by Gordon Mackay | Jun 3, 2020 | Press Release
Scotland’s Sounds is delighted to share good news from across the network. New Doric Future Website Now Online Doric Future Website was formed in 2019. It is a unique website which portrays a new perspective on our Doric culture in the N.E. of Scotland....
by Gordon Mackay | May 22, 2020 | Jill's Lockdown Videos
This short film takes in the stunning coastal scenery of the North East of Scotland – wildlife, nature, creativity and culture from the perspective of a Scots Quine. Seabirds, coastal flowers, granite rocks are in abundance. The ancient history of Cruden Bay....
by Gordon Mackay | May 17, 2020 | Jill's Lockdown Videos
Describing my Doric/Buchan Roots, and exploring the beautiful Buchan coastline on North East coast of Scotland which I am blessed to have right on my doorstep. I explain what the benefits of walking in history and nature mean to me and make the connection between...
by Gordon Mackay | May 12, 2020 | Jill's Lockdown Videos
Working with Visit Aberdeen Isn’t it great when you find yourself pulling in the same direction as others? I am delighted to have my work featured on the Visit aberdeen website https://www.visitabdn.com/abdnwillwait/touring/buchan-coastline/. Stunning and Rugged...
by Gordon Mackay | May 9, 2020 | Jill's Lockdown Videos
At a time when the world is reeling from the impact of Corona Virus and the devistation it has caused for so many people across the world, we find ourselves self isolating to sheild ourselves from the obvious dangers. I have used this time to reflect on my own very...
by Gordon Mackay | Apr 26, 2020 | Doric Future, People / Culture
26th Feb 2020 Jill’s latest piece reflecting on her passion for all things Doric and pulled together all in a day – Farming , Fishing, Stone circles, Country Houses, Wildlife, cycling on the Railway Line, Nostalgia and so much more to be proud of. To watch the video,...
by Gordon Mackay | Mar 28, 2020 | Doric Future, People / Culture
28th March 2020 Doric Future is gathering folk from all backgrounds and professions.Like any changing culture, there is one profound thing that will remain after the written or spoken word has gone, its values.There is a great backbone to Doric Folk, their sheer...
by Gordon Mackay | Mar 24, 2020 | Language / Culture
24 Mar 2020 I met Doric Poet Jo Gilbert at the Elphinstone Institute, Aberdeen on my quest to find people who are passionate re their Doric Roots. Follow Jo on her Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/jo.gilbert.poet To watch the video, click the play button on...
by Gordon Mackay | Feb 28, 2020 | Doric Blog - People / Culture
Hi Jill, Thank you for taking the time to come in and speak with the students. I hope you also enjoyed being at the front of the class. Doric is part of the rich history of this area and is woven in to the fabrics of some many other areas of life. For example, the...
by Gordon Mackay | Feb 28, 2020 | Doric Future, Travel
9th Feb 2020 Here in the North East of Scotland. I want to add something for everyone so it makes it interesting and ever changing. For me it’s about sharing our culture with other folk across Scotland. This video clearly shows how I easily engage with people from...
by Gordon Mackay | Feb 17, 2020 | Music / Culture
17 Feb 2020 A farmers son, who was inspired by his farming culture to play the mouthie, ie mouth organ, write and sing songs and also became a “dance band caller” . A delight to listen to his stories of his farming years and ways gone by. To watch the video, click...
by Gordon Mackay | Feb 9, 2020 | Doric Future, People / Culture
9th Feb 2020 Snippets of that year where I am out and about sharing our culture and experiencing other people’s cultures To watch the video, click the play button on the section below. Join the Doric TV Community today We very much hope you will join our Doric TV...
by Gordon Mackay | Jan 25, 2020 | Doric Future, People / Culture
25th Jan 2020 It’s 20 years since I made my first video of Cruden Bay. I’m delighted to have had the opportunity to present my work to a higher standard. It takes a huge effort to make these community videos. I guess my imagination started from my farming days, from...
by Gordon Mackay | Jan 18, 2020 | Doric Future, People / Culture
18th Jan 2020 Local woman Betty Morris shares her own very personal memories of a life steep in a rich Doric family life. To watch the video, click the play button on the section below. Join the Doric TV Community today We very much hope you will join our Doric TV...
by Gordon Mackay | Jan 12, 2020 | Doric Future, People / Culture
12th Jan 2020 Senior auctioneer, Aberdeen and Northern Marts. Marc McIntosh has been an auctioneer selling cattle and sheep etc all his working days. This video gives an insight to the role of an auctioneer. Marc has experienced a lifetime’s connection with countless...
by Gordon Mackay | Jan 8, 2020 | Doric Blog - People / Culture
“A little personal reflection , as I was bringing my older video material to the fore for inclusion in the web site, it has for me been reconciliation of my past. Thinking deeply and writing and drawing videos together has given me a deep rooted sense of who I am and...
by Gordon Mackay | Jan 8, 2020 | Doric Blog - People / Culture
How often nowadays do you hear a Doric phrase uttered in the streets of Aberdeen, or in any of the bigger towns of North East Scotland? Perhaps it’s inevitable in the cosmopolitan, international city Aberdeen has become over the last 40 years, but conversation...
by Gordon Mackay | Jan 7, 2020 | Doric Blog - Music / Culture, Doric Blog - People / Culture
I play moothie (mouth-organ) and diddle; I sing popular Scottish and Doric songs including own compositions; I recite my own Doric poem; I do some ceilidh dance calling; I talk about the Box & Fiddle magazine; and I describe another way in which I carry on the...
by Gordon Mackay | Jan 7, 2020 | Doric Blog - Music / Culture, Doric Blog - People / Culture
(written especially for Doric Future) What does the North East doric mean to me?” To be honest I’ve never thought of it in that way, and there’s your greatest clue. Having been brought up speaking it, I don’t have to think about it – it’s just there. It’s my...
by Gordon Mackay | Jan 1, 2020 | Doric Future, People / Culture
1st Jan 2020 The importance of videoing oral history to document not only how the Doric language is spoken, but also how we look. Bessie to me, is the “Queen of Doric” that’s why I would like her profile up with the others at the beginning of the site. “At reaching...
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