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Forthcoming dates:

2013

Sat 27 Apr St Andrews Beltane Fair
10am - 4pm, Free entry
Madras Lawn on South Street, St Andrews

Sun 12 May 500 Years of Dance
Five periods of dance including 15th C Gresley and 16th C Italian.
10:00 - 20:00.  £5 per session or £20 for the day
Edinburgh, Haddington Place & Royal Terrace
https://www.facebook.com/events/512631195441008/

25-26 May Traquair Medieval Fair
Traquair House, nr Innerleithen, Peebles
11:00 - 17:00 Saturday and Sunday
http://www.traquair.co.uk

17-18 Aug Scotland's Festival of History
Chatelherault, Hamilton
10:00 - 16:30 Saturday and Sunday
www.scotlandsfestivalofhistory.co.uk

25-25 Aug The Bruce Festival
Free Entry, Pittencrieff Park, Dunfermline
11.00am to 6.00pm on Saturday; 11.00am to 4.00pm on Sunday
www.brucefestival.co.uk 
   
                                     Past events
 
2012          
Sat 28 Apr St Andrews Beltane Fair

10am - 4pm, Free entry
Madras Lawn on South Street, St Andrews
Sun 13 May Workshop: Dance in the Time of the Borgias
15th century Italian dance
DanceBase, Edinburgh - Sunday 13th May, 11:00-13:00

How did people dance in 15th-century Italy? Amazingly, several dance manuals from the period survive that describe in detail the steps, the style, the music and the choreography, as danced in the noble court. This class will introduce you to this elegant and sophisticated repertoire. We will work with live music to appreciate the subtle rhythmic variety, which encompasses both stately bassadanza and the energetic piva and saltarello, often in the same dance. No experience necessary.

More details at: http://www.dancebase.co.uk/Grassmarket/Dance-in-the-Time-of-the-Borgias.html
 
Sun 29 July Doune Castle
11:00 - 15:00 (payment to enter Historic Scotland site)
 
25-26 Aug The Bruce Festival
Free Entry, Pittencrieff Park, Dunfermline
11.00am to 6.00pm on Saturday; 11.00am to 4.00pm on Sunday
www.brucefestival.co.uk 
   
Mon 17 Sep Music and Dance at Edinburgh Castle
11:00 - 15:00 (payment to enter Historic Scotland site)
     
Sun 30 Sep Music to Cheer Castle Glume
Castle Campbell
11:00 - 15:00 (payment to enter Historic Scotland site)
 
                  

 
Sat 14th Jan Concert: Arthur's Court - Songs of Romance and Chivalry

See Sat 26th November
7:30pm. £10 (£8 concessions) - Tickets on the door or contact info@gaita.co.uk
St Bride's Episcopal Church
69 Hyndland Road
Glasgow, G12 9UX
2011
Sat 26 Nov Concert: Arthur's Court - Songs of Romance and Chivalry

Music from France in the High Middle Ages, interwoven with stories from the Arthurian romances, some familiar, some less so.

Medieval romances describe a world of chivalrous knights, great deeds and great loves. The most famous tales – such as that of Lancelot & Guinevere, or  Tristan & Iseult – are associated with the legendary court of King Arthur. The same names and themes recur in the songs of the trouveres and troubadours.


Programme

7:30pm. Entry by Donation
St James Episcopal Church
57b Inverleith Row
Edinburgh, EH3 5PX

Sat 15 Jan Concert: Days of the Decameron - Music and Tales from Medieval Italy

Inspired by Boccaccio’s Decameron in which ten young nobles escape plague-ridden Florence for a villa in the hills, and spend ten days in singing, dancing and telling tales.


Link to Event Poster

7:30pm. Entry by Donation
All Saints' Church
North Castle Street, St Andrews, KY16 9BG


12-13 Feb
15th Century Dance and Music Workshop
Colchester, Organised by Colchester Waits and Colchester Historical Dance
A weekend workshop for dancers and  instrumentalists.

Fingringhoe Primary School ,
Church Road, Fingringhoe,
Colchester, Essex, CO5 7BN

28-29 May Traquair Medieval Fair
Traquair House, nr Innerleithen, Peebles
11:00 - 17:00 Saturday and Sunday
http://www.traquair.co.uk

4-5 June Stirling Castle - Opening of the Renaissance Palace
On the esplanade at Stirling Castle
12:30 - 16:00
 
16-17 July Music and Dance at Linlithgow Palace
A Music and dance collaboration with Gaita and Danse Ecosse with dances from the time of James IV.

Included with entry to the Palace, 11:00 - 15:00
 
30 July Music and Dance at Linlithgow Palace
A day of music and dance at the Palace. A chance to learn some early dances or just watch.

Included with entry to the Palace, 11:00 - 15:00
 
20-21 Aug Arbroath Abbey
Music from the Courts of Europe


12:00 - 16:00 - in the Bishop's Palace
20-21 Aug Urquhart Castle
Note:
Our participation in this event has been cancelled, but note the event above.

Music and Dance at Urqhuart Castle, near Inverness

27 Aug Dunblane Cathedral
A Series of Unfortunate Events - A Musical History of the Kings of Scotland

A not terribly serious telling of the history of Scottish Kings, few of whom met a happy end.

11:00 - first half.
14:00 - second half

10 Sep Arbroath Abbey
Music from the Courts of Europe


11:00 - 15:30
17 Sep Huntingtower Castle  - near Perth
Music from the Courts of Europe

11:00 - 15:00
    





Contact: Chris Elmes 


(Edinburgh, Scotland)
(+44) 0131 557 2397
info (at) gaita.co.uk

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Last updated 30th October 2011