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Last Updated: 05/09/2024 16:43:57
Scotland's rich folk culture at the Station Hotel, Dumfries
Thursday, 29 November 2012 19:42
Come along to the Station Hotel at 7.30pm on Friday 2nd March to hear Margaret Bennett exploring Scottish folklore, culture and tradition through a delightful blend of Gaelic, Scots, stories and songs.
"There can be few scholars on either side of the Atlantic who succeed in combining such a wide range of skills as Margaret
Bennett. A folksinger of great sensitivity and versatility, she is undoubtedly one of the major figures of the modern Scottish Revival... Margaret embodies all that is best of the spirit of Scotland"
Hamish Henderson
Sponsored by Gàidhlig Dumgal
Station Hotel Dumfries (Pullman room)
Friday 2nd March 7.30pm -10.00pm
Tickets: £2 for tea/coffee Hotel Bar Available
Entrance by ticket: apply to Andrew Wilson, Gaelic Development worker
Tel: 07921038630 e-mail: andrew.wilson3@dumgal.gov.uk
"There can be few scholars on either side of the Atlantic who succeed in combining such a wide range of skills as Margaret
Bennett. A folksinger of great sensitivity and versatility, she is undoubtedly one of the major figures of the modern Scottish Revival... Margaret embodies all that is best of the spirit of Scotland"
Hamish Henderson
Sponsored by Gàidhlig Dumgal
Station Hotel Dumfries (Pullman room)
Friday 2nd March 7.30pm -10.00pm
Tickets: £2 for tea/coffee Hotel Bar Available
Entrance by ticket: apply to Andrew Wilson, Gaelic Development worker
Tel: 07921038630 e-mail: andrew.wilson3@dumgal.gov.uk
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Margaret Bennet
Scotland's rich folk culture at the Station Hotel
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