What’s On
24 - Alyth Community Council AGM followed by ordinary meeting. 7.30pm, Old Town Chambers, Alyth Town Hall. 25 - Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham, Blairgowrie Town Hall. 7.30pm, doors open 6.45pm. Tickets £18, available from Mitchell’s Newsagents. 26 - Blairgowrie and Rattray Time Bank, 10am to 11.30am, Rattray Community Connect. Come along and find out more about getting invlved with the time bank or how its volunteers can help you. 26-28 - Alyth Creates, Alyth Arts and Crafts Guild, Alyth Town Hall. Craft fair with demonstrations and workshops by local artists and crafts people. To find out more about taking part contact Ron McGill on 07762 061384 or email ron@plumtree.myzen.co.uk or Lesley Garside on 07739 463594 or info@lesleygarside.co.uk 27-28 - Ericht Art Club annual exhibition, Blairgowrie Town Hall, 10am to 5pm. Over 100 original pictures, prints, cards and other items to view and available to purchase. Refreshments and home baking available. Chance to meet some of the artists. 27 - Blairgowrie Community Market, Wellmeadow, 10am - 3pm. Local arts and crafts and producers. Information stand. For information or to book a stall contact Sue Cole on email sue@ nscdesign.com or 01828 640764 or see www.strathmoreglens.org 27 - Blairgowrie and District Ramblers, Cellerdyke to Kingsbarns, nine miles, grade B. For information telephone 01250870260. 27 - Pride of Place plant sale, Coupar Angus Town Hall, 10am to noon. Wide range of plants available for purchase. Admission £2 which includes refreshments of tea/coffee/juice and home baking. 28 - Hockey 7s Sunday funday fundraising event, JJ Coupar Recreation Ground, Coupar Angus Road, Blairgowrie. 1pm. Everyone welcome to come along and enjoy a great day of hockey. If you would like to enter a team of seven for the day contact Blairgowrie Hockey Club via their Facebook page. 29 - Alyth Senior Citizens’ Lunch and Socialising Club lunch, Airlie St Hall, 12.30pm, followed by annual general meeting. 29-June 3 - Special Treats Group trip, two nights in Gairloch and three nights in the Outer Hebrides. Contact Shonaidh Beattie on 01250 870525 or email shocarjen@btinternet.com for more information or to book. 30 - Special Treats Lunch Club, Royal Hotel, noon. Contact Shonaidh Beattie on 01250 870525 or email shocarjen@ btinternet.com for more information. 31 - Craft n Craic monthly craft meeting, St Catharine’s Hall, George Street, Blairgowrie, 7-9pm. Meet other crafters, get help with a project or enjoy crafty chat over a cuppa. Everyone welcome. £2. 31 - Illustrated talk entitled ‘A spin along the Ericht’ by Meg Luckins, Kirkmichael Session House, 7.30pm. The talk will look at the history of the role the mills played in Blairgowrie’s past and focus on what it used to be like when there were up to 14 spinning mills along the Ericht, and what is left today. £2 donation at the door in aid of Session House funds. Refreshments available.
