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Living in a small community means everybody has your back. Even if they don’t know you that well, even if they don’t like you, you’re family. When one elderly gentleman, who lives in our community and suffers from dementia, decided to go for a wander and could not be found for some hours; everyone was […]
Read MoreSean Kilbride lives locally in the Camusterrach township of Applecross. Sean is well known for being a talented musician and a skilled sound engineer. He is integral to any live event in the Community Hall, quietly coordinating our entertainment from the sound desk. He has appeared in innumerable bands that have played in Applecross and […]
Read MoreI seem to struggle with Wednesdays more than any other day. It is not as if it comes in the middle of an arduous week and there is a weekend approaching that I am desperate for. But every Wednesday so far since lockdown began I have found it particularly difficult to motivate myself. I succumb […]
Read MoreNiamh Maclennan is another of Applecross Open Mic’s much loved regular performers. She is a local girl who lives in the township of Toscaig with her lovely and very talented musical Maclennan family. She told me recently that she has been accepted into Napier University in Edinburgh to study music so we would like to […]
Read MoreBronwyn is a local Applecross girl well known and loved in the community for her impeccable style and beautiful voice. If you have visited Applecross Open Mic before you will have seen that Bronwyn was a regular feature at the live shows last Spring before she went galavanting around the globe. We were all sad […]
Read MoreSarah McCowan lives locally in the Culduie township of Applecross with her husband and two daughters. Sarah is the founder of the Applecross Gym, recently opened in 2019. She has been conducting Apple X Fit training sessions for a few years now, keeping the community fit and healthy. She has even encouraged/cajoled/bribed/blackmailed a group of […]
Read MoreSuzanne Gillies lives locally with her partner Isobel in the fairy tale Garden Cottage that lies nestled in the grounds of the Applecross Estate. She was for a time the school teacher at Applecross Primary and she continues to teach piano to the children of the community. Suzanne tells me that she fell in love […]
Read MoreElodie is a Frenchwoman from Normandy who lives locally in Applecross with her husband and two delightful/devilish/delightfully devilish wee boys. She is known and loved most notably for her rainbow hair and masterful cake baking skills. Elodie continually surprises me with her elegant creativity. Whether it is the artwork painted on her front door window, […]
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I confess that I shed tears, randomly and without warning. Tonight I watched the Channel Four News. When they showed footage from streets in Manchester and London of people standing on their doorsteps or leaning out of windows to clap for the frontline workers of the NHS I sobbed a little. It was more than […]
Read MoreIt goes without saying that all Open Mic events for this season have been suspended. It makes me very sad to say as I was so looking forward to meeting and spectating a host of new acts, Reanna Jiggins was to join us in April and Henry and Audry (Two Bob Note) were to perform […]
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