FotoFling Scotland: February 2009

Monday, February 23, 2009

Dozing in the sun

Dozing in the sun, originally uploaded by FotoFling Scotland.

Sunday, February 22, 2009

The Scottish Lemon: A Penny Dreadful

Royal Lyceum Theatre

Royal Lyceum Theatre, originally uploaded by FotoFling Scotland.

First Review of The Mystery of Irma Vep currently at Royal Lyceum

" Irma Vep is PURE entertainment. I laughed until I broke out into a sweat.

I cried and howled with laughter. I gasped with laughter."

I think he liked the play ! Yes !

Royal Lyceum Website - watch the videos, previews and interviews Yes !

Wikipedia

The Devil's Horsemen

The Devil's Horsemen, originally uploaded by FotoFling Scotland.

The Devil's Horsemen

2008 Special Attraction - The Devil's Horsemen

Crieff Games was delighted to welcome Europe's Number One Stunt and Trick Riding Team to the 2008 Gathering. Film credits include Troy, Tomb Raider II, First Knight, Die Another Day, Batman Begins, Jane Eyre, The Hog Father and more. Medieval Jousting is one of their most popular shows. Historically correct and performed with the flair and abundance of stunts that audiences love, their act is a mixture of lust and blood curdling action, a spectacle, "not for the faint hearted".

See their dashing hero, Harry Hotspur, battle with the villainous Black Knight for the hand of a fair maiden. Experience the din and clatter of medieval warfare as the teams of feudal knights, squires and damsels knock 'seven bells' out of each other in the quintain or on the field of battle.

Text per Crieff Highland Gathering Website

Gordon Schools Huntly -1841 Victorian Clock Restored

Gordon Schools, Huntly, originally uploaded by FotoFling Scotland.

A clock that has ticked away for almost two centuries at Huntly has had a £4,000 renovation by the firm that made the timekeeping landmark.

Craftsmen from leading clockmaker James Ritchie and Son, of Edinburgh, have just completed restoration of the Gordon Schools’ clock that the company installed in 1841. It was put in place the year the school, which was designed by prominent Aberdeen architect Archibald Simpson, opened.

Housed in the tower of the school’s archway, the clock has served generations of pupils and ticked on through the town’s transformation and growth from Victorian times.

The clock’s dials and hands have been fully renovated, numerals renewed with gold leaf, and an electronic control fitted so the original mechanism now strikes each hour without any need for manual adjustment.

Town clocks throughout Aberdeenshire received only basic servicing in the past, but two years ago Aberdeenshire Council decided to improve their reliability by asking the Edinburgh firm to provide a detailed report on all clocks in its care.

The Huntly clock was cared for by a local watchmaker, who regularly climbed ladders into the tower to adjust the mechanism and wind its weights each week, but later stopped working for several years.

Historic Scotland had to give the go-ahead for the Huntly clock to be removed from the category A listed tower last December to be overhauled.

Last July the clock at the town’s Stewart’s Hall was also refurbished under the renewal programme. Council infrastructure services committee chairman Peter Argyle saw experts put the finishing touches to the school clock. He said: “The workmanship that has gone into the renovation will ensure that an important part of Huntly’s history now keeps ticking on for many more years.”

James Ritchie and Son’s experts have brought new electronic technology to many public clocks around the country.

Its team still winds many traditional clocks along the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, while also keeping time in the city with the Carlton Hill time ball that goes off at the same time as the daily one o’ clock gun at Edinburgh Castle.

Company managing director Alan Wilson said yesterday: “When we were approached to restore the Huntly school clock we thought it was very fitting, as it is an original 19th-century Ritchie’s clock and we celebrate our 200th birthday this year.

Aberdeen Press & Journal

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Flags

Flags, originally uploaded by FotoFling Scotland.

TV Interview with Rugby World Cup Supporters, October 2007

Playing the Pipes

Playing the Pipes, originally uploaded by FotoFling Scotland.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Sword Dance

Sword Dance, originally uploaded by FotoFling Scotland.

Lochearnhead Games 2007

Céilidh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

tags: ceilidh
- Modern Scottish cèilidh
  
  Privately organised cèilidhs (or 'céilidhs' in Irish - note the change in accent over the 'e') are now extremely common in Scotland, where bands are hired, usually for evening entertainment for a wedding, birthday party or other celebratory event. These bands vary in size, although are commonly made up of between 2 and 6 players. The appeal of the Scottish cèilidh is by no means limited to the younger generation, and dances vary in speed and complexity in order to accommodate most age groups and levels of ability.
  
  Public céilidhs are also held. Universities in Scotland hold regular cèilidhs, with the University of Edinburgh providing a number of ones for students throughout each term, especially the long-running Highland Annual, the oldest cèilidh in Edinburgh, organized by the Highland Society.
  
  Some cèilidh bands intersperse cèilidh dancing with a DJ playing disco music in order to broaden the appeal of the evening's entertainment.