The Burgh Halls Songs of the Trades Choir with Maeve Mackinnon are singing Robert Burns on a couple of pop-up performances on Saturday 15th February:
2.30pm Burnbank House
3.30pm Rannoch House
We're still looking for new members - no experience necessary! - more details on the choir and how to get involved at http://www.mbht.org.uk/choir
New Rhythms For Glasgow are running some groups for young people in association with Fusion Music Studios and City Ceramics Studio on Fridays at Maryhill Burgh Halls - see the flyer or visit New Rhythms For Glasgow for details!
The third in our series of heritage walking trails around the greater Maryhill area is now available!
Come on a journey to discover North Maryhill - taking in some stunning views from Maryhill Park, the site of Maryhill's forgotten football team, an old tram depot, and some important architecture and forgotten stories.
The trails booklets can be picked up for free at the Burgh Halls, or at a number of local libraries. You can also download PDF and large-print versions for free from our website at www.mbht.org.uk/walks
This third trail complements and adds to the two already available, which together help to create a comprehensive guide to the greater Maryhill area! Trail 1 covers Central Maryhill, the Burgh Halls, Barracks, Maryhill Locks and Stockingfield Junction. Trail 2 covers South Maryhill, North Kelvinside, and Queen's Cross, plus Ruchill Park. Trail 3 takes in North Maryhill, Dawsholm, Maryhill Park and Gilshochill.
All three trails are also included in our free interactive smartphone app, available for iPhone, iPad and Android devices - see here for more details, and download it to find out how you can walk through time!
Many thanks to Glasgow City Heritage Trust for the financial support to allow us to produce these walking trails, and to the volunteers that helped research and test them.
“Oh Maryhill! Dear Maryhill! I love your sunlit braes
Where aft times, lang syne, oor mithers bleached oor well worn claes.
And in the gloamin’s weird light, I sadly sit and mourn,
When I think about the wee well and Wyndford’s singing burn”
Happy New Year everyone. You are warmly invited to the first Grand Charity Argentine Tango Milonga of 2014 (Hosted by John and Dominika) at the fabulous award winning Maryhill Burgh Halls www.maryhillburghhalls.org.uk - 10-24 Gairbraid Avenue, Maryhill, Glasgow G20 8YE on Saturday 25 January - 8pm till Midnight.
This month we are delighted to welcome Georgia Moffa, who will entertain us with a solo ballet performance of Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux Variation.
As it is Burns Night it would be great if everyone could add a little(or as much as you like) Tartan to those outfits!!!
We may even have a special appearance from the choir with some special Scottish Songs!
Entrance to the Milonga is £8 for dancers and £6 for non dancers. Students are asked to contribute what they can afford. No bar - BYOB. Soak up the atmosphere of captivating Argentine Tango music whatever your level of dance ability and please encourage friends to come along and enjoy the evening and see the performance.
The proceeds of this exciting evening will be used to support arts and cultural activities in the local area of Maryhill. Very many thanks to all who have attended the events so far - we have raised in excess of £3,000. We look forward to seeing you all there.
A full on night not to be missed!
Georgia was born in Scotland and brought up in Rome, Italy. She began her ballet training at the Teatro Dell’ Opera di Roma for three years and other local ballet schools. At 16 she was accepted for the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland on the BA Modern Ballet Course. She has recently graduated and is currently auditioning for ballet companies in Europe . She worked on the City Glimpses project, for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, a project involving complete improvisation, or “real time choreography”.
She has danced in partnership with the Scottish Ballet Education Department performing the Balanchine Solo from the Tchaikovsky Pas De Deux, at the Festival Theatre in Edinburgh. She toured the Scottish Highlands and Islands in the autumn 2012 with a 20 minute piece choreographed by Christopher Marney. This involved engaging with the community and performing with community dance groups and is an area of dance in which she is very interested in - bringing ballet to the more remote areas of the world.
In the spring of 2013 she choreographed for the 100th anniversary of the Rite of Spring, choreographed to Stravinsky’s original music score for two pianos, and performed at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland with live music. It is a six piece choreography consisting of three group pieces, two Pas De Deuxs and a solo.
She is a professional Argentine Tango dancer and teacher and has trained and taught in Italy for four years before moving to Scotland to further her ballet training. She was taught by and is dance partner to Ali Namazi, founder of the Argentine Tango Dance society in Italy.
Are you interested in working for Maryhill Burgh Halls Trust? Do have experience working with and managing volunteers? We want to hear from you!
The Clean Plates cafe based in the Burgh Halls will be open at different time over Christmas and New Year - details are below, or give them a ring on 0141 946 8392 or email at cafe@mbht.org.uk to check any details.
