No connection to the school required......a great line-up.....a 'heads up' to all.....

"Glasgow Gaelic School 10th Anniversary Concert

Monday 14th June 2010, 7.30pm

City Halls : Grand Hall

”…Anns an Sgoil cho math ri Beurla…” 10 years of Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu. A celebration concert by pupils supported by stars of Gaelic and Celtic music.

The Pupils of Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu will proudly lead the celebrations highlighting the success of GME in Glasgow since it’s inception in Sir John Maxwell School.

The children will be supported by some of Gaelic’s most successful musicians – Kathleen MacInnes, Cathy Ann MacPhee, Sineag MacIntyre and Catriona Watt. They will be joined by some of the tutors who come into the school who teach the children including Djorge Gajic and Norrie MacIver. Through music, song, poetry and images this concert promises to continue the exciting journey the city has with Gaelic Culture.

This promises to be fabulous evening of music and celebration!"

Mealaibh ur naidheachd! I remember those first days in SJM, I used to go in to teach clarsach and played for some of the kids' first communions! It's wonderful to see the school having blossomed into this fully-fledged Sgoil Ghaidhlig. And of course, the South Side will be getting its own school this year at Glendale PS. It was originally built as the overflow school from my own (Pollokshields, which had 800 pupils at the time!) - it was a hotbed of bilngualism in its own way too, way before thoughts of GME!

Indeed!

A great reason to celebrate and much musical talent!

I haven't seen Cathy Ann MacPhee sing for a good while - a Celtic Connections concert with Roddy Campbell of Barra (amongst others) I think - there's a man that needs to record more - fantastic singer!

Ahem ....afraid that new school might be a we bit later in getting set up.....I could be wrong.....but...

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"A stellar line-up of Celtic music’s finest acts are performing with the pupils including Kathleen MacInnes, who recently recorded one of the signature tracks on the movie Robin Hood and who will collaborate with the children on a number of songs and Cathy Ann MacPhee who will jet in from Canada to sing one of the songs she is best known for with the Children – Cànan nan Gaidheal – (the language of the Gaels). Sineag MacIntyre, nominated for Traditional singer of the year and winner of both Mod Gold medals will also perform as will Catriona Watt, former winner of the BBC Radio Scotland’s Traditional Young Musician of the year. A veritable who’s who in Gaelic singing in Scotland."