'South Uist is perhaps the finest of all, where the entire western coastline is a wonderful mosaic of beach, dune, machair, marsh and lochs, rendered all the more spectacular by the patchwork of crops ...’ SNH
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'South Uist is perhaps the finest of all, where the entire western coastline is a wonderful mosaic of beach, dune, machair, marsh and lochs, rendered all the more spectacular by the patchwork of crops ... SNH Resourceful Community
Resourceful Community
- Co-Chomunn an Iochdair & Èirisgeidh
- Taigh-tasgaidh Chill-Donnain
- Fèis Tìr a’ Mhurain
- Cothrom
- Ceòlas
- Tagsa Uibhist
- Stòras Uibhist
- Lochboisdale Amenity Trust
A Heritage that is recognised worldwide
Song……… Dancing……. Piping Gaelic Spirituality Environment ... Land and Sea….
Outline Information
Whence they came!
- Japan
- Switzerland
- Germany
- Singapore
- Romania
- England
- Scotland
- Ireland
- Western Isles
Who they were
Teachers GME 8 Teachers other 16 Students Musicians and many more
Aoisean
CnO, 16 aois 18-25, 14 aois 25-35, 29 aois 35-65, 38 aois 65+, 6 H.M.T, 8
Being taught
In traditional style by ear - with sheet music available if requested
- Piping
- Fiddle
- Gaelic Song
- Dance
- Clarsach
Walks & Lectures
Learning from the local community
Wonderful days, discussing, walking, working and at cèilidh
Symposium
Cèilidhidhean is Cuirmean
European Oral Singing Tradition
Runosong Academy, Kuhmo, Finland put out a call for partners through its
- wn LEADER network – which came
to us after we had been contacted directly by the Academy on the advice of School of Scottish Studies in Edinburgh University
Project Timeline
- May 2011 First papers for project.
- Project dates: 1/1/2012 – 31/12/2013
- November 2012 Approval from LEADER
- Project completed 14/2/2014
- Scottish contribution to programme
condensed (distilled) into 15 months
EOST Project Aims
- Written by the Lead Group but interpreted locally
- An academic understanding of the oral singing traditions
- f the minority languages of each participant country,
which includes Finland; Brittany, France; Uist, Scotland; and the Karelia region in Russia.
- To begin academic research into the impact of the many
genres of traditional singing on life in rural communities
- To reduce the sense of isolation & insularity experienced in
rural & remote communities in these areas, . A lack of confidence can be experienced as a direct effect of isolation. It is hoped that by forging new links through singing, and the resulting interaction from this project could address this.
Researchers appointed January 2013
Jo
Jo MacDonald Gillebride MacMillan Naomi Harvey
Ceolas contribution to overall programme
Gillebride MacMillan, Naomi Harvey, Sìneag MacIntyre, Griogair Làbhruidh to Tartu, Estonia for their RegioO festival 15-17 May 2013
Somello Festival Finland July 2013
- Naomi Harvey, Jo MacDonald, Linda MacLeod,
Paul McCallum to Finland July 2013 for 4 days to contribute to Somello Festival
Ceolas International Song Conference
- In parallel with Ceolas week – to enable
visitors to see our festival July 2013
Ceolas contribution ..........
- closing event in Finland in November 2013
with all the Breton groups and Estonia. Gillebride, Jo and Naomi gave papers on their work to an international University Song Conference held in Finland at the same time.
- www.eost.eu