
She sang the Celtic song of olde
The pipes marched up and down

Harps were played, dancers tapped
Coloured flags did flutter fast
The Historic town of Beechworth
Regaling in it’s past

The Bards stood on the balcony
Reciting their poems to the throng
Campbell, Rowan, Rhonda & Bill
Some words became a song

Workshops they attended
Penny whistle, fiddle, drum
You could hear the mirth of mishaps
Amongst the rattle and hum

Sitting quietly for the musical
Ancestral thoughts did stir
For past lives persecuted
Celts suffer thankfully no more

Then up struck the bodhran
With hankies tucked away
We clapped and cheered en masse
To the rhythm of the day

Three days they did but come
To the town this last November
For a Celtic Celebration
Of the likes we’d all remember

Once we’d sung the Parting Glass
And the visitors gone home
The streets again lay quiet
Till next year again they come.

Pheona Donaldson 2007