Alan Brown: News

Once again I'm presenting THIS IS SCOTLAND ... AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO IT! in glorious Castle Menzies over the summer season. It's an evening of Highland Perthshire music and comedy, and they say the music's good.

The setting alone is worth the ridiculously low entrance fee and this year's topics will be chosen from: the links between Roman Governor Pontius Pilate and Togas-R-Us in Fortingall; how Bonnie Prince Charlie (who stayed a couple of nights in the castle in 1746) sold the story of his exploits over the sea to Skye Digital; Highland Perthshire's very own entry for the Eurovision Song Contest; following in the footsteps of such distinguished visitors as Queen Victoria, Robert Burns, Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Louis Stevenson and the original bunny girl - Beatrix Potter; the prophecies of The Lady of Lawers (note: this section may be cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances); the era of steamships on Loch Tay and the sad but true story of Kenmore's link with The Titanic.

No animals are harmed in the show, which takes place Every Thursday at 8 pm from 2 June onwards.

ALAN BROWN is a professional entertainer who has been part of the Highland Perthshire music scene for almost 40 years man and boy (mostly boy ...)

He performs SONGS, MUSIC and DANCE from the HEART OF SCOTLAND ... and BEYOND. This covers Scottish songs and tunes plus - a more and more popular part of the act - provides not only ceilidh dance music but also demonstrations of how to do the dances.

And BEYOND? Well, that takes in popular songs from the FORTIES, FIFTIES & SIXTIES. It includes SKIFFLE, MUSIC HALL songs, FOLK, COUNTRY, HOLLYWOOD MUSICALS and romantic ballads plus Alan's own AWARD-WINNING songs.

Thanks to the latest developments in music technology (no, not Karaoke - behave yourself!) it's a sound that will knock you sideways.

It's the sound of a SCOTTISH FOLK GROUP;
it's a CEILIDH DANCE BAND;
it's SINGALONG MUSIC;
it's SMOOTH SOUNDS for DANCERS ... or DINERS;
or it's a mixture of them all, delivered with lashings of WIT and HUMOUR.

(And a note for prospective employers: whichever sound you want, it's all performed by one man ... for the price of one man.)

Coach parties, private functions or visitors and locals in the bar? Alan thrives on audience participation but will not do requests unless he is asked.

It's MUSIC FOR ANY OCCASION, so for more information see the CONTACT page of this website.