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Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Join Wham Ba*am Samba

Starts: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 at 18:30

Ends: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 at 20:30

Location: Newton Stewart, The Riverside Centre

Tickets: 1st Vist FREE

Contact details: Contact: Hilda Gray   Tel: 07840 402 618   Email: WhamBaamSamba@aol.com

Description: Non-auditioning, community samba-drumming band, based in Newton Stewart welcoming new or lapsed players of any ability aged 16 years and over. No formal commitment — just come along and enjoy the fun! We provide training and supply instruments. For more information call Hilda on 07840 402 618 or email WhamBaamSamba@aol.com

Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Join The Band

Starts: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 at 18:30

Ends: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 at 20:30

Location: Newton Stewart, The Riverside Centre

Tickets: Cost is FREE for the first visit to out rehearsals; thereafter it’s £15 per month. The fees pay for the cost of the Hall and pay our Music Director Helen Smith.

Contact details: Contact: Hilda Gray   Tel: 07840 402 618   Email: whambaamsamba@aol.com

Description: We are a community samba band based in Newton Stewart. We are always looking for new members of all abilities and aged 16 or over (an insurance thing — sorry to those under 16 years)



You don’t need to own or play an instrument as we offer a full training programme in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere and will supply the appropriate instruments



Wham Ba*am Samba play all around the region in numerous community and charity events.

Thursday, July 02, 2009
Guided Group Meditation for Relaxation

Starts: Thursday, July 02, 2009 at 19:30

Ends: Thursday, July 02, 2009 at 21:00

Location: Newton Stewart, 15 Arthur Street

Tickets: Admission by donation: suggested offering £3.00.

Contact details: Contact: Susan Gomersall   Tel: 01671 402 523   Email: TherapywithSusan@aol.com

Description: Drop-in group meditation at 15 Arthur Street, Newton Stewart. An ideal way to restoring peace and harmony in your life; fantastic for stress-relief and relaxation. Our groups are informal, friendly and include all walks of life and levels of experience; having no religious, political or financial affiliations. Full-guided meditation to music followed by refreshments.

Thursday, July 02, 2009
Guided Group Meditation Through Relaxation…

Starts: Thursday, July 02, 2009 at 19:30

Ends: Thursday, July 02, 2009 at 21:00

Location: Newton Stewart, 15 Arthur Street

Tickets: suggested offering £3.00

Contact details: Contact: Susan Gomersall   Tel: 01671 402 523   Email: TherapywithSusan@aol.com

Description: …simple & peaceful, safe & powerful. Offering you the greatest tool for self-healing, one that you may practice at any time & in any place you wish. Our groups are informal, friendly & include all walks of life & levels of experience; having no religious, political or financial affiliations.

Full guided meditation followed by refreshments - admission by donation

Saturday, July 04, 2009 to Saturday, August 01, 2009
Dumfries & Galloway 82nd Fine Art Society Annual Exhibition

Starts: Saturday, July 04, 2009 at 10:00

Ends: Saturday, August 01, 2009 at 17:00

Location: Dumfries, Gracefield Arts Centre, 28 Edinburgh Road

Tickets: To be confirmed

Contact details: Contact: Gracefield Arts Centre   Tel: 01387 262 084

Description: This year's annual exhibition features a wide variety of drawings, paintings and craft items with most works available to buy. The Society was established in 1922 and as well as each member practicing their own particular art or craft, since then they have been promoting and sharing the enjoyment of fine art.

WEBSITE: www.dumgal.gov.uk

Saturday, July 04, 2009 to Monday, August 31, 2009
As Others See Us

Starts: Saturday, July 04, 2009 at 10:00

Ends: Monday, August 31, 2009 at 17:00

Location: Kirkcudbright , Kirkcudbright Town Hall

Tickets: To be confirmed

Contact details: Contact: Kirkcudbright Town Hall   Tel: 01557 330 291

Description: Innovative portraits of some of todays most noteworthy native and adopted Scots. Each was asked to respond to a quotation from Robert Burns poetry and comment on his continuing relevance.

