We have had two groups of young people
at Urquhart Castle and also at Fort George.
And they've had a different group of artists
who they've been working with to come up with some sort of creative response
to the site, with the artist, completely led by the young people
and today has been the final performances for each of the groups
where they've shown each other what they've been doing.
We've been having a wonderful time
here at Urquhart Castle, with all of these wonderful young people, who
have sparkled with their intelligence, and their talents, and all their appeal.
We've been creating and planning a performance
to show in front of these children of the same age who've been doing the same thing at Fort George.
We've been working really hard doing dancing and singing and writing our scripts and things.
I've been involved in helping the young people devise and create a performance piece
My favourite part of the performance was the movement and the dance aspects
I helped the girls create and practise what they did
and watching it live today was really cool - they did really well - and it was nice to see it all come together!
I liked when we got the script and we started working it out and what we were going to do
I also liked the tour, there's a little bit of background to go on, and it makes a history lesson more fun.
Most of the children in the village know that Urquhart Castle is here, but they'd never been
and they don't know anything about it, and I think it's really important for children
to learn things about their community like this.
I'm so in awe of all of them, and I'm so proud, it's just been a hugely engaging
and entertaining experience. I think the whole performance as a whole was amazing
and I think the young people were absolutely professional throughout the whole thing
and I just can't believe that it's come together in just one week.
The beautiful voices they all have, and that they've been able to put them into the piece,
that for me was astounding.
How quickly they could do that was astounding.
We've done sketching, we've done drama, we've had a lot of laughs
It's important because it gives people chances to explore and find out what's done,
and what's been happening, in history.
They are the future, these kinds of monuments are for them, and it's also really important
not to stifle them into what they 'must' be doing and how they 'must respond'
which is why it's really important to have different creative people to encourage them to take
creative approaches - so that they can interpret it in whatever way they like and not feel limited.
It's a way of making history come alive for people,
it's a way of getting to know what happened in the past, and also things that might happen in the future.
Projects like this are very important because young people can express themselves and be appreciated by
professionals and each other, basically.
(Could you tell us what you thought about the film, please?)
I thought the first film was good, the second was very good, and the third film was excellent!
I think they were really, really well-made, I think the children got so much out of the experience
I know that, for Andrew and Heather, they came home so much more confident than when they started the week
and they were buzzing every night!
For all the effort we put in during the week, it was quite interesting to see the end and see what we looked
like on film and what we sound like!
I thought that it would be completely different!
I didn't think it would be as amazing as it was.
Watching that film - I saw us do a lot of things none of us thought we could do.
It's the confidence, and the ability, to be original - and that's come through.
And the sites - extraordinary! What a gift!