A fine afternoon at fèis song book launch

Fèis an Tairbeirt followers enjoyed a fantastic afternoon of music and the spoken word on Sunday, as the Gaelic-language group celebrated its tune book launch.

 

Held at West Loch House just south of Tarbert, Ceòl Earra-Ghàidheil/Music from Argyll was revealed, and features songs reflected the region's connection with the Scottish indigenous language.

 

This book was collated by Ailie Robertson, fèis musician-in-residence, and was designed in collaboration with Abi Reid from Fèisean nan Gàidheal.

 

A Fèis an Tairbeirt spokesperson said: 'We wish to thank our sponsors for making this possible: Fèisean nan Gàidheal; Fern Community Fund; Tarbert Co-op Community Benefits - and we also wish to thank Fynesiders Barbershop Choir for their kind donation.'

 

Copies of the book are available at £10 each.

 

Email mail@feisantairbeirt.co.uk or message the fèis' Facebook page to reserve a copy.

 

The spokesperson added: 'We had some of our young participants on the Treòir programme perform 'Leaving Lismore' with some of our tutors.

 

'We would like to say a massive thank you to Angus Martin for his talk at our tune book launch.

 

'To give Gaelic context in Kintyre, we invited Angus Martin to give a talk about family names and the anglicisation of names in the area which was really informative.

 

'An audience member approached us at the end of the event and told us how much his talk about Argyll Gaelic 'really ties in with fèis and the song book'.

 

''Tapadh leibh' to Angus.'