MUSIC from Richmond, Virginia, soundtracked the Bank of Scotland Herald Angel awards at Edinburgh's Festival Theatre on Saturday as the Fringe entered its final weekend.

ONE of the dance centrepieces of the International Festival, Steve Reich Evening, was thrown into chaos last night when a faulty sprinkler system flooded the stage of the Festival Theatre - moments before the performance was due to begin.

By Chitra Ramaswamy 'MY JAW dropped," says Steve Reich, the minimalist music pioneer and arguably America's greatest living composer.