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dancing, a ceilidh, clown and food and mulled wine. 05 PERTH: Music - Scottish Chamber Orchestra perform their New Year Gala Concert, with classic music’s finest waltzes and polkas, including the Blue Danube, Emperor Waltz and Overture to Die Fledermaus, Perth Concert Hall, 7.30pm. Tickets from £14, contact Horsecross box office on 01738 621031. 11 GLENCARSE: Event - knit and natter at Glendoick Garden Centre from 10am until noon with all levels welcome - bring your project with you and pick up great tips, entry £5 including coffee, tea and a traybake. 13 PERTH: Children - Eco-detective family afternoon,learn about the animals of Scotland past and present, Perth Museum and Art Gallery, 1.30pm - 3.30pm. Free. See www.culturepk.org. uk 13 PERTH: Film – Bambi, the family Disney classic where the young deer has to overcome his fears and get himself and his friends out of danger. Perth Museum and Art Gallery, 11am-12:30pm. More information at www.culturepk.org.uk 13 (Until March 3) PERTH: Exhibition – This exhibition focuses on paper and will explore the fascinating work with paper that artists of the 20th century and contemporary artists are doing with graph paper and survey maps and the techniques they use to manipulate the paper. Free. 16 PERTH: Music - Perth and District Accordion and Fiddle Club, Simon Howie SDB, Salutation Hotel, 8pm-11am. 16 PERTH: Talk - Royal Geographical Society’s Inspiring People series, Professor Colin Ballantyne presents a talk on the Ice Age in Scotland, Perth Theatre from 7.30pm. Tickets £10, Tiso members £8, RSGS members, students and under 18s free. 17 PERTH: Music - Perth Chamber Music Society’s Sinopia string quartet perform Haydn, Schubert, Bridge and Dvorak, St John’s Kirk, 7.30pm. Tickets £12, students and disabled £3 on the door. 18 PERTH: Talk - Perth and Kinross Members Group, National Trust for Scotland ‘Alpine Plants in the Alps of Eastern Europe’ by Jim Jermyn, head gardener Branklyn Gardens NTS, William Soutar Theatre, AK Bell Library, 2.30pm. P&K members £5, nonmembers £6. 21 PERTH: Music - Perth Gaelic Choir and the Blackford Fiddlers, St John’s Kirk, 3pm. Free, retiring collection. 26 PERTH: Music - Legendary singer and songwriter, frontman of Ace, Mike and the Mechanics and Squeeze, Paul Carrick, plus special guests, Perth Concert Hall, 7.30pm. Tickets £42 or £35 no concessions, www.horsecross. co.uk or 01738 621031. 27 PERTH: Event - Perth Burns Club traditional Annual Dinner, help celebrate 40 years of dinners at the Sally! The Salutation Hotel, 6.30pm for 7pm. Tickets £25 and £30, details on the club website www.perthburnsclub.org.uk 27 PITLOCHRY - event - Burns Nicht at Pitlochry Festival Theatre with a celebration of the Scottish poet with a piper, an address to the haggis and whisky with performances from the Jambouree cabaret singers, for more details visit www.pitlochryfestivaltheatre.com 27- February 14 PERTH: Event - Perth Riverside Light Night at Norie-Miller Walk returns, with the riverside paths light up to bring the Perth Winter Festival to a close. Free. 27, 28 PERTH: Event - a celebration of Robert Burns at the Riverside Lights on the Norie-Miller Walk with Scottish entertainment from 5pm until 10pm with a themed parade through the city centre, pipe bands, Highland dancing, a ceilidh, Scottish poetry and storytelling, food tasting and an address to the haggis - for more information visit www.perthcity.co.uk 30 PERTH : Event - Tea Dance, step out in a friendly setting with live music, Moncreiffe Church Hall, Glenlyon Road 1.15pm for 1.30-3.30pm. Entry £2, including coffee and cake.

