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August 2007

  • Your life in your hands
    Where: Focus Centre, Livingston Place, Galashiels
    When: Sunday, August 26 2007 11:00 - 15:30
    Advanced drivers from Lothian and Borders Police will be demonstrating some of the techniques and expertise which make them masters of their trade.
  • Animal Farm - Borders Youth Theatre
    Where: Victoria Hall, Selkirk
    When: Thursday, August 23 2007 19:30 - 22:00
    Borders Youth Theatre Selkirk Seniors present George Orwell's classic Animal farm.
  • Animal Farm - Borders Youth Theatre
    Where: Victoria Hall, Selkirk
    When: Wednesday, August 22 2007 19:30 - 22:00
    Borders Youth Theatre Selkirk Seniors present George Orwell's classic Animal Farm.
  • Library Reading and Writers Workshop
    Where: Hawick Library, North Bridge Street, Hawick
    When: Tuesday, August 21 2007 19:15 - 21:00
    Hawick Summer Festival present Evelyn Hood
  • Green Explorers: Super Senses
    Where: Harestanes Countryside Visitor Centre, Ancrum, Jedburgh
    When: Tuesday, August 21 2007 24:00 - 24:00
    Explore nature using all of the senses.
  • Holiday Challenge!
    Where: Harestanes Countryside Visitor Centre, Ancrum, Jedburgh
    When: Monday, August 20 2007 14:00 - 15:30
    Exercise your brain with an afternoon of puzzles and problems.
  • Melrose Pipe Band Championships & Highland Dance Contest
    Where: St Mary's School, Melrose
    When: Saturday, August 18 2007 11:00 - 17:00
    Over 100 performances in this International Pipe Band Championships and Dance Contest
  • Simply Samplers
    Where: Hawick Museum, Wilton Lodge Park, Hawick
    When: Saturday, August 18 2007 10:00 - Sunday, September 30 2007 17:00
    An exhibition of embroidered samplers from Scotland.
  • Green design-ED
    Where: Tweeddale Museum & Gallery, Peebles
    When: Saturday, August 18 2007 10:00 - Saturday, October 6 2007 16:00
    A Touring Exhibition in conjunction with the Collins Gallery Recycled materials in an exploratory exhibition by 11 members of a group of Scottish Applied Artists working in glass, ceramic, metalwork, paper and textiles.
  • Moving Times
    Where: Old Gala House, Galashiels
    When: Saturday, August 18 2007 10:00 - Saturday, September 15 2007 16:00
    Sam Wade. Kinetic sculptures twist and turn entertainingly, while some even ring bells and mark the hours. The traditional concept of seeking form-throughmotion by combining movement and machinery in sculpture is explored here with precision and humour.
  • Search for order
    Where: Old Gala House, Galashiels
    When: Saturday, August 18 2007 10:00 - Saturday, September 15 2007 16:00
    Vivien Alexander. The elusive Borders landscape is defined by the shapes of the plants, flowers, birds and animals which occupy the space. Other paintings convey the search for order as changing light diffuses glowing skies and sunlight is reflected from wet shining stones.
  • Fun Crafts: Go for Gold!
    Where: Harestanes Countryside Visitor Centre, Ancrum, Jedburgh
    When: Friday, August 17 2007 14:00 - 15:45
    Make your own Roman-style jewellery.
  • Thirlestane Castle Horse Trials
    Where: Thirlestane Castle, Lauder
    When: Friday, August 17 2007 09:00 - Sunday, August 19 2007 18:00
    The Scottish Championship Horse Trials
  • Fun Crafts: Go for Gold!
    Where: Harestanes Countryside Visitor Centre, Ancrum, Jedburgh
    When: Thursday, August 16 2007 14:00 - 15:45
    Make your own Roman-style jewellery.
  • The Art of Spying
    Where: Hawick Museum, Wilton Lodge Park, Hawick
    When: Wednesday, August 15 2007 14:00 - 16:00
    Brush up on your WWII spying skills with an afternoon of intriguing activities!
