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Strichen Festival
16 May - 17 May
NOTE different dates to those previously included in this listing!
STRICHEN FESTIVAL 16–17 May, Ritchie Hall, Strichen
This friendly festival has been running since 1984 and offers a programme of music, song, verse, dance and storytelling , plus competitions, display and ceilidhs . info@buchanheritagesociety.co.uk www.buchanheritagesociety.co.uk or contact Vi on 0-1779 821 301
The Buchan Heritage Festival at Strichen is one of the finest places to appreciate our rich tradition of music, song, verse, drama and story, and, at the same time, enjoy listening to, or using, the broad ‘Doric’ language which is still very much alive here in the North East, and enjoy a friendly family atmosphere where contestants have come from a’ the airt’s and pairt’s o’ Scotland and sometimes beyond.
On the Friday evening a pre festival dance is held when we really get into the festival ‘youmer’. By eight o’ clock you’ll find the Ritchie Hall full of keen dancers, local and visiting, who come along every year from far and wide to enjoy an evening of traditional dancing.
The music is supplied each year by one of our many fine Scottish dance bands who come from as far away as Dumfries and Ayr or as near as Inverurie and Huntly. They usually stay on until Saturday when they take part in the prize winners concert early on Saturday evening and also entertain at the Ceilidh later on the same night
The weekend’s visitors and contestants, arrive throughout the evening congregating in the Redwood Lounge where they catch up with latest festival news and get into the spirit – in more ways than one – of the following days competitions
Saturday is the main day of the festival weekend. Competitions begin at 9.30am and continue throughout the day in a very professional and friendly manner. Doric verse and story telling take up most of the time during the morning. This leaves a very full afternoon of singing at the ballads, bothy ballad competitions and the Fiddle and Accordion competitions.
All the festival formalities are carried out in the Ritchie Hall.
Refreshments are available throughout the day in the Ritchie Hall.
A concert is held at 12.00 noon in the Ritchie Hall, no charge.
The competitions are held in various venues around Strichen.
The Ritchie Hall – Strichen School – The Royal British Legion Hall are the most usual places.
All entries should be sent to the festival organiser prior to the day or the appropriate forms completed and handed to the steward dealing with entries thirty minutes before each contest.
info@buchanheritagesociety.co.uk