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2011 End Of Year Message From Donnie Dear Friends It seems barely any time has passed since I last wrote a short message to end the year in 2010, clearly a reflection on the passing years and an eternal prompting to us all just to value and enjoy all time as it presents itself. I know that we all have a tendency to place value on particular a time or times or events and to hurry them along, to be impatient for their arrival and then to regret their passing but my New Year Resolution this year is simply going to be – to value all time - and enjoy all its revelation and intrigue. I particularly want to end the year off by thanking you all for your support throughout the year at all the various events and particularly with the charity fundraisers. A particular thanks to Karin at Northbeat, Richard at the web-site, and Elaine and Catriona for all their help over the course of the year and for their readiness to help at all times - it is so very much appreciated. Of course the incredible talents of the all the guys in the Band make these performances so fantastic for me and I am deeply indebted to them all for sharing that talent with me and for the benefit of the music. We continue to miss Chris Harley and the shows, no matter how fantastic, are lesser without Chris and we wish him improved health in the year ahead. We have enjoyed some amazing shows this year, in different ways and for different reasons and all have brought their special moments to me. Playing to a home audience in Skye after such a long time was clearly both exciting and a bit daunting for me but it was wonderful to look out into an audience and see so many familiar faces and also to know that the subject matter of many of my songs, for many of them was very close to home.It was also a particular pleasure for me to have played a short acoustic set with Malcolm Jones and Blair Douglas and will remain a special night in my thoughts. We ended the year with a wonderful night in Troon and it was one of these occasions which just seemed to have some special ingredient that just sometimes arrives unannounced but just lifts things into another place. A special thanks must go to Helen Thomson for all the hard work which she put in to making it happen. I have had an enormously busy year at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig where of course we became a University as part of the UHI and this brought an historic moment in the history of the Highlands and Islands in particular and to Scottish education as a whole. We have seen very many developments during the year and of particular satisfaction is the strengthening link with Creative Scotland, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Edinburgh University and the University of Dundee all of whom have contributed to the strengthening of the arts within the life of Sabhal Mor. Of course like all institutions we battle against difficult times due to the cutbacks in funding but we are very fortunate to have amazingly resourceful and able people to rely on to help us through these tough times. It is a truly inspiring place.I was particularly delighted that the project Tobar an Dualchais - Kist O Riches of which I have been Chairman now for over 7 years was awarded a special award at this year’s TradsMusic Awards and this is a great reflection on the fantastic team which has driven this hugely important cultural heritage project forward over the years, Their award is richly deserved. I end the year of in company with Manran, Julie Fowlis, Arthur Cormack and some other great performers for the MGAlba live New Year programme being recorded in Skye. I will have the opportunity to rework some early Runrig songs which haven’t been heard for some time and I look forward to it and hope that you might all catch the programme as it goes out live. In the meantime have a very Happy Christmas and a wonderful happy and healthy New Year. Leis gach dùrachd agus mòran taing Donnie 2011 Questions and Answer Session Now Open The annual Question and Answer session with Donnie is now open for you to ask any questions you have always wanted to ask Donnie Munro. Just click on the Community link above and you will find the 2011 Question and Answer thread for you to post your question.
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