Saturday, July 04, 2009
Home Again

Starts: Saturday, July 04, 2009 at 10:00

Ends: Saturday, July 04, 2009 at 17:00

Location: Kirkcudbright , Kirkcudbright Town Hall

Tickets: To be confirmed

Contact details: Contact: Kirkcudbright Town Hall   Tel: 01557 330 291

Description: Continuing the top class art exhibitions arranged by Kirkcudbright 2000, an exhibition of paintings by artists associated with Kirkcudbright from the late 19th century, assembled from public and private collections.

Saturday, July 04, 2009
USA themed entertainment night

Starts: Saturday, July 04, 2009 at 20:00

Ends: Saturday, July 04, 2009 at 23:30

Location: Port William, pORT wILLIAM, Maxwell hall

Tickets: £5

Contact details: Contact: Helen Oxley   Tel: 01988700757   Email: info@portwilliampantomimecompany.com

Description: A night of fun based on red, white & blue - "What team colour will you represent?"

WEBSITE: www.portwilliampantomimecompany.com

Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Guided Group Meditation Through Relaxation…

Starts: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 at 12:30

Ends: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 at 14:00

Location: NewtonStewart, 15 Arthur Street

Tickets: suggested offering £3.00

Contact details: Contact: Susan Gomersall   Tel: 01671 402 523   Email: TherapywithSusan@aol.com

Description: …simple & peaceful, safe & powerful. Offering you the greatest tool for self-healing, one that you may practice at any time & in any place you wish. Our groups are informal, friendly & include all walks of life & levels of experience; having no religious, political or financial affiliations.

Full guided meditation followed by refreshments - admission by donation

Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Java and a chat

Starts: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 at 09:30

Ends: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 at 12:30

Location: Newton Stewart, 15 Arthur Street

Tickets: 3 Crees

Contact details: Contact: Nicky or Susan   Tel: 01671 402 322 or 402 523   Email: GallowayLETS@aol.com

Description: Java and a chat for Galloway LETs (Local Exchange Trading System) at 15 Arthur Street, Newton Stewart. The perfect opportunity to make new friends, talk LETs and have fun.

Saturday, July 11, 2009
10@ Kirroughtree

Starts: Saturday, July 11, 2009 at 10:00

Ends: Saturday, July 11, 2009 at 17:00

Location: Newton Stewart, Kirroughtree Visitor Centre

Tickets: Entry charges apply - booking essential.

Contact details: Contact: Forestry Commission Scotland   Tel: 01671 402 420

Description: 10 tortuous miles and 10 gruelling hours of exquisite mountain biking. Log onto www.nofussevents.co.uk. for more information.

WEBSITE: www.forestry.gov.uk

Saturday, July 11, 2009 to Monday, August 31, 2009
Zig Zag: The Paths of Robert Burns

Starts: Saturday, July 11, 2009 at 10:00

Ends: Monday, August 31, 2009 at 17:00

Location: Dumfries, Gracefield Arts Centre, 28 Edinburgh Road

Tickets: To be confirmed

Contact details: Contact: Gracefield Arts Centre   Tel: 01387 262 084

Description: Zig-Zag is a major interactive touring exhibition that uncovers the myth behind the man widely reagrded as Scotland's "national bard". This exhibition let's us follow him on his travels and learn more about his work as a poet and collector of folk songs as well as many more aspects of his life.

WEBSITE: www.dumgal.gov.uk

Sunday, July 12, 2009
July Jazz at Drumlanrig Castle

Starts: Sunday, July 12, 2009 at 18:00

Ends: Sunday, July 12, 2009 at 17:00

Location: Thornhill, Dumfries, Drumlanrig Castle

Tickets: £19.50

Contact details: Contact: Sandra Collinge   Tel: 01848 331555   Email: scollinge@buccleuch.com

Description: Craig McMurdo and his jazz quartet provide glitz, glamour and sophisticated sounds as dusk falls gently over Drumlanrig Castle and its magnificent gardens. As you sit back and relax, sip on expertly prepared Pimms and savour fresh, local strawberries. Drumlanrig Castle has thought of everything for an enchanting summer evening this July.

