POOT Events & talks

Events and TalksSaturday 12th - Walk from Banchory to Corsedarder - arranged by Active Aboyne www.activeaboyne.co.uk for details & booking.

Tuesday 15th - Finzean Hall - 7pm: £7, Conc: £5, family of 4 - £20
Sun and the Moon and the Boy called River.
Wee Stories Theatre Group, suitable for all age groups, this is the first time we have brought live touring theatre to Finzean in association with North East Arts Touring, BOOK EARLY to avoid disappointment (there are limited seating numbers due to production staging) Tickets must be purchased in advance from Mel: 01330 850674 email melanie.shand@googlemail.com

Thursday 17th - Finzean Hall -7pm: Donations to UNICEF
Touched by Robert Burns by Andy Hall & Angus Farquharson Former Finzean school teacher and published author and photographer Andy Hall will present a collection of insights from well-known people, including Sir Alex Ferguson, Dr. Maya Angelou and Eddi Reader, on how the life and poems of Robert Burns have touched their lives. He will also share his collection of beautiful photographic images to accompany the lines of Burns' poetry that resonate with him. Followed by a short talk by Angus Farquharson on Burns connection’s to Finzean folk.

Tuesday 22nd - Ballogie Hall - 7pm: FREE
The Innes Family of Ballogie: a Jacobite window to the world by Bryan Miler When not escaping the guillotine in revolutionary Paris, running away from a seminary to make a small fortune in Russia, attending the Stuart court in exile or repelling redcoats with charm and guile, the Innes family were quite content to be at home in Ballogie. An illustrated talk on some of the colourful characters that made up the Innes family in the 18th and 19th century, one time lairds of Balnacraig, Ballogie and Midstrath.

Friday 25th - Finzean Hall - 7pm: FREE
Birds in Birse and Feughside by Paul ChapmanAn illustrated tour of the varied habitats of Birse and Feughside, looking at some of the more interesting birds that are found in them, highlighting some of the changes in our birdlife in the past and predicting some changes that we may see in the future. This talk will last about 45 minutes.

Sunday 27th - Finzean Hall - 7pm: Donations to Edinburgh Medical Missionary Society
A year in the life of the Finzean gamekeeper by Allan (Hedge) Shand The life cycle of the Salmon and the bicycling ghillie by Robert Harper Hedge will give an informative talk and slideshow on what goes on during his working day throughout the seasons –and what he’s up to when you see strange lights in the fields at night! Robert will talk a little about the Dee Salmon and his work as a ghillie, and his latest adventure when he proposes to cycle 250 miles through the Jordan Valley to raise funds for the Nazereth Hospital.

Invite to POOT show

You are invited to the POOT exhibition of photographs taken during 2008-2009 from 12th – 20th September 2009 At the Birse & Feughside Parish Church in Finzean.

Saturday 12th 10am – 5pm

Sunday 13th 1pm – 5pm

Monday 14th 10am – 4pm

Tuesday 15th 10am – 4pm

Wednesday 16th 10am – 8pm

Thursday 17th 10am – 4pm

Friday 18th 10am -4pm

Saturday 19th 10am – 5pm

Sunday 20th 1pm – 4pm

Mel will lead a tour of the pictures at 2pmThere will be excerpts from the interviews and film making projects.Pictures will be available for order at the exhibitionLook forward to seeing you there!

For the Full invite with more information, please download the pdf from here

http://www.portrait-of-our-time.co.uk/downloads/poot_invite.pdf

Ballogie, Birse, Finzean, Strachan

Mel Shand has been exploring the life and people of the area covering Ballogie, Birse, Finzean, Strachan in the North East of Scotland (Aberdeenshire).

She will be showcasing an exhibition during the north east open studios (NEOS). More information to follow soon.

http://www.melshand.co.uk/

Portrait of our time website started!

We have started to build the POOT (Portrait of our time) portal. At the moment, this is a holding page - but you can already bookmark :
http://www.portrait-of-our-time.co.uk/

We aim to have the website up and running before the end of August - but will always be working on it. If you have any suggestions or comments about the site, please send us an email to : info@portrait-of-our-time.co.uk