Events 10th October 2008
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North Eden House - Fundraising Ceilidh
Friday, 3rd October, 2008
Featuring the Lomond Ceilidh Band and celebrating 25 years of North Eden House, 57 Eden Park, Cupar (residential & day care centre for older people). Bring your own bottle (plastic glasses please). Fab raffle to be held on the night. Tickets £10 inclusive of supper & a prize for the lucky ticket! Tickets available from North Eden House -
Seeing Red
Saturday, 4th October, 2008
Organised by the Fife Coast & Countryside Trust. Come and join us in the woods of Falkland Estate to look for tracks and signs of our native red squirrel. Event is free but places are limited, so please reserve your place on-line. -
Falconry, Falkland Palace
Sunday, 5th October, 2008
Watch these graceful creatures display their incredible natural skills. Eagles, falcons, merlins & more. Witness these magnificent birds flying free. Organised by the National trust for Scotland. Standard Falkland Palace admission charges apply. -
Gateside Memorial Hall Evening Service
Sunday, 5th October, 2008
Edenshead & Strathmiglo Parish Church will hold an evening Service in Gateside Memorial Hall tonight. All welcome. -
Falkland Conservation Group Taster Session
Sunday, 5th October, 2008
If you were thinking about volunteering but haven't yet given it a try then come along to this taster session. A workshop on monitoring, recording, practical wildlife management, helping visitors and other projects, will be followed by a walk through Maspie Den and Coalpit Community Woodland Dens to see work, both planned and in progress. Meet iat the Stables Workshop*, Falkland Estate, Phoning or emailing us to let us know that you are coming is recommended. * Big green wooden door at the rear of the Stable Block, next to the car park by the Fish Pond. -
Mull Theatre's Macbeth @ Falkland Palace
Wednesday, 8th October, 2008
Backroom conniving, naked ambition, insider dealing, moral ambiguity, hypocrisy and corruption at the highest levels… a dynamic and inventive production with all the elements of thriller, adventure and the supernatural. This is a revival of the final ever show at Mull Little Theatre – an acclaimed, innovative and very accessible production which was loved by critics and audiences alike. Staged against the spectacular backdrop of Falkland Palace, it aims to bring theatre to a wider audience. Ticket Prices: £14 (£10-£8), can be bought online or call the Byre Theatre box office on 01334 475000 for more. -
Cupar Arts Festival
Friday, 10th October, 2008 — Sunday, 26th October, 2008
A 2 week event including: music (King Creosote & the Fence Collective, Savourna Stevenson, Lau, Rab Noakes, Tam White and more); visual arts (Marian Leve, Will Maclean, selected visual artists); performance poetry; art workshops; craft; scottish dance theatre workshops; open studios; heritage walk; puppet state theatre and more. See website for further info. -
Celebrating My Garden
Saturday, 25th October, 2008 — Sunday, 26th October, 2008
Youngsters are called to be arty. An Art competition for primary schools has been organised at Falkland palace. Pupils are called to entry a painting, drawing, collage or other medium which reflects the gardens that Mary Queen of Scotts would have enjoyed. All entries will be exhibited in the Town Hall on Satruday 25 and Sunday 26 October. Entries must be submitted by 1 October. Entry forms and more infomation is available from Falkland Palace reception or call 08444932186 There are three categories Primary 1-2-3 / 4-5 / 6-7. There will be an individual prize per group and a school prize for best exhibit. Entries to be submitted by 1 October 2008. All entries will be exhibited in Falkland Town Hall. Dates: Saturday 25 October 2008 - Sunday 26 October 2008 Times: 11.00am-4.00pm on Saturday 25th and 1.00pm-4.00pm on Sunday 26th. Exhibition entry is free of charge -
Sixth Annual Stewardship Lecture - Food
Thursday, 30th October, 2008
Satish Kumar - "Reconnecting with food".“ Sadly, in the modern world most of us know not how to wait, how to fast nor, for that matter, how to feast.” The Sixth Annual Stewardship Lecture at the House of Falkland will be delivered by Satish Kumar, one of the country’s leading humanitarian activists. Satish is editor of Resurgence Magazine, which has been described as ‘the artistic and spiritual voice of the green movement’. He is founder and Director of Schumacher College as well as an internationally acclaimed author and speaker. Satish will deliver a lecture that focuses on our lost links with food and the impact it has on climate change. Tickets cost £25 but as ever we are offering the Friends of Falkland’s Heritage a discounted rate of £20. Organic wine & Fife Diet supper prepared by award winning chef Christopher Trotter. If you wish to purchase a ticket please contact the office on 01337 858838. Tickets are now available to buy online at http://www.bigtentfestival.co.uk/annual-stewardship-lecture/ . All surplus funds will support the charity’s work to safeguard the future of House of Falkland.

