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The Forres Big Choir

DigiRoutes|2022-09-15T10:16:19+01:00June 22nd, 2022|Categories: 50th Birthday Book, People, Performing Arts|Tags: 2000s, choirs|

THE FORRES BIG CHOIR Bill Henderson and I combined our strengths in 2004 to create a community choir in Forres. We have about 50 members from along the Moray coast, Inverness to Elgin. Bill and

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Development in the Arts

DigiRoutes|2022-09-15T10:14:35+01:00June 22nd, 2022|Categories: 50th Birthday Book, People, Performing Arts|Tags: 1970s|

DEVELOPMENT IN THE ARTS In 1971 the first three classes began in music (by Gillian Lubach), drama (Eddie with New Age drama and ‘Fun Nights’) and dance (with Lark Batteau). During attunements we have been

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Music As Cultural Glue

DigiRoutes|2025-07-14T18:26:04+01:00June 22nd, 2022|Categories: 50th Birthday Book, People, Performing Arts|Tags: 1970s, conferences, Hans Poulsen, music, New Troubadours|

Music As Cultural Glue Findhorn has always attracted quality community musicians as well as international stars. I think people are drawn here partly for the music. Music is powerful cultural glue and is also a

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Dance Can Change the World

Anna Barton|2022-12-15T19:01:52+00:00June 22nd, 2022|Categories: 50th Birthday Book, Celebrations & Rituals, People|Tags: Anna Barton, Sacred Dance|

DANCE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD For many decades the name Anna Barton was one with Findhorn Sacred Dances. She was the main Sacred Dance focaliser at Findhorn from 1979 until 1996 and went abroad to

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Aquarian Party

DigiRoutes|2023-01-16T17:06:49+00:00June 22nd, 2022|Categories: 50th Birthday Book, Celebrations & Rituals, People|Tags: 1980s|

AQUARIAN PARTY In many ways winter offers a welcome respite at Findhorn, but it can be a gloomy time as well, with the weather driving everyone inside, no events pending, and less socialising. As my

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The Grandfather

Maria-Gabriele Wosien|2024-05-09T10:51:24+01:00June 22nd, 2022|Categories: 50th Birthday Book, Celebrations & Rituals, People|Tags: 1970s, Bernhard Wosien|

THE GRANDFATHER Christmas was the one time when Findhorn would not receive guests. However, in December 1976 Peter Caddy organised offering two events, dancing every evening in the Cluny Hill ballroom and an ongoing dance

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The Way of Dance

Maria-Gabriele Wosien|2024-05-09T10:50:16+01:00June 22nd, 2022|Categories: 50th Birthday Book, Celebrations & Rituals, People|Tags: Bernhard Wosien|

THE WAY OF DANCE At about the same time as I was working on my thesis my father developed his Dance Meditation. While studying for my degree I had encountered the tradition of the

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Teaching at the Steiner School

Judy Da Silva|2022-12-15T19:45:15+00:00June 22nd, 2022|Categories: 50th Birthday Book, Educating children and youth, People|Tags: 1980s, guidance, Moray Steiner School|

TEACHING AT THE STEINER SCHOOL Steiner School class 1986 In 1962 when I was 21, I read a four-line article in the Leicester Mercury about Eileen Caddy. I wished that I too

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Women2Women: A Personal & Spiritual Inner Journey for Lesbians

DigiRoutes|2024-04-22T11:28:04+01:00June 22nd, 2022|Categories: 50th Birthday Book, Community Culture, People|Tags: 2000s, LGBT+|

WOMEN2WOMEN: A PERSONAL & SPIRITUAL INNER JOURNEY FOR LESBIANS The impetus for a programme for women who love women actually came from Niels Paulsen and John Smith. They are the godfathers of the workshop. In

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LGBT: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender

DigiRoutes|2024-04-22T11:29:16+01:00June 22nd, 2022|Categories: 50th Birthday Book, Community Culture, People|Tags: 1990s, 2000s, Iona, LGBT+|

LGBT: LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER In 1996 John Smith and I wrote the first proposal for an Experience Week for gay men, which really stirred things up. It was discussed at great length and was

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