Comrie

Gnoss at the White Church
2023-06-24 19:30 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | White Church Community Centre, Drummond Street, Comrie
Next up in the village is Gnoss who will be in the White Church on 24th June.
Gnoss, whilst still in their mid-twenties, have already had two back-to-back sell-out appearances at Glasgow’s world-famous Celtic Connections festival. Their last two albums have become essential listens and they’ve built a loyal following with their high-spirited, forward-thinking take on traditional music, coupled with the unique warmth of their live shows. Formed by the award-winning Orkney duo of fiddler/mandolinist Graham Rorie and singer-guitarist Aidan Moodie – with (Crieff lad) Connor Sinclair (flute/whistles) and Craig Baxter (bodhran) – the Glasgow-based quartet combine livewire instrumental sets with richly stirring arrangements.
Triple Scots Trad Music Awards nominees, the band have a dedicated following and people will travel a long way to see them so don’t miss out. Get your tickets soon!

Viking Camp and Craft Market
2023-06-17 11:00 - 2023-06-18 16:00 | Cultybraggan Camp, Comrie, ph6 2hx
The Vikings are coming! Glasgow Vikings are setting up their authentic Norse living history camp for Saturday and Sunday. They will demonstrate crafts, cookery and combat skills. There will also be three different shows in the arena each day. Accompanying the historic crafts will be a market of local artisan crafters and food producers. Not to be missed!
Donations welcome.

Friends of Legion Park Bingo Tea
2023-06-16 18:30 - 22:00 | White Church Community Centre, Drummond Street, Comrie
Bingo Tea

Friday 16th June – White Church

Doors will open 6:45pm with eyes down at 7:30pm!

We will have some delicious home baking and tea/coffee on the night! If you’d like to do some home baking please send us a message!

Here is just some of the amazing prizes we have lined up for the bingo tea and raffle with more to be added

Sing-a-Long at Comrie Parish Church
2023-06-14 14:00 - 15:30 | Comrie Parish Church, Burrell Street, Comrie, PH6 2JP

Comrie Primary Sports Day
2023-06-07 10:00 - 12:00 | Comrie Primary School
Comrie Primary will be holding their sports day on the 7th of June.

Please be aware that there may be some noise from our speakers until around 12pm

Carry on Culty
2023-05-28 11:00 - 17:00 | Cultybraggan Camp, Comrie, ph6 2hx
Join us on Sunday the 28th May for a day of historic re-enactment to commemorate 75 years since Cultybraggan Camp became an MoD training camp. Warriors from medieval times to the present will be demonstrating their fighting skills and you can even have a go yourselves! Explore the encampments and experience period crafts in action; visit the Second World War German PoWs in their barracks and meet their comrades still fighting the Allies; take in the displays of military vehicles from motorcycles to armoured trucks. Bring your rug and deckchair to sit back and enjoy the arena events while sampling the tasty food on offer.
Dogs on leads are welcome but be aware that there will be two periods of loud gunfire at the arena and these will be detailed on the event handout.
Tickets available here: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/…/2023…/11:00/t-moepknq
Book now with code EARLYBIRD for a 25% discount
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Coronation Street Party
2023-05-07 13:00 - 16:00 | Dalginross
Comrie Community Council will be hosting a street party to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III.
Bring your own picnic, Well Fired Pizza’s, Robb’s Hog Roast, Burger Van , Bonny Mountain and Nutritious and Delicious will also be there for you to purchase food and drink.

We have entertainment all afternoon, brownies/cubs /scouts putting on a show, the Pipe Band, singers and a musician.

Tables and chairs kindly provided by the Comrie Fortnight.
Please not that Dalginross will be closed to through traffic between the war memorial and mid square from 09:00 until 18:00 on the day.

The Auld Alliance/Big Six Comrie Party
2023-05-06 20:00 - 22:00 | White Church Community Centre, Drummond Street, Comrie
Chris’s Gigs is delighted to present the Auld Alliance/Big Six, all the way from the South of France. This will be a evening of celebration, so come along and have lots of fun! Tickets are on sale at the bargain price of £10, and all proceeds will go to the British Heart Foundation as it is a cause close to the hearts of the band.
The Auld Alliance/Big Six are a very lively dance band with a broad range of eclectic songs that will fill the dance floor and get everyone singing along. It will be a party night so bring your pals and your dancing shoes! The band are based in the South of France and perform together in various different groupings as well as all together in Auld Alliance/Big 6. With a mix of French, English, Scottish and Dutch musicians involved, there are 2 guitars, a cello, a harmonica and 5 singers with a repertoire ranging from The Beatles to Oasis with a good sprinkling of country music thrown in.
In addition and as a special treat, some well known Comrie musicians may well take to the stage to add some local flavour and fun to the proceedings. This will be a night not to be missed – so don’t miss it!
Saturday 6th May. Comrie White Church. 8pm. Bar Available
Tickets £10 from Eventbrite and Hansen’s Kitchen.
Proceeds to the British Heart Foundation.

