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The 2012 Mod winning choir.

The 2012 silverware on display in Dingwall Museum

60th anniversary display in Dingwall Museum 2014

Alistair Maclean and Hamish Menzies at Dundee 1974

Dundee 1974 - Alistair Maclean and Hamish Menzies with the Margrat Duncan Trophy.

Hamish Menzies conducting

The year 1991 was a highlight for Dingwall was the National Mod

A delighted Hamish Menzies with the trophy

Dundee Mod in 1974 was the baptism of Hamish Menzies as the newly-appointed conductor

James Curr was allowed one final time as conductor of Dingwall Gaelic Choir.

Again there is a dearth of newspaper coverage for 1985 and 1986, although in the former year the Choir participated in a special Songs of Praise in Ferintosh Church to honour James Curr’s 70 years as an organist.

Hamish Menzies (1993?)

50th birthday celebration.

l-r: Hamish Menzies (conductor); Councillor Margaret Paterson; Uisdean Macrae (Gaelic tutor); Sarah and Charles Kennedy, MP; Alison Matheson (president); Murdina Macrae; Donna Macleod (secretary).

Mod in Inverness in 1984

At the Mod in Inverness in 1984 the Choir was back in form, winning the Lovat and Tullibardine trophy plus the Oban Times salver, Malcolm G McCallum baton and, once again, the Esme Smythe trophy. Success was honoured by a reception given by Ross and Cromarty District Council.

Jean Mackay

Kerrie Finlay

Kirsteen Menzies with yet another trophy 2013

Kirsteen Menzies

Male voice choir in 2013

Paisley Mod 2013 saw modest placing in the major competitions but the Male Voice triumphed and the Choir came home with the J Norman MacConochie trophy, Mull and Iona shield, Hector Russell dirk, Martin Mackay memorial prize and Glen Ballachulish trophy.

Back from Stornoway - a very delighted Menzies family.

Stornoway Mod 2011, the Choir returned with the Lovat and Tullibardine, Malcolm G McCallum baton, J Norman McConochie trophy, and the Donald Thomson Memorial Quaich to Gaelic tutor Uisdean Macrae.

Mo Chreach in action 2013

Steven Maciver

Members of the Dingwall Gaelic Choir

Left to right - Jean Mackay, Kirsteen Menzies, Steven Maciver, Alison Rapson and Kerrie Finlay

Alison Rapson - Stirling 1971

Concert in Dingwall Town Hall in April 2001

Highland Council’s reception for the Choir in 2012

Dingwall Gaelic Choir in the Council Chamber, Dingwall