Getting things done – Greater Balgay #dundeewestend

I have had numerous concerns recently about the frequency of grass cutting and maintenance in Balgay Park, Victoria Park and Lochee Park and also the need to attend to overgrown bushes at the Victoria Park boundary with Jedburgh Road.

I took this up with the council’s Service Manager – Environment and he has now responded as follows :

“I can confirm that the grass at Victoria Park has now been cut.

In terms of Lochee Park, to ensure the pitches are kept in a suitable standard for football we always endeavour to cut these weekly, the remainder of the park is cut on a fortnightly basis hence the grass is a bit longer in the non football areas cut rather than being of excessive length.

The hedge in Jedburgh Road is cut annually and is scheduled to commence at the start of next month.”

Weekly Road Report – West End Ward #dundeewestend

DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL – WEEKLY ROAD REPORT

REPORT FOR WEST END WARD – WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2019

West Marketgait (at Hawkhill) – northbound nearside off-peak (9.30am – 3.30pm) lane closure from Monday 23 September for 5 days for Virgin Media work.

Forthcoming Roadworks

Riverside Drive (Tesco roundabout to Bridgeview Café) – closed overnight (10.00pm – 6.00am) on Wednesday 2 October for bridge inspection works.

SSEN Pitfour Area Cable Renewal – Phase 1: Pitfour Street (City Road to Roseberry Street) closed eastbound; Phase 2: City Road (Pentland Avenue to Scott Street) closed southbound. Phase 1 starts Monday 7 October for 2 weeks followed by Phase 2 for 3 weeks.

Ninewells Community Garden event next week #dundeewestend

Next Wednesday – 25th September – from 10am to 1pm, the community garden’s Mosaic Group is meeting.

It is a monthly group learning about and making mosaics.

It is making a mosaic trail for the grounds of Ninewells Hospital, and attendees also work on their own projects.

No experience necessary and all materials, tuition and refreshments provided, though donations are welcome.

Booking is essential by emailing facilitator@ninewellsgarden.org.uk or call 0754 074 6075.

Blether Tay-Gither – Storytelling in Dundee

From Blether Tay-Gither :

Our September Blether will be on Tuesday 24th September – at 7pm at Madigan’s Tearoom and Bookshop at 25 Castle Street.

The theme this month is “maidens and castles”.

Join us for a relaxed evening of stories and tales. bring a story or just come to listen.

Hope to see some of you there – all welcome!

Friends of Wighton event this Saturday!

From Sheena Wellington :

Cappuccino Concert with Karen Marshalsay, Harp

Saturday 21st September, 2019 – 11am – noon

We are delighted that the wonderful Karen Marshalsay is including the Wighton in her album launch tour.

Karen is a master of all three Scottish harps – the warm sounding modern gut-strung lever harp, the clear ringing wire-strung clarsach of the Highlands and Gaelic culture, and the Baroque bray harp with its buzzing sitar-like. The new CD *The Road To Kennacraig* shows off her skill and musicality beautifully.

With a particular interest in playing pipe music on the harp, Karen has worked with Allan MacDonald, of the famous Glenuig piping brothers, featuring in his acclaimed pibroch concerts, including the Edinburgh International Festival’s Herald Angel Award-winning /From Battle Lines to Bar Lines/ series in 2004. She also featured in the National Piping Centre’s /Ceòl na Piòba/ concert in 2013 and has worked with African, Paraguayan and Indian musicians on multi-cultural projects including /Yatra/, which premiered at the Edinburgh Mela in 2008. More recently she guested with the Russian String Orchestra, playing her own compositions, during the Edinburgh Festival in 2018.

As well as appearing in solo concerts, Karen is currently a member of Irish folk music legend, flute and whistle master and singer, Cathal McConnell’s trio. She has also produced new works for Celtic Connections’ New Voices series, Hands up for Trad’s Distil showcase concerts, and Drake Music Scotland, and she was Composer in Residence with Harps North West in 2016.

Admission is £5, with tea/coffee available for small donation.