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Poem of the month
selected by David Underdown Mending The Helicopter by Robert Crawford I’m too busy mending the helicopter To wash up yesterday’s dishes. I’m too busy mending the helicopter To pick up the kids…
Sewing with young children
Judith Baines Sewing as an activity is often neglected these days but children from four or five upwards can get great pleasure from using a needle and a wide variety of threads.…
The choices we make?
Linda Hartley I saw a local advert a few weeks back from a chap who wants to rent somewhere quiet in order to write. It made me think about reasons why people…
Silly puns page
Surprise Symphony? Where’s the surprise? Haydn. Who was the fattest knight at King Arthur's round table? Sir Cumference. (He got that way from eating too much pi.) What do you call a…
Book Shelf
If you’ve enjoyed a book recently, or even ages ago, and would like people to know about it, drop us a brief note. The following titles have tickled the fancy of Voice…
Bad Girls coming
No, we are not seeking to alarm our worthy local police force – it’s just that later this year, the Music and Drama Society are staging Bad Girls the Musical. It will…
Community Theatre latest
Following an explosion of public indignation over the situation at the Lamlash Community Theatre, where no member of the community was allowed to touch any of the technical facilities, a partial resolving…
Late News
Drama Festival Results The Jean Bannatyne TrophyAwarded to the best supporting acting performance in a youth play went to Gavin Davidson for “The Waiter” in “Between Mouthfuls”. The Douglas Sillars TrophyAwarded to…
The Duellists at Corrie Film Club
On Sunday March 13th at 8.00 in Corrie Hall, the Film Club will be showing The Duellists. Made in 1977, it was Ridley Scott’s first film, and swept to instant success at…
Fantastic Klezmer music in Brodick
The six players comprising She’koyokh, which the Guardian called, ‘the inspirational Klezmer band’ will be hitting Brodick in all their exotic glory on Saturday 19th March. They perform a dizzy mixture of…
Theatre now – and theatre then
In response to last month’s feature on the High School theatre, Laura Selkirk, herself a prominent personality in Arran’s theatrical scene, sends us a list of comparisons between the current facilities and…
Jazz Café Band on the road – and the sea
The Jazz Café Band has always regarded Whiting Bay Hall as its home territory, but in recent months it has found itself in demand from further afield. It will be playing in…