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Straw-work Woodturning New Lace Boatbuilding Scottish Stepdance Taster Session The Toulmin Prize Totem Pole Carving ‘The Fiddle at Sea’ Polish-Scottish Singing Group Elphinstone Institute Events at the May Festival ‘The Fiddle at Sea:Exploring the Boatbuilding: Musical Traditions of Northern Sailors’ Coble Project with Frances Wilkins Sunday 31 May, 12–4 F r i d a y 2 9 M a y, 4 . 3 0 – 5 . 3 0 Elphinstone Hall Linklater Rooms Come and learn about the unique salmon cobles of Free (booking required) the Moray coast. Dr Frances Wilkins, ethnomusicologist, will give a compelling The Toulmin Celebration account of the importance of music among Scottish sailors, and the impact of this music on and Short Story Prize those who came into contact with it. with Sheena Blackhall and Paul Dukes Scottish Stepdance Taster Sunday 31 May, 3–4 with Pat Ballantyne Linklater Rooms Saturday 30 May, 4–5 Free (booking required) Linklater Rooms, £3.00 The culmination of the annual short story Make some noise with your feet! Join in with competition commemorating David Toulmin’s work, exuberant jigs, reels and strathspeys. No one of the finest exponents of written Doric. experience necessary, but please wear hard-soled shoes. Totem Pole Carving Straw-work with Kenny Grieve with Elaine Lindsay Sat–Sun 30–31 May, 10–4 Lawn outside New King’s Sunday 31 May, 12–4 Elphinstone Hall See totem poles being carved with Kenny Grieve, who established Straw-work and corn dollies by Brotus Rural Crafts in 1988 to further Elaine Lindsay, whose work has traditional woodland skills and a featured on Channel 4′s Kirstie Allsopp’s Crafty range of wood crafts including totem Christmas and BBC One Drama The Escape Artist. pole carving, which Grieve has done with school children around . Woodturning with Alan Steele Polish-Scottish Song Sunday 31 May, 12–4 Elphinstone Hall Performance Sunday 31 May, 5–5.30 Master woodturner May Tent, King’s Lawn Alan Steele demonstrates the ancient craft. He was awarded the McDonald Prize for The Polish-Scottish Song and Story Wrights & Coopers by the Seven Incorporated Group, co-ordinated by the Trades of Aberdeen. Elphinstone Institute, will perform songs from both countries’ traditions. New Pitsligo Lace with Sheila Joss Sunday 31 May, 12–4 studying culture in context Elphinstone Hall Meet Sheila Joss, who will for bookings: www.abdn.ac.uk/mayfestival demonstrate and show samples of New Pitsligo’s unique lacemaking tradition. www.abdn.ac.uk/elphinstone