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The aberfeldy mod syllabus is usually released in march or thereabouts, in order to give plenty of time for competitors to enter before the april deadline for entries to the aberfeldy mod syllabus. The national aberfeldy mod syllabus is also released quite early in the year although the entry deadline for the royal national mod is the end of may, and the music doesn’t need submitted until the end of june.

The aberfeldy mod syllabus and the mod itself are a preparation for the royal national mod, which is organized by An Comunn Gaidhealach. An Comunn Gaidhealach was founded in 1891 in Oban. The Royal National Mod was founded in 1892, the first of which was also held in Oban. It has been held every year since then except for the war years of 1914-1919 and 1939-1946. The Royal National Mod has become a huge aberfeldy mod syllabus festival and runs for a whole week, celebrating Gaelic and Scottish culture and heritage. The week includes competitions and ceilidhs for people of all ages from very young to very old, performing and competing in Gaelic music and songs, aberfeldy mod syllabus, as well as instrumental competitions, drama, highland dancing, sports and even literary competitions. The competitions are the biggest part and the main events at the royal national mod, but there is usually an extremely large Fringe festival around the mod, including musicians and performances in pubs and pop up performance venues. The huge influx of people to the city encourages pubs to put on extra entertainment, and the acts are generally well advertised throughout the aberfeldy mod syllabus week. There are ceilidhs, both formal and informal, almost every night of the week, as well as live Radio broadcasts and BBC Alba TV broadcasts throughout the week.

The mod provides a huge aberfeldy mod syllabus economic boost for the city or town that is hosting it in any given year, due to the huge influx of people that attend. It is for many the only time they see their close friends from the mod, and it’s an annual opportunity to catch up with these old friendships. The host city also attracts plenty of publicity from the mod, and the aberfeldy mod syllabus accommodation is usually booked years in advance for all of the major hotels and many of the smaller ones as well. In some cases the city or town itself is too small to accommodate all of the choirs and they end up spilling out into neighbouring towns for hotels and aberfeldy mod syllabus guest houses. Of course it is not just the royal national mod; there are several major mods held annually throughout Scotland. The National mod however is the most popular and most important of them all, and it is a huge festival of Scottish aberfeldy mod syllabus culture. The competitions range from choral events and tradtitional music including fiddles, clarsach, Gaelic song, and bagpipe competitions. For the children there are also many spoken word events, and some for adults as well, including but not limited to poetry, storytelling and aberfeldy mod syllabus prose reading. There are also drama competitions for children. There is a shinty competition every year at the mod, usually between the two nearest teams to the mod’s location that year.

There are aberfeldy mod syllabus ceilidhs or concerts every evening and the winners from the individual competitions, whether choral, instrumental or solo singers, are invited to perform at the winners concerts in the evening. These concerts are traditionally aberfeldy mod syllabus broadcast on BBC Alba every night during mod week, and Radio nan Gaidheal provides good coverage throughout the day as well.