AuldAlliance/Big Six Tickets

Pub/Games Night at the White Church
2023-04-28 19:30 - 22:00, 2023-04-14 19:30 - 22:00, 2023-03-31 19:30 - 22:00 | White Church Community Centre, Drummond Street, Comrie
Pub/Games night at the White Church.
Darts, Pool, Dominoes, Cards and a bar!

Pub/Games Night at the White Church
2023-04-21 19:30 - 22:00, 2023-04-07 19:30 - 22:00

Comrie Golf Club Lunch
2023-04-12 12:00 - 2023-04-15 14:00 | White Church Community Centre, Drummond Street, Comrie
Comrie Golf Club is hosting a LUNCH in the White Church on
Saturday 15th April – 12 Noon till 2pm
Adults £6 under 12s £4
Soup, Sandwiches, Cake and Tea, Coffee or Juice
Free guess the weight of the cake
ALL WELCOME
A generous donation will be given to Scottish Charity Air Ambulance

Comrie Development Trust AGM
2023-04-11 19:00 - 21:00 | White Church Community Centre, Drummond Street, Comrie
The Comrie Development Trust AGM is being held on the 11th April 2023 at 7pm.
All members of the community are welcome, irrespective of whether you are a member of teh CDT or not.
This is a message from the chair of the CDT – Jeremy Spurway:
In summary – finances are desperate; the Board needs revitalised; continued project delivery needs active working groups
Hopefully you’ll have seen that we co-published the ‘Comrie Housing Needs’ report in conjunction with the Community Council, and now we need to press on with developing an informed strategy for how we address the issues that the report highlights.
Also, in mid-January we signed a contract with STAR consultants – funded by PKC – to prepare a ‘Community Action Plan’ and to guide us through the required community consultation to inform this. STAR have extensive experience in this area (they pretty much wrote the book on it) and you can see examples of their work for neighbouring communities ( Crieff ).
Since there is clearly overlap between these two projects, and to avoid (or at least reduce) ‘consultation fatigue’, it makes sense to run these two projects in parallel, running joint public events where possible.
Financially, we’re in a fix! As I alluded to before Christmas, we face a critical shortage of in-hand funds, particularly with respect to making repayments that are now due on loans that have funded our major development projects at the Camp. I have still to fully understand how we have come to be at this point, but clearly the revenue we had anticipated from commercial hut rental, event hosting, heritage visitors, and – more recently – the self-catering visitor accommodation has not created sufficient surplus (after operating costs) to service the payments on our debts.
Arguably, we should have done as (all?) other charities do and actively seek benevolent donations from supporters of our causes. If we had done this from the outset we would’ve built a ‘central fighting fund’ with which to cushion our financial predicament. Instead, our fund-raising has been project-focussed and we have found it difficult to ask for money to support running CDT administration and the Camp. Until now!
We have a five-point plan for tackling our situation, but first I want to outline why I think we haven’t asked for donations for CDT before now. Despite huge initial support for purchase of Cultybraggan Camp, our operation of the Camp is poorly perceived by a significant number of people. I believe that this is – in part at least – because we have not been good at highlighting the many benefits that the Camp affords, its potential, and, importantly, the many other positive projects that the Trust has enabled within the village. Our decision-making may not have been transparent (or, at worst, outwardly rational) which, quite reasonably, erodes faith in our competence. Furthermore, there is a disconnect between the village, the Trust membership, the Board, and the staff. I believe this is due to a lack of visibility and – at least in part – due to a misapprehension of the various roles.
The Trust is its members; it exists for the benefit of the village; on whose behalf the Board operates as a steering group and a focus for policy and strategy development, of which the Chair is the mouthpiece and conduit to the staff who, in turn, provide continuity with respect to _day-to-day administration and operational delivery. The working groups are members, whose volunteer effort provide the impetus and delivery for the majority of the Trust’s projects.
The plan

clarify the Trust’s role in the village – highlight the benefits delivered to date, and the future potential;
re-frame the Trust’s charitable purposes – focus on access to, and delivery of community benefits;
increase the membership – make the Trust’s voice more representative, recruit volunteers;
revitalise the Board – diversify the membership and close the skills gaps;
make our financial management more robust – only commit to serviceable debt, and improve income forecasting.

