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Community Information and Events
A’ Chraobh – The Highland Tree: Coming Home Ceilidhs
Special Coming Home Ceilidhs are taking place in communities across the Highlands that are bringing back musicians, story-tellers and performers from that area – for one-night only!
Each local community has a different story to tell, but they’ll all be doing it with style, quality and pride. Communities have been working with the Highland Homecoming team to devise original ways of celebrating the tremendous people and achievements of a range of Highland villages or towns.
The result is a tapestry of ceilidhs throughout the Highland Homecoming fortnight that give you a chance to experience the authentic voice and feel of the Highlands. Music, dance, craic – and probably a bit of home-baking too - who could ask for anything more?
Keep an eye out for updated details on where, when and what’s happening through the highlandeventsandfestivals.com website and on http://www.achraobh.com – and on notice-boards throughout the Highlands!
A’ Chraobh – The Highland Tree: Highlander – A Genealogical Challenge
Could you be related to the “Oldest Highlander”? UHI Millennium Institute has launched the challenge to find “The Oldest Highlander” and would like people from the Highlands and Islands to trace their family history as far back as possible. Ideally your search will focus on Highland connections, claims to fame or notoriety, and establishing contact with long lost family members.
Get everyone involved, hop on to Facebook, ask your Granny for family stories and start searching the attic! Entry packs and further information are available from participating local learning centres, from 24th August 2009; the learning centres may also be able to provide you with valuable tips on research methods.
The competition will be judged by a panel of experts including Alistair MacLeod, Highland Council’s resident genealogist and the overall winner will be treated to an overnight stay in Edinburgh with dinner, bed and breakfast, followed by a visit to Scotland’s main records office and the Scottish Parliament. All entrants will be invited to a special guided tour with the Family History Team at the new Highland Council Archive Centre. Check http://www.achraobh.com for news updates.
Closing date for entries is the 9th of October. To find out more contact Margaret Boyd at UHI on 01397 874204 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
A’ Chraobh – The Highland Tree: My Roots Are Showing…
In the run up to the festival young people across the Highlands will be involved in a large-scale project to dig into the history of their communities: who came from there, what did they go on to achieve – what surprises, and shocks, are in store?
The results will reveal an astonishing range of people and incidents stretching back over decades as the unsung heroes from towns and villages are given their rightful place alongside more celebrated Highlanders.
A range of events are being organised by young people in communities across the area to celebrate the diversity of their local patch. This will feature people from recent times or distant past, and include doctors, explorers, musicians – the notorious and the admired, the celebrated and the unknown. Keep a lookout on http://www.achraobh.com as more groups reveal details of their celebration event, and for the first Community Family Tree.
