Meetings in your area are arranged by other opera enthusiasts to help you better enjoy Scottish Opera performances. Meetings of Friends also offer informal opportunities to meet others locally, develop your interest, and support the work of the company. All are welcome - bring a friend!
Angus Opera Group are offering a coach trip on Saturday 3 November to Scottish Opera's Magic Flute in Aberdeen. On Sunday 4 November at 2.30pm Derek Clark, Scottish Opera's head of music, will be the guest in Edzell Church Hall. For further information please contact Mrs Margaret Taylor (secretary) Lundie Home Farm Cottage, Menmuir, Brechin DD9 7QW telephone 01356 647351 or e-mail margaret@lundiecottage.wanadoo.co.uk.
Forth Valley branch meet on Sunday 25 November to hear Kally Lloyd-Jones talking with Anne Higgins about her work with Scottish Opera Dancing and Directing. This is at 2.30pm in the Smith Art Gallery and Museum, Stirling. entrance is £5 (£6 guests, £1 students). For further details, contact Elise Macrae on 01786 822128 or e-mail macraefernbank@btinternet.com
Grampian branch Saturday 3 November Lunch and listen with Dafydd Burne-Jones, long serving staff producer at Scottish Opera at the Royal Northern and University Club at 12.30pm.
Lothian and Borders branch Saturday 10 November 2.30pm Scottish Opera Emerging Artist Katie Grossart talks about the challenges and opportunities of her year at Scottish Opera. Meet at the Founders Room, Edinburgh Festival Theatre. Admission £5, including tea/coffee and biscuits for further information contact Ian Hogarth, 9 Blinkbonny Road, Edinburgh on 0131 332 1503 or Christine Lumsden on 0131 337 3644 or e-mail christinaclumsden@gmail.com.
Perthshire branch 2.30pm Sunday 11 November a talk on The Flying Dutchman by Derek Watson at the Royal George Hotel, Perth. For further information, contact Mrs Marjorie Bourne, 6 Skye Crescent, Crieff PH7 3FB on 01764 650822 or marjoriebourne@hotmail.com.
Strathclyde Scottish Opera 50th birthday party Saturday 4 November - details to follow
Tayside branch meeting at 7.30pm on Friday 30 November 2012 in the Common Room, Chaplaincy Centre, Dundee University to learn about A Midsummer Night's Dream, introduced by Stephen Fraser
For further information and to book a buffet supper at 6.30pm before the meeting contact David Muir Wood on d.muirwood@dundee.ac.uk (telephone 01382 370685) or Penny Anderson on penny.anderson@blueyonder.co.uk. (telephone 01382 225067. Meetings cost £2 or £10 including supper, with wine available.
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