To this end I’d like you to consider the revised charitable Purposes presented in the proposed Articles of Association – these don’t materially alter the areas in which we can work but they do clarify how we work, so we’re hoping that this will attract new engagement.
Management strategy (or ‘Belt-tightening’)
I’d like to take the opportunity, after the formal business of the AGM, to invite discussion of how we manage our asset (Cultybraggan) and CDT itself to enable existing and future projects to succeed. The key points to consider are, I believe, as follows:

we have failed to generate sufficient revenue to support the CEO role, so we need to find another way to oversee and direct the development required to make CDT financially sustainable;
as a charity, with no cash, we need to rely on volunteer effort, or get better at sourcing funding;
to reduce/avoid burn-out and the potential for omission or neglect, we need to spread the management burden more widely;
in addition to the project-focussed working groups, we need to consider setting up management groups to tackle:

Finance Operations
Cultybraggan Estate

we need to fill a number of key roles on the Board with fresh faces, namely:

Chair
Company Secretary
Treasurer

we also need to expand the breadth and depth of key competencies within the Board, particularly with respect to financial management and business strategy development.

Finally, I found this note in a presentation from the EGM of 2016-10-25:
“it has become clear that the Trust Board and Trust Working Groups need to be enhanced, and additional volunteers are needed for a range of essential tasks.
Current CDT Board Members are all motivated by a wish to see the work of the Trust extended towards village developments. But, there is a general appreciation that the primary focus needs to be on Cultybraggan Camp as the main asset of the Trust, and an asset which has great potential for development, which will benefit the village in various ways.
Trust Board Members believe that an enhanced board could make a major contribution to ensuring a successful development programme by:

Enabling the Trust Board to become more fully representative of the different interest groups involved Cultybraggan Camp, and committed to making the site a success;
Involving people with a range of relevant knowledge and experience directly in decision-making about CDT matters;
Creating the possibility of sharing the workload of Board members across a larger group”

Essentially, with more support we can achieve more!
We look forward to seeing you in the White Church on April 11th
best wishes – Jeremy
Jeremy Spurway – Chair

Lunch in aid of the Coco Bus
2023-04-08 12:00 - 14:00 | White Church Community Centre, Drummond Street, Comrie
Home made soup and desserts, plus a filled roll, refreshments and other goodies, will be on offer at the White Church on Saturday, April 8, when members of the Comrie Fortnight committee host a Bite ’n’ Blether Lunch.
The event, which runs from noon to 2pm, is raising funds for the well-used Comrie Community Bus – or CoCo Bus as it is affectionately known.
Comrie Fortnight chair James Stewart said: “It’s only £5 per person so come along and support the CoCo Bus. This is the first time we’ve had the annual fundraiser for the bus since before Covid, so we are looking forward to seeing everyone along to enjoy a community lunch again with us.
“It’s best to come early as this is normally a really popular event.”

Yvonne Lyon at the Rural Hall
2023-03-31 19:30 - 21:30 | Comrie Rural Hall
Yvonne Lyon, one of Scotland’s best singer songwriters to perform in Comrie on Friday 31st March

Her most recent album Growing Wild is her tenth solo studio release, and has been received with rave reviews.

As well as performing widely in her own right, she has supported Eddi Reader throughout the UK, performed with Beth Nielsen Chapman and has co-written with Boo Hewerdine. She has shared the stage with Patti Griffin, Karine Polwart, Karen Matheson, Luka Bloom, Steve Forbert, IONA and Juliet Turner. Her memorable and emotive performances can’t help but draw and stir audiences. Her voice can be both fragile and intense and her songs consistently combine poignant lyrics with strong, creative melodies. You can’t help but ‘feel’ at an Yvonne gig.
She has guested on live sessions with Whispering Bob Harris on his BBC Radio 2 show and she has recently found the time in her busy schedule to complete a Masters Degree in Songwriting and Performance from the University of the West of Scotland.
Tickets can be bought online here and from Hansen’s Kitchen.
Please note that this gig is on Friday 31st March

Coffee Morning
2023-03-25 10:00 | White Church Community Centre, Drummond Street, Comrie
Comrie Bowling Club are holding a Coffee Morning Saturday 25th March 2023

Comrie Cinema Club - The Banshees of Inisherin
2023-03-11 19:00 - 22:00 | Comrie Rural Hall
Coming to Comrie Cinema on Saturday March 11th we’re delighted to bring you:

The Banshees of Inisherin, with a pre-film talk by historian Dr John Regan which will provide some historical context for the film.
Talk at 7pm (please bring some cash as a donation to support the talk)
Film at 8pm. Tickets £6 from Hansen’s Kitchen.

