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H A W I C k REIvERS FESTIvAL

27TH-29TH MARCH

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Full weekend of activities Friday, Saturday and Sunday, including...

Scocha .............................................................................4 Market and Encampment ...............................................6 Drumlanrig Tower...........................................................6 Border Clansmen ............................................................6

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Falconry...........................................................................7 Les Amis d’Onno ............................................................9 School Plays ...................................................................11 Drumming..................................................................... 13 Inter-schools Reivers Games ........................................ 13 Hawick Archaeological Society Lecture ....................... 15 Hot Trod and Fireworks display ................................... 17 Reivers Banquet ............................................................ 19 Literary High Tea ......................................................... 21 Ghost Tour .................................................................... 23

For last minute details and times of events visit our website www.hawickreivers.com or telephone 01450 375263 Journey Distances within 90 minutes drive from Hawick.

Carlisle - 42 miles • Berwick-upon-Tweed - 44 miles Edinburgh - 53 miles • Newcastle 62 miles Please note that this programme is published in advance and may be subject to change at short notice.

The organisers cannot be held responsible for any alterations to the programme of events that are deemed necessary.

PROGRAMME OF EvEnTS

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Scocha are proud to be part of The Hawick Reivers Festival

FRIDAY 27TH MARCH 2015 Hawick Old Baths at 8pm doors open 7.15pm

Hosted by Hawick Callants Club Cabaret Style seating £12.50 Licensed Bar Tickets available from ILF Imaging, Sandbed Hawick or online at www.borderevents.com/boxoffice

The Festival is set to get 2015 off to a great start In this year of Home-coming the history of two of our Border Families will be recalled in special events. Hawick Archaeological Society are very pleased that Andrew Scott of Harden has agreed to be their guest lecturer and Hawick Rotary Club play host to broadcaster Fiona Armstrong at the Literary High Tea. Those who attended last year will appreciate what an excellent venue the Auld Baths proved to be and the ever popular Scocha will get the festival off to a rousing start there at 8pm on Friday Evening.

Building on the success of our Reivers Market and Encampment moving to the High Street the Primary School Reivers Games will also move there this year and we hope to welcome a number of new stall holders. Re-enactors will be out in force to add to the atmosphere and will provide a few surprises over the course of the day!

Also don’t miss the school productions in St Mary’s Church we hope to attract big audiences for all the kids hard work.

Wilton Lodge Park will be the venue for the Fireworks Display following the torchlight procession from the Common Haugh, then it’s back to the Auld Baths for the second Reivers Banquet - a great addition to 2014 and set to be even better this year.

Sunday sees the Literary High Tea and another new addition to the program - your chance to meet the Ghosts of Drumlanrig Tower as dusk settles over our Auld Grey Toon!

“Something for everyone” so get out and support all our events.

Also please donate generously when you see our collecting buckets.

If you want the festival to continue we really need your financial support!!

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WELCOME TO THE 14TH HAWICk REIvERS FESTIvAL

Its Reiving time again. 2014 was an amazing year for the town with all the special events to mark the 500th Anniversary of Hornshole and its helped us all to be much more aware of the difficult times which our forebears experienced.

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MARkET AnD EnCAMPMEnT Saturday, 10.30am till 3pm South End of Hawick High Street

DRuMLAnRIG TOWER Saturday, 10am till 4pm Sunday, 12noon till 3pm Featuring drop in workshop from 1-4pm on the Saturday offering Lucet knitting, weaving, smell boxes and reivers themed word searches and item hunts within the building.

BORDER CLAnSMEn

RE-EnACTMEnT GROuPS

This local based “Living History” club is going from strength to strength with 2014 being the group’s best year to date. In 2014 the club were privileged to take part in Hawick’s 500 anniversary events, and played the role of the Hexham soldiers in the re-enactment of the skirmish at Hornshole to an audience of 1,200 children - a day to remember indeed.

The Hawick Reivers Festival is always a favourite and special event for the club, which kicks off their 2015 season. They will be appearing as reivers from the period of 1603 - a dangerous time when Queen Elizabeth’s reign was ending and the reivers were keen to be raiding and feuding before King James VI took over a united Kingdom’s throne.

For this year’s Festival the group will be joined by members of the 1st Captain’s Company and Loudons.

Feel free to come along - ask a question or two and even try on some of our kit.

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The “Border Reivers” try to dramatically portray all aspects of everyday life in the Borders in the late 16th century: food, entertainment, daily tasks, politics, combat and training. Members of the group use “authentic” clothing, weapons, props, and skills of the times. Combatants must train in the use of the sword, targe and polearm to ensure that a high degree of both safety and correct technique are maintained. The “Border Reivers” take part in a variety of displays throughout the year, from “living history” displays for national organisations such as English Heritage to educational events for schools and fetes to charitable events and even films.