Christmas Eve: 10am - 4pm
Christmas Day: Closed
Boxing Day: Closed
December 27th: Limited Opening
New Years Eve: 10am - 4pm
New Years Day: Closed
January 2nd: Closed
January 3rd: Limited Opening
The Halls is hosting a Christmas Craft Fair on Saturday - details below!
We are delighted to announce that the Big Lottery Fund have awarded a grant of £193,938 to Maryhill Burgh Halls Trust. This will support the Trust's work over the period of the next four years, and in particular allow us to employ a fixed term, part-time volunteer coordinator to increase and support the volunteering opportunities available with the Trust.
It also allows our existing Halls Manager - the Trust's only permanent employee - to become full time to better enable a wider range of events using the Hall facilities.
Over 100 consultation surveys made clear the strength of opinion and the need for further development of the Burgh Halls services and support, and there is much we still want to achieve, which this support from Big Lottery should help to allow.
Welcoming the funding Irene Scott, Maryhill Burgh Halls Trust Chair said, “We are truly delighted to have been awarded a generous grant from the Big Lottery Fund. This valuable grant will allow us to build on the work we have done over the past two years since the buildings were restored and re-opened.
“Over 500 events have already taken place in the buildings, including weddings, children’s parties, music, arts, dance and community consultation events. This funding will greatly benefit the people and local organisations in Maryhill by allowing the Trust to continue to provide facilities for the local community and further develop community projects by enlisting the help of more volunteers to become involved in a wider range of our activities.”
More about the Investing In Communties Grant:
http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/global-content/press-releases/scotland/041213_sco_iic_lottery-boost
The Primrose Nursery based at the Halls is having a Christmas Fair on Sunday 1st December to raise money for nearby East Park! Come along and hear our Songs of the Trades choir in action and loads of other fun events!
Join us at an upcoming event at Maryhill Burgh Halls to hear about the impact and legacy of Turkey red, Paisley shawls and the Greenock rope works, and enjoy the opportunity to see historical artefacts and archives up close.
ReINVENT is generously funded by a Knowledge Exchange Network grant by Royal Society of Edinburgh and Scottish Government.
ReINVENT is a unique national project that shares information to reconnect and recreate the materials and techniques of the world-leading 19th century Scottish textile industry. This special free one day public event in Glasgow celebrates the culmination of the project by sharing what we already know and, as importantly, what we don’t.
By bringing together a wide range of local historians, museum curators, conservators, academic scholars, students and interested individuals, we anticipate a stimulating and stimulated interchange of ideas and understanding
To be held on Saturday 7th December 2013
Find out more: http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/cca/research/instituteofarthistory/projectsandnetworks/reinvent/
Register for free here: http://reinventpublicevent.eventbrite.com/
You are warmly invited to a Grand Charity Argentine Tango Milonga at the fabulous award winning Maryhill Burgh Halls (Hosted by John and Dominika) www.maryhillburghhalls.org.uk - 10-24 Gairbraid Avenue, Maryhill, Glasgow G20 8YE on Friday 18 October- Milonga will be from 8pm till Midnight.Back by popular demand we will be running another Ladies Choice Milonga, so ladies you have another chance to ask all the men that you always wanted to dance with!!
This month we are delighted to welcome experienced teachers and performers, Alenka from Slovenia and Ariel from Argentina, who have recently arrived in Scotland and are based in Stirling see http://www.yirajetango.co.uk/
Alenka and Ariel's teaching methodology, which has been carefully designed throughout 14 years of experience, is focussed on body language and communicative aspects of tango. They will hold a free introductory class for all levels at 7pm, the theme of which is "Improvisation in Tango: Structures and Elements (Embellishments) within Musicality".
They will also perform at the milonga. Entrance to the milonga is £7 for dancers and £5 for non dancers. Students are asked to contribute what they can afford. No bar - BYOB. Soak up the atmosphere of captivating Argentine Tango music whatever your level of dance ability and please encourage friends to come along and enjoy the evening and see the performance. The proceeds of this exciting evening will be used to support arts and cultural activities in the local area of Maryhill. Very many thanks to all who have attended the events so far - we have raised in excess of £2,500. We look forward to seeing you all there.John and Dominika
Class 7pm till 8pm (FREE)
Milonga 8pm till Midnight
A large-scale McFall’s tango band will take to the stage with music straight from the South American bordellos, adding a spicy warmth to the chilly nights of a Scottish winter. Expect a big night out, combining music and song, dancing and wine, as special guest artists from the tango world visit Scotland to perform with Mr McFall’s Chamber.
