251 August 2015 - Gryffe Advertizer
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Piping Live!<br />
10-16 <strong>August</strong> - various venues, Glasgow<br />
Glasgow International<br />
Piping Festival is the<br />
biggest festival of its kind<br />
in the world and the weeklong<br />
celebrations will see<br />
over 200 events take<br />
place in various venues<br />
across the city from 10 - 16<br />
<strong>August</strong>. In exciting news<br />
for <strong>2015</strong>, the festival will<br />
return to George Square<br />
after a two year absence<br />
from the space.<br />
Musicians will perform in the square daily and the festival will bring the best<br />
pipers and musicians into the heart of the city. As well as the annual Pipe Idol<br />
competition and International Quartets competition, there will also be special<br />
concerts on the Thursday and Friday night of the festival, featuring unique and<br />
never seen-before collaborations between musicians from Piping Live! And<br />
abroad. The festival will also celebrate Scotland’s Year of Food and Drink with a<br />
new ‘Pipers Market’ in George Square, showcasing the very best of fresh, local,<br />
Scottish produce.<br />
Piping Live! Boasts a diverse programme and is famed for its evening concerts,<br />
which not only showcase the best pipers and pipe bands from across the globe<br />
but also celebrate multi-instrument traditional musicians and bands including<br />
the Scott Wood Band, Finlay MacDonald and Chris Stout, Fred Morrison and<br />
Borja Baragano, who are all performing at this year’s festival.<br />
For further information, please visit www.pipinglive.co.uk<br />
Renfrewshire Doors Open Days<br />
Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 September<br />
Venue: Across Renfrewshire<br />
Your chance to get into buildings - sites across Renfrewshire will be throwing<br />
open their doors to let you have a look around.<br />
Participating sites will<br />
be confirmed nearer the<br />
time but in previous years,<br />
more than 60 buildings<br />
across the area have taken<br />
part, from churches to fire<br />
station, and from historic<br />
gems like Paisley Abbey<br />
and town hall, to newer<br />
sites like Glasgow Airport<br />
and St Mirren Park.<br />
Visit the website for further information at http://www.doorsopendays.org.uk/<br />
opendays/<br />
Erskine Festival<br />
We’re hoping you’ll join us this<br />
<strong>August</strong> to celebrate the biggest<br />
event ever held in Erskine!<br />
Erskine Festival will take place<br />
week commencing 10 <strong>August</strong>, with<br />
events happening all week, all over<br />
town.<br />
Cancer Research Calendar<br />
Local photographer Caroline Stewart is producing a 2016 calendar in aid of<br />
Cancer Research UK using local men, woman and children who have had or are<br />
still fighting cancer.<br />
To reveal the calendar Caroline is hosting a<br />
black tie launch night at The Normandy Hotel,<br />
Renfrew on Friday 2nd October at 7.30pm.<br />
The tickets are priced at £10 per person or a<br />
table of 10 for £100.<br />
If anyone would like a ticket please contact<br />
Caroline at info@carolinestewartphotography.<br />
co.uk or on mobile number07585 447561.<br />
The calendar facebook page is www.facebook.<br />
com/crcalendar2016<br />
Donations can also be made to www.gofundme.<br />
com/wc4qzss.<br />
Linn Park Fun Day<br />
Join us on Saturday 8 <strong>August</strong> for a fun fundraising day at the New<br />
Ark Stables within Linn Park, Glasgow!<br />
Lots to do, including Gladiator, Sumo and Rodeo inflatables, pony rides, face<br />
painting, stalls, stocks, and the opening of our new coffee shop. We are also<br />
getting a visit from the local police and fire station bringing their cars and<br />
trucks.<br />
**Please note** cars are NOT ALLOWED into the park on the day.<br />
Parking is available at the golf course.<br />
Renfrewshire Council gets<br />
behind Scams Awareness Month<br />
Renfrewshire Council Trading Standards officers have teamed up with Citizens<br />
Advice Scotland to promote Scams Awareness Month.<br />
The theme of the campaign is “Don’t be Rushed, Don’t be Hushed”. It aims to<br />
stop people being rushed into hasty decisions by scammers and to encourage<br />
victims to speak out about their experiences.<br />
The four-week campaign will<br />
spotlight the four channels<br />
that are commonly used for<br />
mass marketing scams:<br />
• Telephone scams<br />
• Online scams<br />
• Mail scams<br />
• Doorstep scams<br />
Councillor Eddie Devine,<br />
convener of Renfrewshire<br />
Council’s Environment<br />
Policy Board, said:<br />
“Scams Awareness Month is about making people in Renfrewshire better<br />
informed about the dangers of scams, more alert to dangers and confident<br />
about what to do if they are targeted.”<br />
“We are asking local consumers to speak out about their experiences to tackle<br />
the shame scam victims often feel.”<br />
Each year millions of people in the UK fall prey to scammers. The total cost to<br />
consumers of mass-marketed scams could be as much as £5 billion. However,<br />
with reporting levels as low as 5 per cent for some types of scams, it is difficult<br />
to get a true picture of the scale of the problem.<br />
Contact Alan Bradford, Email: alan.bradford@renfrewshire.gov.uk<br />
From Art Exhibitions to Junior and<br />
Adult Fun Runs, Writers Events to<br />
Treasure Hunts there’s something<br />
for everyone. A fun filled Gala Day<br />
complete with Vintage/Sports<br />
Car Display, the infamous Quack<br />
Commandos and more food and<br />
music than T in the Park is set to<br />
round off this exciting week.
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