1-3 - Blairgowrie Players present The Vicar of Dibley, 7pm, Blairgowrie Town Hall. Tickets £10 balcony, £8 stalls, available from the Card Gallery on Allan Street in Blairgowrie, telephone 01250 876444 or email blairplayers@btinternet.com to reserve. Some tickets may be available on the door. 2-3 - Animal Welfare sale in aid of cats and other animals in need in St Martin’s Hall, Balbeggie. 10am-4pm on Friday and 10am to noon on Saturday. Bric-a-brac, good as new, books, CDs, toys, jewellery and plants. Tombola, raffle and refreshments. 2-4 - Blairgowrie and District Hillwalking Club, spring weekend Strontian/Ardnamurchan. See the website at www.bdhc.org.uk for more information or contact meet secretary on email meets@bdhc.org. uk or phone 01334 870866 to confirm attendance. 3 - Blairgowrie and District Trefoil Guild visit to Verdant Works and Discovery Quay in Dundee. 4 - Rattray Blair Half-marathon. Registration at Rattray Community Connect building from 8.15am. Walk leaves at 9am, race starts at 10.30am. For further information or to donate or support the event contact Peter Ritchie on 01250 873923. To sign up to take part go to www.entrycentral.com. All entrants must be over 17 years old. Entry £20 per person, £18 for members of Scottish Athletics. Entries close Sunday, May 28. 4 - Scottish Grass Sickness Show, Blairgowrie. Further details to follow. 5 - Riverside Methodist Church (Blairgowrie and Rattray) monthly coffee morning, Wellmeadow Cafe, Gas Brae, 10-11.30am. 6 - Blairgowrie MS support group meeting, Cargill’s Restaurant and Bistro, Lower Mill Street, Blairgowrie, 10.30am to noon. 6 - Special Treats Lunch Club, Royal Hotel, noon. Contact Shonaidh Beattie on 01250 870525 or email shocarjen@btinternet.com for more information. 7 - Blethers meeting, 10am to noon, the Royal Hotel, Blairgowrie. A chance to look at old photographs of the area and chat over a cuppa. 8 - Blairgowrie High School Parent Council meeting, school staff area, Beeches Road, 6.15pm. All parents, carers, guardians and friends of the school welcome. 8 - Blairgowrie and Rattray Community Council meeting, 7pm, small hall, Rattray Hall, Balmoral Road. 9 - Blairgowrie and Rattray Time Bank, 10am to 11.30am, Wellmeadow Cafe, Gas Brae, Blairgowrie. Come along and find out more about getting involved with the time bank or how its volunteers can help you. 10 - Blairgowrie and District Ramblers away day to Aviemore. 10 - Berry pickers’ ceilidh fundraising coffee morning, Airlie Street Hall, Alyth, 10am to noon. Usual stalls including cake and candy, brica-brac, tombola and raffle. 10-11 - Cateran Yomp fundraising event, 54, 36.5 or 22-mile routes along the Cateran Trail to raise money for ABF The Soldiers’ Charity. Registration now open at www.soldierscharity.org/ yomp. 12 - Coupar Angus and Bendochy Community Council meeting, 7pm, Town Chambers at the Town Hall. 10-18 - Coupar Angus Cycling Festival featuring a range of events including the festival launch in Larghan Park, an MTB race weekend, school cycling championships and sports day, mountain bike rides, road rides and the big Sunday cycle. For further information and updates, including opportunities to have a stall at the opening event or to sponsor the festival, find the cycling hub on social media sites Facebook and Twitter. Alternatively, email Grant using viacachub@outlook.com or call him on 01828 626211. 13 - Special Treats Lunch Club, Royal Hotel, noon. Contact Shonaidh Beattie on 01250 870525 or email shocarjen@btinternet.com for more information. 16 - Generation On Line workshop, Blairgowrie Library, 10.30am to noon. A hands-on introduction to using tablets for older learners. To book, contact Blairgowrie Library on telephone number 01250 871305. 17 - Alyth and District Agricultural Show. For more information see story on page 12 of this week’s Blairie or go to www.alythshow.co. uk. 18 - Blairgowrie Rangers Supporters Club AGM, noon-2pm. Existing members only. The Gig, William Street. From 2pm there will be a games after-
noon with darts, pool and dominoes that is open to existing and any new members wishing to join. For further information email Shirley Stark on shirleyastark@hotmail.com 19 - Coupar Angus Junior Football Club AGM, Red House Hotel, Coupar Angus, 7.30pm. All welcome, particularly if you are interested in helping out at football games. 20 - Special Treats Lunch Club, Royal Hotel, noon. Contact Shonaidh Beattie on 01250 870525 or email shocarjen@btinternet.com for more information.
21 - Berry pickers’ ceilidh, Blairgowrie Parish Church Hall. Volunteers and donations of traybakes always welcome. To find out more contact Moira Sommerville, who leads the ceilidh teams, on 01250 875240. 23 - Generation On Line workshop, Blairgowrie Library, 10.30am to noon. A hands-on introduction to using tablets for older learners. To book, contact Blairgowrie Library on telephone number 01250 871305. 24 - BOOKMARK festival programme launch and fundraiser event. For 24 - Blairgowrie Community Market, Wellmeadow, 10am - 3pm. Local arts and crafts and producers. Information stand. For information or to book a stall, contact Sue Cole on email sue@ nscdesign.com or 01828 640764 or see www.strathmoreglens.org 24 - Blairgowrie and District Ramblers, Kirkmichael to Whitefield Hill, nine miles, grade B. For more information telephone 01250873805.