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A Passage to India
This great classic film will be shown in Corrie Hall on Sunday, March 8th, starting at 8.00 pm. Shot in 1984 and based on E.M.Forster’s novel, it was David Lean’s final film.…
Saxophone concert
On Wednesday 4th February in Brodick Church, a good-sized audience was privileged to hear the Royal Conservatoire Saxophone Quartet. The young group played all four of the most common types of saxophone,…
Poem of the month
chosen by David Underdown, who supplies the footnote The Chance of Snow by Jim Carruth They say there isn’t a month it doesn’t snow in Yellowstone and because only you know me…
Ayrshire Opera for Arran in the spring
Ayrshire Opera Experience is a new company, formed in August 2014 when singer David Douglas put together a course at the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum to develop the idea of Opera in…
Bridge Challenge
South to make three hearts. West starts with three top diamonds.
Crossword
Across 1 Shoot to obtain allocation (6) 4 Consider direct alteration (6) 9 Boxer with built-in excuse (5) 10 Interruption about animosity (7) 11 Peter out when princess is heard to be…
Music Society AGM
The AGM of the Arran Music Society will be on Monday, February 9th at Brodick Library, 7.00 pm. It is open to everyone, so if you are interested in music, do please…
Day in the Dark
Corrie Film Club's annual all-day film fest takes place on Saturday, 28th February. Devoted film buffs tend to arrive with cushions and loungers, settling in for the day, but the less dedicated…
Corrie Film Club
As Sweet Hereafter, the film scheduled for the January meeting, had not arrived in time for the assigned evening, the one programmed for next month was shown. This was Two Days, One…
Trio Ecossaise
The next Music Society concert will be on Saturday February 21st at the theatre in Arran High School, starting at 1.30 pm. It features three sparkling players, Jennifer Brown, clarinet, Harriet Davidson,…
Sax concert
Iain Clarke, currently at Arran High School, is a phenomenal player of the saxophone, which he studies at the Royal Conservatoire in Glasgow. To our great good fortune, he has teamed up…
Ceol Alba
The five extremely talented players of Ceol Alba (which is Gaelic for 'Scotland's Music') delighted their audience at the High School on Saturday February 17th. In addition to the resident grand piano,…