This is a past event
A Celebration of the Oral and Cultural Traditions of Scottish Travellers (funded by the Heritage Lottery)
Programme
09.30 Arrival and refreshments
10.00 Welcome from Stanley Robertson (Keyworker, HLF Project ‘Oral & Cultural Traditions of Scottish Travellers’), and Dr Ian Russell (Director of the Elphinstone Institute)
10.10 The Elphinstone HLF project ‘Oral & Cultural Traditions of Scottish Travellers’ – Stanley Robertson
11.00–12.15 Workshops
a) Storytelling – Stanley Robertson b) Song – Elizabeth Stewart c) Flower Making – Betty Elgaaen d) Reading the Future – (tbc) e) Fiddle – Carmen Higgins
Lunch - Own arrangements
1.45–3.00 The film of ‘The Summer Walkers’, introduced by Tim Neat
3.00–3.30 Jess Smith – ‘A Writer and a Traveller’
3.30–4.30 HLF ‘Young Roots Project’ – ‘Who We Are’ (Save the Children)
4.30–5.00 ‘A View from Afar’, Prof. Akiko Takamatsu (Seitoku University, Japan)
There is no charge for the day, but places must be booked through the Elphinstone Instititute.
7.00–10.00 ‘A Barrie Nicht’ – an evening with Stanley Robertson including singers, storytellers, and musicians – Carmen Higgins, Robert Knight, John Mackay, Simon Robertson, Jess Smith, Elizabeth Stewart.
Tickets for the evening cost £4.00 (£3.00 for concession) each. Tickets are available from the Elphinstone Institute. Please make cheques payable to the ‘University of Aberdeen’.
- Hosted by
- Elphinstone Institute
- Venue
- Marischal College