Sit back, relax and enjoy the music or, if you’re feeling more daring, bring your dancing shoes and be transported to a sultry Milonga in South America. Tango experts from The Latin Dance Connection will be on hand to help beginners along.
A post-concert DJ tango dancing Milonga is also free to all ticket holders.
Mr McFall’s Chamber – strings
Valentina Montoya Martinez - vocals
Lysandre Donoso - bandoneon
Maria Martinova – piano
Iain Sandilands - percussion
Maryhill Burgh Halls is delighted to be taking part in Glasgow's Doors Open Days again this year!
On Saturday 21st September the Main Hall and foyer areas will be open all day from 10-6.
Additionally, we will be running guided tours of the entire building for free at 11am,1pm and 3pm. No booking required - just turn up!
On the Saturday at Midday, we also have a performance by our Songs of the Trades Children's Choir, with pupils from St Charles and Caldercuilt Primary coming together to perform songs relating to the historic stained glass windows in both English and Gaelic, led by local artist Maeve Mackinnon.
Also on the Saturday, at 4pm there is a guided walk of Historic Maryhill, lasting around 2 hours (or rather shorter if the weather is bad!). Places for this can be booked online for free here:
https://maryhillwalkingtour.eventbrite.co.uk
On Sunday 22nd September, the Main Hall and foyer area will be open from10-5, with free guided tours at 11am, 1pm and 3pm. No booking required - just turn up!
We're delighted that visitors will also be able to enjoy and experience the delight and passion of Argentine Tango. Experienced teachers and performers Facundo Menendez from Buenos Aires, currently teaching in Glasgow and Edinburgh, and Milly Wang, currently based in Stockholm, will perform in the Hall at 2pm and 4pm - you can even have some elementary tuition after the class if you are up for it and also find out about where to learn and dance tango in Glasgow!
For more details email us at info@mbht.org.uk
{Other great places to visit nearby during Doors Open Weekend include Maryhill's former White House Inn as well as the fantastic Lambhill Stables on the Saturday, and our friends in the Mackintosh Church at Queen's Cross on the Sunday!}
We're delighted to announce that our very own Hunter Reid, Project Coordinator for the Maryhill Burgh Halls project for the last 10 years, and without whom the whole thing would not have happened, has been awarded an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.
The citation says that the award is 'For services to architecture and community engagement in Glasgow' - a great summary of many years of work.
Well done Hunter!
Saturday 15th & Sunday 16th June 2013
Organised by Friends of Glasgow West as part of the West End Festival, and hosted at Maryhill Burgh Halls, this conference looks at the West of Scotland's astonishing legacy of industry, seen through the unique focus of the Burgh Halls collection of stained glass depictions of working people and their techniques, machinery and tools.
Full programme now available - click here for details
The price includes refreshments and a light lunch on both days, plus Sunday participants will be allocated a place on either the "Forth and Clyde Canal Boat Trip to Speirs Wharf" or the "Maryhill Heritage Guided Walk".
Places are limited so please indicate your preference when you book.
Discounted rates available for students.
A lot of Argentinean Tango will be danced at Maryhill Burgh Halls during the next month. The Glasgow International Tango Festival will be held over the weekend of Fri 12, Sat 13, Sun 14 April see http://www.gitf.net/index.html or email glasgowtangofestival@gmail.com for further details.
There will be 6 International teachers leading workshops and performing events at the Halls. If you have never danced tango before, why not sign up for the beginners class led by 2 Glasgow based teachers (held at Wellington Church in the West End) and then come to the Halls to experience an evening of Argentine Tango (a Milonga).
Apart from the festival, regular Argentine Tango dance evenings (Milongas) are held on the 4th weekend of each month to raise money for
arts and cultural activities in the local area of Maryhill. The next event is on Sunday 24 March from 7pm till 11pm and there will be a
free Introduction to Tango Class for Complete Beginners.
Please phone Robert on 07723 305430 or Hunter on 07808 739627 in advance if you are interested.
Sunday 16 December at 4pm
Tickets on the Door - Adults £5 (Children under 10 accompanied by an adult free)
The duration of the performance is approximately 1 hour Funds raised to support the Maryhill Community Music Project
Featuring pupils from St Charles Primary led by Maeve Mackinnon.
A twenty-minute selection of Christmas carols in English and Gaelic by Primary 5 pupils led by Gaelic and Scots song specialist Maeve Mackinnon. Please come and join us - the event is free of charge. If weather permits the event will take place in the newly formed public space at the corner of Maryhill Road and Gairbraid Avenue and if the weather is bad it will be held in the Hall.
1.30pm on Thursday 20th December
