On Monday 18th May 2026, Electric Voice Theatre and the team from Isabella’s Footsteps celebrated the 125th Birthday of marine biologist Isabella Gordon OBE (1901-1988) with the people of Keith in Northeast Scotland. The celebrations linked with the Japanese Sakura Tree Project through the Lord-Lieutenant of Banffshire who invited the Japanese Consul General to join us.
The events included Songs, Speeches, the Launch of a New Story Book for Children, Cherry Tree Ceremonies and Plaque Unveilings – there will be more about this later in a video covering the whole project beginning in September 2025, but for now…..
……….the video above is really just for the people in Keith, who made that day absolutely unforgettable and those in Aberdeen who made the following day so special.
We owe you all so much THANK YOU!
EVT Isabella’s Footsteps Project Team
- Frances M Lynch Artistic Director, Composer
- Herbie Clarke Technical Director, Musician
- Miranda Lowe CBE, Principal Crustacean Curator, Natural History Museum, London
- Catherine Booth, Science historian (retired science curator at the National Library of Scotland)
- Isla van der Heiden, British Sign Language interpreter
Isabella and Her Big Adventure with Crustaceans
by
P4 Keith Primary School
Play the video for a charming story of friendship and underwater football!
Click on this link to find out more about P4’s contribution to Isabella’s Footsteps.
From Scotland to Japan (BSL)
by
Frances M Lynch
BSL – Isla van der Heiden
We sang this song together with Keith Primary School Choir on May 18th.
You can learn it too –
Click on this link
and get singing!
Play the video for the story of a Hermit crab who got into a fight!
Click on this link to find out more about primary 3-5’s contribution to Isabella’s Footsteps.