  • Archaeology walk on Lauder Common
    Where: Lauder Common, between Lauder and Stow (NT 493 458)
    When: Wednesday, August 15 2007 14:00 - 17:00
    Join Walk it and the SBC Archaeology Officer for the fifth in a series of fun and informal strolls around historical and archaeological sites in the Borders.
  • Bat Watch
    Where: Harestanes Countryside Visitor Centre, Ancrum, Jedburgh
    When: Tuesday, August 14 2007 20:30 - 22:00
    Discover the secret world of bats.
  • Green Explorers: Minibeasts
    Where: Harestanes Countryside Visitor Centre, Ancrum, Jedburgh
    When: Tuesday, August 14 2007 14:30 - 15:45
    Discover the small creatures that live everywhere.
  • Holiday Challenge!
    Where: Harestanes Countryside Visitor Centre, Ancrum, Jedburgh
    When: Monday, August 13 2007 14:00 - 15:30
    Exercise your brain with an afternoon of puzzles and problems.
  • Borders Forest Trust Open Day
    Where: Harestanes Countryside Visitor Centre, Ancrum, Jedburgh
    When: Sunday, August 12 2007 12:00 - 16:30
    Celebrate your woodland heritage with a family fun day of activities and displays.
  • WASPS Recent Work from the Selkirk Studios
    Where: Hawick Museum, Wilton Lodge Park, Hawick
    When: Saturday, August 11 2007 10:00 - Sunday, September 23 2007 17:00
    An exhibition from artists based at WASPS.
  • Fun Crafts: Top Togas!
    Where: Harestanes Countryside Visitor Centre, Ancrum, Jedburgh
    When: Friday, August 10 2007 14:00 - 15:45
    Fashion and accessories - Roman style.
  • Fun Crafts: Top Togas!
    Where: Harestanes Countryside Visitor Centre, Ancrum, Jedburgh
    When: Thursday, August 9 2007 14:00 - 15:45
    Fashion and accessories - Roman style.
  • The Art of Spying
    Where: Hawick Museum, Wilton Lodge Park, Hawick
    When: Wednesday, August 8 2007 14:00 - 16:00
    Brush up on your WWII spying skills with an afternoon of intriguing activities!
  • Circus Skills
    Where: Harestanes Countryside Visitor Centre, Ancrum, Jedburgh
    When: Wednesday, August 8 2007 11:00 - 16:30
    Learn how to juggle, stilt-walk, and unicycle.
  • Circus Skills
    Where: Harestanes Countryside Visitors Centre, Ancrum, Jedburgh
    When: Tuesday, August 7 2007 11:00 - 16:30
    Learn how to juggle, stilt-walk, and unicycle.
  • Holiday Challenge!
    Where: Harestanes Countryside Visitors Centre, Ancrum, Jedburgh
    When: Monday, August 6 2007 14:00 - 15:30
    Exercise your brain with an afternoon of puzzles and problems.
  • Natural Reflections
    Where: Old Gala House, Galashiels
    When: Saturday, August 4 2007 10:00 - Saturday, September 22 2007 16:00
    Carole Fulton. ‘The natural world changes and evolves unceasingly: a reminder of the journey that we ourselves are engaged in. In painting, printing and drawing, I linger over forms and structures within nature, trying to fathom out this meaningful world.’
  • Merida Mountain Bike Marathon 2007
    Where:  , Selkirk
    When: Saturday, August 4 2007 24:00 - Sunday, August 5 2007 24:00
    The annual mountain biking event based in Selkirk.
  • Fun Crafts: Mosaic Madness!
    Where: Harestanes Countryside Visitors Centre, Ancrum, Jedburgh
    When: Friday, August 3 2007 14:00 - 15:45
    Tile style, inspired by the Romans.
  • Fun Crafts: Mosaic Madness!
    Where: Harestanes Countryside Visitors Centre, Ancrum, Jedburgh
    When: Thursday, August 2 2007 14:00 - 15:45
    Tile style, inspired by the Romans.
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