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Friends of Scottish Opera November 2011Friends of Scottish Opera

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Everyone - whether member or not - is able to attend Friends' meetings. But you MUST get in touch with the contact person first to ensure there is a place available.

Wednesday November 2  Highland branch study day on the Barber of Seville at Gordonstoun School, Elgin. To book please contact Jennifer Kerr tel. 01343 835258 or e-mail jennifer.kerr@btinternet.com

 

November 6  Angus Opera Group Martinu's Greek Passion  at 2.30pm in Edzell Church Hall. For further informetion please contact the secretary Mrs Margaret Taylor, Lundie Home Farm Cottage, Menmuir, Brechin DD9 7QW  Tel. 01356 647351 or e-mail Margaret@lundiecottage.wanadoo.co.uk

Saturday November 12 Grampian branch lunch and listen with Friends manager Anne Higgins at the Royal Northern and University Club, Aberdeen. For further information contact Jennifer Risk on 01224 586972

Sunday November 13 Perthshire branch Scottish Opera's composer in residence, Gareth Williams. 2.30pm Royal George Hotel, Perth. To book contact Dr Hamish McBride tel. 01887 840355 e-mail h.mcbride@homecall.co.uk or Mrs Marjorie Bourne 01764 650822 e-mail marjoriebourne@hotmail.com

Sunday November 13 Forth Valley Branch Lissa Lorenzo on A Little Bit of Storytelling 2.30 Smith Art Gallery and Museum, Stirling. Entrance £5 (£6 guests, £1 students). For further details contact Elise Macrae on 01786 822128

Friday 18 November Drama Queens - Douglas Risk investigats the suspicious deaths of several sopranos. Meeting at 7.30 in the common room of the chaplaincy centre of Dundee University. A buffet supper is available from 6.30. Please book with Penny Anderson 01382 225067 Penny_Anderson@blueyonder.co.uk or David Muir Wood 01382 370 685 d.muirwood@dundee.ac.uk at least three days before meeting.

Saturday 26 November Lothian and Borders branch Professor and Mrs John Mavor's Desert Island selection. 2.30 in the Founders' Room, Edinburgh Festival Theatre. Entrance £5 including tea or coffee, for further details contact Ian Hogarth on 0131 332 1503 or Philip Jones on Philip_Jones@HBOSplc.co.uk