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“IT IS very possible that without Up Helly Aa there would be no Lerwick Brass Band today.” Dougie Johnstone has played the drums with the group for nearly 60 years - so it is fair to say he knows the drill when it comes to performing at Up Helly Aa, and the event’s. ....
IN TODAY’s instalment of the I Hear Dee project’s History in a Wird series, we explore the origins of the Up Helly Aa season of fire festivals. Run by linguist Dr Viveka Velupillai and native Shaetlan speakers Roy Mullay, Julie Dennison and Andrew Blance, the I Hear. ....
THE I Hear Dee language project was formed to protect and promote the Shaetlan language, a variant of Scots native to the archipelago. The project… ....