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| A brief CV of Nancy Nicolson 2009: May: Guest at Ullapool Book Festival - 1 day in Ullapool Primary school for fun, songs and stories in English and Scots with P1 -P5. Speaker UBF Saturday session – music, stories and songs rooted in Caithness childhood April: Tutor at Scottish Storytelling Centre. Workshop: 'The Story and the Song' -How to incorporate song into your storytelling. . January: Guest singer at Blair Atholl traditional Auld New Year Celebrations in the Village Hall Storyteller: Celtic Connections- storytelling for Early Years in various Schools Speaker: Glasgow Poetry Association- The Twa Bob Piece, (a study of Robert Louis Stevenson & . Robert Tannahill) 2008: August: Wrote, produced and performed ‘Air Alba’ for the Edinburgh Fringe at The Royal Oak bar. . This marathon, 5 shows a week for 4 weeks, was very well received. . See forthcoming gigs for details of Air Alba 2010. 2005-2007 Time out with family and friends, with a few gigs here and there. 1998 – 2004 : Education Officer for Celtic Connections: NN led 2x3-year projects on Scottish Culture in Schools & . Communities in Glasgow. The work entailed close co-operation with schools and was hailed as . “a model of best practice” by the Scottish Arts Council. 1996 -1998: A trustee of The New Makars Trust, a school/community songwriting project in Fife. NN designed . the educational basis of the work, also acting as a tutor and tutor-trainer. This SAC Lottery project . was completed and monitored as most successful. 1975-1997: Primary teacher in Midlothian and Edinburgh. During that time active in EIS teachers Union, . including 10 years on National Council and 8 years on Education Committee. 1996 onwards: A director of The Grey Coast Theatre Company. NN was the key link between theatre staff, school staff, pupils and parents for the play 'Flags', based on the Castletown Flagstone industry. She was company chair for 5 years leading the company to win Advancement Funding from the SAC. 1996: Contributor to “The Kist”, the Scottish Education Department’s resource on Scottish Language, Writing and Song for schools. Nancy advised schools on its use. 1990 - 1998: Writer, Radio Scotland Schools programmes 1989 – 1990: “Heritage of Scotland International Summer Schools” at Stirling, assistant to the Director, Caithness man Robert Innes. 1981 – 1988: A student at Heritage of Scotland International Summer Schools with Jean Redpath, Ballads and Burns songs; Tom Anderson , Shetland fiddle; Alastair Hardie, North-EAst fiddle; Anne Lorne Gillies, Gaelic Song. 1989- onwards: Radio Scotland, occasional contributor to programmes on Scottish Culture, education, language, music and song 1984 – 1988: Member, Board of Governors, Moray House College of Education, (Education Faculty of the University of Edinburgh) 1972 –1982: Edinburgh Folk Club committee member, 2 of these years as Chair and still an active member. And before that Stay - at -Home Mammy in flower power days Edinburgh Student - beatnik fashion Rock-n-roll teenager in Wick Croft Bairn with water from the well, horsepower on hooves and Peats for heat. |
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