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• Sunday 14th December in St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh - a Christmas concert in the "St. Giles at 6" series. That was our second visit to this beautiful church in 2003, and, once again, we enjoyed singing to a large and enthusiastic audience.
• Saturday 13th December in Old St Pauls Church, Edinburgh. Alison was planning a trek through the Rift Valley in Tanzania to raise money for Oxfam. All the proceeds from this concert - more than £300 - went to her sponsorship fund.
• Wednesday 10th December in Priestfield Church, Edinburgh. This has become a regular concert for us and we’re very pleased that they enjoy having us back each year.
• the Sligo International Choral Festival, 31st October to 2nd November (pictures)
  • singing in four classes in two days
  • a slot on local radio
  • a session in the Harp Tavern (part of the festival programme)
  • several sessions in McLynns
  • and we were honoured to be asked to sing at the opening at Drumcliffe Church (where W B Yeats is buried) of a major new sculpture inspired by his poem "He wishes for the cloths of Heaven"
  • following which, the Usual Suspects proceeded on a tour to Achill Island and Galway
• Sunday 28th September in St Margaret's Church, Dunfermline - a concert in aid of the charity Chernobyl Children Life Line
• Thursday 11th September in the National Gallery of Scotland - a half-hour of songs related to pictures in the collection.
• Wednesday 6th August, in Priestfield Church, Edinburgh
• Sunday 3rd August at Culross Fayre
• Sunday 15th June, in St Giles Cathedral, where we got a pleasingly large audience. In case you think that was just because the concert was free, I can tell you that they liked us well enough to buy an unprecedented number of CDs after the show.
• Sunday 27th April, in the Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh (pictures) - with Tjølling Sangforening from Norway, directed by Øivind Mikalsen, and with the brilliant young Norwegian organist Johan Wallace.
• Sunday 13th April: a Palm Sunday concert in Culross Abbey
• April: Sari Kontkanen went to the Sahara for a 100Km sponsored walk for Maggie's Cancer Caring Centres. She had to raise a lot of money for this - see our Christmas Concert in Rosslyn Chapel. More came from the guests at the Burns Dinner where we sang. Our thanks to everyone who supported Sari!
• Saturday 29th March: singing for Christine and John's wedding in Aberdour's ancient church, and afterwards at the reception in Hopetoun House - very grand indeed! We returned in the evening to enjoy the ceilidh in the ballroom (hung with centuries-old tapestries), but we felt no need to sing - the brilliant Portobello Ceilidh Band provided all the entertainment.
• Thursday 6th March: singing at a Royal Gala Dinner for BESO (British Executive Service Overseas)
  • in the Hub, Edinburgh
  • in the presence of BESO Patron, Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal
  • raising funds (£50 per guest, and there were plenty) for the work of BESO's Scottish office.
    
• Friday 17th January: Robert Burns songs (and more) for a corporate Burns Dinner