Thursday 24 November

When it comes to writing music that captures the mood of a landscape nobody does it better than Inverness fiddler Duncan Chisholm who captivated a full house at Cannich Hall on  Saturday with pieces from his Strathglass Trilogy. Duncan was joined by Irish guitarist Tony Byrne, a brilliantly intuitive player, for an evening which will go down as the biggest highlight (in these parts anyway) of the year. An unforgettable evening which, lest we forget, also raised £996.57 towards the refurbishment of Cannich Hall. Not bad for a hall which less than 18 months ago was in danger of being closed until the local community stepped in and decided things could be a whole lot different. Duncan's already promised a return visit. Can't wait!

Monday 14 November

Nice surprise on Saturday when the chair of Beauly Firth & Glens Trust turns up on my doorstep with a cheque for £11,500 towards the hall refurbishment project. The trust has recently been wound up and has distributed its funds to a number of local groups of which SACC is one. So one very large thank you to the BFGT!

Thursday 4 November

A big thanks to everybody who turned out for out for SACC's second AGM last night. In subdued lighting the kitchen didn't actually look too bad! Had some very positive responses to the refurbishment plans but do keep the feedback coming. Check out the plans on the SACC Document Archive page. Now working hard to get the funding in.

Tuesday 1 November

Two more funding applications completed and posted off in the last couple of days - Robertson Trust and the Highland Cross; then there's the AGM on Thursday (which, importantly, includes a presentation of the refurbishment plans and getting essential feedback on these), a meeting with the architect on Friday and the business plan to complete. Quite a week!