THE BALLANTRAE Smugglers' festival kicked off on Friday, June 9 with "Music, Poetry and Smuggling Stories" at Ballantrae harbour.
Ballantrae Primary School read stories and poems from the book they published last year, and a performed "Smuggler", a song about smuggling in the local area.
They were joined by “Celtic Voices” and Davie Hunter, The Minister and Doctor, and two new characters - the Innkeeper and The Narrator, who enacted an incident which may have been part of Ballantrae’s colourful smuggling history.
This year’s Smugglers’ Festival is being spread over a number of months. In August “Smuggler Scarecrows” will once again appear across the village.
On August 26 there will be a “Smugglers’ Supper” in the King’s Arms Hotel in Ballantrae, (adults only) and on August 27 “The Ballantrae Smugglers’ Chase” involving skiff racing, will take place in Ballantrae Bay.
On Saturday, September 23 a “Smugglers’ Road Trip” (coach trip with commentary) will work its way up the coast from Ballantrae, to the heads of Ayr and Barrhill, finishing with the launch of a new book “The Carrick Smugglers”.
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