Meetings and Schedule | Elphinstone Institute

Meetings

The group meets bi-weekly on Thursday evenings, 7–9pm. We are currently meeting via Zoom. If you would like to join us via Zoom, please get in touch with Nicolas Le Bigre at n.lebigre@abdn.ac.uk. In 'normal times' we meet in Room 047, on the ground floor of the MacRobert Building (two doors down from the Elphinstone Institute). Meetings alternate between workshops and practices. [In these Zoom times all meetings are workshops.]

Woman standing in circle, clapping and singing. Workshops feature Janice Clark as teacher and facilitator. These meetings are dedicated to learning songs from Scotland, Poland, and occasionally elsewhere. Members are encouraged to suggest and teach songs to the group.

Practices are dedicated to singing songs from the group's ever-growing repertoire. Members are encouraged to share stories and jokes, as well.

2020/2021 Schedule (via Zoom)

10 September	Workshop
24 September	Workshop
8 October	Workshop
22 October	Workshop
5 November	Workshop
19 November	Workshop
3 December	Workshop
17 December	Workshop
*2021*
28 January	Workshop
11 February	Workshop
25 February	Workshop
11 March	Workshop
25 March	Workshop
6 May	Workshop
20 May	Workshop
3 June	Workshop

2019/2020 Schedule

2020
12 September	Workshop
10 October	Workshop
30 October	Fittie Gospel Hall Performance
14 November	Workshop
12 December	Workshop
15 December	Torry Performance; Winter Dinner
9 January	Workshop
13 February	Workshop
21 February	Tłusty Czwartek Celebration, Peterhead
12 March	Workshop
9 April	Cancelled
7 May	Cancelled
11 June	Cancelled

2017 / 2018

08 October	Workshop
15 October	Practice
05 November	Workshop
19 November	Practice
03 December	Workshop; Christmas Dinner

14 January	Workshop
21 January	Practice
26 January	Polish-Scottish Ceilidh
11 February	Workshop
25 February	Practice
11 March	Workshop
25 March	Workshop
08 April	Practice
22 April	Workshop
06 May	Practice
20 May	Workshop
27 May	May Festival Performance
03 June	Midsummer Dinner

2016 / 2017

11 September	Workshop
25 September	Practice
09 October	Workshop
30 October	Practice
06 November	Workshop
20 November	Practice
04 December	Workshop; Christmas Dinner

08 January	Workshop
22 January	Workshop
27 January	Ceilidh (Blue Lamp)
30 January	Nadzieja Choir (King's College Chapel)
12 February	Workshop
26 February	Practice
12 March	Workshop
26 March	Practice
09 April	Practice
23 April	Workshop
07 May	Practice
21 May	Workshop
28 May	May Fest Performance
18 June	Midsummer Dinner

09 July	Workshop
30 July	Workshop
13 August	Workshop
27 August	Performance, Tullynessle Hall

2015 / 2016

11 October	Workshop
25 October	Practice
08 November	Workshop
18 November	Being Human Festival Performance
22 November	Practice
06 December	Workshop; Christmas Dinner

24 January	Workshop
07 February	Practice
21 February	Workshop
06 March	Workshop
20 March	Practice
03 April	Practice
17 April	Workshop
01 May	Practice
15 May	Workshop
29 May	May Festival Performance
19 June	Summer Dinner

2014 / 2015

21 September	Workshop
05 October	Practice
19 October	Workshop
16 November	Workshop
17 November	Being Human Festival Performance
30 November	Practice
14 December	SHMU FM Recording; Christmas Dinner

18 January	Workshop
27 January	Collective Compositions Performance
01 February	Practice
15 February	Workshop
01 March	Practice
11 March	Lemon Tree Performance
15 March	Workshop
29 March	Practice
26 April	Practice
10 May	Workshop
24 May	Workshop
31 May	May Festival Performance, Word Marquee
07 June	Workshop/Summer Dinner