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22 May 2008
EXCITING LINE-UP FOR 2008
An exciting line-up of local and international events is in place for the 2008 Johnsmas Foy. This year’s Foy will celebrate Shetland’s historic connection with the ports of the Hanseatic League, a partnership that dominated trade in the islands for more than 300 years. Appropriately, musicians and poets from the Bremen area will be among those heading towards the isles for the Foy, which runs from 19 to 29 June. Guest speakers will also explain the history of the Hanseatic trade connections with Germany and Norway. However, this year’s Foy will also feature a wide range of other events, from food to sailing and from football to walking. The Foy stretches from Unst to Fair Isle.
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18 March 2008
HANSEATIC LEAGUE INSPIRES THEME FOR 2008
With summer approaching, preparations are now in hand for this year’s Johnsmas Foy, an annual celebration of Shetland’s culture, heritage and natural history, which runs from Thursday 19 June to Sunday 29 June. This year, the midsummer festival takes its inspiration from Shetland’s historical connection with the Hanseatic League, which endured for around three centuries from about 1400 until 1707.
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25 June 2007
SUMMER FESTIVAL REACHES MEMORABLE CONCLUSION
This year’s Johnsmas Foy concluded at the weekend with a flurry of activity which saw nostalgia and new initiatives come together to ensure that Shetland’s summer festival left a lasting impression on all those who took part in celebrating midsummer and this year’s theme, the islands’ fishing heritage.
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15 June 2007
LAUNCH WEEKEND SETS FAST TEMPO FOR FESTIVAL
The Foy sets off at a fast tempo this weekend with two unique events being staged: the Skeld Festival of the Sea and the first visit to Shetland from a professional orchestra for 15 years. Both are prominent events that set a standard of excellence for this year's action-packed festival programme.
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29 May 2007
FULL AND VARIED PROGRAMME REVEALED TO CELEBRATE JOHNSMAS
The Johnsmas Foy organising committee has revealed a full and varied programme to celebrate this year's event with activities as wide ranging as historic films and presentations, sailing trips and ocean races, mini foys and barbecues to storytelling sessions of sea monsters and mermaids and the first visit to Shetland by a major orchestra for 15 years.
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4 April 2007
JOHNSMAS FOY CELEBRATES SHETLAND'S FISHING HERITAGE
This year's Johnsmas Foy will be held from 15 to 24 June and will celebrate Shetland's fishing heritage through a range of interesting events taking place throughout Shetland.
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13 June 2006
JOHNSMAS FOY LAUNCHES IN STYLE
This year's Johnsms Foy gets off to a flying start with two spectacular visual arts events, each with a distinct nautical feel to complement the festival's overarching theme - a celebration of sail.
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23 May 2006
RAISING THE TEMPERATURE IN THE ISLES
As Shetland gains a reputation as a 'cool' place to be, organisers of Shetland's summer festival 'Johnsmas Foy' are set to raise the temperature in the islands by a few degrees as they host two major yacht races and get set to party with a full programme of maritime, music and cultural events from 16 to 26 June.
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17 May 2006
JOHNSMAS FOY TO BE A CELEBRATION OF SAIL
Last year, Shetland played host to the first Johnsmas Foy – a festival of the sea held at midsummer – and its success spurred the organisers to establish the foy as a major annual event in the islands. This year’s Johnsmas Foy will be held from 16 to 26 June and the theme – “a celebration of sail” – has been specially chosen as the festival coincides with two major nautical events – the Shetland Round Britain and Ireland Race, celebrating its 40th anniversary, and the Bergen-Shetland Races as it celebrates its 20th race.
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