Tag: St Magnus

  • Blackening

    Blackening

    I Once Loved A Lass (Orkney Blackening) The following images are video still-frames showing Orcadian weddings and blackenings taking place around the Merkit Cross and St Magnus Cathedral on Broad Street in Kirkwall. These events feature in a forthcoming music video produced for Sikkersnapper – an arrangement of the ancient ballad I Once Loved A…

  • Orcadian Stories – Eleanor Turner: A Small Cog

    Orcadian Stories – Eleanor Turner: A Small Cog

    Eleanor Turner: A Small Cog Eleanor Turner (nรฉe Laird & Caird) was part of the St Magnus Festival committee in its earliest days. In this short film, part of the Orcadian Stories series filmed for The Orkney News as part of Scotland’s Year of Stories 2022, Eleanor remembers her time as secretary. She recalls fond…

  • Orcadian Stories – Norman Rushbrook: The Men In Black

    Orcadian Stories – Norman Rushbrook: The Men In Black

    Orcadian Stories – Norman Rushbrook: The Men In Black Norman Rushbrook was lighting manager of the St. Magnus Festival from its inception. In this short film, called The Men In Black after the unobtrusive clothes that stage crew wear, Norman tells some stories of his time with the Festival. This is the second of three…