WEBSITE: www.drumlanrig.com

Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Join Wham Ba*am Samba

Starts: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 at 18:30

Ends: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 at 20:30

Location: Newon Stewart, The Riverside Centre

Tickets: 1st Visit FREE

Contact details: Contact: Hilda Gray   Tel: 07840 402 618   Email: Whambaamsamba@aol.com

Description: Non-auditioning, community samba-drumming band, based in Newton Stewart welcoming new or lapsed players of any ability aged 16 years and over. No formal commitment — just come along and enjoy the fun! We provide training and supply instruments. For more information call Hilda on 07840 402 618 or email WhamBaamSamba@aol.com

Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Join The Band

Starts: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 at 18:30

Ends: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 at 20:30

Location: Newton Stewart, The Riverside Centre

Tickets: Cost is FREE for the first visit to out rehearsals; thereafter it’s £15 per month. The fees pay for the cost of the Hall and pay our Music Director Helen Smith.

Contact details: Contact: Hilda Gray   Tel: 07840 402 618   Email: whambaamsamba@aol.com

Description: Join the band!



We are a community samba band based in Newton Stewart. We are always looking for new members of all abilities and aged 16 or over (an insurance thing — sorry to those under 16 years)



You don’t need to own or play an instrument as we offer a full training programme in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere and will supply the appropriate instruments



Wham Ba*am Samba play all around the region in numerous community and charity events.

Thursday, July 16, 2009
Guided Group Meditation Through Relaxation…

Starts: Thursday, July 16, 2009 at 19:30

Ends: Thursday, July 16, 2009 at 21:00

Location: Newton Stewart, 15 Arthur Street

Tickets: suggested offering £3.00

Contact details: Contact: Susan Gomersall   Tel: 01671 402 523   Email: TherapywithSusan@aol.com

Description: …simple & peaceful, safe & powerful. Offering you the greatest tool for self-healing, one that you may practice at any time & in any place you wish. Our groups are informal, friendly & include all walks of life & levels of experience; having no religious, political or financial affiliations.

Full guided meditation followed by refreshments - admission by donation

Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Guided Group Meditation Through Relaxation…

Starts: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 at 12:30

Ends: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 at 14:00

Location: Newton Stewart, 15 Arthur Street

Tickets: suggested offering £3.00

Contact details: Contact: Susan Gomersall   Tel: 01671 402 523   Email: TherapywithSusan@aol.com

Description: …simple & peaceful, safe & powerful. Offering you the greatest tool for self-healing, one that you may practice at any time & in any place you wish. Our groups are informal, friendly & include all walks of life & levels of experience; having no religious, political or financial affiliations.



Full guided meditation followed by refreshments - admission by donation

Saturday, July 25, 2009
Gracefield Print Studio Members Days

Starts: Saturday, July 25, 2009 at 10:30

Ends: Saturday, July 25, 2009 at 16:00

Location: Dumfries, Gracefield Arts Centre, 28 Edinburgh Road

Tickets: To be confirmed

Contact details: Contact: Gracefield Arts Centre   Tel: 01387 262 084

Description: Gracefield Arts Centre has a print studio equipped fo non-toxic print making techniques. Artists wishing to use the facilities can join as members. Some experience of print making is required. On designated members' days, use of the print studio is free for members and offers an opportunity to get together and share hints and tips on techniques.

WEBSITE: www.dumgal.gov.uk

Sunday, July 26, 2009
Car Boot Sale

Starts: Sunday, July 26, 2009 at 11:00

Ends: Sunday, July 26, 2009 at 14:00

Location: Stranraer, The Millenium Centre, George Street

Tickets: Tables £7.00 each

Contact details: Contact: Wendy Jesson   Tel: 01776 706279   Email: wendy885@btinternet.com

Description: Clear out your clutter and make some cash! Indoor car boot sale with refreshments all day.

