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![One of Shetland's very finest musicians, Bryan Gear, joined forces with Rose Room's Seonaid Aitken for a wonderful collaboration at Burravoe. Photo: Shetnews/Neil Riddell](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/DSC_2840-240x140.jpg)
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