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---
title: Eiks an Ens 33
summary: >-
Including notice of our AGM, things to look out for in the Fringe, and the WayWords festival.
---
## AGM
Our AGM will be on Zoom on Wednesday the 11th of September, 7.00-7.30pm. If you're a member of the
Society, watch your email inbox for an invitation. If you don't receive it,
[get in touch](mailto:lallans@hotmail.co.uk)! Let us know if there's anything you'd like to put on
the agenda.
## The Orgreave Stations
On the 20th of November, our editor, Wullie Hershaw, will be launching his new poetry book, _The
Orgreave Stations_. It is a fiery and unflinching look at the 1984 miners' strike through the lens
of a retelling of Christ's Passion.
[Jim Aitken](https://culturematters.org.uk/index.php/arts/poetry/item/4581-the-orgreave-stations-by-william-hershaw)
and
[Alistair McIntosh](https://culturematters.org.uk/index.php/arts/poetry/item/4602-a-powerful-work-of-scottish-working-class-liberation-theology-a-review-of-the-orgreave-stations)
have already done a fine job of reviewing the book, and they emphasise the threads which Hershaw's
poems endeavour to weave together between Christianity and Marxism.
If you're in Edinburgh on the 20th of November, we'll see you there!
[Launch of _The Orgreave Stations_, Scottish Poetry Library, Edinburgh, 7pm, 20th November 2024](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-edinburgh-launch-of-the-orgreave-stations-by-william-hershaw-tickets-953488699367?aff=oddtdtcreator)
## Edinburgh Fringe
It's festival season here in Edinburgh, and among the events, there's plenty of good ones for
Scots-leid enthusiasts!
- [Memories, Times and Places with Alf Jasinksi and Les McConnel](https://firestationcreative.co.uk/event/memories-times-and-places)
- [ScotlandsFest: Whit If? Scotland’s History as It Might Have Been – Hugh McMillan](https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/scotlandsfest-whit-if-scotland-s-history-as-it-might-have-been-hugh-mcmillan)
- [Curmudgeon – Traditional Scottish Folk Music](https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/curmudgeon-traditional-scottish-folk-music)
- [Catriona Price & Friends](https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/catriona-price-friends)
- [Chloe Matharu](https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/chloe-matharu)
- [Song over Scotland with Claire Hastings and Prof David Purdie](https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/song-over-scotland)
- [Iona Fyfe](https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/iona-fyfe)
- [Weather and People and Time with Larry Kaplan and Alan Reid](https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/weather-and-people-and-time)
- [Tam o' Shanter (ballet adaptation)](https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/tam-o-shanter)
## Scottish Dance Research
The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society (RSCDS) has got in touch to ask if we could help with their
research to help the advance the future for Scottish country dance. If you've got 10 minutes, why
not give them a hand?
Here's their message:
> **Contribute to Scottish Dance Research!**
> The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society (RSCDS) invites you to participate in a short survey
> about Scottish dance and cultural traditions. Your insights, whether you're a dancer or not, are
> valuable in shaping the future of Scottish cultural promotion.
>
> - Survey takes only 5-10 minutes
> - Completely anonymous
> - No prior dance knowledge required
>
> How to participate:
>
> 1. Click on the survey link below.
> 2. Answer the questions to the best of your ability.
> 3. If a question doesn't apply to you, feel free to skip it.
> 4. Click 'Submit' at the end of the survey.
>
> Your participation will help ensure Scottish traditions remain vibrant and accessible for future
> generations.
>
> Take the survey here:
> [https://forms.office.com/e/FdXvD85zSt](https://forms.office.com/e/FdXvD85zSt)
>
> Thank you for contributing to this important research!
## WayWords festival
If Edinburgh's not so convenient for you, maybe Aberdeen is better. If that's the case, be sure to
have a look at the events on offer at the fifth annual
[WayWords festival](https://www.waywordfestival.com), hosted by the University of Aberdeen.
There'll be writers, including Liz Lochhead, dance classes, Gaelic picnics, and workshops on
translation, climate change, and much more, and our member Sheena Blackhall will be reading out her
prize-winning story at the presentation of the Toulmin Prize for Writing North East Scots.
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