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Diary: Tuesday August 8th

'Ah' goat an invite tae go wie EdinburghGuide.com' s Festival Editor John Ritchie tae a up mairket festival doo. We went tae the lunchtime launch o ra Visiting Arts Edinburgh programme.

Fur ra peasants amung us, John explained that they help bring Festival shows from aw ower ra world tae Edinburgh. They are pairt o ra British Cooncil, which is yer Guverment. Vesiting Airts. It's a guid name in Scots. Aw thro ra year they help bring the arts o ra world tae Britian, wie money and other help, and during ra Festival they bring their office tae frae London tae fair Edin's Burra.

Terry Sandell

The heid cheil is a man that John thought a lot 'o' called Terry Sandell. They go back a few years. The reception wis in ra British Cooncil building in Bruntsfield. Ra Pairty wis in ra gairden, an aw ra Festival Chief Stewards wir thair, an wheens 'o' foreign artists. Nae wee goldies, just pims.

Richard Demarco

Ra music wis supplied by a cracking Haitian vodou rock band called Ram, who played converted rone pipes an other strange hamemade instruments, but they were the bee knees.Ye can see them at the Pleasance over the Road at 9.10 pm each night. We met Edinburgh's best kent impressario Richard Demarco, a man who has brought mair guid foreign artists to Edin than any other buddie. John calls him the eternal phoenix.

John and I, then went aff tae ra Assembly tae see a guid show at fowr oclock, caed "If I were me" performed by a lassie called Gay Marshall. Definitely worth seein.

I think an afternoon had put oor editor aff spending anymare time wie me. The trouble is he disnae drink when he's working. John went aff tae dae some editing an sort oot the web-site. After that he telt me he vis invited to a reception wi ra Cuban ambassador, ah said "ask him fur a box 'o' his cigars".

"That will be right," said John. His pairtin shot "was get your copy in by 3.00am, Fergie".
"Aye boss". Slave driver, still wi ten reviewers, he spends mare time working than me.

A fish supper at La Alba Doro hit the spot fur tea, a swift goldie in Clarks bar, a chat wi a few kent cheils an it wis back tae ra festival. Sometimes ah think that the festival doesnae exist fur the normal Edinburghers.

A thought trip oan ra free Perrier bus wid be ra ticket - well its free. What a mixed bunch wis there on top o the double deck. A group of young local luvvies whae are dain Oliver, an twa fella's frae America that were a double act fur Cheech and Chong, and they wernae even appearing at the festival, an av paid tae see worse, still it wis a guid sing song.

A cuplae goldies in the club bar wie ra stars, then hamewurd…..see ya ra morra…Fergie


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