We are very happy to report that essential funding is now in place to enable us to put on a 2014 Mauchline Holy Fair which will be on Saturday 24th May 2014. We are also very pleased to have received funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund to enable us to remember those who left for World War 1 and didn't return and the effects of that on families. On the Friday evening (23rd May) there will be a march to the Mauchline War Memorial, an appropriate service there, and a march back to the Loudoun Street Car Park for around an hour and a half's entertainment on the mobile stage which will be there for the Saturday. For the Remembrance Event and march, we are grateful for the help and advice of the local Branch of the Royal British Legion. Acts and attractions booked at this time are:- Friday march, service and stage Entertainment:- Isle of Cumbrae Royal British Legion Pipe Band The Band was formed in 1999, at the instigation of Millport Branch of the Royal British Legion Scotland and from modest beginnings the Band has grown in numbers and can now count around 40 members ranging in age from 15-70. Non-competitive in nature the Band has participated widely in local, National and International events. The Band has played before the Queen at Balmoral and has participated in Armed Forces' Day events in Edinburgh and Glasgow as well as being
happy to help out local RBLS branch events on Cumbrae, Perth, Irvine, the Three Towns, and wherever else they might be needed. Internationally the Band has travelled to Spain, Germany, France, Norway and Belgium to take part in various festivals and cultural events. The Band participated in the Lorient Festival the biggest Interceltic festival in the World in 2010, 2011 and were lead Scottish Band at the 2012 festival. Throughout all the Band has tried to stay committed to it's Legion roots and in 2007 the Band travelled to Ypres in Belgium to take part in the 90 th Anniversary remembrance of The Battle of Passchendaelle, This included participation in the renowned Menin Gate ceremony and dedication of the newly erected Scottish memorial at Zonnebeke where they first became acquainted with the Mauchline Burns Club and The Somme Memorial Pipe Band who were likewise participating in the dedication ceremonies. In October 2014 the Band will again return to Belgium in to join in remembrance of the Centenary of the First Battle of Ypres which was the first major engagement of The First World War involving Scottish Regiments. The Band's signature tune IS NOT by coincidence The Road to Passchendaelle' The Band wears it's own distinctive Isle Of Cumbrae tartan and anyone who has visited the Isle of Cumbrae will know the significance of the Crocodile emblem on the cap badges and drums! Saturday Holy Fair starting, as usual, at 11am On the Stages and round about:-
Main Act :- Jai McDowell
Scottish Singer Kirk James Jill Woodburn's Highland Dancers Scottish Rain Scottish Rain presents a tribute to the Legends of Scottish Music. The show includes the hits from five decades of some of the most iconic and unforgettable Scottish pop & rock stars, such as Texas, Deacon Blue, The Proclaimers, Del Amitri, Alex Harvey, Runrig, KT Tunstall, The Fratellis, Simple Minds, Paolo Nutini, The Bay City Rollers, Gerry Rafferty, Nazareth, Pilot, Wet Wet Wet, The Bluebells, Travis, Danny Wilson, Frankie Miller, The Marmalade, Aztec Camera, Hue and Cry, The Corries, Rod Stewart, to name but a few. This makes Scottish Rain a tribute act like no other. Rather than a single artist, the band pays homage to the legacy of some of the best bands the UK has ever produced. It just so happens that they are all Scottish!
Jesse Garron Earl Haig Memorial Pipe Band from Flanders
Flanders Jocks - WW1 Re-enactment Group from Flanders
Gordon Highlanders The Gordon Highlanders 1914-1918 is an organisation of civilian re-enactors which exists to recreate as accurately as possible the life of the soldiers of the Gordon Highlanders during the Great War 1914-18. All members of the Regiment wear the exact uniform and equipment of the period and carry the Short Magazine Lee Enfield rifle (S.M.L.E.). Dumfries Aviation Museum Exhibition Mauchline Burns Club Presents 1914 Uncle Billy Williamson - Childrens Entertainer Jolly Beggars Cantata Screaming Preachers Charlie Chaplin Comedy Stilt Walker Suffragettes Old Mauchline 1914 Media Presentation Kenny Baird/ Stewart Howie Tractors of the 1914-18 period.
1914-18 Fundraising Tank Reconstruction. Above Ground replica Trench. Over 70 Stalls including Owl Magic below:- Owl Magic is Ayrshires Premier Owl Display Team with over 50 birds ranging from our smallest owl, Titch, the pygmy owl who is no larger than a sparrow to our largest Galaxy, the milky eagle owl. All our birds are hand reared and enjoy human interaction. We are well travelled not only in Ayrshire but all over Scotland!! We have been well recieved at the Mauchline Holy Fair over the past few years and have received a lot of interest. All our handlers are trained to excellent levels and are full of information regarding the birds and their habits. We look forward to seeing our many friends at Mauchline Holy Fair again this year.