Gateside WRI Bus Trip to Edinburgh. The bus will pick up members from Dunshalt at 0840, Strathmiglo at 0850 and Gateside at 0900. The day includes shopping in Edinburgh until 1.30pm followed by tea at the Abbotsfield Hotel Galashiels. To book a place on the bus please telephone one of the contacts below.

Come along and enjoy the end of year exhibit from HND art and design students from Adam Smith College. The exhibition features a range of 2D and 3D works inspired by the palace and gardens. Exhibition runs from 31 May until 17 July.

Auchtermuchty Parish Church is holding a Sunshine Coffee Morning in the Church Hall on Saturday 31st May from 10.00am to 12 noon. All welcome.

Entry: Adults £1.50 Children 50p (includes complimentary tea / coffee / juice). There will be many attractions to entertain both young and old in what promises to be a fun, family evening. Come along and join the fun.

Drop into the Letham Village hall tonight and share your ideas for potential improvements to Letham's George V Park. This is the communitiy's chance to make some really positive improvements, so please make your opinions heard. Hall will be open from 6.30pm to 8.30pm. Waffles, juice and coffee will be available to help creative juices flow!

Join the Jimmy Shand Junior Trio for their regular Accordian & Fiddle night at Collessie's Victory Hall. All Welcome.

Fife Council is seeking the views of local people on the current bus service provision with a view to improving services in East Fife. Local Bus Service contracts in East Fife are due for renewal in August 2009. There will be an opportunity for people to Have Their Say on their local bus services by dropping into Victoria Hall, Auchtermuchty - Monday 26 May 2008, 10.00am until 4.00pm.

Join the 25-strong Creich, Flisk, Kilmany with Monimail Augmented Church Choir at Creich Church for songs of praise - old and new. You are promised a varied and exciting evening. Come along even if all yuo want is a good sing!

The Secret Garden Outdoor Nursery opens 8th Spetember 2008 for children aged 2-5 years. Mon to Fri 0830 to 1700, 49 weeks per year. We are holding WOODLAND WORKSHOPS from 10-12 on 24th May and 10th June for interested parents. Those wishing to attend or in need of further info should contact (see details below)

Come along to a ceilidh featuring the Lomond Ceilidh Band. Raffle and Buffet. Tickets £6 for adults £4 for children. All proceeds to Maggies Centre.

You're invited to the annual Giffordtown Hall Coffee Morning. Entrance £1.50. Enjoy a variety of stalls incl books, baking, plants, tombola etc not to mention a cuppa and a catch up with friends and neighbours.

Join us in the cosy Lounge bar from 8pm to 11pm for live music from David Latto.

Lomond United AFC are hosting a race night at the Lomond Hills Hotel in aid of club funds. All welcome. First race at 8.30pm.

Open meeting. All members of the public are invited to attend. New committee members and volunteers always welcome.

The AGM of the Collessie Victory Hall Committee will be held in the hall on Wed May 21 at 7pm. All welcome to attend - volunteers needed please! Please contact Jim Hooton or any committee member for further details.

The award winning film 'The Power of Community' will be screened in Letham Village Hall followed by discussion looking at positive community responses to Peak Oil and Climate Change. This evening preceds similar 'film and discussion' evenings in Collessie and Giffordtown, looking at the serious issue of imminent declining oil supplies worldwide and how this will affect us all. Presented by the Howe Transition Toun. Donations at the door. Further information from Leilani van Koten; tel 01337 810346, leilani@dsl.pipex.com

All welcome. For previous meeting minutes and an agenda for this meeting, see Collessie Community Council ditrectory listing.

The Auchtermuchty Festival Society in partnership with Elmwood College, is holding a new series of traditional music workshops in the Auchtermuchty Town Hall. Includes a special session for beginners. Workshops offer tuition in guitar, fiddle, tin whistle, mouth organ, accordian and keyboard. All adults and children from 8 upwards welcome to attend (an adult must accompany children under 10). Next workshop is: June 1 08.

Cupar Farmers’ Market is held on the Third Saturday of every month. Likely producers include Iain Spink (Traditional Smokies From Arbroath), Puddledub Buffalo and Pork, Bellfield Organic Nursery, Caurnie Soap Co, Gartmorn Farm Poultry, Fletchers of Auchtermuchty and Hilton Wild Boar. Something for everyone - so please head along and support local, quality food producers. For more on Fife's other Farmers' markets, see weblink.

Fife Agriculatural Association present the Fife Show - fun for all the family. This year’s Show includes all the elements of a traditional agricultural show including pedigree and commercial cattle and sheep classes, goats, food marquee, and home produce. There will be classes for pets and dogs (entries taken on the day). There are also over 100 light and heavy horse showing classes and BSJA show jumping, including several Highland Show qualifiers (entries taken on the day). The Show also features a Game Fair, large trade stand section, including agricultural machinery, saddlery, quality Scottish crafts. There will be a children’s activity marquee and a food and cookery marquee. Main ring attractions include: Tractor pulling Vintage Parade Sky diving Falconry Terrier Racing Adults £8, children under 14 – FREE, OAPs £4. For full schedules and entry forms, see website.

