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The Glendale Trust AGM Midsummer BBQ Burns Supper Midsummer BBQ The annual midsummer barbecue will take place on Friday 22nd June 8pm, at Meanish Pier. This has proved to be a very popular event over the previous years and as always there will be music, dancing, bonfire and a barbecue. Burns Supper Spring 2012 - The Glendale Trust Company Eighty guests enjoyed an inspiring Glendale Burns No. SC 327627 - Charity No. SCO38741 Supper on the 28th January at Glendale Hall, when the traditional Burns theme was given a local twist. The Glendale Trust AGM The evening was introduced and chaired by Allan Campbell who expertly took us through a packed The AGM was held on the 18th February 2012. As programme. Prof Norman Macdonald delivered the per our constitution one third of the directors must address to the haggis both in Scots and in Gaelic, retire at each AGM by rotation and can as demonstrating the harmony in which the evening appropriate submit themselves to the members of celebrated both languages. Alan Campbell with re-appointment. Three directors vacated office this year, Ann Blackford, Ian Blackford and Dave Perry. Ann and Rabbie Burns Ian were re-appointed for a further three year term at the looking on AGM. Dave Perry, having been a director since the approvingly. inception of the trust decided to retire from the board. As well as honouring Dave has been a stalwart of the trust and very much a Robert Burns, the guiding influence in the evolution of the trust. His Glendale Burns presence will be missed. However he has stated his Supper paid tribute to intention to continue supporting the work of the trust. I Neil MacLeod, the am sure the members will want to join with the board in Glendale bard who thanking Dave for his work over the years. died in 1913. Prof Norman Macdonald gave an expert introduction not just We are delighted that four new directors were appointed to Neil but his wider family, many of whom were also at the AGM: Jim Adams, Anna Campbell, Joy Talbot and accomplished and indeed published poets. Norman also Gordon Thompson. Jim, Anna and Gordon are new to the introduced Arthur Cormack who sang the songs not only trust although Anna has had experience in Portree in of Neil but also of his father and brother. similar initiatives and Gordon has experience as a member of the hall committee. Joy is returning to the Ian Blackford delivered the immortal memory before board having served previously. We are delighted that all Murdo Beaton had the audience rolling in the isles with three have chosen to join and assist the development of his highly entertaining and humorous toast to the lassies the trust where their skills and contribution will be most which was then matched by an inspiring reply from Mairi welcome. Sine Chaimbeul. Add in a theatrical delivery of Tam O’ Shanter from the wonderfully gifted Angus Thorburn and The board of directors for 2012-13 consists of the a most well-crafted Holy Willie’s prayer from Brian Smith following: Jim Adams, Stuart Bell, Ann Blackford, Ian left the audience highly appreciating an evening of great Blackford, Ann Bowes, Anna Campbell, Brian Smith, entertainment which was rounded off by a musical Gordon Thompson, Joy Talbot and Iain Whitehill. rendition of Burns songs by Andy and Catherine Will. The Glendale Burns supper is seen as one of the Of course the trust is a community company for Glendale highlights of the year in North West Skye with the 2012 belonging to the members. As always we would encourage event drawing rave reviews. all members to participate in the activities of the trust Contents: and we remain welcome to the community participating in 1. Glendale Trust AGM report, Burns Supper, our deliberations and activities in any way that they can. Midsummer BBQ In addition to those mentioned above we are grateful for 2. Skye Chessmen, Maria the Translator the support, amongst others, of Graham Davies who 3. Diving in Loch Pooltiel, Petition , Funding for continues to manage the trust website and Ocean Graham Meanish Pier, Journey from home who continues to produce the trust newsletter. Elgar 4. Journey from Home cont’d. Finlay is also a much needed and welcome resource as our 5. Gaelic basics, Dunvegan Trust, ‘The Mind’- Poem. project officer and it is pleasing to see the progress that Photography competition, U3A – AGM, Photo Elgar is making with others to develop our projects. competition 6. Elgar; Free Broadband Wi-Fi event, Raise the Roof! Please visit the Glendale Trust website for updates on 7. Glendale Trust Directors, message from the Universe trust activities www.theglendaletrust.org and follow us on Suzanne Robson – Landscape Artist Facebook at Project Glendale. Ian Blackford The Mystery of the Skye Chessmen in having the Skye U3A founder – Joy Davies - living