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Patsy Mathieson and Becky Mills

Lanark Music Connections set to return

LANARK Music Connections is getting its third year of bringing live entertainment to the town underway by welcoming back an old friend later this month.

Mairearad Green and Anna Massie

Award-winning musicians Mairearad Green and Anna Massie to play at Music in Lanark

Dazzling award-winning musicians Mairearad Green and Anna Massie will be bringing their unique talents to Lanark later this month.

South Lanarkshire Council leader Eddie McAvoy

South Lanarkshire Council budget for next financial year is finalised

South Lanarkshire Council’s budget for the next financial year has been finalised – with over £12 million of cuts.

the banter thiefs

Crowning night of music in Carluke

AN EVENING of top quality music is in store at the Crown Inn in Carluke on Saturday night.

Christine Boville as Piaf

Christine Bovill brings Edith Piaf’s songs to Biggar

Singer-songwriter Christine Bovill will be honouring French singer Edith Piaf with a special concert at the Biggar Corn Exchange.

U3A Beeches Walk

U3A is booming in Lanark

IT seems barely a few months ago that the Gazette heralded the very first meeting of Lanark’s new branch of activities group U3A, now an organisation with one of the biggest memberships in town.

glo book launch

Jean Boustead of Lanark Writers group has first work published

THE latest member of the Lanark Writers group to be published can’t be accused of playing it safe with her first work.

Darts player Gary Stone (30) from Larkhall visiting P7 pupils at Carnwath Primary School
2/2/12

Carnwath Primary kids get maths lesson from top darts player

Pupils at Carnwath Primary School received a maths lesson with a difference – from Scottish darts ace Gary Stone.

Melda

Biggar Music Club welcomes pianist Lara Melda

BIGGAR Music Club welcomes celebrated young British pianist Lara Melda to the Municipal Hall later this month.

broken alphas

Carluke band Broken Alphas clinch record deal

Carluke singer Mark Hawthorne is definitely now going places with band Broken Alphas.

Cast of Biggar Young Farmers production 'Judges and Cludgies'
Coulter Hall
6/2/12

Biggar Young Farmers present Judges and Cludgies

BIGGAR Young Farmers will be hoping for another successful week as its annual variety concert takes to the stage.

Scottish Makar Liz Lochhead reawakens heartbeat of Burns poetry in school children Scotland?s Makar (poet) Liz Lochhead, today gave a live broadcast to children across Scotland during a special Robert Burns celebration via the Scottish Book Trust website. The Scottish Friendly Meet Our Authors Event, run by Scottish Book Trust, was broadcast live from Glasgow and will be available afterwards for free from the Scottish Book Trust website. During the event, Liz read her favorite Burn?s poetry including To a Mouse and her own response From a Mouse. She revealed secrets about the way she writes and answered questions from the audience on what inspired her to first write. The event was attended by children from Girvan Academy, Oban High School, and High Mill Primary School Carluke (names below).  Over 10,000 thousand children across the UK watched in their classrooms on (http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/authors-live-with-liz-lochhead) at 11am. The broadcast will be most suited to children from P6 ? S4 and any fan

High Mill Primary kids meet poet Liz Lochhead

Youngsters from High Mill Primary in Carluke had the chance to meet Scotland’s Makar (poet) Liz Lochhead, when she gave a live broadcast to children across Scotland in a special Robert Burns celebration via the Scottish Book Trust website.

Coalburn Silver Band annual presentation of awards
Band Hall
Coalburn
28/1/12

Coalburn Silver Band members rewarded at annual awards evening

MEMBERS of Coalburn Silver Band were rewarded for their fine performances over the past year at its third annual awards evening.

Flash mob dance at Prestwick airport to promote the Ayrshire Hospice Midnight Walk

Lesmahagow student Steffi Rollo performs in airport Flash Mob dance

Hundreds of students at UKTheatreSchool – including 17-year-old Lesmahagow girl Steffi Rollo – took part in a live singing and dancing Flash Mob at Prestwick Airport.

Biggar Theatre Production's performance of Liz Lochhead's 'Good Thing's
Beaty with grandson
Picture by Helen Barrington

Biggar Theatre Workshop’s new show is too good to miss

Biggar Theatre Workshop’s latest production is just too good to be true.

Alexander Brothers

The Alexander Brothers set to take to the stage in Lesmahagow

Legendary Scottish entertainers The Alexander Brothers will be in Clydesdale in March as part of a festival celebrating the over 50s.

Star Gazing at New Lanark
Picture by Helen Barrington

New Lanark Stargazing event hits the roof

There were plenty of people in New Lanark reaching for the stars last Saturday night – thanks to New Lanark Trust’s Stargazing Live event.

Eowyn Ivey

Atkinson-Pryce Books welcomes Eowyn Ivey to Biggar

It may be the first month of the New Year but, for literary lovers, Atkinson-Pryce Bookshop is already welcoming more big names to Clydesdale.

Goldrush

Hoedown at the Crown is set to kick off

A new monthly live music event begins in Biggar this weekend.

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Thursday 23 February 2012

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