CAFÉ VOICES: MIDLOTHIAN TALES

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Event Details

Celebrate the New Year with the launch of Midlothian Folktales written
by host Lea Taylor and illustrated by Sylvia Troon. Come and join us for
some hilarious and heart-warming tales from Midlothian, featuring
stories from the book and a taster from The Purple, White and Green: The
Story of the Scottish Suffragettes. With an open-floor section for
storytellers to tell their own tales, in the relaxed surroundings of the
Storytelling Court.

TRACS (Traditional Arts & Culture Scotland, SCIO SC043009) is a co-operative network which champions our shared traditions of music, song, storytelling, dance, crafts, customs and local languages. TRACS brings together the Traditional Music Forum (SCIO SC042867), the Scottish Storytelling Forum (SCIO SC052330) and the Traditional Dance Forum of Scotland (SCIO SC045085). Together we celebrate the local distinctiveness of Scotland’s places: our intangible cultural heritage. TRACS and the Forums have their registered office at the Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1SR. The Storytelling Centre is a partnership project between the Storytelling Forum and The Church of Scotland (SC011353).