Ballogie news for POOT

Christmas Craft Fair

2011-11-23T11:42:00.000-08:00

Ballogie Community Association
are holding a craft fair on
SATURDAY 3rd DECEMBER
from 10am - 2pm
in POTARCH HOTEL
Entry is FREE
and there are lots of different stalls
from Jewellery to Jams
and Virgin Vie to Veggie boxes

Harvest Festival at Potarch

2011-09-22T00:48:00.000-07:00

Harvest Folk Festival
(The First Hairst)

Plans are well under way for the first Harvest Folk Festival on Deeside.

Saturday October 22nd will see some of Scotland’s top traditional musicians and storytellers gathering at the Potarch Hotel on the River Dee near Banchory.

The harvest folk festival will be hosted by broadcaster and musician, Frieda Morrison.

‘This area used to be called the Singing Land. We’re bringing back the songs and the stories that complement the tunes, and the instrumental skills that people associate with this part of Scotland.’

Artists already confirmed include Tom Spiers and Arthur Watson of The Gaugers fame- joined by Danny Couper, Alison McMorland and Geordie McIntyre, the Spiers Family and Hector Riddell with storytellers Lorna and Derek Summers.

Concert tickets: £9 and £7 concession
Ticket reservations: info@potarchhotel.co.uk
Telephone: 013398 84339

For information contact Birseland Media at:
info@harvestfolkfest.co.uk

Ballogie Fayre Cancelled

2010-12-01T07:57:00.001-08:00

The christmas fayre in Ballogie on Saturday has been cancelled due to the weather.

Christmas Fayre

2010-11-30T07:19:00.000-08:00

Ballogie Hall Christmas Fair
This Saturday the 4th December
11.00 - 3.00.
This could possibly be the last one ever, so we need it to be a good one!
There will be warm and welcoming tea, coffee, soup, sandwiches
and homebakes with the proceeds going to the Forget Me Not Club.
Vegetables, handcrafted christmas gifts and lots more.
Finzean school choir will sing carols from 12 to 12.30 and
the Creative Choir will sing from 1 to 1.30.
Come and support them and join in. It really should be like a traditional fair.
Please join in the fun of the Christmas Card Competition, children and adults, please bring along yourvery unique handmade card before 12.00 and judging by local artist Mel Shand will take place at 12.30. Full details on www.ballogiehall.co.uk MERRY XMAS

Next Ballogie Competition

2010-10-22T00:46:00.000-07:00

A handmade Christmas card
To be judged at the Christmas Fayre in Ballogie Hall
on Saturday 4th December
11 am – 3pm
Everyone welcome to enter!

Latin-American Night

2010-10-09T12:17:00.000-07:00

Potarch Hotel are putting on a Latin-American night with tapas, salsa and a limbo competition!
Latin dance lesson with DJ Tonsic and his instructors.
Saturday October 16th at 7:30pm!
Tickets £20pp or £25 at the door.
To book call 013398 84339 or drop by!

Sir Robert Smith MP will be in the area

2010-09-23T10:57:00.000-07:00

If you want to catch up with Robert to voice any issues he will be outside the Butterworth Gallery on Monday 27th September at 2.30pm

Who's makes the best chutney?

2010-09-12T04:20:00.000-07:00

Sunday 26th September
BEST BALLOGIE CHUTNEY COMPETITION!!!
To add to the fun of the Last of the Summer Fayres, a Best Jar of Ballogie Chutney competition will be held. The chutney must be made by an individual from original ingredients. No commercially prepared chutneys or bought chutneys are allowed. The chutney must be in a jar with a label on it. The label should have the name of the chutney on it with its ingredients, but must NOT have the persons name or details on it.Entries will be accepted from 10 to 1130 am at the Fayre in Ballogie Hall on Sun 26 Sept. Judging will be from 1130 to 1200 with the winners announced on completion. Nikki Bradford from Kincardine Castle Kitchens will judge the chutneys. 50% of the marks will be given for taste. 25% for looks and texture, and 25% for hand made/printed label.

