With so many harps in Na Clarsairean (the Scottish Harp Orchestra) and participants from all over the world in the Festival Orchestra, it's important to get into position early and start tuning. My daughter is on the extreme right, playing her beautiful new harp by German maker Frank Sievert for the first time in a performance.
Then there's the concentration phase, above (daughter in maroon sweatshirt).
Then the chatting phase (daughter in grey this time - these shots are from the dress rehearsal and the performance).
Then the giggling phase (dress rehearsal only) - but she wasn't the only one - Na Clarsairean are a jolly lot.
And finally well-earned applause for the performance of 'The Sleeping Warrior', a suite of Scottish traditional and contemporary music composed by Isobel Mieras which tells the 'stormy and often tragic history of the nation', as the programme notes describe it. Isobel Mieras is the Artistic Director of the Festival, and my daughter's teacher.
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