Gaelic Song Awareness Day for City
The Mairi Mhor Gaelic Song Fellowship for The Highland Council is organising a special day on Saturday 8 March with events happening in and around the City centre to raise awareness of Gaelic singing activities available locally.
The day includes a special live rehearsal of the award winning Inverness Gaelic Choir in the Eastgate Shopping Centre at 1pm. After the rehearsal choir members will be on hand to answer any questions from the public and talk about choir activities.
There will also be the chance to hear some of the best and most exciting local young Gaelic singing talent.
Eilidh Mackenzie from the Black Isle will be bringing her group “Canntaireachd” to the Eastgate Centre during the afternoon to demonstrate how young people can be involved with vibrant singing activities locally. She will be joined by another local young musician and singer, Mairi Keir.
Several of the Gaelic groups in the City, will be on hand to distribute information and answer questions on Gaelic activities available locally in general, including An Comunn Gaidhealach who run the Royal National Mod, the Blas festival, Comunn na Gaidhlig and Feisean nan Gaidheal.
Fiona Mackenzie, the Mairi Mhor Fellow said: “Singing is a great way for people to become involved in the language, whether or not they have any previous knowledge of Gaelic and it’s also a very social activity. We are hoping that by actually seeing first hand, some of the activities which people of all ages can become involved in, general awareness will be increased and people will want to find out more about what’s on offer in the Highlands.”
Chairman of The Highland Council’s Gaelic Committee, Councillor Hamish Fraser said: “One of the general aims of the Fellowship is to increase accessibility to Gaelic Song and through that, to Gaelic in general so we hope that this special day in the Eastgate Centre will stimulate a lot of interest in the community. It will be a great chance for people to hear some of the best Gaelic singers in the Highlands today and it will hopefully encourage them to take an active part in the music, language and culture of the Highlands.”