Butterworth Gallery open for NEOS

2010-09-12T04:17:00.000-07:00

Visit there new website www.TheButterworthGallery.com

NEOS in Ballogie

2010-09-12T04:08:00.000-07:00

North East Open Studios
Ballogie Hall
Thursday 16th - Sunday 19th September
11am - 4pm

Exhibitors: Alison Ewen - Artist; Anne Marquiss - Silversmith; Robin Key - Silversmith; Peter & Jeanette Smith - Photography & Art; Finlay Craft - Handmade Crafts plus others

Free entry

Ballogie Autumn Fayre

2010-09-02T08:50:00.000-07:00

The next Fayre at Ballogie Hall is to be held on
Sunday 26th September 10am -2pm

Local handmade gifts & crafts,
Fresh local produce
Home baking and refreshments
Free entry

To book a stall £10 or car boot space £5
Contact Sarah on 013398 86104

Childrens Eco Group

2010-06-20T13:11:00.000-07:00

MAKE SOMETHING FOR AFRICA

Birse & Feughside Childrens’ eco-group

Come & join us onSaturday 26th June
Birse & Feughside church
9.30a.m. to 12noon
More info: e-mail: pickfall@aol.comor tel: 01330 850640

£1per child for snack & materials

BALLOGIE IS TOP BEAT OF THE WEEK

2010-05-04T07:08:00.000-07:00

Ballogie was the top beat this week catching a total of 16 fish with the largest weighing 16lbs.
Ghillie Sean Stanton said "Most of the fish were caught on Smiths Shrimp Doubles and Black Francis Flies and the vast majority were sea-liced fish.

Ballogie Fayres

2010-04-13T03:12:00.000-07:00

The fayres at Ballogie are going to be held on the following dates in 2010 from 10am – 2pm.

Spring Fayre - Sunday 30th May
Summer Fayre - Sunday 1st August
Autumn Fayre - Sunday 26th September
Christmas Fayre - Saturday 11th Dec

There will be Stalls, Car Boots and a coffee shop.

Ballogie Burns Evening

2010-01-30T02:44:00.000-08:00

Ballogie Hall are hosting a musical evening with Bruce Davies on Saturday 6th February at 7.30pm. A traditional meal of haggis, neeps and tatties will be served. Bring your own drinks. Tickets are priced at £8 for adults and £4 for children and can be purchased by contacting Sandra Cruickshank on 013398 84401

Silent Auction

2009-11-20T07:53:00.000-08:00

A Silent Auction and Christmas Fair are being held in Ballogie Hall on Saturday 12th December from 11am to 2pm. A full list of auction items can be found at www.ballogiehall.co.uk.

Ballogie Hall AGM

2009-09-25T05:52:00.000-07:00

Ballogie Hall are holding their AGM on Monday 5th October at 7pm in Ballogie Hall.

Anyone can come along to hear what they have been up to and what events they are planning to hold in the future.

Bushcraft at Ballogie

2009-09-15T13:53:00.000-07:00

Saturday 26th September - Noon onwards

We are delighted and grateful that Lawrence Clark is coming back to support our Hall and community. The afternoon's course will take place outside with campfire and cooking, foraging and building.

Lawrence was apprenticed for 5 years to Ray Mears (World-renowned Bushcraft and Survival Skills expert and BBC TV presenter), and is one of only 3 people in the world to be trained by Ray to instructor level.

This is a TICKET ONLY event and for safety reasons we are having to limit the spaces. All children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult. Adults £5, Children £3.

Please contact Helen on 013398 84401 for further details and tickets (only 10 remaining).

The Innes Family of Ballogie

2009-09-15T13:41:00.000-07:00

Tuesday 22nd September in Ballogie Hall at 7pm.

Come along and enjoy an interesting talk on the history of the Innes family of Ballogie by Bryan Miller. Afterwards enjoy a nice cup of tea and all for free!
No need to book, just turn up.

Your invitation

2009-08-24T13:00:00.000-07:00

Invitations will be coming through your doors next week with details of the "Portrait of our time" exhibition and also information about the talks by local people on history of the area, gamekeeping, birds that live in the area and more.....

First POOT post for Ballogie

2009-07-30T14:45:00.000-07:00

Ballogie are very happy to hav a blog / news feed that will contribute infotmation to the POOT (Portrait of our time) project that Mel Shand is spearheadding in Aberdeenshire...

Bookmark this page for news relating to Ballogie specifically, or please visit http://www.portrait-of-our-time.co.uk/for information on Ballogie, Birse, Fizen & Strachan... lets get connected!