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"Some
time in the course of this remarkable week a friend invited
me to tell him what Winnie the Poo and Attila the Hun had in
common? While you consider the improbability of their being
any possible connection then how about an immediate decision
on what Martin Luther King and Rabbie Burns have in common.
Divided by almost two hundred years, the width of the Atlantic
and race and culture, it would be so much easier to spot the
differences and yet there is that instant intuitive feeling
that there is something here worthy of at least a little exploration.
The
connection is certainly not one that I would instantly have
made. It could only have been engendered as the fruit of some-else's
imagination and that is precisely why so many people made the
journey to Ayr on 3rd August and stayed around till the 10th.
Some caught the germ of an idea though there were others who
were just attracted by the music. For my own part, I have
been to many Summer Schools and Festivals, though never consecutively,
but have never come away so fulfilled and uplifted by the totality
of the experience quite like this one achieved. Tired? Yes!
Exhilarated? Without a doubt!
The children and youth
programme at Common Ground has been a great success. The key word in 'Children Among
Us', is 'among' recognising that the programme is an integral part
of the whole event. More
information on Children Among Us
Workshops
Week and Festival - On-Line BOOKING
The programme currently on the website is an old one.. Our 2008 programme is likely to be very similar, subject to minor changes and, we hope, continuous imnprovements. We would encourage you to make a provisional booking
for the 2008 event early as possible. We will then contact you and give you more details.
CONCERT
TICKETS - On-Line BOOKING
Individual concert or
workshop tickets are on sale throughout the year.
Common Ground is much more than a series of workshops, or masterclasses, or concerts, or dances, or festival - although it will be all of these and more. Tutors, performers and participants will come from both sides of the Atlantic, giving people the opportunity to learn about their cultures both on their home ground and as visitors from a related tradition. At the end of the week of Common Ground workshops there is a Weekend Festival. In 2002 this was called The National Folk Festival, Scotland. In 2003 our primary focus was on developing Common Ground and the weekend festival in effect became The Common Ground Festival Weekend.
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Spring Fling 'LIVE' Weekend - 23rd / 24th May, 2008.
As part of our preparations for moving our summer schools to Dumfries & Galloway we are running a weekend event at Baron's Craig Hotel, Rockcliffe, near Dalbeattie over the weekend of 23rd and 24th May.
Check out the pictures from our summer school based this year at Friars Carse and Allanton.Photographs - Common Ground 2007
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Review
of Common Ground 2003 Read a personal view of Common Ground Scotland - written
by first time CG participant, Willie Slavin.
Photographs
Common Ground 2003 A selection of the many photos taken during the 2003
event.
Photos
2003 - page 1
Photos
2003 - page 2
Living Tradition review of 2002
Photographs from Summer 2002
CONCERT PROGRAMME. There
is an extensive series of concerts running as part of Common Ground, and covered
by the Common Ground Season Ticket. The concerts are open to the general public
and tickets can be purchased for individual events. For a text verion of the CONCERT
LIST click here
Memberships: We have constituted Common Ground Scotland as a membership organisation. If you agree with our aims, we invite you to become a member: Become a member of Common Ground
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