Tappan wrote:
>
> 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.
Ah.. How depressing....
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