Isle of Bute 60th Anniversary
V-Day Commemoration
23rd - 26th June 2005
Click here to see Events Poster
DETAILS OF VENUES, TIMES AND PRICES
Thursday 23rd June
- Bute's War Exhibition: Bute Museum, Stuart Street, 9.30am - 4.30pm, £1.50/£1.00/50p
- Maritime Art Exhibition by Gordon Bauwens: Discovery Centre, 10.00am - 5.00pm, Free
- Reception for WW2 Veterans: Glen Rosa Singers and Margaret Currie, St Brendan's Church, 7.30pm, Free. Tea and coffee served. Proceeds to SSAFA
Friday 24th June
- Bute's War Exhibition: Bute Museum, Stuart Street, 9.30am - 4.30pm, £1.50/£1.00/50p
- Maritime Art Exhibition by Gordon Bauwens: Discovery Centre, 10.00am - 5.00pm, Free
- "A nightingale Sang..." an evening of WW2 songs: Rothesay Castle, 7.30pm, £5.00 (Note: this event is sold out)
Saturday 25th June
- Bute's War Exhibition: Bute Museum, Stuart Street, 9.30am - 4.30pm, Free
- Maritime Art Exhibition by Gordon Bauwens: Discovery Centre 10.00am - 5.00pm, Free
- Children's Parade and Street party: Guildford Square, 11.00am - 4.00pm
- Arrival of PS Waverley at Rothesay Pier (WW2 evacuees and ex-servicemen): 1.40pm met by Mount Stuart Pipe Band
- Glasgow Phoenix Choir: Trinity Church, 2.30pm, Tickets £7.00 / £6.00. Tickets from DC Murray, Fraser Gillies and Discovery Centre
- World War 2 film: Discovery Centre, 2.00pm. Introduced by Johnny Beattie. £2.50 (tbc)
- "The Big Family Night Out": Rothesay Pavilion, Tickets £8.00 / £6.00 from Discovery Centre, Compere Big Dougie...
• 7.00pm: Academy Swing Band
• 7.35: Bute Players present "Victory Dance" a series of sketches depicting wartime life on Bute
• 8.00: Academy Swing Band
• 8.35: Bute Players presentation of "Victory Dance" continued
• 9.15: A musical presentation by local musician, Margaret Curry
• 10.00pm - Midnight: The 'King of Swing' returns. Harry Margolis and his Glenn Miller Big Band.
Sunday 26th June
- Bute's War Exhibition: Bute Museum, Stuart Street, 9.30am - 4.30pm, Free
- Maritime Art Exhibition by Gordon Bauwens - Discovery Centre, 10.00am - 5.00pm, Free
- Laying of Wreath: Rothesay War Memorial, 10.00am. Mount Stuart Pipe Band
- Joint Ecumenical Church Service, Trinity Church, 11.00am. Rothesay Academy Brass Band & Joint Church Choirs. Offering to Erskine Hospital
- World War 2 film: Discovery Centre, 2.00pm, £2.50 (tbc)
- Opening of the new Midget Submarine Memorial Garden by Commander John Lorimer DSO, Port Bannatyne: 2.00pm
- "A box of delights for Bute" concert by Ayrshire Youth Voices: St Ninian's Church 3:00pm, £5.00, pay at the door, tea and coffee served, proceeds to Red Cross
In addition to the above, two professional storytellers, registered with the Scottish Storytelling Forum, will be spending three days, preceding the weekend, in Bute's Rothesay Academy and three primary schools, conducting 12 sessions highlighting Bute's wartime involvements - making the historic events of that era really come alive for the younger generation who know very little about what life was like during the war.
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