Book the night in your diaries to enjoy a fun evening, raising funds for Ladybank Youth Club. More details to follow.

Come along, have fun and help raise funds for Zimbabwe Orphanage Appeal. There will be various well-known musicians performing including the Terry Wallace experience. Tickets at the door: Adults £4, children free. It's sure to be fun and make a difference. So please join in.

The Fife Traditional Singing weekend will bring some treasured traditional singers and some new voices to the area. Guests include Elizabeth Stewart from Mintlaw, Brian Watson from Northumberland, Ellen Mitchell from Glasgow, Jimmy Hutchison from Newburgh, Ron Bissett from Falkland and many, many more. For a full programme of events, see weblink above. Visitors, don't forget to check out accommodation on the Tourism pages of this site.

A warm invite is extended to all to attend a musical evening presented by the Merchiston Close Harmony Choir and Merchiston Pipe and Drum Band. A retiring collection will be taken.

All welcome.

Monthly meeting. All welcome. For agenda, news and previous minutes, see Freuchie Community Council directory listing.

Collessie Village hall plays host to another old time dance party with music from Jimmy Shand Junior. Tickets £4 each, available at the door.

If the existing hall committee cannot appeal to more locals to get involved with the running of Falkland Village Hall, then it may have to be handed back to Fife Council. The previous 3 meetings have been cancelled due to lack of support - this AGM is the committee's last chance to recruit fresh ideas and members. If you feel that running the hall locally is important, please get along to the AGM and support this valuable asset!

Expact 300 fans, 8 Scottish Dance Bands and numerous surprise guests. Tickets for the Grand Centenary Concert are available from Jimmy Shand Junior on 01337 828452. They cost £10 each - all proceeds to go to CHAS and the Balgairn Adult Training Centre in Cupar.

Come and join a guided walk of Falkland Palace’s picturesque gardens as part of Scotland's Garden Scheme. Garden enthusiasts will appreciate the work of Percy Cane, who designed and cultivated the gardens. There are colourful herbaceous borders, lush green lawns and many unusual shrubs and trees. Walks depart at 1.30pm and 3.30pm. Please reserve your space by calling 0844 493 2186. Admissions: Garden: £5.00 Concessions £4.00 Palace and Gardens:£10.00 Concessions £7.00 Scots Guards and members of Scots Guards Association get in free if wearing badge or tie. Beneficiaries: 40% of admission fee to Gardens Fund of The National Trust for Scotland, 60% net to Scotland's Gardens Scheme

On Sunday the 11th May from 10.30 to 2pm, the Macduff Trust are having an volunteer action day on Auchtermuchty Common. Concentrating on tidying up the Mairs near the Newburgh Road entrance, there will a number of different jobs to do to suit all levels of ability. Tools and gloves will be supplied. Please come along even if just for an hour or so, to enjoy the fresh air and get some exercise into the bargain. There will be lots of tea and delicious home-made cakes to keep you going too.

Join friends and neighbours for a hot buttery roll, a cuppa and a catch up at Freuchie Cricket Club. Cake, candy and tombola. £1 per ticket.

All proceeds got to Christian Aid. Tickets £1 at the door. Enjoy home-baking and plant stalls. Contributions to the stalls gratefully received at the hall on Friday 9th between 6.30pm and 7.30pm or via Aileen Ferguson or Lesley Bowman. Thanks.

Jamboree On The Trail is an annual day for the World Scout Movement to hike together. All Scouts, whatever their age and wherever they may be in the world, are invited to participate in whatever way they can. This year the Freuchie Cubs are completing a sponsored walk in Falkland Estate whilst the Scouts are cycling from Freuchie to Falkland Estate to Strathmiglo, and return, leaving from the Scout Hall at 10 a.m. Both Cubs and Scouts are seeking sponsorship for activities to raise money for Scout Group funds. Please support them generously.

Enjoy the Vagabonds in Muchty. Glasgow's best pop/rock cover band are venturing east to entertain us at the at the Forest Hills Hotel, Auchtermuchty. Featuring Amy Belle as seen on TV with Rod Stewart at the Royal Albert Hall. Tickets £5 available form the hotel.