Sunday, July 26, 2009
Mad Hatter's Victorian Tea Party

Starts: Sunday, July 26, 2009 at 11:00

Ends: Sunday, July 26, 2009 at 16:00

Location: New Abbey, Dumfries, National Museum of Costume, Shambellie House

Tickets: £3.50/£2.50/Kids free

Contact details: Contact: Contact the site   Tel: 0131 247 4030   Email: info@nms.ac.uk

Description: Join Felicity Faichney, the museum's own mad hatter to make your own paper hat before settling down for tea and cake!

WEBSITE: http://www.nms.ac.uk/costume

Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Stranraer Show

Starts: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 09:00

Ends: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 18:00

Location: Stranraer, London Road Playing Fields

Tickets: see website

Contact details: Contact: Kathryn Jamieson   Tel: 01776 870242   Email: info@stranraershow.co.uk

Description: The Stranraer Show is one of Dumfries and Galloways most popular annual events. The show is organised and hosted by Stranraer & Rhins of Galloway Agricultural Society in order to showcase the best of local livestock, agricultural products and rural crafts.

WEBSITE: http://www.stranraershow.co.uk

Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Stranraer Show

Starts: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 09:00

Ends: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 17:00

Location: Stranraer, Stranraer, London Road Playing Fields, Stranraer

Tickets: Adults £6, Concessions £4, Family Ticket £15

Contact details: Contact: Kathryn Jamieson   Tel: 01776 870242   Email: kathrynjamieson80@hotmail.com

Description: A great day out for all the family including a wonderful display of livestock and horses, lots of trade stands, a large craft marquee and main ring entertainment.

WEBSITE: www.stranraershow.co.uk

Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Join Wham ba*am Samba

Starts: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 18:30

Ends: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 20:30

Location: Newton Stewart, The Riverside Centre

Tickets: 1st Visit FREE

Contact details: Contact: Hilda Gray   Tel: 07840 402 618   Email: WhamBaamSamba@aol.com

Description: Non-auditioning, community samba-drumming band, based in Newton Stewart welcoming new or lapsed players of any ability aged 16 years and over. No formal commitment — just come along and enjoy the fun! We provide training and supply instruments. For more information call Hilda on 07840 402 618 or email WhamBaamSamba@aol.com

Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Join The Band

Starts: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 18:30

Ends: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 20:30

Location: Newton Stewart, The Riverside Centre

Tickets: Cost is FREE for the first visit to out rehearsals; thereafter it’s £15 per month. The fees pay for the cost of the Hall and pay our Music Director Helen Smith.

Contact details: Contact: Hilda Gray   Tel: 07840 402 618   Email: whambaamsamba@aol.com

Description: Join the band!



We are a community samba band based in Newton Stewart. We are always looking for new members of all abilities and aged 16 or over (an insurance thing — sorry to those under 16 years)



You don’t need to own or play an instrument as we offer a full training programme in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere and will supply the appropriate instruments



Wham Ba*am Samba play all around the region in numerous community and charity events.

Thursday, July 30, 2009
Guided Group Meditation Through Relaxation…

Starts: Thursday, July 30, 2009 at 19:30

Ends: Thursday, July 30, 2009 at 21:00

Location: Newton Stewart, 15 Arthur Street

Tickets: suggested offering £3.00

Contact details: Contact: Susan Gomersall   Tel: 01671 402 523   Email: TherapywithSusan@aol.com

Description: …simple & peaceful, safe & powerful. Offering you the greatest tool for self-healing, one that you may practice at any time & in any place you wish. Our groups are informal, friendly & include all walks of life & levels of experience; having no religious, political or financial affiliations.

Full guided meditation followed by refreshments - admission by donation

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