April/May 2013 ISSUE 75 FREE
GLENKENS GAZETTE
News from Balmaclellan, Carsphairn, Mossdale, New Galloway and St John’s Town of Dalry
A Glenkens Community & Arts Trust (GCAT) ini�a�ve www.
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uk
Are We Heating
the Sky?
A trailer for a BBC...
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April/May 2013 ISSUE 75 FREE
GLENKENS GAZETTE
News from Balmaclellan, Carsphairn, Mossdale, New Galloway and St John’s Town of Dalry
A Glenkens Community & Arts Trust (GCAT) ini�a�ve www.
glenkensgaze�e.
co.
uk
Are We Heating
the Sky?
A trailer for a BBC programme has brought
overnight acclaim for a local singer.
Rebecca
Goldsmith’s rendering of “I vow to thee my
country” was widely broadcast on television and
radio to promote the new historical drama series,
‘The Village”, on BBC1.
Rebecca, who is the Youth Arts Development Officer at the CatStrand,
sang and played cello on the trailer with guitarist/producer Jon Dix.
The BBC had invited musicians to pitch for the trailer with a modern
interpretation of the traditional hymn.
Rebecca and Jon won the contract
against much competition.
As soon as the trailer was broadcast there were requests to hear the full
version on U-tube.
“People were quite indignant,” says Rebecca, “but we
had only recorded a couple of lines.
We had still to
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