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FRETS WORDS
Frets Words returns on Zoom on Wednesday 19/1/22 at 7.30pm and meets every two weeks. Prompts are provided by group members and any form of writing can be shared. We are a small, informal group of people who love to write. No prior experience required. We'd love our group to grow and what better way …
ALTERED IMAGES – 21st Jan 2022
Hi, all the best for 2022 from everyone at FRETS Concerts. I was speaking to Clare Grogan earlier, and she is looking forward to Altered Images appearing at FRETS on Fri 21st Jan in the Strathaven Hotel. The Scottish Government statement regarding their updated position on Covid highlighted they will make a further statement on …
Frets Guitar Lessons – new spaces available starting 17th Jan 2022
Frets Guitar Lessons has new openings for guitar lessons from Monday 17th January at their bespoke Frets Creative premises in Barn Street Mews in the centre of Strathaven. The professional standards at Frets Guitar Lessons are resulting in high demand, therefore further spaces are opening up for guitar lessons, which are run in conjunction with …
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FRETS CONCERTS – 2022 announcements
We have some big announcements regarding new FRETS concerts at the Strathaven Hotel for 2022. For further information/ticket details, join our FRETS CONCERTS mailing list at http://www.fretsconcerts.com for news about concerts by Altered Images, James Grant, Bernard Butler, Norman Blake, Monica Queen, JJ Gilmour, King Creosote, Roddy Woomble and others we'll be announcing soon.
HIPSWAY – ticket availability for this weekend (Fri 26th/Sat 27th)
FRETS CONCERTS - Information for our forthcoming concerts at the Strathaven Hotel - Hipsway, Altered Images, James Grant, JJ Gilmour, King Creosote, Roddy Woomble - will be sent out to our mailing list. If you are interested in attending, please join the mailing list at http://www.fretsconcerts.com Some people have been in touch to sell their …
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MARS BONDING #3
By Scott Hammond Mars is the second smallest planet in our solar system, with two tiny moons calledPhobos and Deimos. This is a short poem inspired by the connection between the planetand its moons. Small, smaller, smallest stillThe three of us togetherApart, yet connectedDrawn together like the embrace of parental loveYour mass holds us togetherFear …
MARS BONDING
By Katy Lironi MARS BONDING #2 The bonding happened in utero Space dust from opposing planets Colliding in the womb. With first gasps of life Mutating into Contrary flesh and blood Ying and yang Bundles of Exquisitely packaged chaos. Themselves. Dark and light Play and fight One sleeps day and night, One screams, born uptight. …
FRETS WORDS – Mars Bonding by Helen Johnston
MARS BONDING #1 The Boys Brigade meetings were always crap. Boring. A dusty hall stuffed full of mummy’s boys, badges polished to perfection, stiffly ironed uniforms standing to attention. He enjoyed the sports, but that was all. Most of the time he felt like an outsider. Every week he stood in his torn jeans and …
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FRETS CONCERTS – update
http://www.fretsconcerts.com The final FRETS concerts of 2021 take place at the Strathaven Hotel later this month of Friday 26th/Saturday 27th Nov, with a couple of stripped back concerts by HIPSWAY. The two recent concerts by The Charlatans' Tim Burgess were both sold out and really fantastic events. The Daily Record did a feature about FRETS …