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17-Jun-11, 15:17
J O H N O’ G R O A T S T R A N S F O R M A T I O N

In the Transform tent at the Canisbay Show tomorrow we will have free arts activities that are suitable for all ages...

Get Involved | Transform Tent | Canisbay Show | 18 June, 1-4pm
Allison Weightman: drop in ceramic workshop - come and make your own porcelain Groatie Buckies to feature as part of a new installation at the Transform Weekend. Pupils from Crossroads and Canisbay Primary Schools can glaze and then watch their own pieces from earlier workshops being raku fired.

Alex Patience: Tell-Alex-a-Story - local, traditional, family, boats, the sea, the peats – stories traded & recorded! You can also pick up a family boat for the Transform Weekend if you live in the parish of Canisbay or Dunnet.

Gavin Lockhart: come into our ‘I live here-pod’ and have your video taken to help us make a big picture of the people who live around John O'Groats for a new film commission as part of the Transform Weekend.


Performance | Transform Tent | Canisbay Show | 18 June, 2.30pm
Alex Patience: Transform storytelling performance with live music by Donald McNeill.



Also here are some other dates for your diary...

Sunday Sessions | Sannick Beach | 19 & 26 June, 10.30am-12.30pm
Free, suitable for all ages, families welcome (children under 16 must be with adult).
Beachcombing, Art, Photography and Words with Alex Patience. Meet at Sannick Beach car park, off the Duncansby Head road and bring your own camera and a bucket for collecting.


Transform Weekend | John O’Groats | 2 & 3 July, 11am-5pm
Material created and collected during the Canisbay Show and Sunday Sessions will be used in the Transform Weekend. For more information or to keep up to date as the programme develops you can:

· Follow us on Facebook: John O’Groats Transformation
· Read our artists’ Blog: www.hie.co.uk/blog/john-o-groats


Transform Weekend: John O’Groats is being part-financed by Highlands and Islands Enterprise and the Scottish Government and the European Community Highland LEADER 2007-2013 Programme.