Pub/Games Night
2023-02-25 19:30 - 23:00 | White Church Community Centre, Drummond Street, Comrie
Pub/Games night at teh White Church.
Darts, Pool, Dominoes, Cards and a bar!

Comrie Cinema Club - Childrens Film
2023-02-19 15:00 - 2023-03-11 17:00 | Comrie Rural Hall
Coming to Comrie Cinema on Saturday March 11th we’re delighted to bring you:

Strange World – a brilliant Disney animation which follows a family of explorers and their adventures.
3pm Comrie Rural Hall. £3 on the door. Under 3s go free.
Tickets on the door.

Ryan Young
2023-02-11 19:30 - 22:00 | Comrie Rural Hall
Ryan Young is a fiddler and a musician of prodigious talent. He brings new and exciting ideas to traditional Scottish music, receiving international praise for his spell-binding interpretations on the fiddle.
Ryan was nominated as Musician of the Year in the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2022.
Ryan will be accompanied by David Foley who is a founding member of the great band Rura. David is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and teacher from Glasgow. His instruments include the bodhran, flute, whistle and guitar.

Bowie
2023-02-04 19:00 - 21:00 | Comrie Rural Hall
Presented by Comrie Cinema Club – 7pm at the Rural Hall

Lyle Lyle Crocodile
2023-02-04 15:00 - 17:00 | Comrie Rural Hall
Presented by Comrie Cinema Club at the Rural Hall

Comrie Pipe Band Burns Supper
2023-01-21 19:00 - 23:00 | White Church Community Centre, Drummond Street, Comrie
Dinner, music and ceilidh with the Comrie Pipe Band at the White Church on teh 21st January 2023

Comrie Cinema Club
2023-01-14 15:00 - 22:00 | Comrie Rural Hall
Comrie Cinema is making a comeback in the New Year with a double bill on 14th Jan. Check the poster for details.

Comrie SWI Meeting - Tuesday 10th January
2023-01-10 14:00 - 16:00 | Comrie Rural Hall
The next Comrie SWI meeting is on Tuesday 10th January at 2pm In Comrie Rural Hall

– Remake-Furishika wrapping
– Bring a scarf or material
– Comp: 3 x Shortbread fingers
– Four lined poem : “Apologies to Rabbie Burns”

All Welcome
Info: Joyce 07771741983

Flambeaux 2022
2022-12-31 23:30 - 2023-01-01 01:00 | Melville Square
The Flambeaux celebrations of 2020 and 2021 had to be cancelled due to Government covid restrictions. However, in both years four secret flambeaux were paraded around the deserted streets of the village on Hogmanay to maintain the continuity of our centuries old tradition. So, we are happy to announce the resumption of this year’s full Flambeaux parade. As a result of unavoidable expense and limited fund raising over the last two years we incurred a financial deficit, so it is important that this year we make an effort to raise the funds necessary to continue this important and unique village tradition. We hope to raise a minimum of £4000 through the Just Giving web site, the resumption of door to door collections by the Committee, and donation buckets in the Post Office and Handy Shop.
Please help us to fund Comrie’s Flambeaux.
Donate on justgiving

Timetable:

18:30: Childrens Fancy Dress Competition at the White Church
19:15: Fireworks at the Boulevard
23:30: Adult Fancy Dress at Melville Square
24:00: Flameaux Parade.

Flameaux - Childrens Fancy Dress and Fireworks
2022-12-31 19:30 - 20:30 | White Church Community Centre, Drummond Street, Comrie
Timetable:

18:30: Childrens Fancy Dress Competition at the White Church
19:15: Fireworks at the Boulevard

White Church Christmas Eve Service
2022-12-24 19:30 - 20:30 | White Church Community Centre, Drummond Street, Comrie
7:30pm on Christmas Eve at the White Church