Join us in the cosy Lounge bar from 8pm to 11pm for live music from Majestic

Elmwood College, Cupar is hosting its first ever Bluelight Disco Friday 9th May between 7pm - 11pm. The disco has been organised by a partnership between Fife Constabulary, Elmwood, Fife Council, NHS and Bell Baxter High School. Bluelight has been happening in Fife for the past 3 years attracting over 20,000 young people to attend. The aim is to provide a safe environment for young people to have fun. Everyone is breath tested and searched on entry to ensure that the disco is an alcohol free zone. Once inside the disco, information is available in the chill-out area about alcohol. PC Shirley Steele, Schools and Communities Education Officer said of the initiative; “Bluelight has proven to be very popular with young people across Fife. It is important to stress to parents that their son or daughter, in going to a Bluelight Disco, will be in a safe, alcohol free environment”. Tickets costing just £1 are available to buy from Bell Baxter or Elmwood College. Entry is by ticket only but this ticket can also be used to get free bus travel to and from the disco on any Stagecoach service bus. More information and pictures of Bluelight Discos can be seen at www.bluelight.uk.net

Join us to hear Charlie Taylor, Tayside District Manager, outline the future Forestry Commission strategy for Ladybank Forest and how members of the public, LFUG and others can become involved.

Join in tea, coffee & nibbles. Members and friends welcome.

David Cowling of Auchtermuchty combined with Edenshead and Strathmiglo Parish Churches, hosts the second in a series of informal discussion evenings about the Christian faith. There will be a series of topics to stimulate general discussion and everyone is welcome to come along to participate of simply listen.

The Auchtermuchty Festival Society in partnership with Elmwood College, is holding a new series of traditional music workshops in the Auchtermuchty Town Hall. Includes a special session for beginners. Workshops offer tuition in guitar, fiddle, tin whistle, mouth organ, accordian and keyboard. All adults and children from 8 upwards welcome to attend (an adult must accompany children under 10). Next 2 workshops are: May 18 and June 1 08.

Enjoy a fun day out for all the family.

Scotland’s Gardens Scheme (SGS), a registered charity created in 1931, raises funds for other worthy charities by facilitating the opening of large and small gardens of horticultural interest throughout Scotland to the public. The many privately owned gardens that open for the scheme are its backbone, very few are accessible to the public at other times and they include a wide selection of Scotland's most beautiful properties. This weekend Barham, in Bow of Fife is opening for all to enjoy. It is a small woodland garden with rhododendrons, spring bulbs, trilliums and ferns. Also a summer garden with herbaceous borders and island beds. Admission is £3.50, 40% goes to Pain Association Scotland and 60% to Scotland's Gardens Scheme. A rare opportunity to enjoy Sir Robert & Lady Spencer-Nairn's garden. See website for more.

You are invited to visit up to 32 artists, designers and makers in their studios in the North of Fife (including Auchtermuchty, Dunshelt, Falkland, Collessie, Giffordtown, Ladybank) and discuss methods, inspirations and commissions with them directly. This is the third Open Studios Fife event and we're delighted to include access to more talented artists and makers than ever before. There's outstanding talent on our doorstep, and this opportunity to meet these artists and makers first-hand is a unique way to explore the landscape and the community. Please check website for details of artists, studio locations and exact opening times.

Auchtermuchty Community Centre invites you to a Grand Dance with 'Heartbeat'. Tickets £9 including a retro supper, available from the Community Centre. Come along, show your support and have a grand time!

Outdoor Education at Lochore Meadows are holding a FREE 'come and try' activity weekend on 3 and 4 May. Activities on offer are: kayaking open canoeing sailing - wayfarer mountain biking Sailing in the City - activities on the water for ages 8 to 14 Session last for 1.5 hours and you can take part in a maximum of 2 activities. Session times are 10am to 11.30am, 11.30am ro 1.30pm, 2pm to 3.30pm, 3.30pm to 5pm. For more information on all the courses and to book your place on all other sessions see link or contact the Outdoor Education Centre.

Coffee morning in Collessie Village Hall on 3rd May to raise funds for playground equipment. Please come along and support the community.

Bring a torch and join the Rangers to celebrate the start of summer with the Celtic Festival of Beltane. Booking essential. To book, or for more information including cost of event, times and meeting places, please call 01592 656080 or e-mail fife.countryside@fife.gov.uk Meeting at various locations in the Lomonds. Lasts all day long! For more info on Beltane, see weblink above.

Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of this popular event. Open to all. Charge: Free - £2.50 for souvenir programme

Plans are going ahead for summer and any help with planting would be most appreciated. This will be our 'container morning' and there will be a caertain amount of lifting and cleaning to be done. Please come and lend a hand if you can.

Come along and join in the fun. For more details, please ring the Clubhouse.

Come along and enjoy three and four part harmonies from the local community choir led by Yvonne Burgess. Concert will be held in Upper Town Hall. Tickets £5, available from group members or Liz Rowley, 01337 828297, email:rowleymur18@aol.com

Come along to the Giffordtown Hall for your chance to purchase a selection of bags and pashminas. All welcome.

Would you like to see Freuchie with a new tennis court, floodlights, play equipment or a picnic bench? Well here's your chance to make those dreams a reality. Get along to the Lumsden Memorial Hall this evening and share your ideas with members of Freuchie Community Council. Thanks to the Campion Homes development there's over £25k of funding available to improve the village. So please give us your feedback and ensure funds meet the most urgent community needs.