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28th September  2007

Wedding

The marriage of Dawn Clarke and Ewen Mackenzie took place at Eriboll church last Saturday. The service was conducted by John Anderson of the Fisherman’s Mission. Minutes before Dawn arrived at the church the front door had to be forced open, the key had been misplaced. That was the only small hitch to the day which did not spoil any of the proceedings. After the service the party returned to Durness hall for a buffet and the. In the evening many more friends joined the reception and the party went on for many hours.


Exhibition opening
Picture attached Mike McCartney at the opening of his exhibition at Loch Croispol with his Live 8 coolpix book.

On Monday Mike McCartney opened his photographic exhibition as part of the Northern Lights John Lennon Festival at the loch Croispol Bookshop in Durness. A small invited crown gathered to hear the story of his exhibition pictures sixteen signed prints of various celebrates backstage. Because of Beatlemania, Mike had to change his name to ‘McGear’, and was an integral part of the 60’s Merseybeat era, but on the more theatrical, poetic side. In 2005 his brother invited him to Live8 Hyde Park, which resulted, one year later, in ‘Mike McCartney’s Live8 Coolpix’ hard back (to mark such an important occasion) which he and his publisher have donated the first thousand book profits to the Band Aid Trust. Mike was signing copies of the book at the exhibition opening.