Caddon View Wins ‘Guest House of the Year 2009’ at the Scottish Hotel Awards

At the sixth annual Scottish Hotel Awards, Innerleithen Guest House Caddon View was named as ‘Guest House of the Year 2009’. The Awards ceremony took place at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Glasgow on the evening of Sunday 1st March and was attended by several hundred of Scotland’s leading hoteliers.

Owners of Caddon View, Lisa and Steve Davies, were delighted to receive the accolade at their first attempt, beating off stiff competition from all over Scotland.

‘Since taking over Caddon View almost two years ago we have worked very hard to create a place where our guests can relax in comfort and enjoy the best food that the Borders can offer’ says Lisa Davies. ‘It’s good to know that our efforts in launching the restaurant and refurbishing the rooms have been recognised. Receiving this award judged by a panel of people who are extremely experienced in the hospitality industry is a real honour’.

‘We just treat people the way we would like to be treated when we stay away’ added Steve. ‘A friendly smile and a warm welcome cost nothing but make the difference’.

Vivien Devlin, Co-Chairman of the awards committee, commenting on Caddon View’s award says "From the warm welcome at the front door, a pot of tea and homemade cake by the fire, to pre-dinner G &T and superb, innovative good food, Caddon View offers an exceptional standard of hospitality. With Steve and Lisa's personal touch and welcoming, homely ambience, they certainly deserve the accolade of Guest House of the Year 2009."

The Eastgate Theatre - w/c 26 February 2009

Saturday 14th March 7.30pm
Family
Quiz Night
Brush up on trivia, make up a team (four to eight competitors), enjoy a complementary drink at the bar, and battle for prizes! Have fun at this Eastgate fundraiser, organised by Friends of the Eastgate.

Sunday 15th March 7.30pm
Music
A Voyage In Music And Words
Pianists Beryl Seal and Maureen Taylor present a selection of music from Polish mazurkas to Latin American sambas, with poetry and prose readings by Eva Bissett and Anne Taylor, in the Eastgate studio. A fundraiser for the Eastgate.

Sunday 15th March 8pm
Comedy
Jerry Sadowitz
It's hard to understand how he gets away with it, but he does. Brilliantly! Not for the easily offended. Not for the slightly-hard to offend. Not even for the downright difficult to offend, if you like shock comedy and can leave your sense of offence at home, then this is a must-see show for you.

Tuesday 17th March 7.30pm
Music
Peebles High School Ceilidh Band
Young musicians from the National Centre of Excellence for Traditional Music based in Plockton High School meet Peebles High School Ceildh Band for an evening of traditional music.

Wednesday 18th March7.30pm
Music
Hawick Psa Male Voice Choir
First created in the early 20th century to entertain young folk, this is one of the few male voice choirs left in the area. The 30 strong group will perform for the first time in the Eastgate and musical director, Ann Witherington will conduct their programme of show songs, hymns and Scottish songs. A fundraiser for the Eastgate.

Thursday 19th March 7.30pm
Drama
So Long Lives This...
Elizabeth and Essex, Shakespeare and Southampton - fair youths, player-playwrights and dark ladies - all touched each others' lives and left amazing marks on ours. An evening with Shakespeare and his circle, dramatised in sonnets, song and dance. Devised by Jenny Chapman and presented by Shakespeare at Traquair.

Friday 20th March 7.30pm
Music
Breabach
Scottish firebrands Breabach are one of the most talked about bands on the folk scene. Their innovative celtic style, blending double bagpipes, flute, fiddle, song and Scottish stepdance, brings to the stage flare, excitement and diversity rarely seen from such a young group.

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