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Glenuig Hall and Music Festival
Not quite an hour's drive west of Fort William, Glenuig is remote in the sense that it's far from any urban centre. Striking in its outlook across the Sound of Arisaig and west to the Hebrides beyond, this community of just 30 has provided a welcome to many thousands over the past 25 years with a special brand of folk gathering in the beautiful setting of Glenuig Hall.
This finely crafted timber building located in the Parish of Moidart, West Lochaber, Scotland has recently been endowed with its own d&b audiotechnik PA system, provided Warehouse Sound Services. A little over the top for the 30 inhabitants of Glenuig you may think, but no, Glenuig has musical history running through it and demands proper professional quality sound.
In short, the Glenuig Games and Music Festival first manifested itself at a local gathering on 27th April 1983, when the date for the first "Not So Serious Glenuig Games" was set for Saturday 6th August 1983, which was followed by a ceilidh dance in a marquee. The aim of the first Games and Ceilidh was to raise funds for the hall committee to make improvements to the Old School room; eventually leading to the new purpose built Village Hall. Events at the first and subsequent games included hill races, obstacle races, coconut shies, and the ever popular "soak the hippy". The ceilidh grew into the very successful three-day Glenuig Music Festival that ran from 1983-1993.
Eoghan (Ewan) Carmichael is charged with managing the Hall: "We've had quite a few events here since the equipment first arrived from the Warehouse. The Warehouse gave us maximum flexibility within our budget, and Neil Osbourne from their Glasgow office was instrumental in packaging the PA in a form that suits the very particular needs of a small community arts venue like ours."
The d&b E12 loudspeakers are stand mounted rather than fixed to the walls, allowing them to be re-deployed elsewhere, as is often the case with two other village halls within 40 minutes drive from Glenuig. "The D6 amplifier rack is perfect," said Carmichael, "half the space is filled by the amplifiers, whilst the other half holds all the cabling. The great thing for us is that the system is compact and sets itself, there is no need to apply any system EQ in order to achieve great sound."
24th February 2009
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