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The Janice Forsyth Show: 08/12/2014

08/12/2014

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Cilla Fisher, Artie Trezise and Gary Coupland discuss the Singing Kettle's farewell tour.

Cilla Fisher, Artie Trezise and Gary Coupland talk about the success of the Singing Kettle and its farewell tour. Plus Alan McCredie discusses 100 Weeks of Scotland.

They've been delighting audiences for 30 years but now they're saying goodbye. Singing Kettle stars Cilla Fisher, Artie Trezise and Gary Coupland drop by to discuss the end of an era as they embark on their farewell tour.

Booky expert Ellie Wixon gives us some top tips for books this Christmas.

Epic Encounters are a contemporary dance group from Cambodia the first and only fully inclusive dance company in SE Asia (made up of hearing impaired, physically disabled and non-disabled performers). They drop in to explain how they've ended up on tour in Scotland.

One Hundred Weeks of Scotland is a project by photographer Alan McCredie which visually records Scotland for 100 weeks in the run up to the Referendum. The photographs which include portraits, landscapes, political and abstract works, have been published in book form and the launch takes place this evening at the Traverse in Edinburgh. Alan joins Janice to discuss why he took the mammoth project on and what the result looks like.

To celebrate Christmas, Scottish musician Shona Brown will release an original version of the 12th century Christmas carol, O Come, O Come Emmanuel on 10th December 2014. This will be the second offering from Shona's 10in10 project, when she will release 10 recordings in 10 months, on the 10th of every month. She speaks to Janice about how it all came about.

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