Balamory gets ready for Christmas 2003
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On the 6th November 2003, the cast and
film crew returned to Tobermory to film the Christmas edition of
Balamory. On the right are images from the filming and a bit
about the scenes. Before showing you some of the images of the
production, let me show you a few of the really important images that
we, as residents, have observed. The most important ones to us
are the ones where the cast get involved with visiting toddler
tourists in the street. I have not once seen any of the cast
ignore the look of sheer delight in the eyes of the children when they
see, in real life, their companions from the T.V. Today, a
little girl from Glasgow came face to face with Edie in the Post
Office. Having picked her sweetie from the shelf, she saw Edie
standing a metre away. Edie says hello, and instantly the little
girl offers her the sweet. Edie and the little girl get into
conversation about sweets. Anyway, have a look on the
right at close encounters of the Balamory kind.
The day was warm, crystal clear and
perfect. So this is Christmas. When they want bright
sunshine it rains, when they want snow, then Scotland puts on a
Mediterranean display. Everybody around was in party mood, and
'so here's to you Balamory, everybody's having fun'. First scenes
in the morning were up at Josie Jump's house outside our own very
yellow hotel, Harbour Heights. The main filming, though, took
place in the Main Street. The team can be seen on the pier at
the end of town giving a very good rendition of their own version of
the Slade song, 'so here's to you merry Christmas'.
Spencer and P.C. Plumb have a go at putting in the
clever interludes in the song. Right.
Once warmed up, they decide to have a Ceilidh. A Ceilidh is the
Scottish name for a dance and comes from the Gaelic 'a gossip'.
Below are the scenes.
