David Haas talks about the upcoming Red Hot Highland Fling

David Haas speaks to Neil Macphail from the Inverness Courier about the upcoming Red Highland Fling event on Hogmanay to celebrate the New Year.

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00:00 David Haas, you are the main man behind the new look Inverness Hogmanay party. Tell us

00:07 what changes there are this year? Well Neil, we're very excited about the new format for

00:16 what has been a much loved stalwart of the Highland Hogmanay scene for many many years.

00:23 The big changes are is we're starting the party in the centre of Inverness

00:28 with an amazing parade led by fire walkers and drummers seen previously at Inverness Hogmanay

00:37 celebrations. So the party will start in the centre of the city and then it will move to the arena

00:45 and that's where the real party and the real fun begins because with Bruce McGregor and

00:53 friends along with some phenomenal Gaelic support and traditional singers and performers,

01:01 we're going to create a party, a phenomenal party and that is what our events and festivals

01:09 working group wanted to see, our chair the Provost Councillor Glynis Campbell-St Claire and

01:15 we're delivering that vision and looking forward to seeing many many thousands of people enjoy that

01:22 performance whether they want to view it or take part. We're going to have upwards of 15 or 20

01:28 dance masters on site to help people with the routines. I'm sure we'll have some experts

01:34 involved anyway, people coming along who can show others what to do but it's going to be one big

01:39 Highland party. The event is licensed for 5,000 people. 5,000. Can you see how tickets are going

01:46 so far at £12 a head? We're very very encouraged by the response. Many thousands of tickets have

01:51 been sold so far and we're encouraging people to buy their tickets online if they can prior

02:01 to the event to avoid disappointment.