FALCOnRy RE-EnACTMEnT GROuPS

We are pleased to welcome back this year Falconry Scotland from their base at Jedburgh. They will be showing their birds on Saturday at the Reivers Market and there will be opportunities to get up close and handle some of the birds.

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LES AMIS D’OnnO

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Les Amis Equine-Canine stunt troupe was founded in France in 1999 by Jacob & Bethany Martin and the Martin family.

In 2008 they moved back to their home in the Scottish Borders and have since grown to become Scotland’s only Equine-Canine stunt troupe specialising in Equestrian Theatre and stunt shows (including jousting) performing dogs and Vintage Cabaret.

In between touring Les Amis also appear in photo shoots, TV and film productions such as the up coming feature film “The Fairy Flag” If you would like to know more about Les Amis please don’t hesitate to get in touch on E. lesamisdonno@btinternet.com W: www.lesamisdonno.com www.facebook.com/lesamisdonno www.youtube.com/user/lesamisdonno

RE-EnACTMEnT GROuPS

Les Amis d’Onno is now a troupe of full time professional performers, each summer touring Scotland and the UK with their main ring arena shows, such as Western and Stunt Jousting Shows, and each winter touring their Vintage Cabaret and Equestrian Theatre shows in and around Edinburgh and Glasgow including a three week run of Halloween western shows at Gleneagles in October 2014.

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SCHOOL PLAyS In ST MARy’S CHuRCH DRuMLAnRIG ST CuTHBERT’S SCHOOL - 12nOOn ‘REIvERS CHARACTERS’ 5 role-plays highlighting the lives lead by the people of the Reivers’ time. Not just the big names like Kinmont Will, but by the ordinary folk of the Reivers time too, focusing on the characters and how their lives were affected by the time they lived in. There’s plenty of cross border raids, horses and scabby sheep, feuding families, scheming and fighting, charging and lopping off of heads of course. Not for the faint-hearted! :-) TRInITy PRIMARy SCHOOL - 12.45PM ‘MuCkLE MOu’D MEG’ P6 are performing a short drama based on the ballad. The children will be working alongside Historic Scotland’s Education Officer Jane Gaze to write the script, create props etc.

The ballad is based on a young reiver (Wat of Harden) who raids Elibank Castle and is captured. He is given an ultimatum - marry their youngest daughter or face execution. This is a very difficult decision based on the fact that Meg, their youngest daughter, is extremely ugly on account of her huge mouth.

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STIRCHES PRIMARy SCHOOL - 1.30PM ‘A REIvER’S ROMAnCE’ Wat o’ Harden was one of the most famous of our Border Reivers.

His name has been handed down in song and story. He was bold, intrepid, and daring yet with a kindly disposition. He married Mary Scott, the Flower of Yarrow and had several sons who inherited his reiving instincts.

It was Will Scott, Wat’s son who was caught red handed by Sir Gideon Murray of Elibank after a raid, and to save himself from the hanging tree had to marry Murray’s daughter, “MuckleMoothed Meg”, a girl of strong opinions whose sharp tongue had scared off all her suitors. This incident is the basis of the Stirches play written by Alan Jermison.

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DRuMMInG By STIRCHES AnD DEnHOLM PRIMARy SCHOOLS

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Saturday - High Street immediately after opening parade.

One of the Highlights of 2014 was the drumming performances by our primary schools This year it is the turn of Stirches and Denholm Primaries to show off the skills learned in workshops through the year .

They will showcase the variety of instruments they have learned on the Big Drum Adventure, a music programme funded by the Youth Music Initiative.

Saturday - High Street 11.30am This popular event will move to the High Street to be in the centre of the activities. Games will kick off at 11.30pm after the opening events and will last for approx one hour. All our local primary schools will take part for the honour of winning the Andy Norman Trophy. Come along and cheer your favourite school on.

SchoolS Programme

InTER-SCHOOLS REIvERS GAMES

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Heritage Hub, 1.30pm (Silver collection at door)

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HOT TROD AnD FIREWORkS DISPLAy

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in partnership with Wilton Lodge Park Regeneration Project

This year the fireworks display is again at Wilton Lodge Park (near the putting green).

Main admission to fireworks display will be from museum area. To ensure public safety, other entrances to the park will be closed off. Full details of access will be available on website (www.hawickreivers.com) and in local press just before the event.

Torches and glow sticks for young participants will be on sale from 6pm in the Common Haugh. Torches will only be sold to those 16 years of age and over. Parents are advised that lit-torches should not be carried by young children.

Hot drinks will be on sale in the fireworks arena.

HOT TROD AnD FIREWORkS DISPLAy

The Torchlight procession will leave the Common Haugh slightly earlier than usual at 6.45pm and will again be lead by the Scout Fellowship Pipe Band.

