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Scotian News

July 2016

Edition 137

Congratulations to the following Former Pupils who have reached milestone birthdays this month:-

75 None

70 Alexander Pierce; Adrian McDonald; Peter Malcolm Wylie; William Smith; Peter McKechnie;

65  Francis Pilchard; Hugh Smith; Andrew Muldoon; Peter Quigley; Niall (Doull) Connolly; William Hemming;

60  John Drawbell; Michael Herkess; Neil Crawford; Iain McKay;

50 Stephen DeLuca; Mark O’Hare;

 School News

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Vince Delicato (1961-1963), following a massive heart attack while on holiday in Italy. Condolences have been offered to the family.

Change of e-mail address- David Pia.

Recent correspondence received from:- Mark Tobin Moore, in the U.S.of A.; Ian Adam, in Andorra; Nicholas Connacher( Fr Giles); Dermod O’Malley;

In the last month in the local Edinburgh Evening News there were articles about Ricky Demarco and his association with the Arts Festival since it started in 1947, celebrations for Tim Maguire celebrating completing 1000 marriage services as a humanist celebrant, and pictures of him presenting a cheque to SANDS charity. In another picture, the full council of Linlithgow were parading in full regalia in the town in 1969. This is of interest to us as in the picture is Fergie Byrne, our maths teacher(on extreme right). He was the Provost.   Sadly, there was also a report on an abuse case in the High Court in Glasgow concerning St. Ninian’s school, Falkland, which was the other Christian Brothers school in Scotland. The articles have been sent to Maurice Dougan, to include them on the website.

We recently received a brochure for the John Duns Scotus Festival 2016 from Father John Robinson, whose father, Jack, was in charge of looking after the grounds and the fabric of the buildings for the school. The event takes place from Sat. Sept. 17 to Tues. Nov. 8 in Duns For further information, contact www.dunsscotus2016.com

Dave Milligan writes:-
My inimitable friend Mike Maran is returning to the Edinburgh Fringe for the last time this August.Mike has been writing and performing new shows at The Fringe since 1977 and this year he bids farewell to the Fringe with three productions in Valvona & Crolla:
Week 1. ‘A Funny Valentine’ – the life and music of Chet Baker with Colin Steele (trumpet) and Fraser Urquhart (piano).
Week 2. ‘John Muir: Rhapsody in Green.’ – based on the writings of the great Scottish environmentalist.
Week 3. ‘A Divine Comedy.’ Mike's adaptation of Dante’s masterpiece.
The final performance of ‘A Divine Comedy’ at 12.30pm in Valvona & Crolla on August 27th will be his last performance on The Fringe.
If you only see one show this year, make it these three. If you can’t make it to see all three shows, then go and see two of them. If you can’t make it to two of them, then go and see all three.
You’d be crazy to miss it!

This is Mike Maran’s performances at the Festival over 39 years. Well done, Mike.

Mike Maran’s Farewell to the Fringe.
Mike Maran returns to the Edinburgh Fringe for the last time. He has been writing and performing new shows at The Fringe since 1977 and he bids farewell to the Fringe this year with three productions in Valvona & Crolla.
Week 1. ‘A Funny Valentine’ – the life and music of Chet Baker with Colin Steele (trumpet) and Fraser Urquhart (piano).
Week 2. ‘John Muir: Rhapsody in Green.’ – based on the writings of the great Scottish environmentalist.
Week 3. ‘A Divine Comedy.’ Mike Maran’s adaptation of Dante’s masterpiece.
The final performance of ‘A Divine Comedy’ at 12.30pm in Valvona & Crolla on August 27th will be Mike Maran’s last performance on The Fringe.
Some of Mike Maran’s highlights.
1977. ‘Penny Whistles of Robert Louis Stevenson’ – Mike’s first fringe production was adapted for television and broadast on BBC2 on Easter Monday 1979. Sponsored by Pernod The Scotsman wrote ‘Absinthe does not make the seat grow softer.’
1979. ‘West Ham vs Hearts’ – a cabaret with David Sheppard which ran for years. Mike was described by Owen Dudley Edwards as ‘Nijinsky to David Sheppard’s Diaghilev.’
1991. ‘an Atom of Delight.’ – a journey through the novels of Neil Gunn with the late Derek Hoy (fiddle).
1993. ‘Italia ‘n’ Caledonia’ – the story, told by Mike Maran and Philip Contini, about their grandparents’ emigration from Italy to Scotland which ran for years and was a huge favourite among the Italian community in Scotland. Bonnie Lee said, ‘I thought I had died and gone to heaven.’
1999. ‘Captain Corelli’s Mandolin’ with the late Alison Stephens (mandolin) which subsequently went on a tour of over 500 performances.
‘Did You Used to be R.D.Laing’ and ‘Mahler: Song & Dance Man’ were awarded Herald Angels in 2000 and 2003.
2013. ‘Platero Y Yo’ – Stories of me and my donkey in collaboration with the Marjanishvili Theatre in Tbilisi.
2015 and 2016. ‘A Divine Comedy’ Mike Maran brings a lifetime’s experience to achieve his adaptation of Dante’s sublime poetry.

John Barry reported that he met Aidan Bremner on John’s holiday in Portugal, and found him fit and well, and that he was just like at school.

Tom McEwan bumped into a few friends at the Festival, being a multitude of Bartholomews and Angelo Lannie. Tom is performing his last two gigs at the festival. He is at Orwell Terrace, near Haymarket at 10.00pm on Tuesday 16th, and Wednesday 17th August. You can find recordingsof the first two on Periscope - search for T.G. McEwan – and detailsfor the others below. No Dark Nights though.
https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/tg mcewan-promises

Why not help an old troubadour sail gracefully into the sunset by visiting his shows.

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