Greetings from the Fraser Shaw Trust! We have had a quiet year so far but we are back with a bang for our September festival Shawfest!
Shawfest is a yearly festival taking place in Partick, Glasgow that helps to raise money for The Fraser Shaw Trust. This year’s festival will take place on the 8th and 9th of September and features a variety of events with a range of artists performing in three different venues; St Peter’s Hall, The Lismore Bar and The Sparkle Horse. A raffle will also be taking place over the weekend, with some fantastic prizes to be won.
Kicking off the weekend will be a workshop in St. Peter’s Hall with MG Alba Scots Trad Awards Tutor of the Year Emma Tomlinson. All ages and instruments welcome – intermediate level only.
The big Saturday night concert, also taking place in St. Peter’s Hall and will see two bright young bands perform – Eabhal and Kim Carnie.
On Sunday 9th Sept in The Sparkle Horse, there will be a traditional music session from 3pm, where festival goers will get a chance to recover from Saturday nights activities, before the fun is moved over to the Lismore Bar, with Nae Plans kicking off a concert at 5pm.
This is sure to be a brilliant weekend of music and craic, and of course for remembering the spirit of our dear friend, Fraser Shaw.
More info at www.shawfest.co.uk
Thanks To Our Valiant Fundraisers!
Big shout out to Hamish Napier and Duncan Lyall who raised a whooping £670 and £425 respectively for the Fraser Shaw Trust. Hamish ran 3x10k runs in 3 Irish cities in January and Duncan ran the Edinburgh Half Marathon in May. Well done lads and a million thanks from the Trust!
Our Contributions
You may recall that the Trust donated £5000 to the Multiple Sclerosis Centre Mid Argyll in Lochilphead at the end of 2017. Fraser had intended on donating the proceeds of his tune book here, his local MS Centre, a place he received a great deal of support from during his illness, so it meant a lot to the Trust to be able to make this donation on his behalf.
This money was subsequently used in the renovation of the centre – a big job that will make a huge difference to the patients coming for treatment. Outreach worker Claire Cameron says, “The renovations have made a huge impact on everyone who comes to the centre and also to the staff. The office has a lovely atmosphere in it now and is just a joy to come into. The new oxygen will save the centre around £9000 per annum so this is amazing for us.”
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Do support us too by coming along to some of our Shawfest events next month!