Someone on another list I'm on forwarded this from the Travel in
Scotland Newsletter. Have anyone heard about this? Is it true?
>Balnain House, the Inverness company devoted to promoting Highland music, is
to >close following financial difficulties running to around �50,000.
>
>Billed as the "home of Highland music", Balnain House has been a popular
venue >for traditional music sessions, workshops and concerts as well as
hosting an >exhibition of Highland Music.
>
>The building on the shores of the River Ness also houses a shop and a
restaurant.
>
>The Board of Balnain House made the decision to call it a day after a
Glasgow->based business consultant reported that the company's activities
coupled with >having to look after an A-listed building were unsustainable.
>
>The company will now be wound up by the end of December. Four years ago
>Balnain House encountered similar financial troubles and were taken over by
the >National Trust for Scotland with the help of grant aid from Historic
Scotland.
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