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Pupils at Sound Primary School have celebrated the final day of term with a flashmob performing the latest dance craze. The bairns were also bidding farewell to popular lollipop man and classroom assistant George Webster, who had instigated the end of term fun. Mr Webster joined pupils in ... Read more...
Scottish Ballet has announced that it will be coming to Lerwick to give two performances of Matthew Bourne's Highland Fling. (more…) Read more...
This is the future of the arts in Shetland. So said Diane Leyland, founder of Feet First Dance, after the triumph of last week’s sell-out dance show. The 80-strong dance group performed for five nights to packed houses, selling 1,300 tickets and receiving a standing ovation after the final sh... Read more...
“Energetic, exciting and simply fabulous” is how producer and choreographer Diane Leyland and her team are describing the new Feet First Dance show Go West. The hottest tickets in town go on sale to the public tomorrow morning from 10.30am at Bolts Shopping Centre and, as in previous years, t... Read more...
By ROSALIND GRIFFITHS Clickimin had never seen anything like it. Folk started queuing at 3pm on Saturday to get a front seat for the evening fundraiser Strictly CLAN Dancing, based on the eponymous BBC TV series.Glitzy, glamorous and professional, the Strictly CLAN Dancing spectacular at Clickimin w... Read more...
By ROSALIND GRIFFITHS The big night and the culmination of weeks of hard work will take place at Clickimin tomorrow as 16 dancers take the floor in the CLAN 1,2,3 fundraiser Strictly CLAN Dancing. The dance steps have been perfected, the band has practised and practised and the costumes, hair... Read more...
The Creative Dance Residency which has been in full swing for the past three months is coming to an end. During her time in Shetland, dance artist Lisa Sinclair has been working in both educational and community settings, encouraging people of all ages to develop their enthusiasm for dance. To... Read more...
By ROSALIND GRIFFITHS Folk queued for more than four hours last Saturday to get their hands on tickets for Strictly CLAN Dancing, with over 900 tickets selling in 40 minutes. The show, which is based on the TV series, will take place at Clickimin on 4th April – the biggest event the f... Read more...
By LOUISE THOMASON Last week we met eight of the participants in the eagerly-anticipated Strictly CLAN Dancing event. This week it is time to introduce the remaining contestants: BBC Radio Shetland’s John Johnston and dancer Lena Miller, Lara Thomason and dancer James Ward, isles MSP Tavish S... Read more...
By LOUISE THOMASON It’s strictly fun and strictly fundraising. The latest CLAN venture is based on the hit TV series Strictly Come Dancing and looks destined to be a phenomenal success when the big dance-off takes place in April. The idea of dancing to drum up funds for the CLAN 1,2,3 app... Read more...