Lively Minds

LIVELY MINDS AT THE CROSS

Every first and third Tuesday of the month, Noon to 1.30pm, Main Hall at the Cross (Albyn Place, previously Queen's Cross Church)

Lively Minds provides a programme of events involving presentations from invited speakers from a diverse range of subjects and topics, all presented in an accessible and engaging manner.

Meetings take place in the Main Hall at Fountainhall at the Cross (previously Queen's Cross Church) and it is open to everyone. We start with a sandwich lunch and tea/coffee at noon followed by one hour presentation from around 12.30 pm until 1.30pm. £5 entry which includes lunch.

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NEXT MEETING:

A Musical Journey

with Moira Docherty


About the talk....

Lively Minds team is excited to welcome Moira Docherty to the Lively Minds Group on Tuesday 18 June. She will take us through her musical journey. 

About the speaker...

Moira is a versatile, classically trained singer who is accomplished in many different musical genres. Comfortable singing opera, operetta, Scottish, oratorio, songs from musicals and show tunes, she is equally happy on the recital platform singing Mozart or Schumann among others. 

She has sung throughout Scotland with Choral Societies, at Corporate Events, Weddings,  Burns Suppers and Viennese Nights.  Moira sings with accompaniment ranging from piano and string quartet to full orchestra.

Her memorable Moments include a solo performance for Her Majesty The Queen, at Crathie Kirk, Balmoral, Scotland; performing at the National Television Awards at the O2 Arena in London to a star studded audience of 14,000 and duetting with Emma Kirkby, one of the world's most renowned sopranos and early music specialists. 


Join us at noon in the main hall at Fountainhall at the Cross (Albyn Place, formerly Queen's Cross) for a sandwich lunch before the talk.

PLEASE CONFIRM ATTENDANCE IN ADVANCE
BY E-MAILING ALLAN PATERSON
( e-mail: allanp.silvercity@yahoo.co.uk )

This will greatly assist with catering for the event.
Sandwich lunch will be served. £5

SEE YOU ALL SOON! 


LIVELY MINDS PROGRAMME SEASON 2023/24

SPRING 2024

Tuesday 3 Sep How can we keep empty churches alive?'

with Karen Hind, Cherish Support Officer, National Churches Trust 

Tuesday 17 Sep ‘The slaughter of the innocents’ 

with Revd. Bob Brown, former minister of Queen’s Cross Church

Tuesday 1 Oct ‘Innovative Housing’ 

with Prof. Gokay Deveci, the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment

Tuesday 15 Oct ‘Digital Awareness and Fraud Awareness’ 

with Alison Bandeen and Police Scotland

Tuesday 5 Nov ‘A Doric Life’ with Sandra Nicol

Tuesday 19 Nov ‘The Aberdeenshire Canal’  with Patrick Davies

Tuesday 3 Dec   Topic to be confirmed