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4 08, 2023

Helping Edinburgh University with Entertainment

By |2023-08-08T08:32:41+01:00August 4th, 2023|events|0 Comments

After studying at Edinburgh University a ‘few years ago’, it has been a pleasure to help various faculties with entertaining their students, staff, and academic visitors. Whether as part of the University conference offering, https://reel-time.co.uk/conferences/ as part of the official graduation ceremonies, or teaching delegates and students some unique Scottish skills and activities such as bagpipe playing, https://reel-time.co.uk/entertainment/experiences/bagpipe-workshop/ ceilidh dancing https://reel-time.co.uk/entertainment/bands/ceilidh-folk-bands/ and how to savour a fine whisky. https://reel-time.co.uk/whisky/ We started playing bagpipes at the Edinburgh University graduation ceremonies after a trip to Beijing, where they took Roddythepiper out to play bagpipes [...]

4 03, 2019

Pop up Cocktail bar and Scottish Gin Experience

By |2019-07-16T00:15:18+01:00March 4th, 2019|Uncategorised|0 Comments

It was a pleasure to be working at the quietly sophisticated Dalmahoy Hotel & Country club, just outside Edinburgh, over the weekend. For those who haven’t visited, Dalmahoy is set in acres of mature woodland with two golf courses, leisure club and friendly dedicated staff. It is 20 minutes drive from Edinburgh city centre. They have recently announced an extensive multi million pound room refurbishment. On Friday, a large corporate group were in for their conference. We were tasked to bring an interesting Scottish drinks offering for their meeting breakout in [...]

26 11, 2018

BADFEST: an Annual conference for the British Association of Dermatologist

By |2018-11-26T11:34:38+00:00November 26th, 2018|conferences|0 Comments

Scottish Conference Entertainment Annual conference. Hosted 2018 by EICC, Edinburgh BADFEST is the social event held for the annual conference of the British Association of Dermatologists. This year's 2018 conference was hosted at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC). The brief from the client was they wanted a fun and interactive festival-like atmosphere to encourage delegate networking in an informal way. We hosted two spaces in the EICC for the conference which accommodated 750 delegates overall. With people coming from all around the world, the client wanted to ensure that as well [...]

24 02, 2017

My Contemporary Harris Tweed Kilt Outfit

By |2019-07-13T02:45:57+01:00February 24th, 2017|events, incentives, weddings|0 Comments

Creating my Contemporary Harris Tweed kilt outfit Being a proud Scotsman and spending much of my time in a kilt, when the time came for a new one I really wanted to create something made in Scotland from Scottish materials.  Being such an exciting and rewarding experience I wanted to share it, and  some of the knowledge I gathered during the journey. The first step in the process was deciding what fabric I wanted to use in the kilt.  I knew I didn't want to go for a traditional tartan, and tweed [...]

15 02, 2017

Highland Games Team Building Events

By |2017-02-28T14:40:39+00:00February 15th, 2017|events, incentives, weddings|0 Comments

If you are looking for a truly Scottish team building experience then try our Highland games event.  It's a chance to try out some of our great Scottish activities and full of hands on fun.  Watch our new Highland games video here to find out more about it.   Our Highland games experiences are also a popular choice for destination wedding packages.  This can be a great way of getting guests from different sides of the family interacting in a fun way. Our entertainers and Highland games athletes [...]

14 02, 2017

Valentine’s Day: Top 8 First Dance Choices of 2017

By |2017-02-28T15:55:24+00:00February 14th, 2017|weddings|0 Comments

It's Valentine's Day and love is in the air!  It is said to be the most romantic day of the year, and a great day for marriage proposals.  At Reel Time we have been helping a lot of couples plan the entertainment for their weddings.  There has been plenty of discussion about romantic songs, more specifically, first dance song choices. Photo:  Tony Marsh     We decided to ask an expert about this to find out what his predictions were for the popular first dance requests this year.  Reel Time [...]

5 01, 2017

Hogmanay Ceilidh Entertainment

By |2019-07-12T23:13:21+01:00January 5th, 2017|events|0 Comments

New year is a busy time for a Scottish events company. We helped many of our regular venues to entertain their guests and bring in the New Year in style! When bringing in the new year in Scotland, Ceilidh entertainment gets everyone up and dancing and in the spirit of New year! Dalmahoy Hotel and Country Club had a full Scottish gala dinner which we provided a great range of Scottish entertainment for.  Guests were piped into their wonderful 5 course dinner, and then enjoyed some great ceilidh dancing with the Reel [...]

23 12, 2016

IMEX America

By |2017-02-28T16:09:47+00:00December 23rd, 2016|conferences, events, incentives|0 Comments

Roddy was over in Las Vegas for IMEX America, the biggest tourism trade event in the calendar;  America's worldwide exhibition for incentive travel, meetings and events. Roddy was working alongside Visit Scotland to help promote Scotland as a destination to international group buyers. Roddy started the group presentations with some Scottish music on his small pipes, before reciting Robert Burns Address to the Haggis.  With current international trade restrictions, this meant addressing a furry haggis, but it was still well received and had the usual impact! For the afternoon cocktail [...]

15 12, 2016

Museum Extravaganza

By |2017-02-28T16:10:21+00:00December 15th, 2016|events|0 Comments

As a grand finale for their 150th Anniversary, the National Museum of Scotland celebrated with an extravaganza!  They pulled out all the stops and, with the help of Reel Time Events and all of their other recommended suppliers, put together an amazing extravaganza which really showcased the venue at its best. Some of Scotland’s finest catering specialists, Sodexo Prestige, Heritage Portfolio, Clerkenwell Green and Wild Thyme, really wowed guests. There were frozen cocktails, candy floss topped drinks, a candy floss tree, all sorts of different taste sensations!  Sodexo [...]

7 12, 2016

Introducing Brazilians to Ceilidh Dancing

By |2019-07-16T00:01:09+01:00December 7th, 2016|conferences, events, incentives|0 Comments

Kuoni organised a trip to Edinburgh for a group of Brazilian buyers.  The aim was to show off the best that Edinburgh has to offer, and they certainly seem to have suceeded! The group visited some of Edinburgh's best hotels and venues, including Edinburgh Castle, The Balmoral, The Sheraton, Mansfield Traquair and the National Museum of Scotland.  On their final evening, following a private tour of the Royal Yacht Britannia, they were treated to a gala dinner at Dundas Castle. The catering was provided by Prestige Sodexo; they had prepared a menu [...]

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