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Our Mission
Statement
The
following is a quote from the program booklet for the Traditions
Workshops at Common Ground on the Hill, 2001.
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"Common
Ground on the Hill is a traditional music and arts organisation
whose purpose is to offer a quality learning experience with
master musicians, artists, writers and crafts people while exploring
cultural diversity in search of a 'common ground' among ethnic,
gender, age and racial groups."
"Common
Ground recognises that our world is one of immense diversity but
that as we explore and celebrate this diversity, we find that
what we have in common with one another far outweighs our differences.
The 'common ground' is our humanity, often best expressed in our
music, our art, our dance and even our language and peaceful solutions
to our cultural and inner conflicts can be found in our shared
artistic traditions."
This
might sound all too flowery, especially with our Scots reserve,
but our experience as attendees at Common Ground is that it
does create a climate that both supports the art and enriches
our experience. It brings interesting people together and adds
a genuine social inclusion agenda to the project.
We
are pleased to be developing a partnership project in Scotland
and happy to endose the ethos of Common Ground on the Hill
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