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Café & Bistro Mon-Sat 10am - 5pm Summertime 10am - 8pm Restaurant Fri-Sat night from 5.00pm

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REIvERS BAnquET

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Join her Ladyship for a Reivers Banquet Fine Fare served by Lindsay Grieve

Scotch Broth Roast Beef and Roasted Vegetables with Bread Sauce or Gravy All served on a Bread Charger Clootie Dumpling with Custard or Cream Bannock and Cheese

in the Banqueting Hall at Hawick Old Baths

Entertainment will be provided by local and visiting minstrels.

Tickets ÂŁ14 or ÂŁ6 for Primary School Children available from ILF Imaging and www.borderevents.com All forms of dress welcome but why not take the chance to get into the spirit of the Reivers and dress for the part!

Nothing elaborate required, or just bring along your sword or helmet to defend your lands! Costume Ideas: Ladies - Long skirts and shawls, Men - Breeches, simple tabards or loose shirts

REIvERS BAnquET

Saturday 28th March, 8.15pm

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LITERARy HIGH TEA

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Sunday 29th March, 4.30pm Mansfield Park, Hawick RFC

‘The Armstrongs can start a fight in a phone box…

This is the intriguing title for the lecture by Fiona Armstrong. 500 years ago, just how troublesome was this borderland family? And how did other reivers compare? Broadcaster Fiona Armstrong looks at the clan deemed to be the most feared on the English/ Scottish divide - and assesses the relationship with other names like the Elliots, Grahams and Bells…

Fiona has worked for TV both nationally and locally for both BBC and ITV. Now presenting ‘Border Life’ for ITV Border, she is a well-kent face in the Scottish Borders and Dumfries and Galloway...

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ScotlandsPeople is available at the Heritage Hub Monday-Friday 9:30-12:45 and 1:15-4:30 For £15.00 per day you can use the full range of family history resources as you will find at Edinburgh, with the help of experienced registration and archive staff Why go to Edinburgh when you can go to Hawick?

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ScotlandsPeople comprises Births, Marriages and Deaths from 1855; Old Parish Registers 1854 and earlier; Roman Catholic Baptisms, Marriages and Death, 1703-20th Century; Census 1841-1911; Wills and related records from around 1513, and Soldiers’ Wills 1857-1966, Valuation Rolls, every ten years, 1875-1925 plus 1920.

For a fee of £15.00 you can research all day.

Advice is at hand and print-outs (50 pence) are available for all but the most recent records.

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“THE GHOSTS OF DRuMLAnRIG TOWER And ST. MARy’S KiRKyARd”

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Drumlanrig Tower at 7pm & 8pm, Sunday A nEW EvEnT FOR 2015 A Ghost Tour of Drumlanrig Tower (Textile Tower House) and surrounding area. This is likely to be a highly popular event and places are limited so please book early!

The Tour will last around 90minutes and will involve a short walk.

Please dress warmly.

The first tour will meet at the Tower House at 7pm and is open to families - Tickets are £4 per head or £10 per family of 4 (2 adults and 2 primary aged children) The second tour will meet at the Tower House at 8pm and all tickets are priced at £4 per head (There may be a third tour if there is sufficient demand) Tickets are available from ILF Imaging, Sandbed Hawick.

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PROGRAMME AT A GLAnCE - FuLL DETAILS InSIDE FRIDAy 27th MARCH Scocha Concert - Hawick Old Baths, 8pm doors open 7.15pm Fireworks prize draw - winning ticket will be drawn at the interval.

The holder of the winning ticket will launch the Reivers Festival Fireworks

SATuRDAy 28th MARCH 16th Century Market and Encampment - 10.30-3pm South End, Hawick High Street High Street Activities 10.45-11am - Parade from Horse to Tower Knowe 11am - ‘Drumming’ by Denholm Primary School Opening Event featuring Re-enactment Groups ‘Drumming’ by Stirches Primary School 11.30 - Primary Schools Reivers Games 12.30pm, 1.30pm and 2.30pm - Re-enactments and Musket Drills Schools Drama in St Mary’s Church 12pm - Drumlanrig School Play in St Mary’s Church 12.45pm - Trinity School Play in St Mary’s Church 1.30pm - Stirches School Play in St Mary’s Church

Torchlight Procession - ‘The Hot Trod’ Leaving from the Common Haugh at 6.45pm Fireworks Display Wilton Lodge Park 7.30pm Reivers Banquet Hawick Old Baths, 8.15pm doors open 7.45pm

SunDAy 29th MARCH Drumlanrig Tower - open 12noon till 3pm Literary Talk and High Tea with Fiona Armstrong 4.30pm in Hawick Rugby Club “The Armstrongs could start a fight in a telephone box” The Ghosts of Drumlanrig Tower and St. Mary’s kirkyard – 7pm and 8pm

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Drumlanrig Tower - open 10am till 4pm Drop in workshop from 1-4pm, offering Lucet knitting, weaving, smell boxes, reivers themed word searches and item hunts within the building.

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Hawick Archaeological Society Lecture Heritage Hub at 1.30pm Andrew Hepburne-Scott (Lord Polwarth) – The History of the Scotts of Harden