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Heroic group on the hill

Posted on May 18, 2012 by admin

An instagramme version (x 3) of Scott’s photo of a group on Croy Hill on World Heritage Day. Ken is standing on the left and historian and guide for the evening, Adrian Cox to the centre with Any Mackinnon facing … Continue reading →

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Photos by Scott Morris

Posted on May 16, 2012 by admin

Some more of Scott’s pictures of the World Heritage Day event at Croy and The Antonine Wall. The physical theatre students of Adam Smith college got the evening going with a chant and movement piece that was developed on the … Continue reading →

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More from the 18th of April

Posted on May 3, 2012 by admin

Photographs by Scott Morris during the final set-up and the space then the space cleared of lighting desks, ladders, string and gaffa tape as the first audience arrivals begin to explore the strange, suspended Roman tent. A final rehearsal for … Continue reading →

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Roman Legacy at Croy and Nethercroy

Posted on April 21, 2012 by admin

Tomorrow, Sunday 22nd April, is open day at the Fingerpost in Croy and also the last day of the Shadows of our Ancestors exhibition. A highlight of the day will be talk by Seamus Coleman, chairman of the Croy Historical … Continue reading →

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Live streaming of World Heritage Day event – April 18 2012

Posted on April 18, 2012 by admin

This evening’s event will be streamed live by creative industry students from Cumbernauld College from 7pm-9.30 at http://www.livestream.com/cumbernauldmedia?t=433847

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The project team on site at Croy

Posted on April 16, 2012 by admin

Monday the 16th of April and it’s our first day on site with Northern Light and the beginning of the build of the flying gallery! A giant 10 metre diameter rig gives us the basis for hanging walls of the … Continue reading →

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Workshops completed – onto the celebration

Posted on April 3, 2012 by admin

On Friday the 30th of March the first part of Shadows 2012, the community arts workshops, came to a conclusion with the final physical theatre workshop at New Lanark, led by Alex Rigg. Since early February so many people from … Continue reading →

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One fine day in New Lanark

Posted on March 30, 2012 by admin

Today at New Lanark, Alex’s students of physical theatre brought together the ideas of their New Lanark workshops – both of this morning and of two weeks earlier – and took them out into the glorious Spring sunshine. The separate … Continue reading →

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Out of the fog

Posted on March 25, 2012 by admin

The cathedral loomed out of the fog on Saturday night as we prepared for the next rehearsal of Gemma’s World Heritage Day music. But we had a great turnout – and thanks especially to Lucy and Matilda who both battled … Continue reading →

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Rehearsing music at St Magnus

Posted on March 24, 2012 by admin

Later on today Gemma and the Mayfield singers will gather at the cathedral for our latest rehearsal of the new composition for World Heritage Day in Croy. Tim has taken a tour of the cathedral earlier today and re-discovered some … Continue reading →

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