The theme for this year’s competition is THE OLYMPIC GAMES 2016 offering First, Second and Third Prizes.
To enter the competition you can interpret the theme by: mounting a display in your shop window; or dressing the whole window to reflect the theme; or dressing the window(s) and entrance (ie whole shop front) to show your interpretation of the theme.
Your entry should be on show by the beginning of Lanimer Week It will be judged during that week and prior to Lanimer Day, The winners will be announced at the end of the Crowning Ceremony.
To take part all you have to do is text, phone or email: your shop name, address and contact person to Loraine Swan: 07964 041374 or swan.loraine@yahoo.com
The Lanimer Highland Dancing Championships took place on Sunday 22nd May 2016 in Lanark Grammar School, Kirklands Road, Lanark. Over 150 competitors took part from all over the UK and Ireland. Miss Celia Orr, the event organiser, was delighted with the turn out and thanks Mrs Margaret Todd and Mrs May Martin for presenting the medals in the morning session and Mrs Loraine Swan, Chairman of the Lanimer Committee, for presenting the trophies in both sessions. Miss Orr thanks everyone who helped make the day such a success. The winners are as follows:
Lanarkshire Closed Championship 12yrs & Under 16yrs
1st Robyn McMillan, Forth.
2nd Amy Jane McLeod,Wishaw.
3rd Sarah Adamson, Motherwell.
4th Chelsea Stewart Gordon, Carluke.
5th Mary McColl, Lesmahagow.
6th Anna Ewing, Carluke.
This years Lanimer Brochure is now on sale throughout Lanark, pick up a copy at; Morrisons, Ross’s Garage, D. Weir Newsagents, Bensons, Helen R. Beauty, Jack the Ironmongers, Tariqs, Nisa, KFB Village store, WH Smiths, Fringes, The Post Office, RS McColls, Gibbys and Feenans.
Don’t stay in Lanark? – don’t fret; you can buy one online at the attached on the link below.
Don’t forget – ALL money raised from the Lanimer Brochure goes directly to fund next years Lanimers
Don’t miss Gary, Kevin and local girl Anya as they bring their brand new show; ‘Animal Magic’ to Lanark on Friday 10th of June. We’ll be performing at Greyfriars Church at 10.30am as part of the Lanimer celebrations in a show packed with songs and silliness. Tickets are available from Fringes on the High Street, Greyfriars Church Hall or through eventbrite.co.uk. Details here:
The office bearers are pleased to announce, on behalf of all its members, that Lanark Lanimer Committee is now on the Scottish Charity Register.
Our registered objective is to promote the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture and community development by organising Lanimer Week and managing its events.
This objective is set within The Constitution of Lanark Lanimer Committee.
The Lanimer Committee is delighted to announce that Grace Abernethy has been selected as the Sashing Lady for this years Lanimer Celebrations. Grace will present Lord Cornet elect Gordon Jess with his sash on Monday 6th June 2016.
Grace moved to Lanark from Hamilton in 1959 when she met her husband Sandy. Grace now lives in Lithgow Way in Lanark after 30 years in Crossford where she was instrumental in setting up the local playgroup. Grace also played a large part visiting patients in St Marys Hopsital and worked in the shop there and still visits many people to this day. Grace is very involved in St Marys Church and is a lay reader and extraordinary minister of communion, as well as being seen behind the bar at many functions.
Grace also volunteers with the WRVS and in the St Andrew’s Hospice Shop, as well as volunteering as a classroom assistant in Kirkfieldbank Primary where she is known as ‘Mrs Grace’!
As a family, they have a long Lanimer history with members of the family being involved in the court and cousin John Armstrong being an ex Lord Cornet.
Congratulations Grace we hope you enjoy your year.
It has been agreed by the Lanimer Committee this evening that Lord Cornect Elect Gordon Jess has chosen for the theme for the decorated shop competition.
Gordon says that as the most important thing happening in the world after Lanimers this year are the Rio Olympics the theme will be … The Olympics.
The committee would love if every shop in Lanark felt able to participate and decorate their windows to add to the colour and spectacle of the Lanimer Celebrations.
More details available from Secretary Molly Cumming or PM us here at Lanimer HQ.
The Lanimer Committee is pleased to announce that Mrs Julie Cox will crown the Lanimer Queen-elect, Morgan Shillan, on Thursday 9 June 2016. She is a former pupil of Carstairs Primary School and Lanark Grammar School. Julie’s sons attended Lanark Primary School and Lanark Grammar School. She kept in touch with both schools, as a parent helper at Lanark Primary and as a (former) School Board member at Lanark Grammar.
Julie is married to Peter Cox and has two adult sons, Alan and Mark, who live at home. She has two part-time jobs, one of which is working with the District Nurses’ team at Biggar, Carnwath and Forth. She is also an out of hours clinical support worker based in Hamilton.
Locally Julie is probably best known for her commitment to the Pebble Patch Toddlers’ Group. She has been Chair of the team since its foundation twenty five years ago and continues to lead group. This is a voluntary, unpaid role which has seen many of our youngest Lanarkians through some of their earliest fun and informal learning experiences.
A mark of how much Julie enjoys her work with Pebble Patch is visible every year at Lanimer time when the parents, friends and toddlers take to the streets in the Lanimer Procession. It is now twenty one years since we first ‘met’ the group in Pooh’s Parade, a creative, innovative addition to the 1995 Lanimer Procession. Every year since then we have absorbed the enthusiasm of Pebble Patch as they transformed from Smurfs, to bees, through Bill and Ben to little mice and even the Night Garden. Their 2010 entry, Big Cook Little Cook, brought a touch of Masterchef to Lanark and who can forget that wonderful corgi taking the group for a Jubilee Walk in 2012.
2016 will be a special year for Julie whose Lanimer outfit will draw its own attention as she mounts the dais to crown Morgan. We often have to look twice to pick her out from behind her Lanimer costume. It’s easy to hide under a busby! While Pebble Patch takes its place in this year’s procession we shall have no trouble finding Julie this year. She will have her own, proud place, accompanied by her companion for the day, June Main, her friend and Pebble Patch partner.
As she prepares for her big day we wish Julie, Peter, Alan and Mark a wonderful Lanimer Week 2016 and congratulate Julie on achieving this honour which is so well-deserved.
