Author Archives: Roderick Stewart

Fri 15th June: Jazz & Blues – Havana Swing

Friday 15th June:  ”Jazz and Blues on the Upper Deck”
Havana Swing onboard UNICORN!
Launching the new Dundee Jazz & Blues Club on the Upper Deck onboard UNICORN are the sensational local band Havana Swing!

Tickets: £8.00
click for details, and how to book.

Sun 6th May Brechin Castle Garden Open

Sunday 6th May 2pm – 5pm Brechin Castle Garden Opening
Brechin Castle Gardens open under the ‘Scotland’s Gardens’ scheme (the famous ‘Yellow Book’) and a proportion of the proceeds are kindly donated to the Unicorn Preservation Society.  There will also be a ‘Unicorn’ souvenir stall.
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Sat 9th June: Diamond Jubilee Ball – Programme

The Unicorn ‘Diamond Jubilee’ Ball will be held on Saturday 9th June 2012, and the programme has just been published at http://www.frigateunicorn.org/events/unicorn-summer-ball-2012 together with booking information and everything else you might need to know!
The dances are all the classics, with just one less common dance, The Diamond Jubilee, which we couldn’t miss out!  It’s an [...]

7th May Talk: The Black Watch

Monday 7th May at 1900 onboard:  Talk “The Black Watch”
Don’t miss the last in this series of ‘Winter Monday Talks’ onboard HM Frigate Unicorn.  Major Ronnie Proctor will talk about Scotland’s most famous Highland Regiment, the Black Watch, and we are promised a demonstration of a ‘brown bess’ musket.  For more details, and how to [...]

22nd April: ‘Cantamus’ Concert onboard

Sunday 22nd April 2012 at 7.00pm  ’Cantamus’ Concert onboard Unicorn
HM Frigate Unicorn extends a  ‘WELCOME ABOARD’ to CANTAMUS, a small vocal group of around 10-12 singers, whose aim is to present vocal and choral music of all genres.
In 2011 – their first year of existence – CANTAMUS gave four concerts, and raised over £1500 for various charities. In [...]

2nd April Talk: “Drydocking the Royal Yacht”

Don’t miss the next in our new series of talks, which will be ‘Drydocking the Royal Yacht’ by Derek Miller, Head of Maintenance for the Royal Yacht Britannia, on Monday 2nd April.
Derek will give us the inside story behind the Yacht’s recent docking, together with a fascinating ‘behind the scenes’ look at the problems of keeping [...]

9th June Diamond Jubilee Summer Ball

This year’s Unicorn Summer Ball will be on Saturday 9th June, a week later than normal, and the theme will be, of course, “The Diamond Jubilee”
Tickets will be £16 and further details are at
http://www.frigateunicorn.org/events/unicorn-summer-ball-2012
We look forward to a good attendance in this special Jubilee Year!

5th March Talk: “Scottish Lighthouses”

Monday 5th March
Illustrated Talk:  “Scottish Lighthouses”
click for more information.
How YOU can help us!  Please print out a copy of the A4 poster below and put it in you local library / shop / notice board, or do tell a friend.  That would be a great help!

6th Feb Talk: Heroic Sea-Dog Bamse

Unicorn Talk: Monday 6th Feb – Heroic Sea Dog Bamse His Berth at Dundee by Andrew Orr and Angus Whitson.
 Our first Talk by Alistair Urquhart the famous ‘Forgotten Highlander’ was a roaring success, and we want to make sure that  Andrew Orr & Angus Whitson’s coming illustrated talk on the famous Norwegian Sea-dog Bamse is as [...]

Merry Christmas from ‘Unicorn’!

We wish all our Friends and Supporters a
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year