Celtic festival

I really must get caught up on some blog entries!  The first thing I was going to write about was the Celtic Festival held at Newbattle Abbey, not far from Edinburgh.  All sorts of activities had been organised celebrating Celtic traditions.  Deirdre did a taster workshop in Gaelic, using the  Ulpan method we used in our two terms of lessons; I attended a talk on the Scots language – NOT a slang English, but a language even older than English.  There were dance workshops in Breton, Irish

and Scottish dancing;

 

 

 

0pportunities to listen to music and join in the singing of different styles of Scottish songs.  

 

There were face-painting  and Celtic handicrafts for the kids;

 

 

 

 

woodland walks for anyone who wanted a bit of quiet ; food tents, icecream vans, everyone was   catered for, and I think everyone enjoyed a very pleasant and happy day.  If I hadn’t been on duty as a steward I’d have photographed some of the other activities, but despite being at my designated posts during the day I thoroughly enjoyed things too.   Oh, this is another volunteer steward, who insisted on dressing up as the Newbattle  Abbey token monk!

 

Talk again soon.