here Most people with an interest in archaeology will have in Glendale. heard of ‘The Lewis Chessmen’. Found in 1831 on the Isle For further general U3A information Tel: Joy on 01470 of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, the chessmen have been 511727 or for information on the Archaeology group the subject of intense speculation. Contradictory reports and statements regarding their discovery have circulated Tel: Ann on 01470 511235 or Joy. We are not experts – ever since. The location of the find is generally just people with shared interests! acknowledged to have been Uig Bay, Isle of Lewis. Maria the Translator However there have also been reports of chessmen A translator takes a document or any text that has been being found on the Isle of written in one language and writes it again in another. Skye too. The same but verbally, is an interpreter. I also do that, but not too often, for example once there was a conference According to an early report in Skye (New Opportunities for Women) and there were in the Proceedings of the Spanish delegates who couldn’t speak or understand Society of Antiquaries of English, so I was called to help out. It meant whispering Scotland- ‘several in their ears everything that was said in English but in chessmen, carved in ivory, were found in the loch at Spanish, and vice versa. Hard work! Monkstadt during draining’. Attempts were made to drain nearby Loch Chaluim Chille in 1763. I also interpreted for some media representatives from Spain who came The area in which the chess pieces were found is of great for the Malt Whisky Award at historical interest. Ruins on the island in the loch were Talisker. That was fun, mainly when it described by a 19th Century archaeologist as the finest came to the sampling part of the example of an original Celtic monastic settlement on the tour!My job as a translator consists of British mainland. The writer and traveler Pennant who turning English into Spanish texts: visited Skye in 1772 wrote, "Beneath the house of documents, web pages content, Monkstadt was the lake of St. Columba, now drained, brochures, articles for publication, once noted for a monastery of great antiquity”. etcetera. I work from home, which is very convenient, as it allows me to work around my other One chessman was presented to the National Museum of full time job: being a mum. The files come and go attached Antiquities of Scotland in 1782 by a former Lord to e-mails. At the moment I am translating a book written Macdonald. This piece had been used – presumably by Greta Mackenzie from the Isle of Lewis, about the links altered - as a knife handle. It represents two knights in between the Isles and Patagonia, it is called “Return to armour, seated back to back, armed with drawn swords Patagonia”. The Book in English has already been and carrying shields. Date of carving is suggested as 12th published (The Islands Book Trust, Stornoway) and the or 13th century. It is worth noting that Monkstadt House Spanish version will be published later this year. Very provided refuge for Bonnie Prince Charlie and Flora exciting! Macdonald. It is fanciful, but not inconceivable that one of the Prince’s followers was responsible for the alteration of I also translated the scripts for the “Simples” adverts (the the gaming piece into a dirk handle! ones with the meerkats) and some local businesses’ webpages, like “Six Willows B&B”. The last interesting Appearance wise the piece in question seems to be rather job I had was for Womankind, an NGO advocating for different from the Lewis Chess Men. Whilst it is likely women’s rights in Africa, Asia and South America. It that chess pieces were made in quantity and more than made me feel that doing translations could be a very one craftsman was responsible for their carving, the Skye satisfying and meaningful job. A great thing about being a example looks more detailed. The surface is finer than the translator is that you are always learning something new. Lewis examples. One day you are translating a manual on how to operate a There has been a considerable amount of research done sewing machine, the next you are translating about the into the chessmen over the years. The conclusion has been ordeals of women in Ghana. You finish a job on tourism drawn that the report of the for Budapest and you start the next one on how young Skye discovery was an error. children aged 10 can solve lineal equations. Another great It is now suggested that there thing about being a translator is that I am working with was confusion over Uig in what I am passionate about: languages. I am privileged, Lewis and Uig Parish in Skye really, to be able to earn my living doing something I but doubts must surely enjoy! María Elisa Pelletta, Translator EN/SP, Dip Trans remain.
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