Also in the news / Ballet trip to Germany, orca stranded and more…
TEN pupils from the Shetland Community School of Ballet will be heading to Germany soon to attend a week-long dance workshop held at the Koblenz School of Ballet.
The pupils will be accompanied by five parent chaperones, and school director Matthew Lawrence.
The local ballet school started fundraising for the Germany trip last year by hosting Sunday teas, while it received donations from individuals and local businesses including Hughes Heating Services, Venture Chiropractic and NorthLink Ferries.
Lawrence said the trip to Germany for the 5th Tanz-Ferienfreizeit is “quite daunting for our younger pupils as they have never done something like this before”.
“Some of them will be billeting with German families so they are busy practising their German and practising twice as hard in classes to build up their stamina for a strenuous week.”
The local ballet school has around 70 pupils who travel from all over Shetland to attend classes on Saturday mornings in Scalloway Youth Community Centre, studying ballet, jazz and tap.
At the end of the year dance performances are presented at the Garrison Theatre in Lerwick.
Two students have gone on to study for their dance diplomas in Edinburgh and Barcelona and are now working professionally, with one doing a one woman show at the Edinburgh Fringe.
EMERGENCY services attended to a report of a collision between a van and a man within the yard of premises in the Gremista area of Lerwick this morning (Friday).
A police spokesperson said the man was checked over at the scene by ambulance staff.
AN ORCA has died after stranding in Yell Sound.
The Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme is arranging sampling and a possible necropsy.
Shetland Wildlife’s Hugh Harrop said he matched the right eye patch, right side dorsal fin and right saddle to bull number 161 from the Scottish/Icelandic ‘12s’ pod.
He said the orca has now been secured with rope, and added that it was important to stress there was to entanglement when the animal stranded.
Harrop said the next step is that the orca could be uplifted and sent to the mainland for further investigation.
PEOPLE are being asked by the Scottish Parliament to give their views on what should be included in Scotland’s climate change plan (CCP).
The draft CCP, which is expected to be published later this year, will set out how the Scottish Government intends to meet emission reduction targets across all portfolio areas and sectors of the economy.
It must also set out the costs and benefits of policies, whilst taking into consideration the principles of a just transition. The call for views can be found here.
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