FEBRUARY 01 PERTH: Fastlove - A tribute to George Michael, a show is packed with crowd pleasing anthems from the Wham classics to the chart-topping success of the eighties album Faith, Perth Concert Hall, 7.30pm. Tickets 01738 621031, www.horsecross.co.uk 01 GLENCARSE: Event - knit and natter at Glendoick Garden Centre from 10am until noon with all levels welcome - bring your project with you and pick up great tips, entry £5 including coffee, tea and a traybake. 03 PITLOCHRY: Festival - Banff Mountain film festival world tour stops off at Pitlochry Festival Theatre with a short film on adrenaline sports with stunning scenery - contact 01796 484626. 03 PERTH: Music - Organ recital at St John’s Kirk by Paul Stubbings, director of music at St Mary’s Music School in Edinburgh at 1pm. 04 PERTH: Music - The Music of Star Wars, John Williams’ scores for the whole spacial saga performed by the full RSNO, Perth concert Hall, 3pm. Various ticket prices, www.horsecross. co.uk or 01738 621031. 09 PERTH: Music - Perth St John’s Rotary Concert, St Ninian’s Cathedral, 7pm. 10 PERTH: Event - Perthshire Chinese New Year from 5.30pm with a parade down the High Street, with dragons, dancing lions, lanterns and fire crackers, visit www.perthcity.co.uk 13 PERTH: Talk - Jo Woolf presents a talk on The Great Horizon: Stories of Exploration from RSGS at The Salutation Hotel, 7.30pm. Tickets £10, Tiso members £8, RSGS members, students and under 18s free. 14 PERTH: Children - Sketching buildings, be inspired the brilliant work of JD Fergusson and learn the techniques to sketch buildings in the style of Fergusson, take home your sketches and show off your new skills to your friends. Suitable for children ages 8-12 years, Fergusson Gallery 11am-12.30pm. Entry £8. More information at www.culturepk.org.uk 15 PERTH: Introduction to Cyanotype, make your very own Cyanotype photograms and learn the basic health and safety, equipment and techniques to coat your very own light sensitive paper, suitable for ages 6+, Perth Museum and Art Gallery, 1.30pm-3.30pm. Entry £15. More information at www.culturepk. org.uk 24 BLAIRGOWRIE: Comedy - RHET fundraising comedy night with headliner Phil Differ, the man behind many of Scotland’s best loved comedy shows including Chewin’ the Fat, Still Game and Offside, aslo featuring local funny farmer, Jim Smith, Blairgowrie Town Hall. Tickets www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ rhet-perth-kinross-comedy-nighttickets 26 PERTH: Music - The Monday Night Thing, Adam Holmes and the Embers, with support from Laurie Cameron, soulful roots music with Perth songrighter Laurie, the Studio at Perth Theatre. Tickets £15, concessions £12.50. 27 PERTH : Event - Tea Dance, step out in a friendly setting with live music, Moncreiffe Church Hall, Glenlyon Road 1.15pm for 1.30-3.30pm. Entry £2, including coffee and cake.

MARCH 03 PERTH: Music - St John’s Music Organ Recital, Stuart Muir of St Paul’s Cathedral Dundee with Matthew McAlistair, guitar, St John’s Kirk, 1pm. Free, retiring collection. 08 PITLOCHRY: Music -Scottish Opera brings Opera Highlights, favourites from Rossini’s Barber of Seville, Mozart’s Così fan tutte and Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Gondoliers, Pitlochry Festival Theatre, 7.30pm. Tickets www. PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com or 01796 484626. 15 PERTH: Talk - Perth and Kinross Members Group, National Trust for Scotland, ‘History of Livestock Marketing and Auction Markets’ by David Leggat MBE, FIA (Scot) William Soutar Theatre, AK Bell Library, 7.30pm. P&K members £5, nonmembers £6. 18 PERTH: Music - St John’s Music, Strathearn Piano Trio, senior pupils from St Mary’s Music School, Edinburgh Briona Mannion violin, Finn Mannion cello, William Fielding piano,St John’s Kirk, 3pm. Free, retiring collection.

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