HOMECOMING SCOTLANDnews
FROM VIENNA WITH LOVE A whisky barrel purchased in Scotland ten years ago by wine merchants from Viennain Austria made its way back ‘home’ in time for Whisky Month, which took place in May, as part of the Year of Homecoming. The story of the barrel’s journey
Folk and fi ddles at
Fyvie Historic Fyvie Castle will provide the stunning backdrop to a four-day festival of music, ancestry, culture and celebration to mark Homecoming Scotland 2014. Fyvie Homecoming Festival, on 28-31 August, will see the small Aberdeenshire village come alive with a programme of activities and entertainment, with a strong emphasis on music and culture. Events taking place during the
festival include: Fiddlers Feast with Paul Anderson, the Garioch Fiddlers, Ken Slaven and others; a Burns Supper; a folk concert with Drever, McGuire & Young; various local exhibitions; a ballad bus tour with Fyvie Folk Club; a family ceilidh; a special service of praise; a Homecoming gala and a family history event at the castle as part of the gala on Sunday. The programme will build on the success of 2009 but start a day earlier, the opening event being the Fiddlers Feast concert at Fyvie Castle, to be opened by the Laird, Sir George Forbes- Leith. Solo fi ddlers Paul Anderson and Ken Slaven will entertain, alongside the Garioch Fiddlers, and it is hoped members of the audience will take along their fi ddles and join in with some of the items on the programme too. As in 2009, the festival hopes to
attract not just those with links to the village but also expatriate Scots from all corners of the globe, as well as others who either know and love Scotland already, or who will be visiting for the fi rst time and want to sample Scottish hospitality at its best. On 31 August, Fyvie Castle opens from 11.30am with a special price for entry.
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began in the summer of 2004 when Stefan Pagacs from Pagacs wine merchants in Vienna visited Scotland in search of something special to offer his Austrian customers. A chance visit to Edradour Distillery in Pitlochry, Scotland’s smallest traditional distillery dating back to 1825, produced the perfect product – a special fi lling of an Edradour barrel and a chance for its customers to sample the wonderful ‘water of life’. On arrival in Austria, the barrel’s contents were turned into 180 bottles of limited edition whisky. Ten years on, the barrel has bid ‘So Long, Farewell’ to Vienna and returned back to Pitlochry to its new luxury home at four-star bed and breakfast Torrdarach House, where owners Graeme Fish and his wife, Susanne Wallner, said it will sit pride of place in the garden.
PERTHSHIRE AMBER MARKS TENTH YEAR Tickets are now on sale for the Perthshire Amber Festival, a highlight in Scotland’s music calendar and part of Homecoming 2014. The tenth anniversary of the festival will see some of the top musicians and the best song writers from the previous ten years return to feature in the exciting line-up. Festival favourite Eddi Reader will perform at stunning Blair Castle on 27 October, the super-talented Duncan Chisholm will play at atmospheric Dunkeld Cathedral on 30 October and rising star Rachel Sermanni will open the festival in one of the new venues at Fornab Castle, Pitlochry. One of the musical highlights in the programme will be Dougie MacLean performing with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, a result of their recent recording and performance collaboration, which will take place in Perth Concert Hall on 31 October. The festival, which was founded by MacLean and his family ten years ago, started out as a weekend of concerts. The festival has grown year on year and organisers are expecting to reach an audience of 10,000 this year.
www.perthshireamber.com
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