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Huntly Castle Tour Guide Launch

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This afternoon the launch of the 4th year of Huntly Castle Tour Guides took place at Huntly Castle. A group of p5’s, who will be going up to P6 next session have been training hard at learning how to deliver a tour to groups of school children and other visitors to Huntly Castle. All the p5s have been learning a song from Elizabethan times, helped by Keith Cockburn.

Parents, members of the local community, Lumsden School  and the Huntly Express were all invited.

The new tour guides walked down to the castle, accompanied by the bagpipes, played by Jack McGowan.

The p5s sang a song connected to Huntly Castle, accompanied by Keith Cockburn. Other entertainment included a dance called the Pavanne, based on dances from the 17th century. The tour guides then delivered their first tour.

After that a group of children served refreshments.

The afternoon went very well  and we wish the new tour guides every success!

Thanks you also to the present P6 tour guides who have done a wonderful job of delivering tours this session!

See more photos here on the tour guide page on the right.

Tour guide launch

Good luck to all the tour guides who will be doing their first tour tomorrow at the Grand Launch!

The new tour giudes 2012/2014 are

group 1

Faye  and Lucas             Caitlin and Christy

Group 2

Philippa and  Mitch           Fiona H  and Aimee

Group 3

Tasmin and  Lola      Ellie and liam

Group 4

Liam and Hannah    Fiona B and Heather

group 5

Freya and Nicole   Norah and Ali

So back to the tour guide launch. It will take place on Wednesday the 3RD of July. There will be 5 tours. The first 3 groups will guide the pupils and staff of Lumsden Primary around the castle. Everyone’s parents or guardians are coming along to watch the fabulous show. Other important people from the community have been invited, such as members of Huntly Development Trust (Donald Boyd and Fiona Manson), Claudia Zeiske from Deveron Arts, Pat Scott from the Huntly Express and many other people.

The tour guides will be wearing 17th Century costumes. They will be piped down by Jack McGowan. All P5s have a part to play. Some will be singing an elizabethan song, accompanied by Keith Cockburn and others will be dancing a Pavanne. Some pupils will be  handing out refreshments at the end of the tour.

This is a copy of the invite.

Invitation

Dear_________________,

Gordon Primary Huntly Castle Junior Tour Guides request the pleasure of your company at our Grand Launch.

On Wednesday the 3rd of July 2013

At Huntly Castle*

From 1:30 – 3:00

Refreshments will be provided.

Please R.S.V.P. by Monday the 24th of June 2013

*Huntly Castle location weather permitting

Keith And Pam Cockburn

Before our  Easter holidays, Keith and Pam Cockburn came into Gordon Primary to work with Primary 5. The workshops, which ran over 4 weeks, were organised by Deveron Arts. P5 learned a lot of different songs including a few connected to their project the Jacobites. Those songs were called: Ye Jacobites By Name and the Skye Boat Song. Some of the other songs that they learned were called:Murder In The Chip Shop, Ye Cannie Shove Yer Granny, 3 Craws ,  Me Maws A Milionaire, Loch Lomand, Wild Mountain and many others. Keith And Pam were lovely people. Keith plays the Guitar, and Pam plays the Violin.

BY Caitlin p5

Sharing Assembly

Musicians Allysson Velez and Keith Cockburn joined the primary 4 classes to share the results of their 5 week block of music workshops with the school at a very lively musical assembly. The P4s sang “Ye Cannae Shove yer Grannie af a Bus” and “Three Craws” accompanied by Keith on guitar. They also joined in with the chorus of a “coco” song in Portuguese, warning about the dangers of fishing near sharks, accompanied by Allysson on pandero. A group of pupils then danced a “Ciranda” which is a  Brazilian circle dance. It was a very entertaining assembly.

Primary 4 enjoyed learning about scottish and brazilian music, and are sorry that the workshops have come to an end. Thank you Keith, Allysson for coming to Gordon Primary to work with us and Deveron Arts for providing the workshops.

Brazilian Music

Primary 4s have learnt about different types of brazilian music such as maracato and watched this You Tube clip;  Maracatu Nacao Pernambuco

They are learning a dance called the Ciranda; Ciranda dance

They also listened to “coco” music.

They have also been enjoying singing traditional scottish songs with Keith Cockburn.Three Craws

They are hoping to be able to perform their songs and dances to the school when they have finished their workshops.

Music Workshop

On Tuesday all of Primary 4 attended an introductory musical workshop in the Deveron Building. Mestre Allysson Velez from Brazil and Keith Cockburn fae Huntly, Scotland played traditional tunes from both countries. Allysson explained about samba music and sang some brazilian songs while the children clapped a rhythm. Some lucky children had a go at playing drums and other percussion. Keith played traditional scottish songs such as “Three Craws” “Coulters Candy” and “Ye canna shove yer granny af a bus.” The children enjoyed singing along!

P4 classes are really looking forward to their next workshops next week.