Bard of Dundee remembered at community orchestra concert
The children of Big Noise Douglas sang a Michael Marra song as they performed for the first time.
A legendary Dundee musician has been remembered at the debut concert of a community orchestra.
The children of Big Noise Douglas sang Michael Marra's song Hermless as they performed for the first time in front of a 600-strong audience in Dundee.
Marra, known as the Bard of Dundee, campaigned to bring the Big Noise project to Douglas, and following his death in 2012 his friends and family founded a trust to cover the band's costs.
Big Noise is a community project that uses music to transform the lives of children living in disadvantaged communities.
More than 2500 children participate in the programmes around the country, and the Big Noise Raploch Symphony Orchestra from Stirling joined the Douglas band for Thursday's concert in a big top at Douglas Park.
Andy Thorn, Big Noise Douglas Team Leader, said: "Our first Big Noise Douglas community concert has been a huge success - and we certainly did create a big noise in the big top today.
"Strengthening local communities is a key objective for Big Noise as well as transforming the lives of children through music. Performing concerts in the areas where we work helps us to achieve this.
"The concerts bring the whole community together generating a sense of pride and unity for children and families as well as their teachers, schools, the wider community and the local authority."